Kathmandu Sightseeing

Kathmandu Valley has three main cities: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. There are four world heritage sites in Kathmandu. These places are worth visiting. These are the places rich for cultural, ritual activities and one can get impressed by the specimen of workmanship. The Newari art especially of the Malla period is fascinating. Swoyambhunath is called lovingly a monkey temple because there are many rhesus macaques living around the stupa. The stupa has typical Tibetan Architecture but there is Nepali especially the Bajrayana Buddhism influence. This is the conical shaped hill from where people can enjoy the sun rise, sunset and the view of the valley.

Kathmandu Durbar Square can be taken as the living museum. This is the place dominated by the Hindu temple, courtyards, palaces etc. The most important attraction of this place is the living goddess KUMARI. People can enjoy the squares doing shopping around there.

Boudhanath Stupa was built in 5th century A.D. by the Lichhavi king Manadeva. This stupa is in typical Nepali architecture but it has Tibetan influence. It has many monasteries around it.
Pashupatinath is the famous Hindu pilgrimage sites. This place has occupied 264 hectors of land including monuments, ghats, river and the jungle. Dead bodies are being cremated in the ghats.

Trip details:

We pick you up from the hotel at 9:00 a.m. Then we begin our tour to Swoyambhu, the monkey temple. We can either hike up the 360 steps to the top or the easy way from the western side. You can enjoy this place viewing different ritual activities, people walking around the stupa chanting mantra. After this, we go second place to Kathmandu Durbar Square. This place is a bit crowded than other places but the old carvings amaze you.  We go to Boudhanath after doing sighting of Kathmandu Durbar Square. This place is peaceful and you can feel the real vibration of chanting, meditation there. You can have lunch in the roof top restaurant if you like. Pashupatinath is just 2 km in distance and interesting place to see the cremation. We go the eastern bank of the Bagmati River and see the activities done by the people. You could hike up to temple and enjoy the scenery. Completing the tour around Pashupatinath, we return back to the hotel.