The place where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born in 623 BC, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Maya Devi Temple covers the marker stone of his birthplace, beside a sacred pool and an Ashoka pillar from 249 BC.
The surrounding monastic zone has temples built by Buddhist countries from around the world. Hire a bicycle to get around. It's near the Indian border.
Pokhara's Phewa Lake reflects the snowy peaks of the Annapurna range, including the fishtail summit of Machapuchare, on clear mornings.
The Annapurna region offers treks of every length.
A national park in Nepal's lowland jungle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to one-horned rhinoceroses, Bengal tigers, sloth bears, gharial crocodi…
The old royal palace square of Kathmandu, with pagoda temples, the Hanuman Dhoka palace and the Kumari Ghar, home of the living goddess Kumari, who s…
A one-hour sightseeing flight from Kathmandu along the Himalaya to Mt Everest (8,849 m), passing Langtang, Gauri Shankar, Cho Oyu, Lhotse and Makalu.
One of the largest stupas in the world, a great white dome with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha painted on its tower, the centre of Tibetan Buddhis…
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