Nepal is a small country in between two great giants India and china. Nepal is culturally very rich with many ethnic groups with their own spoken language, attires, festivals, customs, religion and with different social norms and values. Nepal has a very diverse topography varying from southern gangetic plains to roof of the world Mt Everest. Nepal is very popular destination for trekking but still lot to see including different world heritage sites of cultural and natural category. Nepal highlight tour gives insight knowledge of places of interest to discover new culture and get new experience. Accompanied by experienced, knowledgeable local guide and with private transport this trip covers the highlights of Nepal.
What the program covers
The itineraries we prepared are carefully chosen to cover all the important places in Nepal. The major attractions are:
World famous palace complex of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur which were active palaces in the past and constructed by Malla kings,
The mediaeval town of Bhaktapur which is famous for its narrow streets, wood carving and traditional lifestyles and potteries,
The holy and sacred temple of Shiva, Pashupatinath where the open cremation is still carried out,
The birthplace of Lord Buddha Lumbini with monasteries and temple for Mayadevi, the mother of Buddha,
The hill town of Tansen famous for Dhaka, and bronze work, has great sunrise and sunset view,
The famous city of Pokhara which is considered entry and exit point to do trekking in the Annapurna,
The oldest temple in Nepal, Changunarayan which is also a part of world heritage
The most popular national park of Nepal where people do wildlife safari to see one horned rhinos, royal Bengal tiger, sloth bear and many other animals,
Two of the important Mountain View points from where you can observe snowcapped mountains and take beautiful pictures,
An extra shopping day so you can get ample time to enjoy your sightseeing.
Why this is very good tour?
The tour is considered best tour as anybody can participate and does not have much walking. Except Tansen you can opt to have inspiring accommodation and you can even make Tansen as one the way stop and continue your journey to Pokhara. The tour takes to very different landscapes as it goes to southern plains and covers the hilly area. Driving through all this area is excellent opportunity to discover the geography, lifestyle, villages and to see different ethnic group living in the different part of the country.
The price of the tour
The price varies greatly with accommodation as we have different categories of Hotels in different towns. Please feel free to write to us. The price also depends with meal plans normally we give hotels with breakfast and in Chitwan National Park in full board. We can reduce the price by not sending the guide. The guided tour you will get just in confusing area of Kathmandu.
Day 1: Meet our guide/ representative and transfer to your hotel.
Day 2: Sightseeing of Swoyambhunath, Kathmandu Durbar square and Patan Durbar square.
Day 3: Drive to Chitwan National Park (about 160kms, 5-6 hours drive in private car)
Day 4: Discover Chitwan National Park engaging in different park activities.
Day 5: Drive from Chitwan to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, about 150 kms, 4-5 hours drive in Private car. Discover Mayadevi Temple by afternoon time.
Day 6: Discover Lumbini including different monastery and world peace pagoda constructed by Japanese peoplein the morning and drive from Lumbini to Tansen, Palpa, a hill station specially famous for sunrise and sunset view and discover rich local culture.
Day 7: Drive from Tansen to Pokhara .Pokhara is second popular destination for tourist in our country.
Day 8: Discover Pokhara including early morning sunrise view from sarangkot with spectacular view of Annapurna range, sightseeing of Devi’s fall, Gupteswor cave, Bindhyabasini temple and Setiriver George Followed by an hour boat ride in Fewalake.
Day 9: Drive from Pokhara to Kathmandu, a scenic highway following river banks most of the way.
Day 10: Sightseeing of Boudhanath, Pashupatinath and Bhaktapur Durbar Square and drive to Nagarkot and overnight stay there at Nagarkot.
Day 11: Take a short hike to Changunarayan temple about 3 hours from Nagarkot, Visit Changunarayan Temple and Drive back to Kathmnadu.
Day 12: Free day in Kathmandu doing last minute shopping, rest and relax and prepare for a final departure.
Day 13: On proper time transfer to airport to take a flight back home or another destination.