Where exactly is Kirtipur?

About 5 kilometers to the southwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is the historic town of Kirtipur.

What are the best parts of a tour in Kirtipur?

Experience Kirtipur's rich history, historic temples, traditional Newari architecture, and vibrant local culture on a trip. The Bagh Bhairav Temple, Uma Maheshwar Temple, Chilancho Stupa, and the typical Newari homes are just a few of the attractions.

What is the typical duration of a Kirtipur tour?

A Kirtipur tour normally lasts for a half-day, though the length can change based on your choices and the tour's activities.

What can I anticipate from a typical lunch in Kirtipur?

Genuine Newari cuisine will be served during a traditional lunch in Kirtipur. With meals like Newari Bhoj, Samay Baji, Bara, Chatamari, and other traditional delicacies, Newari cuisine is renowned for its distinctive flavors. A chance to sample regional culinary customs is offered by the lunch.

Are there any vegetarian options for the standard lunch?

Yes, vegetarian options are available for Kirtipur's customary meal. Vegetarian options are plentiful in Newari cuisine and are both excellent and authentic to the region's culinary tradition.

Do you need a guide when doing a Kirtipur tour?

Although it is not required, having a guide can significantly improve your experience on a Kirtipur tour. A competent guide can offer historical and cultural insights, help visitors get around town easily, and provide useful information about the region's landmarks and customs.

Does the tour package include transportation?

Depending on the agreement made with the tour operator, transportation may or may not be included in the tour package. It's crucial to confirm with the operator whether transportation is included or if you must make other travel arrangements to get to Kirtipur.

Kirtipur Tour | Traditional Lunch | Spend 1 Evening Locally

Overview

Cost Details

All inclusive Package cost Details

Overview

Cost Details

All inclusive Package cost Details

Itinerary

Departure Dates

Trip FAQs

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Overview

Kirtipur tour is a best place to find history of Kathmandu, to see the view of Kathmandu valley and imagine the formation of the country Nepal with the historical story from our guide. The tour has wider prospect of art, architecture, culture and tradition of Nepal in the history & now. Kirtipur not only shows you the heritage city and life of local peoples but also takes you to the best traditional lunch spot of the city.

Are you looking for a different kind of experience in your Kathmandu tour? Kirtipur tour with traditional lunch offers the best city has. Try different food and watch the life of people in vivid.

Best time for the tour

In the month of April, the Newari community of Kirtipur celebrates month long festival. They drink, offer free foods and dance in the street with colorful dresses and masks. So, April is the best time for Kirtipur day tour.

Not being very specific, Kirtipur with traditional lunch is offered throughout the year and you can go whenever you are in Nepal.

Apart from the month of festival of locals, it is better either in the month of autumn and spring. Both these season are considered as the best season for traveling in Nepal. Because of the top view location of Kirtipur March to May & September to November months are the best months for Kirtipur tour. Entire Kathmandu can be seen from Kirtipur heritage city.

Cost for Kirtipur Tour with Traditional Lunch

Cost of Kirtipur day tour will cover transportation for both pick up and drop to the sightseeing spot. Charge of local guide, traditional food and information of your choice will also be included in quoted price for Kirtipur in Kathmandu valley.

Apart from the normal inclusion, if you have any special interest while visiting Kathmandu/Kirtipur; please feel free to let us know. We will customize and the cost for the tour might increase or we will adjust your additional requirement. The adjustment will depend on the recent development and level of your topped –up interest.

Kirtipur Day Tour Itinerary

As a day tour in Kathmandu, this tour is a day activity. Thus this tour will last for a day.

Kirtipur day tour starts later in the afternoon, as the old bazzar will be happening in the evening.

Tour in December vs. June

Both December and June are low season for tour in Nepal. Saying that; traveling Nepal in June or December, you will skip the tourist crowd. But December is clod as it is winter season in Nepal, whereas June lies in the monsoon season. Monsoon in Kathmandu observe rainfall in afternoon.

Comparing June and December for tour, December is better. As Kirtipur is a hilltop from where you can see entire Kathmandu valley, monsoon with rain or cloudy sky will not accommodate you at its best. However, despite of colder month, December will still have clear sky.

Kirtipur Day Tour in April vs. October

Both April and October are the best season for traveling to Nepal. April is a peak traveling month of spring and October is another favorite month of autumn season. Spring in Nepal comes with greenery and is famous as flowering season. Whereas, autumn has buds in plant and the weather is neither cold nor hot.

Comparatively April is regarded as the best season if you are interested to festivals from Kirtipur.

If you are more into nature and clear sky, October will work for your interest.

Additional information

Prior to your tour, our local tour guide will pick you from your accommodation. And at the end of the trip s/he will drop you to your preferred location.

Once you book tour with us, we will send you a confirmation message by the same email you use to book the day tour with us.

With regard to the tour activity, you are suggested to support the local economy. If you are interested to donate anything, let our guide know, they are locals and keep knowledge; however you can use the donation box at the temple premises.

Respect the local culture and tradition. If they say, open your shoes to enter the temple – follow this strictly. Doing anything of your choice, it is better to ask your guide for permission, guide will ask permission for you, if allowed.

Private trip vs. Group join Kirtipur Day Tour

As a private tour member, you will have your freedom to go wherever you want to and eat or drink whatever you like to. But if you are in a group join tour of Kirtipur tour, you must follow our guide. Guide will take a decision in regards to entire group.

Private tour of Kirtipur will help you to explore far and wide. You can go off the beaten trail on your choice. Tour will be as per your demand rather than guides trace.

Whereas group tour has strict rules and regulation that you need to follow to your guide, as a member of group tour member.

So, private tour of Kirtipur heritage city is preferred over group join tour.

Kirtipur Day Tour vs. Kathmandu Day tour

Both tours are a day activity in Kathmandu. In general, these day activities are topped up as a part of your trip extension in Nepal. However these to tour activity have some differences.

Kirtipur is a small town of Newar community on one of the nearby hillside of Kathmandu. Whereas tour of Kathmandu is tour inside the valley, you will not get up the hill.

Note : It is a, one day tour activity, thus our guide will take pick you up from your respective accommodation and take you on the tour of Kirtipur. S/he will be together in traditional lunch, and drop back you to your accommodation, at the end of the tour.

Insights of Half-Day Kirtipur Trip

Escape from the hustle and bustle of Kathmandu
Classic Newari heritage site
Many beautiful Hindu and Buddhist sites
Walk the hoary alleys of Kirtipur learning about its history, culture, and lifestyle
Interact with local people of Kirtipur
Taste authentic traditional Newari lunch with a localhost

Price & Details of other packages of Nepalgram

Note – Minimum people in group must be 02 so as to apply this price range.

	Service	All Incl	Luxury
Package /items/Price	55	75	125
Licensed Guide	√	√	√



Tour	×	×	√

Accommodation during trek	×	Private	Standard

Transportation to trek start point	Shared	Shared	Private

Airport/bus terminal Shuttle service	×	Private	Private

Hotel at KTM/Pokhara	×	Standard	5 star

Food on trek(BLD)	×	3 Meal	Unlimited Meal

Desert	×	Fruit	From Menu

Soft drink	×	1	unlimited

Porter	×	Shared	Private

Company Cap	×	√	√

Company T-shirt	×	√	√

Dawn Sleeping bag	×	√	√

Dawn Jacket	×	√	√

Hard drink	×	×	Local Brand

Warm up hike	×	×	√

Farewell party/dinner	×	×	√

Buffer day for trek	×	×	√

Shower	√	√	√

Food in the city	×	×	×

All Inclusive package

Price for All Inclusive Package = USD $75 per person – for Min 2 people in the group

“All inclusive package is a common package offered by all most all the trekking agencies in Nepal.”

COST DETAILS OF ALL INCLUSIVE PACKAGE

Cost Includes of Kirtipur Day Tour – All inclusive package

Transportation
Entry fees
Traditional Newari lunch

Cost Excludes of Kirtipur Day Tour – All inclusive package

Your Personal Expenses
Tip for your guide
Nepal entry visa fee (you may easily issue the visa upon your arrival at International Airport – Kathmandu). You need 30$ dollar visa fee for 15 days, cash money will be easier.

Guide+B/B Package OR Service package

“Service package comes with all arrangement for your trek except food and accommodation in the cities – which you can do by yourself on this modern era.”

Price for Guide+B/B Package (service Package) = USD $55 per person – for Min 2 people in the group

COST DETAILS OF SERVICE PACKAGE

Cost Includes of Kirtipur Day Tour for Guide+B/B Package

Transportation
Entry fees

Cost Excludes of Kirtipur Day Tour

for Guide+B/B Package

Lunch
Tips for the guide
Nepal entry visa fee (you may easily issue the visa upon your arrival at International Airport – Kathmandu). You need 30$ dollar visa fee for 15 days, cash money will be easier.

LUXURY PACKAGE

“Luxury package comes with comfortable trip possible in the Himalayan circumstances and inside Nepal. Every service we use for your Luxury package will be best available.”

Price for luxury package = USD $125 per person – for Min 2 people in the group

COST DETAILS OF LUXURY PACKAGE

Cost Includes of Kirtipur Day Tour

for Luxury Package

Transportation
Entry fees
Traditional Newari lunch
Tips for the guide

Cost Excludes of Kirtipur Day Tour

for luxury package

Your personal expenses
Nepal entry visa fee (you may easily issue the visa upon your arrival at International Airport – Kathmandu). You need 30$ dollar visa fee for 15 days, cash money will be easier.

More information about Epic Kirtipur Tour with Traditional Lunch

Kirtipur-the city of glory is an old indigenous Newari town with the existent culture of the Kathmandu valley. Learn about the ancient Newar Settlement and oversee the kathmandu valley in Kirtipur Tour with traditional lunch.

Epic kirtipur tour with traditional lunch 1 — ***Kirtipur Tour is famous for those who are engaged in tradition an culture.***

Walking through the narrow alley would show you the life of the local people who have lived there for ages.

It is relatively less polluted and offers a magnificent view of the downtown and Himalaya if the weather is clear. Then cap off all that sightseeing with a traditional Newari lunch at a local home.

What to Expect in Kirtipur Tour

This is a special tour in Kathmandu, by Nepalgram. Our local guide will take you to experience the culture and tradition of the old town at one of the nearby hilltops of Kathmandu valley. Our guide will pick you from your hotel, prior to the tour.

Tour starts in the afternoon. Specialty of this tour is traditional lunch. Lunch will be served in a local house in the typical local style; the house will be accommodated in a local style.

Epic kirtipur tour with traditional lunch 2 — ***Pic: This is Traditional newari Lunch***

On arrival at the tour spot, you will be taken to the major temples and monuments in the town, meanwhile you will pass by the local alley and the architecture of the old bazaar will be observed.

After sightseeing at the temple and narrow alley of Kirtipur, the tour will conclude with a traditional lunch, guided by our local tourist guide.

If you are in the festival time, we will pre-inform you about the festival time and the tour will be customized or rescheduled based on the recent development.

1. Anthropological aspect

Kirtipur is a small town by the side of Kathmandu. In history this town used to be ruled by a separate kingdom, relative of Kathmandu. The prime location of this town was a powerful country in the history of Nepal. The story of Kirtipur will be explained well by our local guides.

The temples and monuments of this town are dated back to 14^th/ 16^th century. Temple, palace, statue and fortified walls of Kirtipur are historical evidence of small town halls in history.

Unlike the Kathmandu city tour, the Kirtipur tour doesn’t show you different aspects of religion with different temple architecture. But the perfect location of Kirtipur to watch Kathmandu will be an awesome experience, indeed.

2. Natural scenery

Kathmandu tour is more about people, culture, tradition, temple and the architectural scenery. Whereas in the Kirtipur day tour you will observe the beauty of Kathmandu valley itself from one of the famous hill tops of Kathmandu.

This hill is in such a perfect location to watch the Kathmandu valley, which in history, one of the famous kings of Nepal, who unified Nepal into a single country, made his warfare plan by sitting on this hill top and captured the valley of Kathmandu, eventually. This is strong proof to elaborate, how the view of Kathmandu from the top is this hill, Kirtipur?

Important monuments

Major Attraction of Kirtipur Tour

Tri Ratna Temple

This is the shikhara style old stoned temple which is worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists alike. It encompasses Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

Chilancho Vihara

The Chilanchu Vihara is on the southern side of the highland. It has a central stupa called Chilancho Stupa and four stupas around. Chilancho Stupa was built in 1515 by Emperor Ashoka.

Dev Pukhu

Pukhu is the Newari word which means pond. The pond in the ancient times used to be the main water source is fed by underground water. It’s all local accommodation now and it’s great on a summer day to see people sitting at the old Newari style windows looking out.

Epic kirtipur tour with traditional lunch 3 — ***Pic: In Kirtipur tour we can explore lakhe nach***

Bagh Bhairab Temple

Bagh Bhairab Temple is the holy temple for both Hindus and Buddhists. The main idol of the temple is Bhairab, in the form of a tiger. The temple is covered with swords and shields that belong to the troop of Kirtipur, who was defeated by the artillery of King Prithvi Narayan Shah.