PLACES TO VISIT IN NEPAL

Nepal is a small country but it is big within itself. Nepal is a country of highly diverse and rich geography, culture, and religions because of which people from all over the world are attracted to Nepal. The places which you must visit when you are in Nepal are:

1) Kathmandu

Kathmandu is the Capital city of Nepal hence it the most developed city of Nepal. It is a place where you can experience the culture, the people, the history, and the faith Nepal had embraced, imbibed, and relived for centuries. It is also a starting point in activities like trekking, rafting and other sports.

2) Royal Chitwan National Park

It covers an area of 932 square km. It is a only place to experience some jungle adventure with the elephants riding. It is a safe home for 450 species of birds, 45 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 43 species of mammals. Here you can enjoy guided jungle walks, Terai culture, wild life breeding project, and safari drives inside 4WD cars.

3) Nagarkot

It is a one of the most famous tourist place in Kathmandu, located at 32 kilometers east of Kathmandu. It is a perfect place for someone who wants to view to the beautiful and majestic Himalayan mountain range. People used to come here to experience a different kind of sunrise with cool blowing winds.

4) Pokhara

It is known as a Switzerland of Nepal located at 200 kilometers west of Kathmandu. This city is the rally point for trekking and rafting destination. It offers perfect scenery and gripping natural beauty with the preview of the Himalayan Mountain range, a row in Phewa Lake, a trek beside Seti Gandaki River and Devi's fall, or a peek to the Mahendra Cave.

5) Pashupatinath Temple

It is one of the most famous Shiva temples in Nepal just a four kilometers east of Kathmandu. Hindu believes that dying and being cremated in Pashupatinath and having one's ashes scattered in Bagmati River will give a peace to the soul of beloved one.

6) Patan

Art lovers and enthusiasts should always put a stop in Patan in their Nepalese trip itinerary. Patan is the oldest city in the Kathmandu valley and is the home for Nepalese architecture, arts, traditions, and crafts drawing mainly from religious customs. Walk around the city and feel as if you're walking inside an open museum.

7) Lumbini

It is a birth place of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha who spread a message of peace all over the world. Lumbini is the perfect place to go to if you are into cultural, archaeological and religious treasures. With the number of stupa, meditation grounds temples, courtyards, a walk in Lumbini is a walk with Buddha. Enter the birthplace of one of the greatest man of world religions - Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism - and be captivated by its serene environment and meditate and reflect with its outmost tranquility and peaceful atmosphere.

8) Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur is also one of the oldest city in Nepal. The famous place around here is Bhaktapur Durbar and potter’s square where a Nepalese life as it happen in city can be experience just by enjoying scenery out here. Bhaktapur home-made curd is famous across the country.

9) Royal Bardia National Park

It covers an area of 968 square km and is the largest National park at located in Western Terai. It is a sanctuary for tigers, small and large mammals, deer, reptiles, birds, and a herd of the last known elephants in captivity. Here you can enjoy wildlife, short rafting in Karnali and Bheri as well as trekking to Dolpo and Rara Lake.