Surya Namaskar Yoga Trekking

Itinerary

• 01Namaste, welcome to Nepal Your arrival at Kathmandu airport where you will be met by an AIT representative and transfer to your hotel. In the late afternoon, your driver will take you to our office for a briefing.
  
  Meals: ****
  
• 02 Sightseeing of Kathmandu & food safari Culture and food are on the program today! Cuisine is culture; it is part of the customs, history and traditions of a people. You will alternate between visits to monuments, local markets and sampling the favorite snacks of local people.
  
  Today, a guide who will introduce you not only to the history of the monuments but also the city’s past will accompany you.
  
  Visit Pashupatinath Temple, the most important Hindu temple in Nepal consecrated to Lord Shiva. The original core dates back to the 6th century AD and is known for its architecture in the shape of a pagoda. This place, also known as Little Benares, is located along the Bagmati River; here every day funeral ceremonies take place with the corpses being burned on pyres before the scattering of the ashes on the Bagmati River.
  
  Afterwards visit the huge Boudhanath Stupa, the most important Buddhist cultural center in Kathmandu since numerous refugees from Tibet have stopped there, creating more than 50 Gompas (Tibetan monasteries). Since 1979, Boudhanath has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  
  In the afternoon, visit another important Buddhist center, the stupa of Swayambhunath, known as the monkey temple because of the high number of monkeys living inside. This ancient religious complex is located atop a hill to the west in the Kathmandu Valley, and from here there are beautiful views of the city and the valley that surrounds it.
  
  Meals: Breakfast
  
• 03Drive to Changunarayan and trek to Nagarkot (5 hours) Departure by car for Changunarayan which shelters, at the top of a hill, a magnificent temple dedicated to Vishnu which dates from the 4th century. Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this temple is not very touristy but worth the visit for the calm of the place and the importance of the site. It retains some beautiful statues dating from the 7th century. From there we will start our trek to reach Nagarkot at 2100 meters altitude, which will be the highest point of this trip.
  
  Meals: breakfast - lunch and dinner
  
• 04Trek to Dhulikhel (5 hours) Wake up early in the morning to watch the sunrise over Everest. After breakfast, we will depart for Dhulikhel, also called “Queen of the Hills”. Dhulikhel is an authentic Newari town; the old part is worth exploring. The main square is dominated by a three-roofed Hari Siddhi temple and a three-tiered Vishnu temple in front of which are two statues of Garuda, made in different styles. To the northwest of the square are the modern Gita temple and the Bhagwati temple, a three-tiered building in the Newari style.
  
  Meals: breakfast - lunch and dinner
  
• 05Trek to Namobuddha Monastery (3 hours) Today we hike to Namobuddha known as Tg-mo Lu-jin, an important Buddhist pilgrimage site. Historical place where the Buddha, in his first life, offered his body to a hungry tigress so that she could feed her cubs. Magical place located on a hill. You can attend the puja and meet the monks.
  
  Meals: breakfast - lunch and dinner
  
• 06Trek to Balthali (3 hours) We will walk through fields and orchards to the peaceful village of Balthali. Even today we will have beautiful views of mountains, farmland and villages.
  
  Meals: breakfast - lunch and dinner
  
• 07Trek to Panauti (3 hours) Trek to Panauti, a historical hidden gem of Nepal. History books state that in the early 18th century, the king of Bhaktapur gave Panauti as a dowry to his brother-in-law. It is renowned for its beautiful temples, arts, handicrafts, festivals and traditions. The city is nestled at the confluence of two spiritual rivers, Rosi and Punyamati.
  
  Meals: breakfast - lunch and dinner
  
• 08Bhaktapur - Kathmandu Drive to Bhaktapur, an ancient Newari city located east of the Kathmandu Valley. It was founded in the 12th century by the Malla dynasty and, from the 16th century, it became an important transit center for caravans on the route between India and Tibet. Today, the site has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Magnificent is the Durbar Square where the 55- window palace is located. The whole historical part is in the Newari style and is dotted with several pagoda temples. For film lovers, Bakhtapur was one of the
  main locations for the film Bernardo Bertolucci’s film “Little Buddha” with Keanu Reeves. You will find the streets and temples seen in the film. Then, we will drive to Kathmandu
  
  Meals: breakfast
  
• 09Goodbye Transfer to the airport and end of our services.
  
  Meals: Breakfast