Special Interest Tour

World Heritage Sites: Three cities of Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Patan & Bhaktapur) cover seven World Heritage Sites, i.e. Kathmandu Durbar Square, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Swayambhunath Stupa, Bouddhanath Stupa, Changunarayan & Pashupatinath Temple. Everest National Park in the Everest region, Chitwan National Park and Lumbini – the birth place of Lord Buddha are three more areas entailed in the World Heritage Sites in Nepal.

Culture Heritage Sites
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Swayambhunath stupa
Bouddhanath Stupa
Pashupatinath Temlpe
Changunarayan Temple
Bhhaktapur Durbar Suqare
Patan Durbar Square
Lumbini

Natural Heritage Sites

Sagarmatha National Park
Chitwan National Park

Hidden Treasure of Kathmandu: This aims a walking tour passing through unique Buddhist Bahals in Kathmandu like Chhusyabahal toWorld Heritage Site Kathmandu Durbar Square – Hanuman Dhoka.

Kathmandu Valley Culture Tour: Kathmandu Valley is certainly rich in culture. Visits to numerous Buddhist Courtyards, Bahals, Bahis & Choks will enfold a living picture of ancient Nepalese Culture.

Theravada Bhddhist Tour: Theravada Buddhist Bihars (shrines) are found all over Nepal. They represent an important sect of Buddhism in Nepal. Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur, Lumbini, Tansen – Palpa and Pokhara are worth visiting for such Bihars.

Buddhist Monastries in Kathmandu Valley: Bouddhanath, Swayambhunath, Shivapuri, Namoubouddha, Kirtipur have rich and most attractive Buddhist Monasteries in Kathmandu Valley. Tibetan Buddhist Monks pray & worship Buddha in a melodious way amidst drums & musical instruments, meditation, prayer & worship. They offer pujas and maintain places for prayer and rooms for meditation.

Ancient City Tour of Patan , Kirtipur & Bhaktapur: Such a tour is an alternative tour for visitors, which aims going to narrow lanes and unusual locations to see people living with ancient life style and visit places almost antique in the modern world. Their way of dealing, dressing, dwelling as also feasting, worshiping are still unique of ancient type – living museums of humans and habitation.

Thimi Culture Site: 12 kms. East of Kathmandu, an ancient craft village famous for clay potteries and folk culture; is also a Homogeneous community with numerous festivals and cultural attractions. There are Buddhist monasteries, temples, courtyards and sattals with lots of things to see and show.

Panauti: Panauti, a small town located 35 km Southeast of Kathmandu, found in the central regions of Nepal. Panauti is a very historical city found in Nepal, as it was originally a small state given by King Bhupitendra Malla as a dowry to his sister. This town has a population of under 10,000 people and a few prominent icons, such as the Indreswor temple and Durbar square found in the town center. At the end of the 13th Century, Panauti was finally integrated into the unified kingdom of Nepal, along with Kathmandu, Patan, and Bakthapur, which are all former capital cities of the Kathmandu valley. Panauti, consists of a variety of Buddhist and Hindu religious monuments, and is considered to be one of the area’s most important medieval sites.^[1]

Panauti, situated at the confluence of the two rivers Rosi and Punyamati, has been regarded as an important religious site since very early times. In Nepali society, such river scared places. A visit or just an ablution in such places enables man to be freed from many sins and anxieties. Moreover, it is also believed that at Panauti, in addition to aforesaid two rivers, a third river Lilawati also converges making it again a tri-junction called Triveni. However, the last one is said to be visible only to the sheers and the intellectuals. The presence of this at Panauti has added and remarkably enhanced its religious sanctity and popularity as well. On account of this, every festive occasion, a great number of devotees from all across the country pour here for a holy ablution and to pay haomage to the nearby Indreshwor Mahadev Temple and other holy sites located here. The site is also regarded as Prayagtirtha of Nepal.

Note: All the above places are open all seasons throughout the year.