Holi Festival

HOLI FESTIVAL  ITINERARY

6 March 2023: Arrive Kathmandu and transfer to Hotel.

7 March 2023: Full day guided sightseeing 

Sightseeing around the Kathmandu valley, taking in such sights as Swayambhunath, one of world's most glorious, ancient, enigmatic and holiest of Buddhist Chaitya, Bhoudenath, a colossal and ancient Stupa; Guheshwari and Pashupatinath with its two tiered golden roof and silver doors. Holi Festival starts on this day so expect to land up being "coloured."

8 March 2023: Holi

Free time in Thamel to experience the Holi Festival

9 March 2023: Bhaktapur

Today we drive to Bhaktapur, home of medieval art and architecture. It was the site for Burtoluchhi's Little Buddha. The urban city is shaped like a conch-shell, Bhaktapur meaning city of Devotees. Here, pottery and weaving are its traditional industries. After lunch, we will continue to Patan (The City of Finest Arts). Also known as 'Lalitpur' literally the city of fine arts is perhaps a living museum as it still retains a medieval air of ancient times and almost half the inner city residents are craftsmen in their own right.

We then head to Nagarkot for our overnight stay at a Resort.

10 March 2023: Phokhara

 With an early morning wake up call, we will head off to see the panoramas of the eastern Himalaya including 5 of the world's ten highest peaks - Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Makalu and Manaslu, at sunrise. After breakfast we will drive to Pokhara. Overnight Hotel.          

11 March 2023: Phokhara

The day will be spent sightseeing the attractions of Phokhara city. We will start by driving early morning to Sarangkot for a short climb to see the sunrise. Returning to Holi we'll visit the Vindyavasini Temple, Mahendra Cave and get back to the hotel for breakfast. Later we'll continue to beautiful Fewa Lake for a peaceful hour of boating followed by a hike of about 45 minutes, to the World Peace Stupa of Lord Buddha. Later we will visit the Tibetan Refugee Camp and then continue to David Falls before heading back to the Hotel.       

12 March 2023:  Royal Chitwan           

After breakfast at the Resort, we'll drive to Royal Chitwan National Park arriving around 16:00 hrs. The park is home to the great one horned rhinoceros, sloth bear, wild boar, gaur (bison), 4 species of deer, 2 species of monkeys, 2 species of crocodiles, leopard, the elusive Royal Bengal Tiger, over 400 species of birds and various other reptiles.  Overnight stay at Jungle Resort  

13 March 2023: Royal Chitwan    

Early morning you will be mounted on elephants and taken for a jungle safari for 2 -3 hours penetrating through dense 18-20 ft grasslands. It is the favorite habitat of  rhinoceros and other mammals. After breakfast you will be taken to the elephant stables. Here you may witness the rare scene of the elephants bathing.  In the afternoon you  may just relax around the camp or take a dugout canoe ride down the Narayani River to view the gharial and the marsh mugger crocodiles. Dinner will be served around the campfire at the Jungle Resort.          

14 March 2023: Kathmandu

This morning some activities take place before breakfast. After breakfast we drive back to Kathmandu. Hotel Overnight.

15 March 2023:  Free at leisure in Kathmandu                                                 

16 March 2023:   Departure from Kathmandu           

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