Nagarkot Sunrise, Bhaktapur and Patan Durbar Square Tour in Kathmandu
Overview
Inclusions
- Transport by private vehicle
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (Inside Ring Road)
- Professional tour guide
- Breakfast - continental breakfast
- Entry fee
- Entry/Admission - Patan Durbar Square
- Entry/Admission - Golden Temple (Hiranya Varna Mahavihar)
- Entry/Admission - Krishna Temple
- Entry/Admission - Siddha Pokhari
- Entry/Admission - Dattatreya Temple
- Entry/Admission - Patan Museum
- Entry/Admission - Nyatapola Temple
- Entry/Admission - Bhaktapur Durbar Square
- Entry/Admission - Nagarkot View Tower
- Entry/Admission - 55 Window Palace
- Entry/Admission - Durbar (Central) Square
What to expect
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Stop At: Nagarkot View Tower, Bageshwori-Nagarkot Rd, Mahamanjushree Nagarkot 44812 Nepal
This day trip starts from your hotel. You will be picked up early before dawn and driven towards Nagarkot. It is a beautiful hill station famous for sunrise and sunset views. You will be witnessing a stunning break of day from the pinnacle of a well-known perspective in the entire location of Kathmandu. You will be pushed through neighborhood lands stuffed with farms and woodland until you reach the Nagarkot viewpoint. Be amazed through the panoramic view of the location as the solar rises from under the snowy Himalayas. The shade trade from reddish-orange to snowy white will please your soul. You will see the mountain stages like Annapurna, Mt. Everest, Dhaulagiri and many more. After the moment there, you will then move down towards the next destination for the day.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bhaktapur 00977-1-4701148 Nepal
Your next destination will be via a vehicle to Bhaktapur City, also called "the City of Devotees." It is an extraordinary city that still has many old-style houses and buildings intact. You will find many exciting and artistic structures from the entry point to the exit point. This ancient town is inhabited with the aid of indigenous Newari human beings in a large group. You can visit this area to ride Nepali culture, tradition, and religion in the right way. The most crucial enchantment of the regions is many artistic pillars with statues of ancient kings, ornamental gates at entrances, 55-window palace and Nyatapola temple located in the central Royal Square of Bhaktapur. Also, be sure to strive out neighborhood cuisine and curd in the location before leaving the place.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Nyatapola Temple, Taumadhi Square, Bhaktapur 44800 Nepal
Nyatapola Temple is a pagoda-style five leveled roofed temple. This superbly sculptured building is viewed as one of the tallest pagodas in the and is a lovely example of the high artistry that went into buildings of this type. This five-story temple with a five-tier roof that stands only over thirty meters excessive can be reached through strolling up a flight of steps that leads to the pinnacle of the platform. As you stroll up these terraces, you will observe that there are statues on either facet of you, on each step.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Dattatreya Temple, Dattatreya Square, Bhaktapur 44800 Nepal
Standing proudly on the premises of Dattatreya Square in Bhaktapur, the temple of Dattatreya is believed to be constructed with the aid of a single stem of a single tree. The unknown characteristic of the temple is that it does not residence the statue of Dattatreya the way human beings prescribes. Instead of finding the figure of one physique with three heads, we can see three idols of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva on left, middle, and right respectively. A huge tree stands behind those idols.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: 55 Window Palace, Durbar Square, Bhaktapur 44800 Nepal
The Palace of Fifty-Five two Windows is one of the most stunning architectural points of the durbar square. This palace is named the Palace of Fifty-Five Windows due to the fact it has fifty-five carved wooden windows on its facade. This palace is built around several inner courtyards that are linked together. It is stated that there have been 99 courtyards at the beginning, but only nine of them are current today. Another terrific characteristic of this palace is the primary entrance gate, referred to as "The Golden Gate This gate is adorned via gold plated embossed steelwork. It leads to the first courtyard of the palace.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Siddha Pokhari, Bhaktapur 44800 Nepal
Siddha Pokhari is a beautiful human-made pond located near the first city gate in Bhaktapur. It is 171 meters long and 3 meters deep pond and a favorite hangout place for many people. Then after Bhaktapur Durbar Square, you will move on to another famous square in Kathmandu valley.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Patan Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) 44700 Nepal
Patan Durbar Square is located in the town of Lalitpur. It is crammed with Newari Architecture and neighborhood Newar community. It is the courtyard of the old Malla palace. As you approach from the south, you will see the rectangular on the proper and collection of temples on the left. The oblong is layered with purple bricks on the floor. You will take a look at development works being carried out in some places with fences build around. The Patan Durbar Square is divided into three courtyards, and you will be visiting them one after another. The first palace building is the Sundari Chowk, the first courtyard. It is crammed with stone architecture, and you will see many statues of deities like Hanuman, Ganesh, and Nara Singha (an incarnation of Lord Vishnu) then come to the Mul Chowk, the intermediate phase of the royal palace. It is one of the guarded places as theft of many sculptures and statues that took place in the region of Patan Durbar Square. Finally, the 0.33 and closing courtyard houses the museum of Durbar Square. It is the Keshav Narayan Chowk. You will see many matters associated with ancient civilization. Also, a good deal of artistic approach descriptiveness can be observed there.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Durbar (Central) Square, Patan (Lalitpur) Nepal
Heading on to the most important field, you will be amazed by the beautiful stone artistry of Krishna Temple in the region. The temple is created through stones only. You will see 21 shrines in the temple and carvings associated with Ramayana and Mahabharat. In the same lane of Krishna Temple, there is a large bell nearer to the side of the Durbar Square. There is also some other splendor known as Shankar Narayan Temple with statues of kneeling elephants. You will find giant sculptures of animals like lions on each aspect of entrance gates in most of the places. If you are hungry or thirsty, take hold of a chunk to eat in the eateries around the area with many locations to save around. Other particularly indispensable constructions in the Durbar Square are Mahaboudha, Rudra Varna Mahavihar and Machhendranath Temple in the south.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Patan Museum, Royal Palace Complex Durbar Marg, Patan (Lalitpur) 44700 Nepal
Moving forward, you will enter Keshav Narayan Chowk. It is made into the Patan Museum. You will get to study many statistics about our lifestyle and history and in particular about historical civilization. It is a lovely peaceful vicinity to unwind and elements more than a few Buddhist, Tantric, and Hindu artifacts. You can see many indoors architectures and exhibits with a cozy environment private the museum.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Golden Temple (Hiranya Varna Mahavihar), Kwalakhu Rd North of Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) 44600 Nepal
You will also go to the golden temple in the north. Hiranya Varna Mahavihar, which is acknowledged as the golden temple, is a 12th-century temple. You will see silver and gold protected decorations and bronze statues in the temple. It is a pagoda-style temple with a golden image of Lord Buddha and a massive prayer wheel in the upper layer of the temple.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Krishna Temple, M8FF+CXM, Lalitpur 44700, Nepal
The Krishna temple is constructed in the Shikhara style. This temple is created with stones in its entirety. Beneath its 21 golden pinnacles are three floors. The first ground enshrines Krishna, the 2nd Shiva, and the third Lokeshwor. Scenes from the Ramayana narrated in the Newari script beautify the interior of the temple.
Duration: 15 minutes
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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If you're after a day-long hike, sunrise views, culture and history then this is the trip for you! The hike through Nagarkot was beautiful and our guide was super knowledgable of all the different cultures and traditions in the local area, he really made the day special. What was also amazing a...
If you're after a day-long hike, sunrise views, culture and history then this is the trip for you! The hike through Nagarkot was beautiful and our guide was super knowledgable of all the different cultures and traditions in the local area, he really made the day special. What was also amazing about him was that whilst by the end of the day my boots (and bum) were covered in mud, our guides shoes was spotless! After a downpour the day before I honestly don't know how he did it. Worth noting here that the local Nepalese on the tour were all lovely, friendly and happy to share their landscape - and even helped me get clean after a tumble into a puddle. Our guide gave us the option to hike for a further two hours through the jungle after the first two hours, which we happily accepted - it was so worth it. The Hindu temple at the end of the hike was great - dating back to 300 AD! The way that it has been restored is a testament to the skills of the local people as it has really kept its authenticity. Needless to say, the sunrise coming up over the Himalayas was stunning, truly breakth-taking. What was especially great about this tour was the private nature - no tour bus, just us and our private guide!! Remember to take warm clothes for the morning and that can be stripped off for the heat of the afternoon. Also, remember $15 for breakfast at a mountainside resort.This hike was a lot of fun. It was great to get out of the touristy parts and see how real Nepalese people live. There were amazing views around every turn, each was more breathtaking than the last. Pankaj was our guide. He was great! His english was very good and he was very nice. He was able to...
This hike was a lot of fun. It was great to get out of the touristy parts and see how real Nepalese people live. There were amazing views around every turn, each was more breathtaking than the last. Pankaj was our guide. He was great! His english was very good and he was very nice. He was able to answer all the questions we had about Nepal. The drive there was 1 hour, watched the sun rise for 30 minutes, breakfast at a hotel for an hour, hiking for 4 hours, then drive back. We started at 4 am and got back to our hostel at noon. Most of the hiking was Downhill so it was not too difficult. I would definitely recommend this hike to anyone!My tour was amazing. Everything was perfectly organized right from the pickup. My guide Rabina was amazing and answered all the questions that I had. I travelled alone but was very comfortable and great....
My tour was amazing. Everything was perfectly organized right from the pickup. My guide Rabina was amazing and answered all the questions that I had. I travelled alone but was very comfortable and great....I booked four day-tours from Kathmandu with HPA, namely nagarkot sunrise, city tour, Bokhara and rafting. Everything was perfectly organized and Suman was a very knowledgeable and friendly guide. Mr.Naba from head office always checked via whatsapp whether everything was going well and was more t...
I booked four day-tours from Kathmandu with HPA, namely nagarkot sunrise, city tour, Bokhara and rafting. Everything was perfectly organized and Suman was a very knowledgeable and friendly guide. Mr.Naba from head office always checked via whatsapp whether everything was going well and was more than helpful and flexible with any additional wishes. Very recommendable agency.Amazing experience. We got to know a lot about Nepalese history. The added on hike was refreshing and beautiful. Sarita is very enthusiastic about her work and knows the places really well. We enjoyed her company and the knowledge she carries.
Amazing experience. We got to know a lot about Nepalese history. The added on hike was refreshing and beautiful. Sarita is very enthusiastic about her work and knows the places really well. We enjoyed her company and the knowledge she carries.This was an excellent trip. It began very early in the morning but the guide (Rabina) and the driver got us to the sunrise point before sunrise and for a photographer that is the most important. It rained the night before so the sky was clear and beautiful for sunrise. I took some great sunrise p...
This was an excellent trip. It began very early in the morning but the guide (Rabina) and the driver got us to the sunrise point before sunrise and for a photographer that is the most important. It rained the night before so the sky was clear and beautiful for sunrise. I took some great sunrise photos. Then we went and explored a couple of cities learning the culture and disciplines of the ancient Newari people. The guide was delightful and allowed me to set the pace. I never felt rushed and I took a lot of photographs. Rabina was very knowledgeable and provided several choices during the tour. The driver negotiated the worst traffic I’ve ever been in my entire life, so kudos to him as well. Excellent experience, great communication from the staff in preparation for the tour. I’m excited to be doing another one tomorrow.