Day 01: Kathmandu
Around midnight
arrival in Nepal. The cosmopolitan city and the
capital Kathmandu is the main gateway for travellers
to Nepal. Kathmandu Valley is the cultural and political heart of
the country. Upon arrival, you are met by an Indo Vacations
representative and transferred to the Hotel.
Day 02: Kathmandu
In the morning we
start our sightseeing by visiting Durbar Square.
Durbar Square is the spiritual heart of Kathmandu. The
old royal palace at the centre of the city was
surrounded by temples and other important buildings.
This is the most important point in Kathmandu to see
the culture and religion of Nepal. After visiting Durbar square we
visit Swayambhunath. The stupa at Swayambhunath is the
most important and oldest site of Buddhist worship in
Nepal. Swayambhunath Stupa is famous for the eyes of
Buddha which seem to observing the world from all 4
directions. After Swayambhunath we visit Bodhnath.
Bodhnath is the largest Stupa of Nepal. Around the
octagonal base of Stupa there are 108 images of Buddha
where prayer ceremonies of Buddhist Lamas are taking
place since over 2000 years.
Day 03:
Kathmandu - Charaundi - Kurintar
After
having
breakfast we drive to Charaundi, the starting point of
the river rafting and start 2 days rafting on the Trisuli river.
This river is one of the most famous areas in
Nepal to go for white
water rafting. In the evening we will cover the first section,
involving a series of rapids and after a journey of three hours we
reach a beautiful beach in a bend of the river. At the end of the
river rafting we will have a camp on the bank of the river.
Day 04: Kurintar - Pokhara
After
having breakfast we continue our white water rafting down the river.
The navigation will take us about 7 to 8 hours. We
will find series of rapids together with long sections of quiet
water, where we will have the time to enjoy viewing the beautiful
cliffs and scattered villages along the banks.
In the afternoon we will end our rafting at Munglin and drive to
Pokhara.
On arrival at Pokhara transfer to the Hotel.
Day 05:
Pokhara - Kalikasthan
After
having
breakfast
we
drive to Kahun Khola and then
have
a 10 minute
walk through the paddy fields.
After
crossing
the Biyapur river
we
climb
the
Kandani Hill.
From this point,
one
can view the
the spectacular view of the Pokhara
Valley, Mt. Annapurna,
Lamjung Himal,
and
the Mt.
Machhapuchhre
very clearly.
After
having
lunch
we trek
for
about
2 hrs.
and reach
Kalikasthan
camp.
From the camp all the above
mountains
can be seen
very clearly.
Day 06: Kalikasthan - Shaklung
In the
early morning we will view the sunrise from there. The sunrise is
very magnificent as the pink day of the rising
sun paints the majestic Himalayan peaks from faint pink to amber
then to burning gold. After breakfast, you will trek through
beautiful Gurung villages with the most colourful views of
Machhapuchhre, different peaks of Annapurna, Lamjung, Manasalu etc.
After lunch the trail leads uphill through the forest for about three
and half-hours and you will reach Libiyani in the evening.
Day 07: Shaklung - Begnas
After breakfast, we will ascend
through the beautiful forest to Bhatti village. After having lunch
at Bhatti village, you will trek towards to Begnas Tal or Begnas
Lake
(3000 ft.) for an overnight camp.
The
Begnas lake is the
biggest lake in the Pokhara valley with beautiful surrounding. We
can have a walk here and see the life in the villages of
Himalayas.
Day 08:
Begnas Tal - Pokhara
Today you
will
have a
trekking
till
Begnas Bazaar from
where you will
drive to
Pokhara.
In the evening arrive in Pokhara.
Day
09: Pokhara - Chitwan national Park
Today we
drive to the
Royal
Chitwan National park. This National Park is situated near the
Indian Nepal border. The area of the National Park covers around 950
square km. The Chitwan National park is the natural habitat of the
Tiger, great one-horned Indian rhinoceros, leopard, gaur, sloth and
wild bear, sambar. We have our overnight stay in a comfortable Lodge
in the National Park.
Day 10: Chitwan National Park
In the early
morning you will have a jungle safari
in the Chitwan National Park penetrating through lush grasslands to
view wildlife. This grass is commonly known as elephant grass and is
very dense and grows to a height of 18-20 ft.
In the afternoon we
take a ride in Canoe on the Narayani river
where there are very good chances of
viewing the gharial crocodiles as well as the mugger crocodiles,
fresh water dolphins, Otters and varieties of water birds.
If you are lucky,
you may see the elusive Royal Bengal Tiger on
an
elephant safari.
Day 11: Chitwan National Park - Kathmandu
In the morning we
drive to Kathmandu. In the afternoon we drive to
Bhaktapur.
Bhaktapur is the Kathmandu valley's most medieval city
and the third biggest city of the valley. This city is situated about 13
kilometers east of Kathmandu and was one of the three
kingdoms of the Mallas. Bhaktapur has
preserved it's medieval character better than
Patan. In Bhaktapur we visit the
golden Door, the palace of 55 windows (15th century) and Pagoda Nyatapola (18th century).
In the evening we drive back to Kathmandu.
Day 12:
Kathmandu
Transfer
to the airport to connect the flight
for onwards journey.
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