Pilgrimage Muktinath Tour - 9 Days | Nepal Guide

01 / THE EXPERIENCE

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02 / WHY GO

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03 / YOUR ROUTE

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Day Day 1: Arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal (1400 meters) — Our representative from Smart Holidays will pick you up from the airport. And transfer you in Hotel by private vehicle, overnight at hotel in Kathmandu. If you arrive early in Kathmandu you have time to explore around the city by yourself. Day Day 2: Free in Kathmandu for sightseeing and pre trip briefing. — A guided sightseeing tour will be organized by Smart holidays, in this tour you will be visiting Min 3 World heritage site of Kathmandu, Monkey temple, which is famous buddist Temple in the middle of the city with 360 climbing stairs you reach the top of the little hill where you can see 360 degree view of Kathmandu valley including Himalaya on North. This temple is more than 2000 years old. After visiting we go to Kathamndu Durbur Square which is about 20 min drive from Monkey temple. Kathmandu Durbar square is famous for its old architecture of 17th century of Malla era moreover you will have change to see the living goddess Kumari which is only living goddess of Nepal, then we move toward the famous Hindu Temple Pahsupati Nath, a famous temple of lord Shiva in Asia region, where you will be able to see the regular ritual as well as the cremation ceremony of Hindus. Which is very interesting after that we will move to another stupa called Boudhnath which is a biggest stupa of lord Buddha made by Tibiten people resides in that area. Back to hotel. Rest and relax if you have something to buy for trekking you can buy in thamel. Overnight in Kathmandu. Day Day 3: Drive to Pokhara (900m) 6 hrs by deluxe tourist bus / car. — We leave to Pokhara early in the morning with scenic view of Himalaya and Trishuli river on the side after few stopping on the highway we arrive to Pokhara and beautiful city of Nepal. First we check in the hotel then you could have chance to enjoy evening walking around Lakeside which is famous place in Pokhara. Overnight in Pokhara Day Day 4: light to Jomsom, and trek to Kagbeni (2830m) 3 hrs. — We take earliest flight to Jomsom as possible, with the breathtaking views from airplane we arrive to Jomsom, We take an early flight to Jomsom have a tea in Jomsom, is the place famous for Apple farming , then we start our trek to Kagbeni, following the riverbank of Kali Gandaki River. You will see scenic mountains we arrive to EkleBhatti and continue the trek. Kagbeni is an immensely pretty village. It has medieval looks and consists of interesting alleys, irrigation canals, green fields of wheat and barley and large red Gompas.Overnight in Kagbeni. Day Day 5: Trek to Muktinath (3900m) 4 hrs. — After the Breakfast we continue our trek toward Jhong Khola then join the direct trail to Muktinath just below Khingar at 3200meters. From here trail continues high above the Jhong Khola to the imposing village of Jharkot at 3500meters, we take lunch break here, and then we continue our journey toward towards Muktinath. Muktinath is a famous religious place for hindus and Buddist people, for hindu it’s a place of Lord Bishnu, one of the most interesting things about Muktinath is the 108 water taps. all the way up from Kaligandaki river carrying chilled water all the visitors take a bath in all 108 of them, they believe in they will lose all the bad karma having bath on those tap. After that they get bath in small pound outside the temple. Muktinath means place of Nirvana and is home to the Muktinath temple as well as for the buddist people To Buddhists, Muktinath is a place where the great sage guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) came to meditate. Overnight at hotel. Day Day 6: Trek to Jomsom (2750m) 5 hrs. — Today we follow the same trail nearby Kagbeni and then the new trek takes you down to the Eklebhatti, then again follow same trail to Jomsom. Overnight at hotel. Day Day 7: Flight back to Pokhara (900m) 25 min flight. — Morning we take flight back to Pokhara, in Pokhara you ll have time to do sightseeing or if you want to relax in hotel it’s up to you basically its free day. We recommend you do some walk about Lakeside which is very beautiful. Day Day 8: Drive back to Kathmandu (1400 meters) — We depart at approximately 7.30 am for Kathmandu by tourist bus. We arrive back in Kathmandu at around 2-3.00 pm. overnight at a hotel in Kathmandu. Day Day 9: Free day in Kathmandu. — Free day if you want to buy things around Kathmandu, relax day or if someone would like to fly back departure to Kathmandu Airport.

YOUR DAY-BY-DAY ROUTE

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1Arrival in Kathmandu, Nepal (1400 meters) — Our representative from Smart Holidays will pick you up from the airport. And transfer you in Hotel by private vehicle, overnight at hotel in Kathmandu. If you arrive early in Kathmandu you have time to explore around the city by yourself.+