1 day

Lunch

Private

Instant confirmation

About this activity

If you are staying within Kathmandu Valley, you will be picked up at your hotel by a private car in the morning. Otherwise, meet your guide at Nursing Chowk, Thamel to begin your tour.

Head to Kathmandu Durbar Square, which is home to a house full of woodcarvings of different gods and goddesses. In this 3-story palace, you will also find the living goddess, Kumari. Both Hindus and Buddhists venerate her. You will also visit Old Freak Street, named due to its unique history of the 1960s and 1970s. Explore the intriguing little boutique shops and restaurants.

Next visit Swayambhunath, also called the Monkey Temple due to the number of rhesus monkeys that call this place home. The sanctuary is up a long set of stairs, where at the top you will find amazing views of the Kathmandu Valley. At the top there is a vast stupa and other various Hindu sanctuaries.

Your tour continues to Boudhanath to see the biggest Buddhist stupa in Nepal. Then enjoy lunch at a local eatery for a phenomenal perspective of the stupa.

Your day finishes with a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pashupati. Your guide will teach you about the various sanctuaries that make up the site. Afterwards, you will be dropped back off to your original departure point.

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Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off (within Kathmandu Valley)
Lunch
Local guide
Transport by private vehicle

Not included

Hotel pickup and drop-off (outside Kathmandu Valley)
Food and drinks
Gratuities

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Please note that there has been significant damage to some of the sites visited on this tour due to the earthquakes in April and May of 2015
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Features

Tourism

95%

Cultural

80%

Reviews

5.0

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William S

5 | 2017-07-26

Excellent tour - a great way to see Kathmandu's major Buddhist and Hindu sites in a single day.

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Cinthia Elisa

5 | 2017-06-25

Excellent! Narayan was an amazing tour guide!

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Kathleen D

5 | 2017-05-05

My friend and I went on this tour in March 2017. Our guide was Narayan. He was an expert at the sites and kept us very well informed throughout the day. In addition, he was adaptable to our needs.....we had already been to some of the scheduled sites and he expertly found other amazing places to show us. I loved the tour and left feeling that I had an in depth experience of Kathmandu. I would highly recommend this tour......a word of caution....it did include a visit to a Hindu temple by the scared river where cremations were occurring....this may be unnerving to some people.....

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Keith B

5 | 2017-05-02

Had an amazing time with Narayan exploring KTM. I was picked up in a comfortable car and he took care of me all day. It is a great way to see the city in a day and cover the most interesting sights in the shortest amount of time. I highly recommend this tour.

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