Lumbini
Birthplace of Gautam Buddha, Lumbini is a famous UNESCO world heritage site located in Lumbini Nepal. Tilaurakot, Taulihawa and many other sites has composed Buddha’s birthplace to be huge in area.
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha was listed by World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. Buddha was born in 623 B.C. in the sacred gardens of Lumbini, which still is visited by millions of pilgrimage every year.
Variation, Famous & Selected tours in Lumbini are – Adventure Tour/ Everest Nepal Luxury Tour/ Kathmandu Pokhara Lumbini Tour/
Lumbini is situated at present-day Terai region of Southern Nepal, near from the Indian-Nepalese border. Many people traveling multi country visit Lumbini on their way to Nepali Himalaya from India. It is a vital destination of Buddha circuit tour, famous among Buddhist pilgrimage travelers.
Lumbini is one of the four main pilgrimage sights for Buddhists to visit as Lumbini is where Buddha was born in 623 BC. Lumbini has monasteries from all over the world where Buddhist monks come to live and study at the birth place of their god.
Lumbini has a many older temples, monuments, architectural findings, undergoing excavations including the Mayadevi Temple, and various new temples. Many new temples (nearly more than 25 monasteries; China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Germany, France and many more) are constructed and funded by Buddhist organizations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Holy Pond near Mayadevi temple, where the Buddha’s mother Mayadevi took the ritual dip prior to Buddhas’ birth and where he had his first bath is beautiful wither naturally or historically or religiously. Mayadevi Temple is the most sacred site in the Lumbini Garden where archaeologists have identified the exact spot where Lord Buddha was born. Near the temple the Ashoka Pillar also refer to the spot as birthplace of Buddha in written inscription.
Vipassana Center for some yoga and meditation and interacting with the monks who live in the vicinity of the monasteries, devoting their time to bringing peace and harmony to the world are major things people love to do while in Lumbini for longer holidays. But for short sightseeing tour guided tour of Major spots with a local tour guide is amazingly useful, as Lumbini is really big with an area of 2.56 sq. km or 1 x 3 sq miles and encompasses three zones, each covering one square mile connected with walkways and a canal. Tilaurakot of Lumbini is another famous site where excavation is still undergoing by international as well as Nepali archeologists.
Accommodation in Lumbini is enough and range from standard hotel and homestays to resorts where you can get your luxury and comfort to the best holiday in Nepal. To get to Lumbini you can travel both by air and by land. Bhairahawa airport of Lumbini is around 30 minutes from Kathmandu and the bus ride will be around 8 hours by tourist bus and little bit faster and luxury with private transportation.
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Multi day & Day sightseeing tour
Day tour or multi day tour which involves visiting different landmarks for different architecture, monuments, nature or wildlife is called sightseeing in Nepal. The famous sightseeing tour for Nepal is Kathmandu valley sightseeing tour for a day. Sightseeing tour are either one day tour or combination of many day tours in a compact package which last for more than one day.
Variation, Famous & Selected Multi day & Day sightseeing tour are – Pokhara Lumbini Kathmandu Tour/ Langtang Trek with Helicopter Return/ Nagarkot Sunrise tour – Self Guided Tour/ Epic Kirtipur Tour with Traditional Lunch/ Kathmandu Valley Tour/ Day Hike to Champadevi/ EBC Helicopter Landing Day Tour/ White Water Rafting Trip in Nepal/ Ricksaw Ride Tour/ Rampur Village Charity Tour/ Nagarjung Hike & Rock climbing/ Motorbike Tour to Upper Mustang/ Kathmandu Pokhara Tour/ Kathmandu Pokhara Lumbini Tour/ Best Kathmandu Tour/ Kathmandu Bhaktapur Tour/ Chitlang Cycling Tour/ Chilling Nepal Tour/ Changunarayan Nagarkot Day Hiking Tour/ Bungmati Khokana 1 Day Tour/ Best Nepal Tour/ 9 Nights 10 Days Kathmandu & Pokhara Tour/ Everest Nepal Luxury Tour/ Spiritual Day Tour/ Patan Day Tour/ 1 day Kathmandu Tour/
Kathmandu, Pokhara, Lumbini, Palpa, Chitwan, Bardiya, Jiri are the famous sightseeing destinations of Nepal. But these are very old and explored like 100 years ago. There are many new places of interest for sightseeing tour which Nepalgram has includes in multiday tour itinerary. Places like Chandragiri hills, Rampur, Bandipur are other beautiful landmarks for sightseeing tour in Nepal.
Tour in Nepal has versatile options from low lands in Terai as Lumbini to high Himalaya’s base camps like Everest base camp. Nepalgram has itineraries which includes both Himalayan base camp as well the lower flat sightseeing destinations. This has given travelers a different taste while traveling in South Asia. In the small area of Nepal the mountains and low lands has made this kind of sightseeing tour possible, and because of the size of country these kind of multi-dimensional sightseeing tour doesn’t need many days.
A short holiday or a weekend trip to Nepal might sound short but surely there are verities of experience in Nepal. Traveling will not be time consuming as country is small and landlocked, but if the money is not a issue.
Sightseeing tour also includes bird watching, photography tour, religious tours, jeep tours or motor biking in the off roads of Nepal. The versatile land of Nepal has given wilder as well as luxury prospect of travel inside the small boundary for wider sightseeing and exploration. Nepal is small but diversifies which make sightseeing go wider than you imagine.
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River Rafting Trip in Nepal
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