Private Kathmandu Sightseeing Tour
Kathmandu, Nepal
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Trip Type: City Tours
Duration: 6 hours
Day tour of the Kathmandu City with visits to major UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The tour goes to Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swoyambhunath – Monkey Temple, Pashupatinath and Boudhanath. Get mesmerized by Nepal’s religious, historical landmarks and witness the country’s amazing culture and traditions.
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Day tour of the Kathmandu City with visits to major UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The tour goes to Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swoyambhunath – Monkey Temple, Pashupatinath and Boudhanath. Get mesmerized by Nepal’s religious, historical landmarks and witness the country’s amazing culture and traditions.Meet your city guide at the hotel lobby and drive towards the Kathmandu Durbar Square. This medieval square is a historical landmark of the valley with many religious temples, shrines and palaces. The old palace here used to be the royal palace and center of power of the kings during the eighteenth century and earlier. There’s a handicraft open market inside the square area with wide range of things on sale.
Next you will drive to Swoyambhunath located on a hill top. It’s also popularly known as ‘Monkey Temple’ due to large number of monkeys residing in it’s forested area. You can observe a full panoramic view of the entire Kathmandu Valley and the surrounding mountains can be observed from here. There are several other temples and shrines around Swoyambhunath.
Your next stop is the Hindu temple of Lord Shiva ‘Pashupatinath’ located on the banks of holy Bagmati River. The four large gates of the temple are silver and gilt-plated and richly carved with images of deities. There are several other Hindu temples around Pashupatinath area. The bank of the Bagmati River is also the cremations ground for Hindus. Continue the sightseeing to Boudhanath, a Buddhist Stupa, closer to Pashupatinath Temple which will be around 20 minutes as per the traffic. This is the largest and holiest Buddhist Stupas in the world. Later on you will be then transferred back to your hotel.
Next you will drive to Swoyambhunath located on a hill top. It’s also popularly known as ‘Monkey Temple’ due to large number of monkeys residing in it’s forested area. You can observe a full panoramic view of the entire Kathmandu Valley and the surrounding mountains can be observed from here. There are several other temples and shrines around Swoyambhunath.
Your next stop is the Hindu temple of Lord Shiva ‘Pashupatinath’ located on the banks of holy Bagmati River. The four large gates of the temple are silver and gilt-plated and richly carved with images of deities. There are several other Hindu temples around Pashupatinath area. The bank of the Bagmati River is also the cremations ground for Hindus. Continue the sightseeing to Boudhanath, a Buddhist Stupa, closer to Pashupatinath Temple which will be around 20 minutes as per the traffic. This is the largest and holiest Buddhist Stupas in the world. Later on you will be then transferred back to your hotel.
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