From Kathmandu we will travel to the city of Pokhara in the center of Nepal.  This is a popular place to begin treks in the Annapurna region of the Himalayas.  Pokhara is in the vicinity of several lakes and nearby a hotspot for local permaculturists. It is from the banks of Begnas thaal...

From there participants will go to Bhaktapur- 16 kilometers west of Kathmandu. A well preserved city within the valley, Bhaktapur has a completely different feel...

The next stop is Patan, Another main city center within the valley.  Otherwise known as ‘Lalitpur’ (Beautiful City), Patan is located roughly 4 km Southeast of Kathmandu near the Bagmati River.   Known for its fine arts...

Participants will then go to Bouddhanath where they will be given the opportunity to learn about the cultural history behind the highly revered and extremely large Buddhist stupa. Emerging from the three dimensional mandala base...

The group will go on to Pashupatinath- a Hindu pilgrimage site located on the edge of the Ring Road within the Kathmandu Valley.   Situated on the banks of the Bagmati River, Hindu devotees come to be cremated on this holy river with the belief

We will then go to the Western edge of Kathmandu’s Ring Road, where the Buddhist stupa compound of Swyambhunath stretches atop a hill overlooking the cityscape.   Arriving from the Eastern entrance visitors...

Participants will be awestruck by Changu Narayan- one of our large temples dedicated to Narayan, or Vishnu the Preserver of Life.  Located at the four corners throughout the valley, this most famous temple...

One of the highlights of the program is certainly the visit to Chitwan a national park and jungle located in the Southern terai (plains) region...  ...Though once a hunting ground for Nepal’s royalty and guests the park was established as a protected zone in 1973 and in 1984 entered on the World Heritage list....

Within its parameters 800 kilometres (500 mi) long and 200 kilometres (125 mi) wide, Nepal has 10 sites listed with UNESCO as...