Buddhist Darshan Tour - 10 Days

Upon your arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, the Adventure Himalayan representatives will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel. After refreshment, you will be briefed about your tour by our guide or tour leader. If you have any questions or doubts about your trip then they should be asked and clarified at this time. Overnight stay at hotel.

After breakfast, we start an interesting tour around Kathmandu city. Kathmandu Valley includes several UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including Pashupatinath (famous Hindu temple and cremation ground) Boudhanath (massive Buddhist stupa). We can also visit Swyambhunath, also known as Monkey Temple, which was built roughly 2000 years ago. Finally, we can visit Patan, the city of fine arts. Overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast, drive to Kurintar for Manakamana Temple visit. Take the Kurintar cable car ride to reach Manakamana. It takes about 10 minutes. After Manakamana, drive to Pokhara, one of the most popular tourist’s destinations of Nepal. Pokhara is also famous for boating, trekking, rafting and thrilling adventurous sports. In the evening, you will be relaxing near the lake, enjoying the fresh air. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Early in the morning, we will drive to Sarangkot for a sunrise tour. Sarangkot is one of the best places in Nepal for sunrise and panoramic mountain views. After the sunrise tour, we drive back to the hotel for breakfast then proceed to Pokhara city sightseeing places to visit like: 

Barahi Temple: The Barahi temple is one of the most important temples in Pokhara. Devotees can be seen, especially on Saturdays, carrying male goats and fowls across the lake, to be sacrificed to the deity. 

Seti Gorge: Flowing right through the city, the boisterous river runs completely underground at many places. Amazingly, at certain points, the river appears hardly two meters wide. But its depth is quite beyond imagination over 20 meters! 

Davi's Fall: Locally known as the Patale Chhango, Davi's Fall (also known as Devin's and David's) is a lovely waterfall lying about two km southwest of the Pokhara airport along the Siddhartha Highway. 

Gupteswar Cave: Another cave famous for it's religious importance located in the southern end of the city, Chorepatan. This cave is a sacred and natural cave where there is temple of Lord Shiva.

Mountains Museum: Mountains and Mountaineering have a history of their own. Without preserving it, It will not be long before all the records and evidences will be lost forever. Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA), established on 1Nov 1973, initiated the establishment of international Mountain Museum(IMM) in Pokhara. The basic objective for its establishment was made to record, document and chronicle the past and present development of mountaineering activities in the world in general and to preserve the saga of the momentous feats in the history of mountaineering in the Himalayan peaks in particular. You will return to Pokhara in the evening. Overnight stay at a Hotel.

It takes about 7 hrs of driving to reach Lumbini which is the birthplace of Lord Buddha—the propounder of Buddhism. We will visit several monuments, monasteries, Maya Devi Pond, Ashoka Pillar, and many other iconic sites in Lumbini. Lumbini has also been enlisted in the UNESCO World Heritage List. We will spend an hour taking in all of the precious sites before coming back to the hotel in the evening.

Early in the morning, we will head towards Tilaurakot which positions itself 27km to the west of Lumbini. Tilaurakot is the ancient capital city of Kapilvastu and the Kingdom of Shakya clan into which Lord Buddha was born. Ruins of the Ancient palace of Tilaurakot can still be seen here. Later we will head back to the hotel in Lumbini.

The journey for the day commences by driving for about 3hrs to cover 90km of distance to make it to Chitwan. We will spend the rest of the day exploring the sites in Chitwan. If you would like to leave later in the day from Lumbini, you can explore more of Lumbini in the morning. Overnight in a hotel in Chitwan.

Wake up call followed by tea or coffee, and then proceed to elephant-back safari. Guests will ride on an elephant to explore the jungle and wildlife. You will be able to see the one-horned rhinoceros, several types of deer, monkeys, wild boar, bison, sloth bear, leopard and, if you're lucky, the Royal Bengal tiger. This exciting ride lasts for 2-3 hours. Our guides will help you identify some species of birds, plants and other wildlife that you may encounter and evening, we'll see the traditional Tharu cultural dance. Overnight at Hotel.

After breakfast, you'll drive from Chitwan to Kathmandu, taking around five hours. While driving from Chitwan to Kathmandu, you'll enjoy the mountain views, green sceneries, rice terrace fields, and people being engaged in their daily life activities. Celebratory dinner together in the evening. Overnight at hotel in Kathmandu.

Our representatives will assist you in last moment preparation and will drive you back to the airport from where you will return to your beloved ones. We hope to serve you again!