Nepal Holi Tour
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Duration: 7 Nights 8 Days
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Group Size : Min 2 +
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Grade: Easy
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Spring (During March)
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Min Age : 10+
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Pickup: Airport
Description
The festive season started with the changes in the calendar from Winter to Spring season. Spring brings joy and love which signifies the togetherness of lovers in the theater of nature. The popular festival of color - Holi celebrates to mark the arrival of Spring in the sub-continent of South Asia. Especially, Holi is celebrated in Nepal and India by Hindu communities in the month of Falgun in Purnima (Full moon day). Holi is celebrated for a couple of days in Nepal. The installation of Chir, a ceremonial bamboo pole with three layers of colorful clothes at Basantapur Durbar square officially starts holi for seven days in Kathmandu valley. Every year Chir is erected in Durbar square to symbolize the start of the Holi festival by locals and priests following traditional rituals and puja.
It is believed that the festival has been celebrated for centuries to mark the victory over the daemon. It is also considered as passion, love, joy, and friendship by spreading the multicolor of life in a jolly mode. The Holi tour to Nepal can give insight into Nepalese society's multicultural and multilingual setup, which has unique harmony and unity. You can experience the uniqueness of Kathmandu valley Holi in Kathmandu, Patan, and in Bhaktapur, whereas you will experience differences in Terai holi as you participate in Chitwan Sauraha. The Holi of Tharu people enjoys differently. This is a special tour to understand Nepalese society in a single frame. Holi Photography and Holi festival tours are designed for those who like to know Nepal through its culture and festival. We will visit Kathmandu valley, Pokhara valley, Chitwan, and a few hill stations to view the magnificent Himalayan range.
In Kathmandu valley, Holi is celebrated for seven days as a tradition, even though the last day is important as all families, and friends unite together forgetting all resentments and bad feelings towards each other and exchanging greetings by putting different colors. These days people use water also. But in the Terai, Holi is celebrated in next day after the hilly district celebrates. Due to this reason, we can experience holi in a different place during this tour. Either we can enjoy Holi in Kathmandu valley and Chitwan or Pokhara valley and Chitwan.
Within this tour, you will explore famous and sacred tourist destinations in Kathmandu valley, which are listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites such as Swoyambhunath, Bouddhanath, Pashupatinath, and Durbar squares of Kathmandu valley.
Pokhara Tour showcases you to experience the natural beauty of Pokhara valley and its surroundings. The Fewa lake boating, hiking to Peace stupa, exploring Pokhara city by cycling, or visiting Museum will be more interesting and memorable. Australian camp and Seti river rafting is another special features of this holi tour.
The most thrilling part of this tour is the Jungle safari at Chitwan national park. When you encounter one horned Rhino, the moment will be never erased from your memory.
Itinerary
One of the representatives of Pokalde adventure will receive you upon your arrival at the airport and will transfer you to the planned hotel. If needed few discussions regarding the entire tour program during dinner.
Kathmandu valley is rich in culture and tradition. Today, we celebrate, enjoy and observe the Holi festival around Kathmandu valley. Mainly, we observe the Holi festival in Kathmandu Durbar square, Patan Durbar Square, and Bhaktapur Durbar square. If time permits, we will go to Swoyambhunath and Bouddhanath. All these are world heritage sites listed under UNESCO. For details sightseeing, we must allocate another day for Kathmandu since we are in a festive mood, there will be a huge crowd in the durbar squares celebrating the Holi. Back to the hotel and refresh and stay calm and cool.
The next day of the Holi, we drive to Pokhara valley- a beautiful city with beautiful lakes. We reach Pokhara in the afternoon. We stroll around the lakeside in the evening and enjoy Thakali dinner.
Early morning you can view mountains from your hotel balcony or even from your room window. After breakfast, we cross Fewa lake by boat to reach the hiking spot to World peace stupa. We will hike for an hour to reach the stupa through the forest. We enjoy the entire view of the Annapurna mountain range. From Stupa's backside, we take a short drive to reach Chhorepatan where we visit Davis fall and Gupteswor cave. We will have lunch in Lakeside. Check out from the hotel and drive to Khande and hike for one hour to reach a beautiful destination Australian camp. We enjoy the splendid views from there. The place is famous for its sunrise view which is the route to the Annapurna Base camp trek.
After breakfast, we walk for an hour to reach Phedi and then we drive to Bamboo Bridge, Hemja for half an hour. We change our clothes and our other valuable items deposited there. We should bring Half pants, t-shirts, extra undergarments water bottles, and comfortable shoes. There will be a brief orientation regarding rafting, river grade, safety measures, and gears that you use during rafting. The total time duration for this rafting is 90 minutes which covers 8 km starting from the Bamboo bridge and ending at the Dam site nearby Pokhara. It will be a thrilling experience of water sports and adventure in the Himalayan river Seti. After the completion of the rafting, we will enjoy lunch at the nearby restaurant on the bank of the Seti river. Now we drive to Chitwan, Sauraha for 4 hours.
Chitwan national park is home to one horned Rhino. The attraction of Jungle safari, elephant safari, elephant bathing, canoeing ride in the Rapti river, and bird watching are major features of the national park. You will also have insight into various species of birds, and animals such as deer, boar monkey, leopard, sloth bear, and the royal Bengal tiger. You will also encounter various mammals within the area. In the evening enjoy the Tharu cultural dance.
After breakfast, we drive to Kathmandu and reached it in the afternoon. We can go shopping around Thamel and pack our luggage. In the evening, we will have a farewell dinner. We exchange our feelings and share experiences.
One of our staff assists you to reach the international airport three hours before your flight.