7 Days Lumbini Pilgrimage Tours

Today is the day of your arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal. As soon as you come out of the Kathmandu airport, you will find our representative waiting for you in the waiting area right outside the arrival lounge. You will be warmly greeted and welcomed by the representative and led to the vehicle. Our vehicle will take you to the trip hotel, most of the time in Thamel, that is 20-30 minutes drive, depending upon traffic, from the airport.

After you check into the hotel, you can take relaxing time on your own as there are no activities scheduled for today, except our trip briefing meeting. We will let you know about the briefing timing upon your arrival.

Activities : Sightseeing

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel. We come to take your for a wonderful cultural heritage tour of Kathmandu valley. As part of the tour, we are going to visit four of the UNESCO Heritage monuments in Kathmandu valley. The places we visit today are incredible mixture of culture, history, spirituality, art and stories. Overnight in Hote.

Swoyambhunath
Believed to have been created on its own, this Budhhist stupa is the oldest of all the monuments in Kathmandu valley. Standing atop a small hillock, Swoyambunath, known as monkey temple amongst tourists, provides a fascinating view of the valley, surrounding hills and snow-capped mountain at the distance on a clear day.

Patan Durbar Square
One of the three medieval palace squares, Patan Durbar Square holds its medieval art and architectural grandeur. Amazing skill of the artisans is evident in each and every building that stands in the square. The square comprises of medieval palace, temples and museum.

Pashupatinath
This site is the most sacred Hindu temple area in the country. But, as the temple is strictly a Hindu only area, non-Hindu tourists go there to watch the unique Hindu cremation rituals on the bank of River Bagmati. The death rites of Hindu family there are so engrossing and heart-touching which make you feel the moment. It's not any kind of intrusion in being there and watching somebody being cremated in an open ground. It's a great cultural experience.

Boudhanath
This giant Buddhist stupa is considered as the biggest one in the world. This small square with giant shrine has a powerful presence of the spiritual vibrations. It's an important pilgrimage site for the people following Tibetan Buddhism.

Activities : Sightseeing

It is the day that we drive to Lumbini, the birth place of Buddha. A whole day overland journey lies ahead for us. The journey goes through beautiful rural settings. The highway stretches first through middle hills of Nepal along the river banks to meet plain land in Chitwan. From Chitwan onwards the journey is on the flat plain in most of the stretch. Once we reach Lumbini and check into our hotel, we can laze around to release the stiffness and tiredness of sitting whole day on vehicle.

Activities : Sightseeing

We are on a spiritual pilgrimage of the birth place of Buddha. We explore sacred places in Lumbini today. Our exploration of the area will take us to visit the Sacred Garden, Mayadevi temple, Pushkarini (the sacred Pond), World Peace stupa, monastic zone, and museum. The full day exploration of Lumbini will bring us to a closer understanding of life of Buddha. It is an amazing day of paying respect to the person who propounded a way to the happy life.

Activities : Sightseeing

After a day of amazing spiritual immersion in Lumbini, it is time to explore and learn some historical and archaeological facts related to Buddha and his life. Being born as the crown prince of Kapilvastu, Buddha spent 29 years of his life there before leaving everything behind in search of the happiness. We can find many interesting facts about his life.

After the exploration, we return back to Lumbini to stay overnight.

Activities : Sightseeing

We fly back to Kathmandu from Lumbini today. We are avoiding long day of road journey along the same highway this time so that we can save some time to wander around in Kathmandu. Once we are in Kathmandu, we go to hotel and spend the whole day at leisure on our own. Finding relieving massage, good food, souvenir shopping, and wandering around can keep you busy for the day.

A farewell dinner is scheduled for this evening. We will let you know the departure time for dinner once we reach Kathmandu.

Activities : Sightseeing

The final day of the trip, we drive you to airport for your scheduled flight homebound or other destination. We will pick you up 3 hours prior to your flight schedule.

Activities : Sightseeing