Nepal Photography Tour

We will meet you at Kathmandu Tribhuvan International Airport and welcome you with marigold flowers for your Nepal photography trip. We will then transfer you to the hotel, and you will have time to freshen up.

After that, we will briefly meet about the itinerary tour program and other details. We will give you a short brief about your tour and introduce your tour guide for the Nepal photography trip. You can ask any question with the tour organizer and your tour guide.

Today, we will start our trip from Pashupatinath Temple. Here, people burn the dead body on the riverbank of the Bagmati River for cremation. You can meet many Sadhus and yogi and see the pilgrimage praying in the temple.

After visiting Pashupatinath, we will visit the Monkey Temple (Swyambhunath). It is very ancient and essentially enlisted in UNESCO World Heritage sites. From the Monkey Temple, we can see the best view of Kathmandu Valley. This temple is one of the world’s most enchanting, glorious, and oldest Buddhist stupas.

People believe that the temple is more than 2,000 years old. This famous humanmade landmark is on a hillock about 77m above the level of the Kathmandu Valley. The Stupa of Swyambhunath stands on a typically stylized lotus Mandala. A significant highlight of the temple is the splendid changing view of the valley seen from the platform of the spot.

After having breakfast, our tour starts with your guide and vehicle. We drive for about 1-1.5 hours to Sankhu. Sankhu is a medieval Newar village and a major pilgrimage center for Hindus. We can visit the Vajrajogini Temple, where people organize big meals for one month.

People keep fasting and worshiping here. They leave their home for one month here in the name of the goddess Parvati. We can see the Sali Nadi.

Today, the Nepal photography tour starts with Pharping. It is a small town south of Kathmandu, about a 19 km drive. It is a culturally prosperous and thriving Newari town. It is the sacred site of Hinduism and Buddhism. Guru Rimpoche (Padmasambhava, a lotus-born God) attained a Mahamudra Vidyadhara here.

It is an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage site. Many Tibetans and other Nepalese Buddhist devotees are staying there. The village has a religious Buddhist monastery, Shesnarayan temple. It also has Bajra Yogini temple, Gorakhnath temple, and Guru Padmasambhava meditation cave.

People believe that he was enlightened at Asur Cave. Recently, numerous Buddhist monasteries have been built in the area. You can join the other pilgrims in the clockwise pilgrimage circuit (parikrama in Nepalese, kora in Tibetan). After visiting the Pharping, our Nepal photography tour will visit Dakshinkali temple.

The temple honors the goddess Kali. She is a bloodthirsty incarnation of goddess Parvati, consort of Shiva. Kali is the black female God temple. The temple’s name refers to its position in a stunning river gorge of the Black female goddess of the south.

The Kali God loves blood, so people sacrifice chickens, goats, sheep, pigs, and even buffaloes to the goddess. The temple priest, a skilled butcher, transforms the meat into pieces. Once they make a sacrifice, the heart goes into the pot.

The pilgrims bring all the ingredients to make barbeque and feast under the shade of trees. Saturday is the big sacrificial day, and blood flows freely on Tuesday.

Our Nepal photography tour begins with Namo Buddha. It is a magnificent Buddhist monastery 38 km east of Kathmandu at 1,750 meters. Namo Buddha is one of the most important pilgrim sites in the valley. It holds significance particularly to Tibetan Buddhists. The temple tells the story of Gautam Buddha.

Buddha gave up his body compassionately for a starving tigress and her cubs. This holy land is very relaxing and comfortable. Thrangu Rinpoche designed the Namo Buddha to represent the three yanas or paths. It is beautiful and elegant. This holy Buddhist pilgrimage place has many symbolic meanings.

On Return, visit Bhaktapur (the Bhaktapur tour is famous for seeing these things). Pottery and weaving are its major traditional industries. Sometimes, taking a break from the temples and sitting back is best. You can watch the unchanging rituals of daily life, such as the laying out of grain to dry in the sun.

There are families collecting water or washing under communal taps. The children play simple games, and the dyed yarn flaps in the breeze. The potter works to throw the clay. These are the major attractions of this site.

A massive earthquake in 1934 destroyed many temples, battles (monastery courtyards), and residences. But, the city is still living proof of the highest craft standards in this part of the world. You can also enjoy seeing the narrow brick-paved streets. Many alleys will show hidden shrines and statues.

On the Nepal  Today Tour of an ancient village near Kathmandu, you will visit Bungmati, Khokana, and Kirtipur. Bungamati and Khokana are old Newari villages (of the 16th century) like Kirtipur. However, seeing Khokana and Bungamati is slightly different from visiting Kirtipur.

The main attractions of Khokana village are the traditional way of oil making. People in Bungmati are more popular for making conventional wood carvings. One can see it in the historical places in and around Kathmandu Valley. This trip is the perfect Photography trip to Kathmandu.

Kirtipur is an excellent exception for Nepal photography tours—the usual Newari settlements. It lies on twin hillocks and clinging to the saddle about 5 km from Kathmandu. Kirtipur has two satellite hamlets to the south, Panga and Nagaon. The kingdom was powerful. It defeated the most powerful king in Nepalese history three times when he tried to unify it with Nepal.

Today, after breakfast, we will fly to Pokhara in our Nepal Photography itinerary. Then we will transfer to the hotel. We will capture the photos by boating in the Famous Lake Phewa.

We will enjoy the photo sessions on the lake, which is surrounded by beautiful scenery. From here, we will visit the local farmhouse. You can see the farmers working in the field, and you can capture the world peace stupa.

We will drive 35 minutes in the morning to Sarangkot village for the Nepal photography tour. This place offers a superb Himalayan vista of mighty peaks, and You can see the Annapurna, Himalchuli, Machhapuchhare, and Lamjung Himal. Sarangkot Tower hiking will amaze you.

You will witness the sunrise over the white snow-capped mountains. You can view the Whole Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Ranges, including a fishtail view. Arrive back to the hotel. Have breakfast, rest, and roam around the lakeside. We fly back to Kathmandu in the afternoon and transfer to the hotel.

Today, during your Nepal photography trip, we have a free day in Kathmandu. You can capture and visit the local area near hotels like Kathmandu Durbar Square. You can visit local shops at Asan Bazar. You will have time for shopping.

You can do other activities after your Nepal photography trip at an extra cost, and we will be happy to arrange them for you. If you leave Nepal, we will drop you off at the international airport to catch your flight home.

We wish you a comfortable journey in Nepal, traditionally and culturally, and hope to see you again.