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If you have arrived Nepal few days earlier then your tour joining date, or if you have extra day here for the Kathmandu city tour, as a local expert here are Extra excursions we recommend for you. You can enjoy exotic Kathmandu city tour while you waiting for other team members to arrive. Kathmandu city tour can be organized either you are just 1 or 2 person or in a larger group. It is private day trips with professional guide, private transportaion and convienently pick up and drope at your hotel.
Earthbound Expeditions offer Kathmandu valley UNESCO World Heritage sightseeing tour by award-winning city tour guides, and professors who give you the inside knowledge of Kathmandu’s historical and cultural heritage.
Kathmandu valley and surrounding are charming and have UNESCO heritage sites or can do some day hiking to see country side. Everest Experinece flight, Nepali cooking class or Yoga and message etc.
Here are some smaple itinerary of Kathmandu city tour or day hiking or other day trips for you. If you have more questions please Contact :
A full day UNESCO heritage site tour with professional guide and car / Van - start at 9.30 and finish around 4 PM - cost USD 57 each if just 2 person, cost USD 47 each if 4 person or more
Cost include: pick up and drope back at hotel, professional tour guide, botle of minarl water and drop back to hotel
cost exclude : City monument entry fee pay directly at the site ( about Rs. 2600), meals
The ancient sites we visit on a full day city tour are :
Syambhunath - also known as Moneky Temple - a Large historical stupa on the top of the hill overlooking Kathamndu dated ack over 2000 years - great view point.
Patan durbar square - an old palace and temples square from 14th century, lalitpur also known as city of fine arts, beautiful wood, stone and metal carving and nice courtyard walk and probably one of the best museum in the world
Pashupatinath - the largest shiva temple in Asia on bank of Holy Bagmati river, hindu deathbody cremation center, lots of holy Men sadhus - very interesting site with lots of monkeys too.
Or alternatively you can visit 2 other UNESCO sites :
You can visit Boudhanath - the largest Buddhist stupa dated back to 7th century - a Buddhist pilgrimage with lots of prayerflags
Bhaktapur Durbar square - Old kingdom about 13 Km out of Kathmandu - dated back to 13th century, beautiful palace, 5 story temple, pottery square, royal bath and 55 window palace. Increadible site to walk for few hours.
Day hiking around Kathmandu valley rim: You can towards Nagarkot to Nala ( about 4 hours mostly down hill hike) total trip time about 6 -7 hours - great views of Himalaya, rice terrace, village life
Start around 8 Am and back about 4 Pm or so
Cost USD 87 each if just 2 person, cost USD 57 each if 4 person or more, Cost include pick up at hotel, entry fee, professional guide for hiking, simple lunch and drop back to hotel.
Everest Experience Helicopter flight - fly with Helicopter to Everest base camp, land there at Kalapatthar and back to Kathmandu - total trip about 4 to 5 hours depends on weather
Cost USD 1047 per person if just 1 or 2 person in join basis, if 4 person or more USD 950 each person, include transfers , leave around 6.30 come back by noon
Everest Experience flight by fixed wing aircraft - by Buddha air or other airlines total time about 2 hours fly from Kathmandu do flight seeing and back, no landing in mountain, leave 5.30 from hotel back by 8.30 or so
Cost USD 217 per person, include transfer and flight cost
Nepali cooking class: by authentic Aama cook like local at home kitichen, Learn to cook Momo, Dal Bhat, aachar, Paratha ( total about 3 hours course cost USD 47 each, if 4 person or more cost USD 37 each)
Pick up from hotel, cook in Nepali kitchen and back to hotel after meal or even can do home stay.
A day in Yoga retreat and message : live like Yogi
Learn a bit of Yoga postures, Meditation, do nice Message and enjoy delicious vegetarian meal in a nice Yoga retreat and back to hotel by 2 Pm or so - a day package cost USD 57 each including transfer
For extra day excursions or questions Please Contact :
In autumn and winters, there are amazing mountains views, which can be seen clearly from certain viewpoints like Chisapani, Shiva Puri national park, Nagarjun, Phulchoki, Champa Devi, Jhule, Kakani, Nagarkot, Dhulikhel and Balthali and the mountain panoramas stretch from Everest in the east to Annapurna in the west. The Kathmandu day hikes can be done at any time of the year.
Besides the Nagarkot to Dhulikhel day hiking trips around Kathmandu valley, we also offer Kathmandu valley UNESCO World Heritage sightseeing day tour by Earthbound Expeditions, award-winning city tour guides, and professors who give you the inside knowledge of Kathmandu’s historical and cultural heritage.
Reviews
Kalakaua1888
One-day walk
Picked up and driven to Nagarkot, we then walked 7 km through the mixed landscape ( mostly downhill) to Nala. A great walk with our great guide Gopal. Highly recommend!
Camille A
Amazing Experience!
Earthbound Expeditions are amazing! My friend and I booked them for a Kathmandu Valley Tour, Nagarkot day hike and off-road downhill biking. Basically, we just gave them our dates and they came up with the itinerary. Their guides are so friendly. They really make sure you're enjoying and comfortable. Worth every dollar!
Sandlady85
Amazing Nepal
A big thankyou to Rajan and team for being fantastic hosts for our week in Nepal! Rajan, the owner, was very patient answering all of our questions when we were booking. Everyone was also really helpful and accommodating to anything we needed over the days. They made us feel comfortable throughout our stay, we never felt rushed or pressured to do anything. They were professionals and showed us not only the best of the Nepali sights but also the best of their culture and people. Fantastic driving by Manoosh, educational walks with clear explanations with Sunil (and introducing us to masala tea the 'Nepalese way'!) and a brilliant trek with Gopal from Nagarkot to Nala. A lovely traditional Nepalese dinner to end the trip with truly genuine hosts - Rajan and Sunil. We will be back in Nepal and definitely booking with EE again! :)