Kathmandu City Tour: Four World Heritage Sites in a Day
Pashupatinath, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath and Kathmandu Durbar Square in one day, with your own guide and car, starting from your hotel.
About 8 hoursfrom $37
Kathmandu Sightseeing and Heritage Tours
Temples, stupas and palace squares, with your own guide and car.
Seven monument zones make up the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site: the Durbar Squares of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur, the stupas of Swayambhunath and Boudhanath, and the temples of Pashupatinath and Changu Narayan. On our heritage tours you'll visit them with a licensed guide who explains how each place is still used today, while your private car waits between stops. Short on time? Choose a half day. Want the lot? See all seven over two days.
Heritage & city tours
Half-Day Kathmandu Sightseeing: Pashupatinath and Boudhanath
Kathmandu's holiest Hindu temple and its largest Buddhist stupa in one morning or afternoon, about four hours from your hotel and back.
About 4 hoursfrom $27
Kathmandu Valley Day Tour: Three Royal Cities
The palace squares of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur, the three old Newar kingdoms of the valley, in one full day with a private guide.
About 9 hoursfrom $40
2 daysAll Seven UNESCO Sites of the Kathmandu Valley in Two Days
All seven of the valley's World Heritage monument zones, from Changu Narayan to Swayambhunath, over two unhurried days with the same guide.
2 daysfrom $70
Bhaktapur and Changu Narayan Tour
Bhaktapur's three old squares and the hilltop temple of Changu Narayan, in about six hours from your hotel and back.
About 6 hoursfrom $37
Bhaktapur and Panauti Day Trip
Bhaktapur's squares in the morning, then the quiet river town of Panauti and its 13th-century temple, on a full-day trip from Kathmandu.
About 8 hoursfrom $45
Chandragiri Hills by Cable Car
Ride the 2.5 km cable car up to 2,551 m for a Himalayan view over the whole Kathmandu Valley, in half a day from your hotel.
About 5 hoursfrom $33
Godawari Botanical Garden and Phulchowki Foothills
Nepal's National Botanical Garden at the foot of Phulchowki, 19 km south of Kathmandu, with time for a gentle walk and some birdwatching.
About 5 hoursfrom $32
Central Zoo and Patan Half Day
Nepal's only zoo, with tigers, rhinos and red pandas, followed by a short walk in Patan Durbar Square. A great half day with children.
About 4 hoursfrom $25
Handicraft Workshops of Patan and Boudhanath
Meet the metal casters of Patan, Tibetan carpet weavers in Jawalakhel and thangka painters at Boudhanath, and buy straight from the makers.
About 6 hoursfrom $32
Thamel and Garden of Dreams Walking Tour
A three-hour walk from the Garden of Dreams through Asan and Indra Chowk to Kathmandu Durbar Square, on foot from Thamel.
About 3 hoursfrom $17