Pilgrimage in Nepal:
Nepal is one of the best destinations for the Buddhist pilgrimage. Siddhartha Gautam Buddha was born at Lumbini- Nepal, which you can visit during the pilgrim. At Nepal many Buddhism believe Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition. From east to west Himalayan regions most of the people are follow the tradition of Vajrayana (Tibetan Buddhist) because they are closer with Tibetan culture.
These pilgrimage tours, especially focus on Buddhist religious people from all over the world. For this pilgrimage each year thousands of people coming from all over the world, especially from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bhutan, India and Tibet (autonomous region of China)
At Nepal there are several Buddhist holy places in Kathmandu valley. There are many secrete places of Guru Padma Shambawa and other Buddhist Yogis pilgrim sites at different parts of Nepal, which you can visit during the pilgrim's time.
Flight: Nepal is a landlock country, until now for the international flight, there is several direct and Connecting flight from all over the world to Kathmandu Tribhuvan international airport (KTM) Nepal. There is direct flight from India New Delhi, Lhasa Gonggar, Bangkok, Malaysia and Bhutan. From other country they can take connecting flight VIA another major airport to Kathmandu. From India there is several borders officially open for Nepal. From Tibet officially only one (Kerung) border open for Nepal.
Visa: All foreign nationals, other than Indian citizens, are required to obtain a tourist visa to enter in Nepal. You can apply online visa from your home country through Nepal embassy or consular. If you don't have Nepalese visa, you can get the visa from any entry border of India and Tibet or Kathmandu international airport on arrival.
Meals and accommodation: At Kathmandu, there is many hotels, we provide 3-star to 5-star, hotel accommodation twin sharing basic bed and buffet breakfast service. There are several tourist standard restaurants at Kathmandu valley, for the meals and drinks as your choice.
Out of Kathmandu for e.g., Lumbeni, Takpu Mara tika, Namo Buddha (Takma Lajin) and Helambu region there are not available any luxury accommodation and restaurant, we have to compromise with local hotels and restaurant.
Transportation: About the ground transport, we provide tourist standards car for small groups, minivan for middle groups and bus for big groups. During the pilgrim period, we provide all the services for hotel accommodation, Buffet meals (Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner) with hot or cold drinks, transportation, pilgrim guide and entry fees. For more details information and cost please visit the following pilgrimage sites. The age doesn’t make any difference for the pilgrimage trip, anyone can do pilgrimage if you are physically fit, happy and healthy.
Local time and currency: Nepal time it is 5:45 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+05:45). Nepal doesn’t observe Daylight saving time.
The Nepalese rupee (symbol: NPR) is the official currency in Nepal. Even you can use Indian currency.
Each pilgrim sites there are different story, which you can visit, your guide will explain the real story about the pilgrim site.
Buddhism is peace of mind a religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama before 2,500 years ago at Bodhgaya, India. There are more than 470 million followers of Buddhist religion in this world.
