Baglung

Located in the middle hills on the west of Pokhara, Baglung is the headquarters of Dhaulagiri Zone. It is situated on a terrace overlooking the Kali Gandaki river which is famous for deep gorges and notorious bends. It is the trading town of quaint streets and traditional buildings where merchants from the Terai plains in the south and the hills in the north come together to barter. Inhabited by different ethnic groups, Baglung offers the most scenic view of Mount Dhaulagiri towards its north.

Bandipur

Bandipur is an ancient trading town of quaint streets and charming atmosphere. It is situated on a ridge top south of Dumre which lies 135 km out on the Kathmandu-Pokhara highway. Bandipur can be reached after a two hour climb from Dumre. While the other trading posts of the Nepali hills have modernized, Bandipur retains its age old cultural attribute. It still has its temples, shrines, holy caves and a newari architecture that harks back to the Kathmandu Valley of old.

Birgunj

Birganj is the busy boarder town which serves as the main entry point to Nepal for travelers from India. It is a rapidly growing industrial town connected to Bihar's Raxaul. If you are traveling from Calcutta and Pantna to Kathmandu, you have to pass through Birganj. For almost all the travelers, however, it is just a stopping point for over night on the way to Kathmandu or Royal Chitwan Natinal Park.

Chitwan

Ace Express Travel Services P. Ltd. Content Surrounding Royal Chitwan National Park is southern Nepal is one of the best planned and most intelligently developed tourist areas in Nepal. Not only does it offer a wide variety of resorts and lodges, it is also easy to reach-by road or by air. Regular flights are scheduled by Royal Nepal Airlines and other airlines to Meghauli, Simara and Bharatpur. Many rests provide coach service. Local buses offer a choice between a night ride and a day ride.

Daman

For a view of the breathtaking grandeur of the world's highest peaks from the far west of Dhaulagiri to the east of Mt. Everest, there is no better place than Daman. It lies eighty kilometers south-west of kathmandu on the mountain highway known as Tribhuvan Rajpath and has a view tower fitted with a long range telescope.

Devghat

Devghat is a popular pilgrimage spot situated at the confluence of the kali Gandaki and Trisuli rivers. It lies just north of the jungle safari destination of Royal Chitwan Ntional Park. During the Makar Sankranti festival in January, Hindu devotees gather here to take holy dips in the river.

Dolpa

Dolpa (sometimes written Dolpa) is the most remote and least developed district in Nepal. The western half of the area has been set aside as SHE- PHOKSUNDO National Prk. Although a few anthropologists and geographers had explored the region, the entire district was closed to trekkers until 1989 when the southern part of Dolpa was opened to organized trekking groups.

Gorkha

Gorkha is a scenic hill-town with great historical significance. King Prithivi Narayan Shah, who unified the Kingdom of Nepal during eighteenth century, was born in the township of Gorkha. Situated on a small hillock at an attitude of about 1000m, Gorkha offers panoramic view of snow-fed mountains.Te then small kingdom of Gorkha, founded by king Drabya shah in 1560 A.D. became famous during the dynasty of Ram Shah (1604-1641 A.D.), who earned the reputation of being just to his people. There was a famous proverb in those days which said that one should go to Gorkha if he were looking for justice.

Manakamana

On a beautiful ridge sout-east of the township of Gorkha lies the holy temple of Manakamana, the holy goddness of spirations. It is a famous pilgrimage site for Hindus. Mankamana is a four hour walk uphill from Anbu Khaireni on Kathmandu-Pokhara Highway.

Jumla/Humla

Jumla, on the banks of Tila River at 2370 meters, is one of the highest rice growing areas in the world. The entire Tila valley is covered with paddy fields growing a unique red rice that is more tasty than white rice, but is scorned by most local people. The people in this region speak their own version of nepali. The people throughout the region are Thakuris, and also Chhetries who have the highest social, political and ritual status.

Lumbini

Siddhartha Gautam Buddha was born in Lumini, in southern Nepal, twenty-five hundred years ago. Since his time, Nepal has been a sacred ground for Buddhists as the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini is a small town in the southern Teri plain of Nepal, where the ruins of the old city can still be seen. Shkyamuni Buddha was born to a royal family.Lumbini has been holy ground for Buddhists all over the world. The restord garden and surroundings of Lumbini havethe remains of many of the ancient sutupas and monasteries. A large stone pillar erected by the Indin Emperor Ashoka in 250 BC bears an inscription about the birth of the Buddha.An important part of Lumbini is the temple of May Devi. It has a stone image of Maya Devi giving birth to Lord Buddha s she holds onto a branch. It has been well worn by the strokes of barren women hoping for fertility.

Manang

Situated at the lap of the gigantic Himalaya, Manang is a unique village with a compact collection of 500 flat-roofed houses separated by narrow alley ways. To reach a doorway you must ascend a steep log notched with steps. The setting of the village is most dramatic, with the summits of Annapurna and Gangapurna less than 8 km away, and a huge ice fall rumbling and crashing on the flanks of the peaks.

Muktinath/Jomsom

The famous temple of Muktinath lies in the district of Mustang and is situated 48 km north east of Jomsom at an altitude of about 3749 meters. The temple is situated on a high mountain range and is visited during fair weather. During the festival of Jansi Purnima, Hindu devotees. gater here to pay homage of lord Muktinath. The visitors.

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Pokhara

If Kathmandu is the cultural hub of Nepal, Pokhara is its center of adventure. An enchanting city nestled in a tranquil valley, it is the starting point for many of Nepal's most popular trekking and rafting destinations. The atmosphere on the shore of Phewa Lake is one of excited vitality as hipster backpackers crowd the many bars and restaurants exchanging recommendations on guest houses and viewpoints, both by the lake and above the clouds.

Tansen

If visitors are wondering which place in this kingdom would give them a taste of everything, we suggest that they give Tansen a try. Tansen is a small town of approximately twenty thousand people. It is on the way form Pokhara to Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, and it is not too far from the Royal Chitwan National Park.

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