Day by day trip itinerary

Day 1: Kathmandu

Once you arrive in Kathmandu, you will be picked up from the airport and transferred to your hotel. In the afternoon you will be given a briefing by your tour leader. You will be given an overview about the whole program. If you have any questions about this trip this is the right time to ask. In the evening the tour leader might arrange for a welcome meal in one of the better restaurants in the city.

Day 2: Kathmandu

We will take a guided tour of Kathmandu in the morning. First we will visit the Boudhanath Stupa. The Buddhist site is revered by the Vajrayana sect of Buddhism. The Stupa is colossal and beautiful. There is an air of spirituality about it and at one moment you will feel the magnanimity of Buddhist culture. All around the stupa there are shops selling Buddhist artifacts. These shops are mostly run by Tibetan refugees.
We will then drive to the temple of Pashupati Nath. This temple is considered the holiest of all temples in Nepal and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Situated at the banks of the river Bagmati, pilgrims and sages flock the temple. Last rites are performed on the premises of this temple and from afar you can even see a Hindu last rites being performed (B)

Day 3: Syangboche

In the morning right after breakfast, we will take a 45 minute flight to Lukla. The flight is an extraordinary experience. The views of the gigantic Himalayan peaks accompany you during the entire 45 minutes. The Lukla airport is the highest airport in the world. We leave the Lukla and head for Syangboche for the view of Mount Everest. After about three hours we return back to Kathmandu and refuel the helicopter and fly to Chitwan. The Chitwan National Park provides shelter to various species of birds and animals. They find refuge in this vast jungle, where only occasional tourists come to have a peek into the wild side of Nepal. The park was established in 1973 and is set in an area of 932 sq. km. There are more than 43 species of mammals, over 450 species of birds, and more than 45 species of amphibians and reptiles in this reserve. You can find the Chital, Sambar, Hog Deer, Barking deer, wild elephant, four horned antelope, striped hyena, pangolin, Gangetic dolphin, monitor lizard, python, sloth deer, common leopard, ratel, palm civet, wild dog, langur and rhesus monkeys. You can also find endangered animals like the one horned rhinoceros, the Tiger, Gharial (BLD)

Day 4: Chitwan

In the morning today we will make an elephant safari. This way we can move to various parts of the Jungle without any hindrances. You can closely watch the one horned rhino and other wonderful animals. We will later take a dug out canoe across the Rapti River. The river is home to Crocodiles but they do not attack humans unless provoked (BLD)

Day 5: Jomsom

We leave Chitwan in the morning and move to Pokhara. We stop at Pokhara for refueling and then move towards Jomsom. We reach Jomsom in the morning and after lunch we will take a pony ride up to the village of Marpha. Marpha is situated at a height of about 2665 m and is a rather large village inhabited by the Thakali community. We can visit a monastery here. The village has small houses with flat roofs and the streets are narrow. There are excellent views of the Himalayan peaks from this village. We will halt overnight at a hotel in Jomsom (BLD)

Day 6: Kathmandu

We will fly back to Kathmandu in the morning. You will then be transferred to the airport for departure (B)