Kathmandu Cultural Tour

Kathmandu Cultural Tour

Trip Grade
Easy to Moderate
Max. Altitude
1,750 m

Overview

Trexmount Ventures would like to welcome you to a unique sightseeing tour Experience.  This tour has covered the world heritage sites of Kathmandu Valley and a lovely hill station nearby. Furthermore, the Kathmandu Cultural Tour includes visiting Patan’s Durbar Square, the Hindu holy Pashupatinath Temple, the great Buddhist stupa of Bouddhanath, and the oldest monastery and stupa of Sywambhunath. These are some of the highlights of Kathmandu Valley. This Kathmandu Cultural tour has also included old Bhaktapur city.

This city lies in the eastern suburb of the valley.  You can observe the local Newari way of daily life, culture, and traditions including visiting its famous temples and old Malla regime temples and palaces. Bhaktapur certainly heralds back to medieval period times.

Kathmandu Cultural Tour

After exploring the Kathmandu valley, A short drive to the old Newari town of Dhulikhel. We have an overnight to marvel at the sunset and sunrise views over an array of central and eastern Himalayan peaks from Ganesh, Langtang, and Jugal Himal to the Gaurishankar range. Similarly, after a wonderful time at Dhulikhel, We take a short drive to Namobuddha.

This is a very unique site to visit. Namo Buddha is a holy Buddhist site in a completely tranquil setting surrounded by pine and rhododendron trees. The monks have a special praying ceremony every day.  Moreover, Namo Buddha has a mythology that King Mahasattva feeds hungry tigers with his flesh. This is a lovely hill station to see the beautiful nature of the mid-hill range with a sounding historical experience. 

After exploring Namo Buddha, Hiking descends to the Shankhu village, which is a marvelous village full of orange and fruit gardens as well as beautiful fields for harvesting crops. Exploring the old Newari Town Panauti. Drive back to Kathmandu via Banapa and Bhaktapur. So, you enjoy the trip fully.

Itinerary

01Day

Arrival in Kathmandu and transfer to hotel.

After the flight and getting refreshed in respective hotels, a rendezvous in Kathmandu with other group members for tour orientation, where our guide / leader will brief with information regarding tours, hotels, do and don’ts with evening group dinner.

02Day

Kathmandu with cultural tour at places of interest.

Morning after breakfast as time set for the sightseeing tour, our city guide will lead you for few hours in our fascinating heritage and cultural tour around places of interest, tour of holy Pashupatinath temple, Bouddhanath, the stupa of Bouddhanath lays 8 km east of Kathmandu. This ancient colossal stupa is one of the biggest in the world and the center of Buddhism, listed in the UNESCO Heritage Monument in 1979. Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple) & monasteries, old historical Palaces, courtyard; and then back to hotel after the wonderful tour, afternoon free for individual activities.

03Day

Visit of Bhaktapur and drive to Dhulikhel – 04 hrs.

After a wonderful time in Kathmandu, tour leads to the famous medieval city of Bhaktapur, visit the ancient Durbar square, the famed Nytapola (9 storey magnificent pagoda temple) after an hour here drive continues leaving the suburb of Bhaktapur area heading towards Dhulikhel another scenic town worth visiting a peaceful surrounding with array of mountains to view along with stunning sunrise, located just an hour drive east of Kathmandu valley on the Lhasa / Kathmandu or Friendship Highway also known as Arniko Highway (the 1st artist to visit China during Kublai Khan period and built many pagodas in China and Tibet) Dhulikhel of more than 500 years old town / village.

04Day

Drive to Kathmandu with visit of Namobuddha holy sites – 04 hrs.

Morning enjoy the glorious sunrise views over the snow capped mountains, after breakfast, depart from this nice hotel / resort for the drive to Kathmandu with visit of sacred sight of Namobuddha, located in a serene environment a short drive south of Dhulikhel, one of the holiest place for Buddhist pilgrimage, this unsurpassable supreme sacred sites known as the Three Stupas in Nepal is Tagmo Lüjin “The place where future Buddha sacrificed his body to a tigress”. Here visit of interesting monastery where you can observe pilgrims and monks on prayer in this peaceful environment, after a lovely time here drive back to Kathmandu with rest of the day for individual activities.

05Day

Departure for home ward bound.

Today your last day in Nepal with great memories, amazing experience transfer to Tribhuvan International airport for final departure towards homeward bound or to next port of call.

Includes/Excludes

What is Included?

  • All Private Transportation
  • Meals: 4 Breakfast
  • 4 Nights 3 star Accommodations (Twin Share)
  • All Sightseeing Entrance Fee throughout the tour
  • Guide Escorted Tour and All activities
  • Tour Completion Certificate Award
  • All Taxes

Whats not Included

  • Meals: Lunch and Dinner
  • Single Supplement for single using rooms
  • Gratuities for guides and drivers
  • Travel Insurance
  • Single Supplement Applied for one pax in the Group
  • All your Personal Expenses

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Trip Info

Pashupatinath, Swyambhunath, Patan Durbar Squire, Bhaktapur Durbar Squire, Dhulikhel.