8-Day Private Nepal Tour to Kathmandu, Pokhara and Chitwan

Day 1: Airport Pickup, Kathmandu half-day sightseeing

Stop At: Pashupatinath Temple, 44621 Pashupati Nath Road, Kathmandu 44600 Nepal
Upon arrival at the airport, your tour guide will pick you up and give you a private transfer to your hotel. After a short rest, you will be escorted to Pashupatinath Temple, a Hindu temple on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites List and also serving as the crematorium of Hindus. Hindus believe that death is the beginning of the next life, so it should be a rare chance for you to witness this unique and important funeral rite there.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bhaktapur 00977-1-4701148 Nepal
Then drive westward to the next destination - Bhaktapur Durbar Square. You will be impressed by the golden gate, the old palace with 55 carved black windows, and distinctive art works there.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Dattatreya Temple, Dattatreya Square, Bhaktapur 44800 Nepal
Finally, your guide will accompany you to Dattatreya Temple decorated with the wooden Peacock Window - the most stunning caving window of Kathmandu, finished in the 15th century.
Duration: 10 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Hotel Himalaya (4 stars)

Day 2: Kathmandu exploration with Patan Durbar Square

Stop At: Chandragiri Hills, Thankot, Kathmandu 44619 Nepal
After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel and transfer you to Chandragiri Hill. You can enjoy the stunning landscape while taking a cable car up the hill. On the hill top, you will have a bird's-eye-view of the whole Kathmandu.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Patan Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) 44700 Nepal
After getting down by cable car, your guide will accompany you to the Patan Durbar Square where Newari monasteries crowd together.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Golden Temple (Hiranya Varna Mahavihar), Kwalakhu Rd North of Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) 44600 Nepal
While wandering around the square, you will visit Golden Temple to enjoy exquisite metal sculptures and carvings.
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Boudhanath Stupa, Boudh, Kathmandu 44600 Nepal
Finally, you will be guided to Bouddhanath Stupa with paintings of Buddha's eyes, noses and eyebrows on the four sides of its golden base. Tibetan culture and Buddhism are perfectly presented there.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Hotel Himalaya (4 stars)

Day 3: Private Transfer from Kathmandu to Pokhara, Phewa lakeside walk

Stop At: Pokhara, Pokhara, Gandaki Zone, Western Region
After breakfast, you will be picked up by your driver and then continue your Kathmandu Pokhara Chitwan tour to Pokhara. Upon arrival at the hotel, you can take some rest and have lunch.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Phewa Tal (Fewa Lake), Pokhara Nepal
Then continue driving to Phewa Lake, the city's most charming resort in the Lakeside District. You will have a boat ride on Phewa Lake to enjoy the distant snow mountains and its reflections in the water. During the cruise, stopover at a small island to visit Barahi Temple.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Swiss International Hotel Sarowar (4 stars)

Day 4: Pokhara day tour with Sarangkot sunrise

Stop At: North East of Town Sarangkot, Pokhara 33411 Nepal
In the early morning, your driver and guide will escort you to Sarangkot Hill to enjoy the breathtaking sunrise over Himalayas. In the mid-way back to the hotel, stop at Bindabasini Temple. It is a famous Hindu temple with white exterior and houses a goddess statue.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Devi's Fall, Siddhartha Highway, Pokhara 33700 Nepal
After having breakfast in the hotel, you will be led to Davis Fall which runs through a valley and rushes into an underground stream at a rather high speed.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Gupteswar Gupha, Siddhartha Highway, Pokhara 33411 Nepal
After that, you will go to Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave to admire Hindu statues as well as bizarre rocks eroded by underground water.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Pokhara Museum, Pokhara Nepal
Then you will be provided a transfer to Pokhara Regional Museum to feel ethnic customs and history of Nepal. The last destination of today's private Nepal tour is a Tibetan Village.

Friendly tips: If you wish to add an easy hiking experience, a 1-2 hour hike down from the World Peace Stupa to the Phewa Lake can be arranged. You can decide in advance or discuss this with your guide at the time based on your physical condition. There is no additional cost for this activity.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Swiss International Hotel Sarowar (4 stars)

Day 5: Transfer from Pokhara to Chitwan by a private car

Stop At: Chitwan National Park, Chitwan National Park, Chitwan District, Narayani Zone, Central Region
After breakfast, you will be escorted to Chitwan. Check in the Jungle Resort upon arrival and have lunch there. Then you will spend a leisure afternoon taking a good rest to get ready for your visit to Chitwan National Park tomorrow.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Park Safari Resort (Jungle Resort) (4 stars)

Day 6: Full-day jungle safari in Chitwan

Stop At: Chitwan National Park, Chitwan National Park, Chitwan District, Narayani Zone, Central Region
Your hotel will arrange a full-day exploration of the Chitwan National Park and the jungles today. Chitwan National Park is the first one of this kind in Nepal as well as a World Heritage Site. Here you will have a chance to drift along the river on a canoe. Also, the local guide will lead you to visit rare animals like one-horned rhinoceros and wild deer. Then a special visit to Elephant Breeding Center will be arranged, where over 20 female and baby elephants inhabit. After that, you will head for Tharu Ethnic Village to watch the "Tharu Tribal Dance".
Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Park Safari Resort (Jungle Resort) (4 stars)

Day 7: Drive to Kathmandu, Cultural dance show with dinner

Stop At: Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Zone, Central Region
After breakfast, your guide and driver will take you back to Kathmandu and help you check in the hotel. You can take a good rest in the afternoon. In the evening, a cultural dance show with dinner at a famous restaurant will be specially arranged for you.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Hotel Himalaya (4 stars)

Day 8: Kathmandu sightseeing, Departure from Kathmandu

Stop At: Swayambhunath Temple, Swayamhu Circle Road, Kathmandu 44620 Nepal
After breakfast, you will be escorted to Swayambhunath Stupa, a dagoba built in the 3rd century BC. It is also called Monkey Temple because hundreds of wild monkeys usually gather there. This stupa has a tower in the shape of a cone, and its base was painted with Buddha's eyes, eyebrows and nose on four sides.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu 44600 Nepal
Next visit Kathmandu Durbar Square which used to be a place holding coronations of the city's kings. Historic buildings dating back to the 16th-19th century are also preserved there.

Finally your guide and driver will send you to Tribhuvan International Airport for your homeward flight.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.

Departure Point :

Traveler pickup is offered
Your tour guide will pick you up at the airport in Kathmandu. Airports

• Tribhuvan Airport, Kathmandu Nepal

Departure Time :

9:00 AM

Return Detail :

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Hotel Pickup :

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