Highlight: Meet your warm guide and get prepared for the wonderful journey.
Arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, you are welcomed by the hospitable meeting and then you will be transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is for you to relax or stroll around your accommodation.
Meals:None
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Kathmandu.
Highlight: Visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swayambhunath Stupa and Patan Durbar Square.
Today, we will enjoy a full day valley sightseeing in Kathmandu. Visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, the place of the Malla and then the Shah Kings of Nepal, visiting Kumari Temple, house of the virgin goddess, visiting Swayambhunath Stupa (Monkey Temple), a stupa on the top of hill - from here you can overlook the scenery of Kathmandu, Visiting Patan Durbar Square, the second largest town in the valley, with Krishna Mandir, Golden Temple etc.
Meals:Breakfast
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Kathmandu.
Highlight: Visit Pashupatinath Temple, Boudhanath and Bhaktapur's Durbar Square.
In the morning, we will take you a glimpse of half day sightseeing tour in Kathmandu Valley. Visit the famous Pashupatinath Temple, one of the most important Hindu temples in Nepal. Then go for a walk to see the huge stupa of Buddha, also known as Boudhanath, the largest stupa in Nepal. Afterward taking a ride to Bhaktapur, a fascinating town, visit Bhaktapur's Durbar Square featuring the Victorian illustrations style with temples and temples complex.
Meals:Breakfast
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Kathmandu.
Highlight: Enjoy whitewater rafting on the Trishuli River.
After breakfast, we will drive from Kathmandu to Chitwan National Park. On the way, you will enjoy a 2-3 hours' rafting on Trishuli River. Trisuli River of Nepal is the most popular rafting river with impressive gorges and exciting and challenging rapids. Rafting in Trishuli River is an outstanding opportunity to experience the diversity of landscapes, natural geographical versatility and the aquatic wildlife and vegetation.
After that, we will continue drive to Chitwan.
Meals:Breakfast
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Chitwan.
Highlight: Enjoy safari in Royal Chitwan National Park and discover amazing creatures there.
Today you will get a full day safari activity in Royal Chitwan National Park. If you are lucky, you will see many amazing creatures that you spend most time to looking for, such as rhinoceroses, Chitwan's royal Bengal tigers, leopards, monkeys, many types of deer and reptiles. Check your camera gear, preferably with a telephoto lens and you will not miss any shots.
Meals:Breakfast
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Chitwan.
Highlight: Enjoy relaxing boating on Phewa Lake.
Today we will travel overland from Chitwan to Pokhara. Upon arrival, you will enjoy boating on Phewa Lake, the second largest lake in Nepal and lying at an altitude of 784 m. The lake is peaceful place to let you fully relax yourself.
Meals:Breakfast
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Pokhara.
Highlight: Sightseeing besides Phewa Lake and visit Seti River gorge.
After breakfast, we will first enjoy a half day sightseeing of Pokhara city, the most popular destination in Nepal after Kathmandu. Enjoy the morning trip along the bank of Phewa Lake, you can admire the stunning view of the Fish Tail's Peak reflected in the silver surface of the water. You can also see the wonderful Annapurna panorama forms a superb backdrop to Pokhara from the lake.
After sightseeing in Phewa Lake, we keep visiting the Seti River gorge - one of the best places to see, Mahendra Gufa, used to be well-known for its stalactites.
In the evening, you can walk around Lakeside Market.
Meals:Breakfast
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Pokhara.
Highlight: Appreciate beautiful landscape along the drive back to Kathmandu.
Today, we will drive back to Kathmandu, which takes about 6 hours in total. You can appreciate the stunning view along the way.
Meals:Breakfast
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Kathmandu.
Highlight: Visit Paro Rinpung Dzong, Ta Dzong Museum and Kyichu Lhakhang.
Upon your arrival in Paro by Druk Air, Bhutan’s national carrier, you will be picked up by your tour guide at the airport and then escorted to the hotel. After a short rest, you will go to tour the Paro city.
This first landmark in Paro you will visit is the Ta Dzong Museum, the national museum located on the hill behind the Paro Dzong. It houses many fine arts, religious relics, handicrafts, as well as textiles, jewelry etc., offering a great orientation into Bhutan’s historical, cultural, and religious past. Then head to visit the Kyichu Lhakhang, which is one of 108 temples constructed by the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo. Built in a manner similar to the Jokhang in Lhasa, Tibet, the temple has the great golden image of Buddha Shakyamuni.
After that, you will go to explore the famous Paro Rinpung Dzong. It is a large Dzong, Buddhist monastery and fortress built in 17th Century to protect Paro valley. Rinpung Dzong houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag.
In the evening, we will head to Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan and spend the night there.
Meals:Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Thimphu.
Highlight: Explore Thimphu’s cultural wonders like National Memorial Chorten, National Textile Museum and Traditional Paper Making Factory etc.
Today, it will be a full-day sightseeing tour in Thimphu. You will first visit the National Memorial Chorten, constructed in memorial of the third King of Bhutan, King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, in 1974. The King was generally regarded as the father of modern Bhutan and widely esteemed by the Bhutanese. Then head to National Textile Museum, which keeps the traditional art of waving preserved and exhibits a good collection of ancient colored textile in various forms. keeps the traditional art of waving preserved and exhibits a good collection of ancient colored textile in various forms.
After lunch, you will visit the National Institute of Traditional Medicine, to see the productive process of Bhutan’s traditional medicine, herbs mostly, and watch the medical practitioner training. Next, go to Traditional Paper Making Factory, which originated from the old tradition in the 8th century, Bhutan papermaking has been well preserved and listed as the valuable national heritage of Bhutanese culture.
Late in the afternoon, we will drive back to Paro from Thimphu.
Meals:Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Paro.
Highlight: Enjoy the wonderful trekking to Tiger’s Nest.
Today, we will leave for Paro to enjoy the exciting trek to the Taktshang Goemba, also known as Tiger's Nest. Standing incredibly on the side of a sheer cliff 900m above the Paro Valley, Taktshang Goemba (3210m) is the landmark of Bhutan and also the holiest temple of the country. Legend has it that Guru Padmasambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche) had flied here on the back of a tigress and meditated in the caves on the cliffside for three months. The temple has therefore become the holy site worshipped by all Bhutanese devotees, and known as one of the world’s top ten temples.
After the trek, we will head back to Paro.
Meals:Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Accommodation:Stay overnight in Paro.
Your tour guide will transfer you to Paro International Airport for your next destination. Tour service end.
Note: Please note that some of the sites in the itinerary may change due to season, weather, national holidays, and special events. We maintain the right to alter the itinerary. The changes in Itinerary will mainly base on improving your tour experience in Bhutan and Nepal.
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