Kathmandu Day Tour covers 4 UNESCO world heritage sites in the valley. This Full-Day Sightseeing Tour covers a historical royal palace and three religious areas from the Kathmandu Valley. You will visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyambhunath, Pashupatinath, and Bouddhanath during a 1-Day Kathmandu City Tour.
During this One-Day Kathmandu Tour, our guide will teach you ancient history, culture, religion, and many things about Nepalese art and architecture. We provide private transport for your Day Tour in Kathmandu.
Most travelers come to Nepal to trek the mountains. You might have at least one free day in Kathmandu, so visiting these historical and religious sites to learn more about ancient Nepal is good. You won't know lots about past Nepal if you do not visit these sites in Kathmandu rather than see the natural beauties of Nepal.
Places to Visit During Kathmandu City Tour
You will visit four tour sites during one Full-Day Kathmandu City Tour. Our knowledgeable government-authorized tour guide takes you to those historical and religious heritage sites and provides lots of authentic information. The places you will visit during a Full-Day Kathmandu Tour are listed below:
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kathmandu Durbar Square is an ancient royal palace established in the Malla ruling period. King Prithvi Narayan Shah moved his court from Gorkha to this place after he united Nepal in the 18th century. You can see Pagoda temples, a palace with beautiful yards, and lots of historical monuments on this tour site during the Kathmandu City Tour.
Living goddess Kumari is a prime attraction of the Kathmandu Durbar Square. You can learn much about this living goddess's culture, history, and beliefs from our guide and see her.
Syambhunath (Monkey Temple)
Syambhunath is a Buddhist site, which is located on a hill station. It is also known as the monkey temple because the monkeys live in this area, and easy to pronounce to the tourist than to pronounce Syambhunath.
On this tour site, you can see Buddhist monuments like Maha Chaitya (great stupa), prayer flags, Mani wheels, monasteries, Buddha statues, and more. You can see the Kathmandu Valley view from the top of the hill. You will learn about this place's Buddhist Religion, customs, and history from our tour guide from Syambhunath's visit. You can see white mountains if the weather is so clear from the Swyambhunath stupa.
Pashupatinath Temple
The Pashupatinath Temple is a glorious Hindu site in Nepal, which millions of Hindu pilgrims visit every year from inside Nepal and other countries. There is a hustle of pilgrims every day to offer God Shiva in this temple.
The temple allows Hindu people to go inside to offer, so people beside Hndu can go to the cremation area and see open cremation. You can learn about the funeral and death rituals of Hinduism and Buddhism by visiting this place from our tour guide.
Bouddhanath Stupa
The highest Buddhist stupa in Nepal and second in the world is the Bouddhanath stupa. It is a holy Buddhist site established in the 3rd/4th centuries. There are thousands of Buddhist pilgrims visiting this place. There will be several big Buddhist festivals and offerings.
You will learn much about Tibetan Buddhism and stupa while visiting this peace site during the full-day Kathmandu Tour. You can also see some monasteries and monks in Bouddhanath.
Frolic Adventure is arranging group join and private trips of the Kathmandu City Tour every day. We provide experienced tour guides and luxurious personal transportation at a very reasonable cost. You will surely learn a lot about Nepal from our guide after visiting the beautiful places in the Kathmandu Valley.
