Bird Watching Tour
In Nepal, more than 850 species of birds are registered (9% of the species registered in the world). For that, a Bird Watching Tour in Nepal is easily available. The bird watching places in Kathmandu Valley are numerous: Shivapuri, Godavai, Sankhu, Nagarjuna, Gokarna, Matatirta and many more... As per your interest and the length of your stay, this program can be more or less long. So take your binoculars along with you.
FACTS OF THE TOUR
Tour Days : -
Total Days in Nepal : -
Accommodation : Hotel
Food : Three meals a day
Transportation : A/C car or A/C van
Guiding : Fully escorted by a guide
ITINERARY OF THE TOUR
Day 1 :
After being welcomed in the Tribhuvan International Airport, you are transfered to your hotel for refreshing and resting.
Later you are taken to the Kathmandu Durbar Squar. In this UNESCO site, you can see many temples dedicated to different Hindu deities. Among them Taleju Temple, Kumari Ghar and Kasthamandap, the temple which is supposed to have given its name to the city.
During the evening, you are invited to a welcome dinner.
Night in Kathmandu.
Day 2 :
This morning you discover the Stupa of Swayambunath known among foreigners as Monkey Temple. This Buddhist Temple settles at the top of a hill in Kathmandu. It is registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The temple complex is scattered with shrines and statues of both Buddhist and Hindus deities characterizing the country’s unique religious harmony.
After the lunch, you visit the Stupa of Bouddhanath, one of the largest stupas in South Asia. This Buddhist place is the house of many of the Tibetan refugees who leave their country in the 1950’s. This “Little Tibet” is the best place in the Kathmandu Valley to observe the Tibetan lifestyle.
Close to Buddhanath is Pashupatinath, a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, the God of Destruction. Registered as a UNESCO site, the main attraction of Pashupatinath is the human cremations. Once a year the Shivaratri Festival is hold in the temple gathering thousands of Hindu pilgrims.
In evening you are invited to a farewell dinner.
Night in Kathmandu.
Next Days :
The places for bird watching in Kathmandu Valley are numerous: Shivapuri, Godavari, Sankhu, Nagarjuna, Gokarna, Matatirta and many more... According to your interest, we will organise a bird watching program more or less long.
Nights in Kathmandu.
Day - :
This morning, you discover Patan Durbar Square. Patan also called Lalitpur means “the city of artists”. This complex of temples has been damaged because of a earthquake in 1934 but all buildings have been restored since that date. In Patan you can find one of the only two five pagodas temple in Nepal : the Khumbeshwor Temple.
During afternoon, you go to Bhaktapur to visit its Durbar Square. The Durbar Square of Bhaktapur is the most well conserved and the most peaceful of the three Durbar Square of the Valley. Among the attractions, you visit the 55 Windows Palace, Taleju Temple and Nyatapola Temple, a five pagodas temple.
In evening you are invited to a farewell dinner.
Night in Kathmandu.
Day - :
You have free time for buying souvenirs and resting before being transferred to the airport for your final departure.
