Upon our arrival in Tribhuvan International Airport an airport representative from Ambition Himalaya will pick up us from and take to the hotel. After getting fresh in the Hotel we will take rest and later will start exploring the town. If we have time then we will go for a dinner at a typical Nepali cultural restaurant for dinner with director of Ambition Himalaya. We will discuss about the trip in details before returning back to the hotel

Meals Included: Complementary welcome dinner

We will have breakfast in the hotel and start our sightseeing tour. Our sightseeing tour will take us to most of the popular destinations of the valley as listed below:

Swoyambhunath Stupa: The tour will start from Swoyambhunath; also known as ‘Monkey Temple’ among tourists. Swoyambhunath is one of the most popular holy site for Buddhist people all over the world. This area is inhabited by lots of monkeys and that is why the area is called Monkey Temple by tourists. Swoyambhunath is holy place situated on a top of the hill on the west of Kathmandu valley.

Pashupatinath Temple: After Swyambhunath we will continue our tour to Pashupatinath. Pashupatinath is the biggest and most popular Hindu holy temple among Hindus mostly in Nepal and India. This is a popular temple located on the bank of Bagmati River in Kathmandu valley in the east of Kathmandu. Only typical Hindus are allowed to enter the main entrance of the Temple. Pashupatinath Temple is one of the oldest temple in Kathmandu

Bouddhanath Stupa: Bouddhanath is another most popular and sacred Buddhst stupa in Kathmandu valley. This holy place is popular among Buddhist people all over the world. This stupa is located on the North-East of Kathmandu valley. The stupa’s massive mandala makes the stupa one of the largest stupa in Nepal. The Bouddhanath area is inhabited by Tibetan refugees since long time.

Kathmandu Durbar Square: Finally, we will conclude our tour to Kathmandu Durbar Square; one of the most advanced site of Kathmandu. Kathmandu Durbar Square gives you the spectacular example of tradition architecture of Kathmandu Valley. The whole palace is crafted with amazing crafts by the typical people of Kathmandu Valley; Newars. This palace was originally a royal palace before the royal family moved to another palace. Another characteristic of the palace is the only ‘living goddess’ of Nepal. Every year there is a celebration in the palace during Dashain festival with the ‘Virgin Living Goddess of Nepal’.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Our first day of sightseeing in Kathmandu will be started after having breakfast in the hotel. The director of the company will introduce us to our tour guide. We will start the trip from sightseeing in Patan. Patan is wonderful heritage site situated in the valley with thousands of years old monuments and creativity. Continuing our trip we will go to Bhaktapur; one of the major heritage sites of Nepal as also listed by UNESCO. Bhaktapur also has different kinds of attractive and creative carvings to look at. Bhaktapur was a palace long time ago and now all these palaces are here for sightseeing. Ending our trip in Bhaktapur we will drive to Nagarkot; a magical hill station. Nagarkot is a popular hill station at 1 and half hour drive from Kathmandu. This top of the hill is popular for sunrise and sunset viewing. For those who do not have time to go for trekking this hill has been a good option for viewing Himalayan panorama.

Meals Included: Breakfast

We will have breakfast in the hotel and starting walking down to Changu Narayan Temple. This temple is also an old Hindu temple situated near Kathmandu valley. The hike to Changu Narayan is pleasant hike through small villages and pine forests. The hike is about 3 hours from Nagarkot and its downhill almost everywhere. We will explore tiny towns and smiling local people. Finally after reaching Changu Narayan we will take some look there and plan for drive to Kathmandu

Meals Included: Breakfast

All these places have unique identity. Kopan monastery is one of the most popular Buddhist monasteries around Kathmandu valley. Many tourists also go this monastery for meditation and retreats. Budhanilkantha is popular Hindu temple of lord Bishnu. After visiting all these beautiful places return back to Kathmandu for overnight

Kirtipur, Farping and Dakshinkali are two out of main town places with unique features. Kirtipur is a small top of the hill from where you can see the whole Kathmandu valley. This town is inhabited by Newar People and popular for its old cultures. Farping has a myth that once Kathmandu valley was a lake. Once a god named Manjushree came and cut some part of Farping and the water went out. That’s how the civilization in Kathmandu started as per the myth. Dakshinkali is popular among Hindu people. It’s a temple where hundreds of people go for worshiping every morning. It is also interesting to see animal sacrifices by Hindu people in this Temple

Meals Included: Breakfast

Today is the last day for us in Nepal if we do not have any other plans to do. Depending on our flight time we will prepare for the departure. If we have some hours then we will probably go to shops to see if we can find any souvenirs. If our flight is in the morning then we won’t have time to do anything so shortly after having breakfast we will straightly go to Airport for the departure.

Meals Included: Breakfast