- Phewa Lake
- Rupa Lake
- Begnastal
- David fall
- Mahendra Gufa (Cave)
- Seti river
- Ramghat
- Bindbasini Temple
- Buddhist Monastery
- Mahendra Pull
- Natural History Museum
- Barahi Temple
- Damsite
- Peace Pogoda
- Krishna Temple
- Narayansthan
- Royal Palace Ratna Temple
- Shiva Temple
- Kritipur (Old City)
- Thimi (Old City)
- Godawari (Botanical Garden)
- Balaju (Water Garden)
- Budhanilkantha (Sleeping Bishnu)
- Dakhinkali (Hindu Temple)
- Chovar
- Central Zoo
- National Museum
- Mamobuddha
- Nagarkot
- Kakani
- Dhulikhel
- Palanchowk Bhagawati
- Changu Narayan
- Boudhanath
- Pashupatinath
- Bhaktapur Durbar Square
- Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square
- Patan Durbar Square
- Swoyambhunath
- Akash Bhairab
- Banglamukhi
- Bhadrakali
- Bhim sen
- Bijeswori
- Baudhanath stupa
- Golden Temple
- Guheswori
- Krishna Mandir
- Kumbeshwor
- Mahankal
- Maanjushree
- Pachali Bhairab
- Pashupatinath
- Sankata
- Shovabhagawati
- Swoyambhunath
- Taleju
- Living Goddess -Kumari
- Kasthamandap
- White Machhendra
- Bagh Bhairab
- Adinath
- Shekha Narayan
- Dakshinkali
- Jalavinayak
- Changu Narayan
- Nyatapola
- Muktinath
- Thyangboche
Thanks to Nepal's extensive and effective parks and reserves system , the country has managed to preserve more endangered species of flora and fauna than any other area in Asia .Nepal has a network of 9National Parks 3 Wild life Reserves3 Conservation Areas,1 Hunting Reserve,including 9 Buffer zones around national Parks covering a total of 28585.67 sq km or 19.42% of the country's total land.
UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites:
- Chitwan National Park (932 sq km)
- Everest National Park (1148 sq km)
- Bardiya National Parks (968 sq km)
- Khaptad National Parks (225 km)
- Langtang National Park (1710 sq km)
- Makalu-Barun National Park (2330 sq km)
- Rara National Park (106 sq km)
- Sheg-Phoksundo National Park (3555 sq km)
- Shivapuri National Park (144 sq km)
- Koshi-Tappu wild life Reserve (176 sq km)
- Parsa Wildlife Reserve (499 sq km)
- Sukla Phanta wildlife Reserve (305 sq km)
- Annupurna conservation Area (7629 sq km)
- Kanchanjunga Conservation Area (2035 sq km)
- Manaslu Conservation Area (1663 sq km)
- Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve (1325 sq km)
Nepal offers an incomparable scope of art and culture to see and study the different aspects of fine arts in its paintings ,sculpture ,wood carving and architecture etc.The three main historic cities of Kathmandu,Patan,and Bhaktapur with numerous historical monuments ,old places and old Palace,temples ,stupas,museums,monasteries,Lakes.The Kathmandu valley has seven UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites all within a radius of 20km
UNESCO cultural World Heritage Sites:
1Pashupatinath Temple
2Changunarayan Temples
3Swambhunath Stupa
4Bouddhanath Stupa
5Kathmandu Durbar Square
6Bhaktapur Durbar square
7Patan Durbar Square
Major Tourist attractions:
Few destinations in the world can match Nepal in the variety of word class experience:Mountaineering , trekking ,Rock climbing,Mountain biking,downhill cycling,nature tour,Pilgrim tours,white water rafting, canyoning,Kayaking,Mountain flight,pony trekking, jungle safari, sight-seeing by helicopter,bird watching , fishing ,hang-gliding,ultralight aircraft ride, paragliding, bungy jumping ,hunting, elephant polo etc.In addition, we have several special interest tours like orchid tour, culture trek, honey hunting,village tour, fossil hunting,Meditation courses, cave tours,snow leopard and blue sheep trek and many more that take place through out the year.
Nepal
In brief:
Area : 147181 sq km
Location: Situated between China in the north and India in the south ,east and west
Capital: Kathmandu
Population: 23.1 million
Language: Nepali is the national language
Currency: Nepalese Rupees (approx US$1=Rs75.68 )August 009
Political System: Multiparty Democracy
Religion: Nepal is a secular state with a predominance of Hindus and Buddhist popn
Climate : Nepal has four major seasons namely 1)Winter: December-February,2)spring: March-May,3)summer: June-August,4)Autumn:September-November.Thus Nepal can be Visited through out the whole year.
People: Nepal has more than 101 ethenic groups and 92 spoken language
What to wear:Light weight clothing is recommended for May through october.Warm clothes are required in October -March.An umbrella or a raincoat is a must for the rainy season
Hill Resort:
The Hill region known as "Pahad" covers an area of 100080sq km,about 68% of the total area of the country .Fortunately these mountains provides excellent mountains views and nature lover will hail the closeup view of great Himalayas including world highest mountain mt Everest also and a sunrise, sunrise definitely .Some of the hill resorts are :
Nagarkot: altitude about 2175 m and located 30km east of Kathmandu
Dhulikhel: altitude about 1440 m and located 32km east of Kathmandu
Kakani : altitude about 1982 m and located 23km north west of Kathmandu
Daman : altitude about 2400 m and located 75km south west of Kathmandu
Bandipur: altitude about 1030 m and located 143 km to the west of Kathmandu
Nepal contains a variety of climate ranging from the tropical heat of Terai plains to the freezing cold of the high Himalayas.In the mid hills, particularly the Kathmandu valley, are pleasant with warm summer and cool winters.Temperatures range between maxof 38 and min of 8 degree Celsius in the plain ,28° max and 2°c min in the Kathmandu valley and between -6° &16°cin the mountain.The rainy seasons lasts from June to Mid September.
Many foreigners from different country come to Nepal to enjoy the nature beauty and culture,besides this there are also many visitors who come to Nepal for religious purposes which increases the religious tourism.Nepal is a holly place for Hindus as well as Buddhist .Janakpur is birthplace of Sita.Ramjaniki temple is the place of Hindu Pilgrimage ,Pashupatinath and krishna Mandirare hindu temples.Lumbini is the birth place of Lord Buddha .In Terai.Swoyambhu and boudhanath stupas in kathmandu and Lumbini attracts buddhist tourists of the world.
There is lots of scope for the developement of religious tourism too.There is attraction for Muslim ,Christains Sikhs tc as well .The recently renovated and expanded that Jame Masjid in Kathmandu can attracts all the Muslim of the world .Churches have also come up during recently years .Like wise Japanes "Tenriko"like wise .
Till 1951, Nepal was closed to foreign tourists .After the revolution of 1951,Nepal obtained the membership of international Travel organization and the country became open for foreign tourists.In 1959, Department of Tourism was established for the development of tourism.A Tourism training center was started to provided training facilities for tourism development in Nepal.Tourism act was promulgated in 1964.To promote this sector from government as well as from business sectors they have been organizing the tourism year in 1998 as visit nepal98 and in pokhara "visit Pokhara 007"and for the coming year 2011 also they are doing all the home work.
Costs
If you stay in budget accommodation and Nepali diet you could live in Nepal for US$5 to US$7 a day. hotels , lodges, apartments which are easily available .
If you stay in comfortable ,upper budget or lower mid-range hotels,eat in popular tourist- oriented restaurants, rent bicycles , motorbikes and take taxi which could cost around us$14 -us$20 a day . And if you visit to world heritage places then extra entrance fee will be charged.
A mid-range hotel, hire a bus between towns and organized trekking ,hiking,rafting ,bungy,rock climbing, mountain climbing etc then your cost will be around US$40 to US$50 per day. The tourist centers of are Kathmandu,Pokhara and chitwan seem to be very expensive because there are so many ways to spend it. Kathmandu's Thamel district is aiming itself more at the upper budget range and Jhocheas lower budget ranged these days.Jho che also known as freak street name given by hippies early in 60's.
Most hotels and restaurants in the mid to upper ranges charge 13% VAT and 10% service charge besides if you want you can give some tips ,that is your wish not compulsory ,recently the labour union and owners has mad and agreement to avoid tips .
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