Discover the rich culture, stunning landscapes, and warm hospitality of Nepal in one unforgettable journey. The Explore Nepal Tour takes you through ancient heritage sites, serene hill towns, scenic countryside, and breathtaking Himalayan vistas, offering a perfect blend of nature, culture, and adventure. Ideal for travellers seeking a complete Nepal experience in a short time.
Trip Highlights
-Explore around Kathmandu Valley.
-Lifestyle, culture, and tradition of the Newar People.
-Sightseeing around Pokhara.
-Visit Chitwan National Park.
-Tharu Village and Elephant activities.
-Explore around the birthplace of Lord Buddha.
-Major Attractions of this Tour.
With your arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, your 11-day journey starts with a tour of the Kathmandu Valley. Kathmandu Valley Tour takes you to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the valley. It includes the three durbar squares, along with a side trip to Nagarkot.
You will arrive in Kathmandu City. It is the only city in Nepal to host an international airport. You will be taken to a 3-star hotel for the overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
On this day, you will explore Kathmandu city. Kathmandu city is the capital of the country. You will visit Swoyambhunath Temple, in the morning. Swoyambhunath is a famous Buddhist temple, situated on a small hill inside Kathmandu Valley. One can get a good look of Kathmandu city from this temple. You will also visit the famous Basantapur Durbar Square. This is a palace square of Malla Kingdom. There are various numbers of temples that surround this palace. Build-in Nepali architecture, you get to witness the unique style and get awed by the large temple. Then, you go to Patan city. Patan is another Malla Kingdom in the valley. You will also visit Patan Durbar Square and its surrounding temples. The unique architecture of Krishna Mandir is famous because of its only use of stone. Then, you will drive to Nagarkot to enjoy the sunset. Nagarkot is a small hill station just outside of Kathmandu Valley. Overnight at a hotel in Nagarkot.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Enjoy the sunrise from Nagarkot from the sunrise viewpoint. After breakfast, you will drive to Bhaktapur city, which is one of the oldest cities inside Kathmandu Valley. Visit Bhaktapur Durbar Square, one of the oldest durbars squares of all three you will visit. Enjoy different temples around the square, the most famous one being Naytapola temple. After visiting Bhaktapur, you will visit the Pashupatinath temple, one of the most famous temples for Hindus, especially the devotees of Lord Shiva. Then, you will visit Boudhanath, another important Buddhist shrine inside the Kathmandu Valley. Overnight at the hotel in Kathmandu.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Today, you will be driving to Chitwan from Kathmandu. It will take about 4-5 hours. Upon reaching Chitwan National Park, you can freshen up and take a short rest in your hotel room. Afterward, you will take a walk in the colorful Tharu village. Tharu are a group of indigenous people living in the flatlands of Nepal for centuries. You can observe their lifestyle, housing structure, and innocent people. You will then visit the elephant stable. Overnight at the hotel in Chitwan National Park. (approx. 5/6 hours drive)
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast in the hotel, we will enjoy a full day of safari activities in Royal Chitwan National Park. Here guests can embrace nature and catch glimpses of rare creatures, such as rhinoceros, Chitwan's royal Bengal tigers, leopards, and monkeys. We strongly recommend you bring a camera, preferably with a telephoto lens. We will retire to the hotel at the end of our day.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast, we travel overland from Chitwan to the Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha and a place of holy pilgrimage. Lumbini has been included as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Upon arrival at Lumbini, we transfer you to the hotel, check-in, and then we go walking through the Sacred Lumbini Garden. This remarkable place is the Buddha’s birthplace and converges on the Ashoka pillar. Here we will visit the Maya Devi Temple with its bas-relief sculpture. We will stay here overnight at a Hotel.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, we drive to Pokhara. Afternoon, Boating at Phewa Lake, the second largest lake in the Pokhara Here, one can sail or row a hired boat across to the water or visit the island Barahi temple in its middle.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Early morning drive to Sarangkot, hill station viewpoint. After sunrise view over the Annapurna Himalayas back to Hotel. Visit Seti River George, David’s fall, Mahadev cave & International Mountain Museum and David’s fall is a lovely waterfall lying about two km south-west of the Pokhara airport on the Siddhartha Highway. Legend has it that a trekker (Devin, David..) was washed away by the Pardi Khola and mysteriously disappeared down into an underground passage beneath the fall. Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave is Nepal's most famous cave. International Mountain Museum, you can see lifestyles and history of ethnic groups and photographs of mountains, climbers, etc.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, we will drive or fly to Kathmandu. Once here we will stay overnight at a Hotel.( Approx. 6 hours drive or 25 minutes flight)
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Free till departure, transfer to the airport to connect onward flight.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
