Jamachaur, sometimes also called Jamacho (or even Nagarjun hill) and lying in the northwestern rim of Kathmandu valley, is one of the highest mountains surrounding it. Crowned with a beautiful monastery at the top and covered with lush green forest on its flank, a hike to Jamachaur from its bottom provides you a fine escape into the luxurious natural environment.
If you want to enjoy an exciting nature hike through dense forest in the national park nearest to Kathmandu, Hilltop Hike to Shivapuri is one of the ideal options that the vicinities of Kathmandu can offer. Sitting at the hotel room somewhere in valley floor, your eyes are naturally drawn to the greenery to the north of Kathmandu. The hilltop hike to Shivapuri enables you to explore what this tempting greenery can offer.
This hike takes us through some of the settlements and vantage points along the southern corner of the Kathamandu valley. As you move along you experience the original Newari culture and lifestyle in some of the ancient settlements of valley. The sight of farmlands, streams and forests is another welcome sight, away from the concrete jungle of the city.
Beautiful, breathtaking, captivating, exquisite, extraordinary, heart-melting — heap all the words you know to describe the view of sunrise from Sarangkot. Yet your words can rarely convey a fragment of what you experience when you stand at this hilltop in clear weather and see the sun rising from the mountains.
Rowing in the crystal clear Phewa Lake, whether you want to while away an otherwise uneventful afternoon or you want to get a titillating touch to your quiet evening, is an integral part of Pokhara visit. In fact a large section of Pokhara city is built on the lake’s shore, so this lake has conferred the identity of Pokhara Lakeside to this section of Pokhara city.
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If you like to have a short, introductory experience of the life and culture of the central and northern India, this Jhansi Khajuraho cultural break can be an ideal option. In a span of four nights and five days, you will move through Delhi to Khajuraho that lies in Madhya Pradesh. Then you will also get to see Jhansi, a historical city in Uttar Pradesh that is largely an off-the-beaten tourist destination of India.
Delhi Agra Tour serves your need for a brief vacation in India in which you get to know its capital and its iconic monument in Agra—the Taj Mahal. It includes a day of exploration and sightseeing in both New Delhi and Agra. Certainly during your short India stay, you will peep a lot into its historical and cultural wealth, along with the lifestyle and culture of the people in the regions you go.
India in a Kaleidoscope is a tour package that includes many of the most famous and must see tourist destinations of India. In area, in cultural and geographical diversity, as well as in population, India is a vast nation, offering a variety of experiences and numerous places to explore. This package India in a Kaleidoscope attempts to give a glimpse into that vast diversity of places and experiences.
From Simikot to Mt Kailash: Nepal-Tibet Trans-border Connection is a trekking cum tour cum sightseeing package that lifts you from the lowlands of Nepal into the highlands of Simikot across the great Himalayan range, and then along the ancient salt trade route to Tibet.Experience the blissfully holy environs around the Mansarovar Lake and Mt Kailash; and reinvigorate your body and soul.
Book the Lhasa Introductory Tour with Outdoor Himalayan Treks, and explore this culturally fabulously rich city of the world. The spiritual, cultural, political, and administrative heart of the Tibet autonomous region of China, Lhasa pulsates with ancient-rooted Buddhist spiritual aura with its numerous monasteries, temples, and palaces. Traders and businessmen throng its ancient streets that sell anything from the colorful thangkas and other religious relics to modern wares.
Trekkers and mountaineers reach the base camp of Mt Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, from Nepal side after days of adventure trek. From the Tibet side, however, it is very easy as the road has been built that reaches quite near the base camp. Overland Tour to Everest Base Camp combines an exploration of the cultural icons of Lhasa and adventurous drive across high passes to offer quite an experience.
Take a tour to Lhasa, the center of the Tibetan autonomous region of China. Explore its grand cultural heritages and enjoy its natural sceneries, while gliding comfortably from one cultural and historical center to the other in a comfortable vehicle. Stay in the choicest of hotels to make a blissful time of your rare vacation.
No other place of the earth like Mt Kailash in Tibet has won the reverence of being one of the holiest pilgrimages of four major religions simultaneously: the Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Bon-Pos.Another equally holy site in the vicinity of Kailash is Manasarovar Lake. When you reach the place, you will immediately take in the holiness of the place with its deep religiosity
You may have toured to many destinations in the world, but you are still missing a lot if you have not been to Tibet, the ‘Roof of the World.’ Here is your chance of a lifetime - a well-planned overland tour to world’s highest plateau, which is famous for its extraordinary landscapes, ancient monasteries and the unique culture of the Tibetan people. On your way back, you will fly across the majestic Himalayas, sighting Mt. Everest from a close distance.
This tour through some of the most spectacular places of Bhutan, a little known Himalayan Kingdom lying in the southern lap of the eastern Himalayas, gives you an introduction to this nation’s geography, culture, and lifestyle. The tour to Wandue Phodrang begins from Thimpuruns you through the mountain dominated terrain of the nation. At first land in Paro and drive to Thimphu, the capital of the nation.
Phobjika valley tour is an exhilarating, moderate trek (3000m) in central Bhutan. Also known as Gangtey Valley, it has two central attractions: the black-necked cranes that come to the valley in winter from Tibet and the Gangtey Monastery belonging to Nyingmapa sect. Strangely, the cranes are known to circumnavigate the monastery at the hilltop thrice at their arrival and departure.
Combining scenic drives and adventurous treks, this trek in Bhutan provides the key on most of Bhutan’s history and culture, enabling you to unlock the most enigmatic of its myths, its mystic stories, its monastic architecture and its diverse geography. The trek covers legendary sites as the Taktsang Monastery in Paro and Tsronga Dzong in Thimpu.
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