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TOT: 10 Day Kathmandu & Nepal Exploration Tour

Tour Type: Private Tour: Flexible Travel Date & Travel Routes

Guide & Driver: English-speaking guide & air-conditioned

Highlights:

Explore the legendary city of Kathmandu with its numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites and amazing history;
Spend the night at a Buddhist monastery and find your inner peace;
Hike to a remote lodge with views of sandy beaches along a beautiful river;
Enjoy two days of exploring the fantastic Royal Chitwan National Park with a jeep safari in search of the elusive Asiatic Tiger;
Hike to Sarangkot for beautiful Himalayan mountain range views and a visit to the World Peace Pagoda.

Itinerary

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Day 1 Arrival in Kathmandu

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Upon your arrival at the Kathmandu airport, your local tour guide will greet you and to escort you to your private car for transportation to your downtown Kathmandu hotel. You will have the rest of this day free to rest and relax in your hotel or explore the local area on your own. There will be a Nepalese welcome dinner in the evening for the group.

Accommodation: Overnight in Kathmandu

Day 2 Kathmandu – Boudhanath Stupa, Bhaktapur

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After breakfast at your hotel, we will begin to explore Kathmandu and its surrounding areas. First up will be a visit to the Boudhanath Stupa, one of the world’s largest Buddhist shrines and a history dating back around 1,600 years. From there we will move on to visit the Royal City of Bhaktapur and Bhaktapur Durbar Square, the site of an ancient royal palace. Bhaktapur is an ancient village notable for the best preserved palace courtyards and old city center in Nepal and its rich culture, temples, and wood, metal and stone works of art. After visiting these UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we will return to the hotel to spend the night.

Accommodation: Overnight in Kathmandu

Day 3 Kathmandu – Pharping

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This morning after breakfast we will head south out of Kathmandu for about 23 kilometers (14 miles) to reach Pharping, a small town that hosts numerous Buddhist pilgrimage sites as well as Hindu temples. Along the way we will have the opportunity to explore the Swayambunath Temple (also known as the Monkey Temple), a 1,500-year old religious complex of a stupa and a variety of shrines and temples that are revered by both Buddhists and Hindus.

We will have a unique overnight experience as we spend the night in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery guesthouse at Neydo Tashi Chöling Monastery, which offers comfortable accommodations in a peaceful setting with balconies and private, western-style bathrooms. This large monastery hosts about 200 monks and was established in 2006. The income from the guesthouse directly supports the monastery.

Accommodation: Overnight in Pharping

Day 4 Pharping – Kurintar

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This morning we will do some exploring around the Neydo Tashi Choling Monastery before we depart for Kurintar on a 3-1/2 to 4-hour drive through 125 kilometers (78 miles) of some of Nepal’s beautiful forest scenery along the way. We will spend the night in a remote lodge situated on a ridge amongst the hills and overlooking sandy beaches lining a picturesque river. This remote lodge is only accessible on foot, so we will need to hike around 30 to 45 minutes to reach it. We will have porters to carry our bags, but please pack only what you will need for the overnight stay as we will leave our larger bags in the vehicle.

Accommodation: Overnight in Kurintar

Day 5 Kurintar – Chitwan National Park

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This morning after breakfast we will hike back down to our vehicle to travel on for about 2-1/2 to 3 hours to Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP), the oldest national park in Nepal, where we will spend 3 days and 2 nights exploring this national treasure. This park was established in 1973 and it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. RCNP is home to at least 45 species of amphibians and reptiles, 450 species of birds, and at least 43 species of mammals including monkeys, tigers and langurs. We will have the opportunity for a boat excursion today to better explore the park.

Accommodation: Overnight at Chitwan National Park

Day 6 Chitwan National Park

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Today we will spend an exciting day exploring Chitwan National Park with our expert local guides. The exact activities will depend on the weather and the season, but typical excursions include village walks, boating, nature walks, and jeep safaris looking for rhinos, leopards, wild elephants, monkeys and crocodiles. We will also see a presentation on the Nepal Tiger Trust, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the preservation of tigers in Nepal. A local tiger expert will join us on a jeep safari through tiger habitat so that we can learn about how tigers are tracked, protected and monitored with the help of the local communities. And if we are very lucky, we may be able to spot one of these beautiful creatures in the wild.

After a full day of exploring the park, we will return to the lodge for a Tharu cultural dance program presented by the local villagers.

Today’s trip notes:

1) The jeep safaris are often prohibited from running during the monsoon season by park authorities. Monsoon season runs from June to September and it can sometimes last until October. If the park is inaccessible, we can still explore the unfenced surrounding forest where it is just as likely to see wild animals.

2) Boat trips are also subject to water levels and local conditions on the Rapti River.

Accommodation: Overnight at Chitwan National Park

Day 7 Chitwan National Park – Pokhara

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We will depart Chitwan National Park this morning after breakfast for the 5 to 6-hour drive on to Pokhara, the second largest city in Nepal that lies on the once vibrant trade route between India and Tibet. Even today, mule trains can be observed bringing goods from remote regions of the Himalayas. Pokhara has several beautiful lakes and offers fantastic panoramic views of three of the ten highest mountain peaks in the world. There are also numerous Buddhist and Hindu temples throughout the area, some of which are combined temples where devoted members of the different religions worship together in peace.

After our travel and a bit of time exploring the city, we will check into our local accommodations for the night.

Accommodation: Overnight in Pokhara

Day 8 Pokhara: Sarangkot, World Peace Pagoda

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Early this morning we will hike up to the village of Sarangkot for a spectacular sunrise over the sweeping Himalyan mountain peaks. From there we will hike on to the World Peace Pagoda, a beautiful monument built by Buddhist monks from Japan. We can also visit a Tibetan refugee settlement camp to learn more about this refugee community by viewing their photo gallery and enjoying a Tibetan-style lunch. In the afternoon, you will have the option to try paragliding or enjoy a boat ride on Phewa Lake.

Today’s trip notes:

1) The hike up to the World Peace Pagoda is fairly strenuous so if you are not feeling up to it, please let your guide know and you may find something else to do instead.

Accommodation: Overnight in Pokhara

Day 9 Depart from Pokhara – Return to Kathmandu

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This morning we will take you to the Pokhara airport for the short one-hour flight back to Kathmandu. You will have the rest of the day free for exploring Kathmandu, so you may want to visit Pashuptinath or return to Swayambhunath to see some places you may have missed before. There is no shortage of interesting places to visit in the “City of Temples”, so you may just want to wander around the fascinating city to see what you may find.

Accommodation: Overnight in Kathmandu

Day 10 Depart from Kathmandu

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Today is free for you until it is time for you to go to the Kathmandu airport for your departing flight. The hotel checkout time is 12 p.m. today.

Accommodation: None

Price Includes.

Private professional English-speaking tour guide.
Private transfer listed.
All accommodations, based on double-occupancy.
Meals noted in the itinerary as "B,L,D".
Admission fees and activity expenses, as noted in the itinerary.
Service Charge (the planning, handling, operational and communication charges) & government taxes. Tourists Accident/Casualty Insurance

Price Excludes.

Nepal visa (your local tour guide could help you get it if necessary).
Sightseeing not listed in the itinerary.
Meals not listed in the itinerary (all lunches and dinners).
Personal expenses such as laundry, drink, fax, telephone call, optional tour activities, etc.
Gratuities, tips to guides, drivers, bellboys, etc.
Flight tickets in and out of Nepal
Single room supplement.
Additional tour service and/or activities.

Booking Information

1.The above routes accept Chinese people(people from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) and foreign visitors to attend the group booking, foreign guests and Taiwan tourists to Tibet, please contact us to apply for Tibet Permit!

2.Due to Covid-19, there has international travel restrictions for Tibet travel, so we can not guarantee travelers in one group are all English speakers. Our professional tour guide will provide Chinese-English service if there has English speakers in the join-in group. Therefore, we will not make any reimbursement for tour guide language reason.

3.June, July, August, September is peak season. Joining our group can guarantee the ticket of Potala Palace. The Potala Palace may be adjusted to the other days because of the current limitation of 2,300 visitors per day to protect the historic site.

4.Without affecting the original standards and scenic spots, we might change the sequences of scenic spots according to the actual situation on the day of the trip.

5.Patients with severe hypertension, asthma or heart disease should not join the group. Patients with colds should only go to Tibet after recovery.

6.Due to force majeure factors in case of landslides, mud-rock flow, avalanche, flood, earthquake and other natural phenomena influence or airline flight delay, cancel to causes such as the increase of expenses or unable to follow a normal schedule, we shall not bear the liability for compensation according to the tourism related regulations, but we will actively coordinate processing, in order to ensure a smooth trip.

7.Any failure to complete the activities during the tour due to the guests' own reasons or early departure will be considered as a waiver and the fee will not be refunded.

8.Tibet is a borderland area inhabited by ethnic minorities with limited tourist reception conditions. We hope that visitors can have reasonable expectations, respect the cultural beliefs and living habits of ethnic minorities and live in harmony with each other.

9.If there is a single room due to gender reasons, we will arrange a triple room (or double standard room with and extra bed) or fill the single room difference by the guest.

10.The shops in scenic spots do not belong to the travel agency's shopping shop arrangement. Please consider carefully.

11.Self-paid items are considered according to the time and the proportion of the approved members on the day, and no mandatory consumption is made.

Warm Tips

1.Travelers with severe high blood pressure or heart disease should not go to Tibet. Please do not bring serious colds into Tibet. Don’t go before the serious colds recovered!

2.Tibet is located in the plateau and most of the travelers might have plateau reaction. Please pay attention to rest and have proper diet (do not eat too full, because it will increase the burden of the stomach). Travelers can be appropriate to take some drugs, such as: Gaoyuan An, Rhodiola, Nuodi Kang; travelers with serious can appropriately take oxygen or hanging saline.

3.Because of the long drive in Tibet, travelers will spend a lot of time in the car, and inevitably can not eat on time, please bring some snacks and biscuits during drive.

4.Due to the special conditions in Tibet, please pay attention to keep warm. On the first day of arrival, please do not try to take a bath. Taking a bath will accelerate blood circulation and increase the body's demand for oxygen.

5.Tibet has a strong sunshine, especially dry climate, sunscreen, sunglasses, lip balm and other essential are necessary.

6.From April to November is the best time for sightseeing.

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