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News & Events

Buddha's Relic Recovered

The Chinese archaeologists have found a very small \"pagoda\" - it sounds more like an ornate reliquary shaped like a pogoda -- that allegedly contains a gold coffin bearing part of the Buddha\'s skull inside a silver box.
Tiger population up in Nepal

The latest census shows 63% increase in Tiger population since 2009. Of the 198 tigers, 120 are in Chitwan National Park, 50 in Bardiya National Park, 17 in Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, seven in Parsa Wildlife Reserve and four in Banke National Park.
Nepal Tibet foreign trade and tourism

Nepal Tibet border remained closed in Autumn 2015 for foreigners. Tourists rerouted their visit via Hilsa, Simikot or flying in and out of Lhasa. The overland trip will resume from April 2016
Nepal tops the top ten travel destination by 'Rough Guide'

The leading travel guide book publisher, Rough Guide has listed Nepal as the number one destination of the top ten travel destination of 2016.
Prince Harry to visit Nepal this spring.

Prince Harry\'s is taking an official tour of Nepal to observe how the country is recovering from devastating April 2015 earthquake.
International Buddhist Conference in Nepal for 2,060th Buddha Jayanti.

International Buddhist conference is held in Nepal to celebrate 2,060th Buddha Jayanti. The conference is supposed to highlight Lumbini as birthplace of Buddha and Nepal as the land of the origin of Buddhist philosophy.
Bison population up in Chitwan

Recent count has recorded increased number of Indian Bison - Gaur in Chitwan National park, a natural heritage sites enlisted by UNESCO.
Nepal top 3 destination - National Geographic

National Geographic has listed Nepal in its top 10 destination to visit in 2016. The country needs tourism to rebuilt, it says.
Lonely Planet listed Pun Hill as one of the must-see destination

The leading travel guide book, Lonely planet, recently featured ‘Pun Hill’ as top ten tourist destination in Nepal as part of their annual publication of best tourist destination in the world.
Gharials decline in Chitwan

Gharial crocodile population declines in Nepal despite various programs of Chitwan based crocodile breeding center and other organizations.
Trekker dead near Mt Everest Base camp

An Australian trekkers died near Everest base camp because of high altitude sickness.

Up coming festival

Tihar Festival | 19 - 21 Oct

The Festival of lights

Be in Kathmandu for the most cheerful festival of Nepal. It is a festival of flowers, lights, sweets and street musical concerts.

Pilgrimage Tour of Nepal

Muktinath Tour

Muktinath is pilgrimage site revered by both Hindus and Buddhists. The site is at the altitude of 3,750 m (12,300 ft) beyond the Annapurna Himalayas of Nepal. It is a great example of how two religions can share the same holy spot with mutual respect and support.
The Muktinath area is renowned for the internal flame on water, an unusual combination of water, air, fire and earth element. This area is also the origin place of 'Saligram'. Later Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) left his footprints on the rocks and 84 Siddhas' miracle spouted 108 taps with water from Manasarover and trees grew around the temple in the arid land.

Muktinath Pilgrimage Tour
Muktinath, Pashupatinath and more
7 nights 8 days package

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Day 01: Arrive Kathmandu. Pick up and transfer to Hotel / Join evening prayer at Pashupatinath.
Day 02: Sightseeing of local temples such as Shyambhunath, budanilkantha (sleeping Bishnu), living goddess Kumari (Kathmandu Durbar Square)
Day 03: Drive or fly to Pokhara.
Day 04: Fly to Jomsom and drive to Muktinath. Muktinath Darsan, have lunch and drive back to Jomsom for overnight stay.
Day 05: Fly back to Pokhara. Pokhara sightseeing of Bindabasani Temple, Gupteshower Mahadev, Tal Barahai, Devi's Fall.
Day 06: Drive or fly back to Kathmandu
Day 07: You can either plan to go to Dakshinkali temple, Krishna temple in patan or just have a free day for shopping and packing.
Day 08: Drive to the airport and fly back.

Helicopter tour of Muktinath

For those short of time and willing to avoid tedious road trips, Helicopter is an option. You can fly from Kathmandu to Muktinath and back within 2 & ½ hrs. The Helicopter tour of Muktinath could be planned within as short visit as 2 nights and 3 days. The Helicopter could be shared by 5 people.

4WD / Land Cruiser trip to Muktinath

With the extension of road to Jomsom & Muktinath, it is possible to drive. With accumulation of monsoon clouds and rain, Jomsom flights are frequently cancelled. Contact us for organizing 4WD Scorpio or Land Cruiser trip to Jomsom / Muktinath.
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12 days Kailash Manasarover Tour

* Kathmandu spiritual Tour
* Manasarover tour and Parikrima
* Trek around Mt Kailash [MORE]

Buddhist Pilgrimage tour of Nepal - 9 days

* Lumbini, Kapilavastu, Ramgram
* Maratika cave, Halesi
* Pharping and Namo Buddha

Halesi Mahadev tour

* 4wd Road trip of 1 n / 2 days
* Helicopter tour of Halesi

Pilgriamge sites of Nepal

Pashupatinath

Pashupatinath is the complex of beautiful temples, sculptures, Ashrams and platform for Hindu rituals and cremation astride Bagmati River. The temple had gone through several renovation by the origin of the ‘Shiva Linga’ is prehistoric. He is the patron of Nepalese and one of the important pilgrimage site of Hindu domain. Pashupatinath is considered as head of 12 Jyotirlinga and the most important of Shiva’s 275 dwellings according to Tamil scriptures.

Devghat

Devghat (Deoghat) is highly spiritual place mentioned in Hindu Puranas and great epic like Mahabharat and Ramayana as dwelling of gods. At the confluence of two holy rivers Kali Gandaki and Trishuli the hills subsides to become plane. Along with meditative caves of Sita Mata and Guru Bashistha, there are several shrines, Ashrams, elderly homes delivering spiritual vibes with their pleasant chanting and praying.

Manakamana

Manakamana is local manifestation of goddess ‘Parbati’ popular as the goddess granting wishes. The temple is on the ridge of 1,302 m reached by the 1.3 km journey by cable car, half way on the highway to Pokhara. Beside great pilgrimage it is one of the best cable car ride with beautiful scenery that gives a nice break from car journey. From behind the temple, once can see Mt Manaslu, the 8th highest mountain in the world.

Dakshinkali

South of Kathmandu is marked by several important historical and spiritual sites including the ‘Dakshinkali’ temple. The goddess is the most fearsome manifestation of Shiva’s consort who brings ego to the end and helps us liberate. Along the way to Dakshinkali, there are ‘Shesh Narayan temple’, Ganesh temple of Jal Binayak and meditation caves of ‘Padmashambhava’ (Guru Rinpoche).

Janakpur
Janakpur is the birthplace of Rama’s spouse, Sita Mata from the Ramayana. Even though no temple from prehistoric time exists, there are several modern era temples housing characters from Ramayana, the Ram – Sita marriage site and sacred ponds. The city has rich history and religious practices with Maithali culture thriving since the first millennium BC. Maithali art and murals depicts scenes from Hindu epic Ramayana.

Gosainkunda

Gosainkunda at 4,380 m is believed as a abode of Lord Shiva used to calm down the effect of ‘Halahal’ poison. According to Hundu scriptures, Gosainkunda lake was created by Shiva himself with his ‘Trishula’. Hence the river flowing from the lake is known as Trishuli. The place could be accessed only by foot or by helicopter.

Gosainkunda pilgrimage tour

A yatra to Gosainkunda lake
7 night 8 days

Day 01: Drive or fly to Kathmandu
Day 02: Drive to Dunche
Day 03: Trek to Chandanbari
Day 04: Trek to Gosaikunda Lake. Evening tour of the lakes including Gosaikunda.
Day 05: Trek back to Dunche
Day 06: Drive back to Kathmandu
Day 07: Kathmandu Sightseeing and shopping
Day 08: Drive to the airport and fly back

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