Kathmandu City Tour, Trisuli River Rafting, & Chitwan Jungle Safari Tour

On reaching Kathmandu Tribhuvan InternationalAirport, warmly greeted by our staff and guides for transfer to your hotel in the heart of Kathmandu around the Thamel area, the happening spot in Kathmandu with many fine hotels and restaurants with shopping stores and shops, here our guide will brief you with all information on Adventure River & Jungle.

The evening includes a typical Nepalese dinner in a nice local restaurant with cultural-folk programs to entertain you with delicious meals.

In Kathmandu, a full-day sightseeing tour at places of interest around Kathmandu, around world heritage sites with temples, monasteries, stupas, and an old royal palace courtyard. After breakfast, our tour begins with a short drive to Swayambhunath, a popular pilgrimage site for both Buddhists and Hindus.

An ancient Chaitya of Asia and a major symbol of Nepal’s Buddhist heritage, Swayambhunath represents the Primordial Buddha or Adi-Buddha. The hilltop where Swayambhunath Chaitiya is built, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, offers grand views of the whole Kathmandu valley with distant snow-capped peaks. After Swayambhunath, the tour leads to Bouddhanath, an important Buddhist pilgrimage and heritage site in Nepal. The story and history mention that this stupa contains relics of Buddha Kashyapa, with 176 miniature stupas and paintings of Tibetan Buddhist pantheons that cover the walls that surround the stupa at Bouddhanath. Bouddhanath Stupa is an important pilgrimage site for Tibetans which is mentioned in Tibetan classical texts such as the Biography of Yeshe Tshogyal (A.D. 8–9) and Padma Ka’thang (A.D.14).

A short drive leads to the famous Hindu Temple at Pashupatinath, by the bank of the Bagmati River, a magnificent golden-roofed temple with four cardinal silver doors. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. At ‘Shiva Ratri', which falls in mid-February, a great celebration and pilgrimage take place, flooded with worshippers from Nepal and India.

At the end of the day, a short drive in the hub of Kathmandu includes a visit to the ancient Malla and Shah dynasty palaces, a visit to Kumari Temple nearby where the Living Goddess "Kumari" resides, and a tour of the famous Kastamandap temple, where Kathmandu got its name, as Kastamandap means "temple built from a single tree."

Return to your hotel for a leisurely walk and dinner after an exciting and rewarding tour.

After breakfast, starts with a morning drive toward mid-south Nepal's rural areas to reach our starting point for rafting at the famous and popular Trisuli River with scenic floats.

This river is fed by the glaciers of Ganesh and Langtang Himal and offers a soothing rafting experience with enjoyable bouncy waves and exciting rapids, where our Raft Captain will make you feel secure and safe, providing you with helmets, life jackets, and a lifeline for emergency purposes.

After briefing about rafting and paddling, having a picnic lunch at the beach, raft downstream for a few hours and retire in the comfort of nice riverside lodges or resorts with time for a short walk around nearby villages where you can witness local culture and a simple traditional way of life.

In the morning, after breakfast, a drive takes you to the south flat land at Chitwan National Park, famous for rare and endangered wildlife and exotic bird life.

After a few hours of the scenic drive, reaching the rim of the park entrance where most of the hotels are located, our naturalist and jungle guide will brief you with information on jungle activities and programs.

After getting refreshed, start your activity with a short walk on the banks of the Rapti River as an introductory walk. In the evening, enjoy dinner with a fascinating Tharu (indigenous tribe of southern Terai and Chitwan) cultural dance.

Program and activities begins early before breakfast, walk to elephant platform for the ride on elephant backs leading you into dense jungle to witness wildlife in its natural habitat. Other activities includes visit of elephant stables and elephant bathing and briefing. After lunch drive into the jungles as well ride on a dug-out canoe floating on Rapti River where you can see fresh water Gangetic Ghariel and Mugger crocodiles, if lucky including fresh water dolphins, and otters.

Morning with optional bird watch tour or other short jungle activities and having breakfast bidding farewell to Chitwan with grand and marvelous time, morning drive leads on the same highway following Trisuli River upstream for some hours.
On leaving the Trisuli River drive leads to a climb towards the outskirt of Kathmandu valley, and then downhill back into hustle and bustle city life of Kathmandu, with afternoon free for individual activities.

Last day in Nepal, the land of Himalayan wonders as per your international flight time our staff will transfer you to airport for your flight homeward bound or to respective destination with wonderful experience on Adventure on Rivers & Jungles of Nepal.