NEPAL
LIES IN A SCENIC VALLEY AT THE FOOT OF THE MAJESTIC HIMALAYAS. HOME OF A TREASURE
OF ART AND CULTURE INSPIRED BY BOTH HINDU AND BUDDHIST RELIGIONS, NEPAL HAS ALWAYS
BEEN AN INDEPENDENT SOVEREIGN KINGDOM, CHERISHED AND PROTECTED BY A GALAXY OF
KINGS. AS SUCH, KATHMANDU AND THE SURROUNDING STRING OF HISTORIC TOWNSHIPS CONTAIN
ENDLESS EXAMPLES OF DEEPLY INSPIRED ART AND ARCHITECTURE. NEPAL
- The Gateway to Mount Everest!
DAY
01,DELHI:Morning is escorted to the airport to connect
your flight for Kathmandu.
KATHMANDU:Arrive
and transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day free for independent activities. Meals
and overnight at the hotel.
DAY
02: KATHMANDU:The city 'Kathmandu' is the capital
of the Kingdom and is also known as Kantipur, meaning 'Place of Luster'. The word
Kathmandu has been derived from the word Kashthamandap, a pagoda style - structure
constructed near the Darbar Square. It is said that this structure was built from
a single tree of Shorea (Sal.) Morning after breakfast leave on a sightseeing
tour visiting the house of living Goddess, Hanuman Dhoka Palace (historic seat
of Nepalese Monarchs and locate of all coronation) and the inner temple built
from the wood of one tree. Visit Boudhnath - one of the largest Buddhist stupas
in the world and built over 2000 years ago. Small Tibetan houses and shops cluster
around the area. Afternoon
tour of Patan City built in 200 A.D. planned on a circular format with stupas,
the city is full of Buddhist and Hindu shrines and monuments. The city is noted
for its craftsmen. Visit the shopping areas. Return to your hotel around 1830
hrs. For dinner and overnight. DAY 03,
KATHMANDU - BHADGAON CITY:Morning visit Bhadgaon city
home of medieval art. Shaped like a conch-shell, Bhadgaon contains innumerable
masterpieces of architecture, temples, Palaces and Gateways view the famous Hindu
temple Pashupatinath from across the river Bagmati. Return to city by way of Thimi,
place of potters, where brilliant pappier mache masks are made on hand turned
wheels. Lunch at the hotel. Afternoon free. Meals & overnight at the hotel. DAY
04, KATHMANDU:Morning will be at leisure or you have an option
to go for a sensational Mountain flight (at an extra cost) for breath taking views
of Mount Everest and other beautiful snow capped peaks. Afternoon is escorted
to the airport for Delhi flight. DELHI:
Arrive to connect your onward flight.
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