Kirtipur day tour offers an authentic experience of the Newari culture of the Kathmandu Valley. Kirtipur walking tour along its narrow lanes to observe the life of the people. They have lived for many generations as per age-old traditions and beliefs. It also offers an oppotunity to try some Newari food taste as well.
Kirtipur is also the starting point for a day hiking to nearby hills to Champa Devi from where you can get splendid view of the Himalayas on a clear day. Similarly, you could combine the trip to Kirtipur with visit to well-loved Ganesh temple Jal Vinayak in Chobar, and Dakshilkali and Pharping. The pilgrimaage site of Hindus and Buddhist.
Kirtipur locates on a ridge, 8 km southwest of Kathmandu. The ancient Newar township with its brick-paved streets lined with typical red brick houses and tiled roofs, and temple squares is a natural fortress. The Chilamchu Stupa and the temple of Bagh Bhairav are major attractions of Kirtipur tour Kathmandu. It also offer a pretty nice view of whole Kathmandu valley. This is a good day tour for Photograph.
This is a perfect tour provides lively atmosphere, city views and Newari food aplenty. Dakshinkali, Pharping and Kirtipur highly recommends.Kirtipur is in shadow means that not famous like Patan, Bhaktapur and Patan because of lack of advertisement.
In short, tour in Kirtipur is a prime destination to learn about the Newar people. They are one of Nepal’s many distinct ethnic groups and the original inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley. Join a day Kirtipur tour for exquisite architecture, hilltop temples, and sweeping Kathmandu city views.
Why Kirtipur Tour
- Kirtipur is famous for its Newari cuisine. Carnivores should try the spicy meat curries, while everyone can enjoy bara pancakes or potato and bamboo shoot soup.
- Kirtipur has many beautiful Hindu and Buddhist sites, including the Hindu Uma Maheshwor Temple, the Bagh Bhairab Temple, the Chilancho Stupa, and the Shri Kirti Bihar Buddhist monastery.
- Allow two hours of slow wandering to see the sights of Kirtipur.
Trip Itinerary
Day 01Dakshinkali-Pharphing-Kritipur(90 km, 5-6 hours)
90 km, 5/6 hours BB Plan-Breakfast Standard Accommodation hotel in Kathmandu
Receive you at your hotel in Kathmandu and drive to Dakshinkali, Pharphing and Kritipur tour. These are the best tourism spots of Kathmandu.
Dakshinkali -Dakshinkali is also also good place to visit. Dakshinkali temple, dedicated to Goddess Kali. The name itself composed of “Dakshin” meaning south and “kali” meaning black female. Devotees sacrifice chickens, goats, sheep and many more as an offering to the goddess. There you can see the sakti sect Hinduism activities.
Pharphing - Pharping is also major tourism attraction sites of Kathmandu valley which is 20 km far south of Kathmandu.Pharping is known as the sacred site of Yangleshö, famous for both Hinduism and Buddhism where Guru Padmasambhava attained the level of a Mahamudra Vidyadhara. There are two major practice caves in Pharping blessed by Guru Padmasambhava, the Asura cave and the Yangleshö cave. Wander around the caves and explore the Vajrayogini temple and the monastery around there. It is the holy sites for Buddhist pilgrimage.
Kritipur- Kritipur is one of the oldest newari settlement of Kathmandu valley. It locates on a hill to the southwest of kathmandu. Kritipur offers exquisite architecture, hilltop temples and sweeping Kathmandu city views. The Kritipur town is full of cobblestone streets, old brick houses with carving door and window. Kritipur is the least visited heritage sites by tourist in Kathmandu, and yet it is worth visiting Kritipur.
What's included?
Full fledged Cost
- Airport transfer - hotel/airport/hotel
- Twin sharing standard hotel accommodation with breakfast in Kathmandu before and after travel we can book only on your request.
Elementary Cost
- Private vehicles transportation/ Tourist Bus service for all tour destination.
- English Speaking guide and all his expenses like salary & allowance.
- All government taxes, vat, company service charge.
What's not included?
- Lunch and Dinner in Kathmandu.
- Entrance sightseeing fee in Kathmandu.
- Travel Insurance in case of emergency for rescue and other medication.
- Nepal visa fee
- All kind of hot and cold drinks - coke, fanta, beer, whisky, bottle of water, hot water, tea, coffee etc.
- Tips for guide and porter
- Personal expenses like wifi, hot shower, telephone, battery charge fee.
- All the cost not mention on above cost includes.
FAQs
Yes, you can get on arrival tourist visa at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. Most of people can obtain visa on entry to Nepal. There are some countries visa will needed to be organize prior to travelling. $25 for 15 days of visa from the date of issue, $40 for 30days and 100US$ for 90 days tourist visa. You need two photos.
You can apply online visa from 1st of March(http://www.online.nepalimmigration.gov.np/).
Yes, our agency airport representative will pick you up from airport. We will be displaying name card of Mission Eco Trek with your name on it. and when you finished you trip we will drop you to airport. Pick up and drop is complimentary from our company.
Autumn (September to November) and spring (March to May), these are the best season to go on a trek. But according to the will of the traveler, the visiting and travelling in Nepal can be managed. Travelling in Nepal should be done during the summer time or September to November and March to May at the low lands can be done at throughout the year.
The travelling at the different parts of Nepal will be different according to the distance of the travelling destinations. Generally, there are different places where one can go for short and long travelling takes generally about 1 day or more week also.
While travelling in Nepal, meals are prepared good quality standards of hygiene, fruit and vegetable soaked . The food along the trail will be simple and a mix of local and international cuisine. If the traveler is camping , then they will mainly be served with the local foods of Nepal and as well as continental and western foods. In Kathmandu you will find meals in good quality tourist restaurants. Most of hotel serve good quality meal & filter water which is safe. It is possible to buy the bottle of mineral water in the trip.
While visiting to Nepal, tour guides is almost mandatory to travel in Nepal for everyone. When you hired one your trip will lot more informative and memorable. You get lots of knowledge about country. But if the traveler is well experienced and have visited at different places of Nepal many times then s/he may not need the tour guides. But tour guide can play big role to make your travel. They will provide informative information about the destination along with its surroundings. Similarly, if any problems will arise during the travel, then the guides will solve it easily and it will be rather difficult for the traveler themselves to solve them.
Yes, Nepal is safe to Travel. Safety during the trekking or travel in Nepal is one of the prime concerns that every trekker or traveler want to know. In the past, Nepal has experienced political unrest, however since November of 2006, the signed Nepal Peace Agreement, between the Government of Nepal and the Nepal Communist Party (Maoists) has brought this unrest to a close. but now there is the situation of peace and tranquility in the field of trekking as well as in whole Nepal.
Besides, the trekking stakeholders in Nepal are also forwarding several steps for the safety of the trekkers. Now after election democratic parties will lead the government and rule the nation that’s why the huge possibility has seen in safety. Yes, there are pick pockets here, as you find in other countries so keep your belongings safe at all times. You need to take usual precautions as you would traveling anywhere in the world.
If someone get sick in the group, a fellow trekker in the group has to descend, then a porter/assistant guide would go with them. So the person descending would be well looked after and it would not impact on the rest of the group's experience. Emergencies are dealt with by the guide and depending on the severity.
Our Guides carry a comprehensive medical kit. But you should bring your own personal kit and carry it with you when on the trek. It should contain antiseptic cream, throat lozenges, headache pills, diarrhoea treatment, re-hydration salts eg Dioralite, Lemsip, plasters and Compede for blisters.
The hotel in Kathmandu provides the free storage services. So you can leave all your items that are not required for the trekking at your hotel or you can leave in our office too.
This is a difficult thing to gauge. We have seen everything from USD 20 to USD 1000 per person for guides and porters. Tipping is not required, but a small gesture of thanks to your guides and local porters. The level of the tip should reflect the level of satisfaction from and personal involvement with your guide. However, we recommend you to spend minimum 10% of your total trip cost for tipping entire local staffs, the ratio of tipping guide and porter will be given to you at the pre-trip meeting in Kathmandu before starting the travel.
Yes, all our trips are guaranteed to run. We never cancel the trip due to not having enough participants; we can arrange the trip for one person as well as a private trip at very minimum additional cost. Please inquire about this during the time of booking.
According to thee size of your groups, it differs. The vehicles will be small and light so that it can be handled easily and safely through the narrow roads of Nepal. It can be a car, minibus, land cruiser, van, Jeep