Kathmandu day tour leads you from the morning after breakfast around 9 a.m. where our city guides will accompany you or the groups either in the car or coach as per group size, where a short drive or walk leads you amid the city at Durbar Square, full of local activities where you will be in the hub of old Durbar Square (palace courtyard) with magnificent monuments of temples and palaces.
Kathmandu is a delightful place although a semi-modern city, but still retains its old-time glorious with most old heritage sites and impressive cultures that lead you on our day tour around Kathmandu where you will be well informed of the places of interest by our expert guides.
Kathmandu day tour includes colorful and ancient Durbar Square, old Syambhunath Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple, and Boudhanath Stupa from morning till late afternoon where the tour completes by 4-5 p.m. with a lunch break within the sightseeing tour either in Thamel or at Bouddhanath.
Kathmandu Day Trip Itinerary:
9 a.m. departure from the hotel with a short drive or walk in the center of Kathmandu's main area at old Durbar Square steeped with old palaces from Malla to the late Shah Monarchy period of the 6th to 19th Century.
Kathmandu Durbar Square:
Kathmandu Durbar Square, which includes the residence of the Living Goddess (Kumari Ghar), ferocious Kal Bhairab, the red monkey god, and hundreds of erotic carvings are a few examples of the area. An old historical building of the Malla periwhich who ruled Nepal till the 17th century separate kingdoms with old palaces within the city of Kathmandu valley Patan / Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. The Valley was divided into three kingdoms during the Yaksha Malla period Kathmandu / Patan and Bhaktapur city. Kathmandu Square teems with colorful life and vendors with handicrafts around Kastamandap Temple. This Temple was built with the wood of a single tree and is the source from which the Kathmandu Valley got its name.
All woodcarvings, statues, and architecture in this area are exceptionally fine, and Kathmandu Durbar Square is among the most important sights for travelers to see. The complex also houses the Tribhuvan Museum which carries the mementos of different Shah Kings. Interesting places to visit are Akash Bhairab Temple /Hanuman Dhoka / Temple of Kumari / Kastha Mandap where Kathmandu's name derives from an old temple built from the wood of a single tree.
