5 Days Kathmandu Cultural Tour
Trip Facts
Overview
5 Days Kathmandu Cultural Tour - Overview
This tour is for travellers who want to understand the Kathmandu Valley, not just photograph it. Alongside the three royal cities you’ll visit living Newar villages where wood-carving, weaving and oil-pressing traditions continue, cook a traditional meal with a local family, and watch the evening Aarati at Pashupatinath.
Highlights
- Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur Durbar Squares.
- Kirtipur, Bungamati and Khokana – traditional Newar villages.
- Hands-on Newari cooking class.
- Pashupatinath evening Aarati and Boudhanath at dusk.
- Thangka painting and pottery demonstrations.
Itinerary
Airport pick-up and transfer to your heritage hotel. Evening walk through Thamel and Asan bazaar with your guide.
- Altitude: 1400
- Accommodation: Hotel
- Meals: -
Morning at Swayambhunath and Kathmandu Durbar Square. Afternoon at a Thangka painting school, then the evening Aarati ceremony at Pashupatinath.
- Altitude: 1400
- Accommodation: Hotel
- Meals: Breakfast
Explore Patan’s courtyards and the Golden Temple, then drive to the wood-carving village of Bungamati and the mustard-oil village of Khokana. In the evening cook and eat a Newari feast with a local family.
- Altitude: 1400
- Accommodation: Hotel
- Meals: Breakfast / Dinner
Full morning in Bhaktapur including a pottery demonstration, then Changunarayan temple. Return via Boudhanath for sunset and butter lamps.
- Altitude: 1541
- Accommodation: Hotel
- Meals: Breakfast
Morning visit to the hilltop town of Kirtipur and the Bagh Bhairab temple, then transfer to the airport.
- Altitude: 1400
- Accommodation: -
- Meals: Breakfast
Our Costs
Cost Includes
- Private air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pick-up and drop-off.
- Licensed English-speaking tour guide (Hindi-speaking guide on request).
- Entrance fees to all listed sites.
- Drinking water and government taxes.
- 4 nights heritage/3-star hotel with breakfast.
- Newari cooking class with dinner.
- Airport transfers.
Cost Excludes
- Hotel accommodation.
- Meals and drinks not mentioned in the includes.
- Donations, puja materials and personal expenses.
- Tips for guide and driver.
FAQ's
Very much so – the villages and early-morning squares are superb for photography, and the pace allows time for it.
Yes, Newari cuisine has many vegetarian dishes and we tailor the menu.
Yes, an overnight at Nagarkot for sunrise can be added after Bhaktapur.
No, walking is gentle and at your own pace.
Yes, your guide will take you to workshops in Patan, Bhaktapur and Bungamati.
