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Beautiful Places of Nepal – Best Highlights and Travel Route!

Nepal is a sacred land, a spiritual paradise. It has a way with you. It captures your heart and your soul. The humble people, the dramatic landscapes and the diversity of nature, not to mention the intricate sacred architecture, all make up this list of the most beautiful places of Nepal. You’ll definitely find it hard to leave and it will imprint on you for the rest of your life.

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KATHMANDU

Our first stop was the majestic capital KATHMANDU. Kathmandu is the largest metropolis in the Himalayan hill region and is also known as the City of Temples.

The city was the royal capital of the Kingdom of Nepal and hosted palaces, mansions and gardens of the Nepalese aristocracy. It is also the best starting and base point for your adventures around Nepal as it is central to the rest of the country.

We stayed at Park Village Resort, a really cute hotel with a swimming pool and buffet breakfast, set in beautiful green gardens and lovely private little rooms accessed by buggy. But if you are on a budget, Andes House is one of the most popular hostels there. You must go and see the Boudhanath stupa there, it’s one of the most famous landmarks in the world.

Boudhanath Stupa at Sunset. Central Kathmandu.

MT EVEREST REGION TREKKING (Lukla Airport) 5-day trek!

After exploring the gardens, and temples and roaming the beautiful streets that Kathmandu has to offer, we took off on our trekking adventure to MT EVEREST REGION. This really is one of the most beautiful places of Nepal. Awe-inspiring, breath-taking and utterly mesmerising would be a profound understatement.

From Kathmandu, we had to take a terrifying but incredible flight over the foothills of the Himalayas to Lukla. This airport is known as the most dangerous airport in the world… I’m terrified of flying, so this in itself was quite an achievement.

We had booked a guide in advance to navigate us on the trails, we did a 5-night trek to Namche Bazaar and watched the sunrise over Mount Everest. This was all we could do with the time we had, but there are optional treks to carry on to Everest base camp and even summit Everest if you so wished!

It was, the most incredible experience, the guides are the most humble people I’ve met, the food was amazing and the scenery was out of this world. White and turquoise rivers gushed around forests that were glued to snowy peaks. Bridges hanging above gauges and little temples and ruins scattered along the trails.

I have never experienced beauty like it. It is a MUST-do trek in Nepal! Life changing on many levels.

POKHARA

With blistered feet, we made our way back down to Kathmandu and headed to POKHARA. A city further west of Kathmandu, situated on Phewa Lake. In the spring you can see the snowy peaks of the Annapurna Circuit, which you can trek which is also one the most beautiful places in Nepal,

There’s a strip along the river in Pokhara, most hotels are on the first leg of the strip. But if it’s the backpackers paradise you are looking for, continue down to the end where all the traveller’s bars and guesthouses are.

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Phewa lake, Pokhara

We stayed at Hotel Harmony, an amazing family-owned hotel, which invited us to eat with their family one night. It was a highlight of my whole trip, they were so welcoming and hospitable. We couldn’t leave. We originally booked 2 nights but ended up staying over 2 weeks. I guess you could say, Pokhara stole our hearts a little… or a lot.

Just outside of Pokhara there are multiple places and experiences to enjoy and explore. From life-changing yoga teacher training and meditation courses to trekking in the Annapurna Circuit, Waterfalls and Begnas Lake.

Begnas Lake outside Pokhara

You can explore the nearby hills on scooters to secret waterfalls, hire boats on the lake, watch movies under the stars at the outdoor Movie Garden. We also ventured up to the hippie haven on Begnas lake for the day, an hour’s bus from Pokhara. You can stay here but the giant spiders were too much for me…

However, it is the perfect place to chill all day in a hammock.

BANDIPUR

On route from Pokhara To CHITWAN, the safari reserve, make sure you plan for a night or two in BANDIPUR, a hilltop settlement with a beautifully preserved old-time cultural atmosphere. A hidden, undiscovered beautiful place of Nepal.

A secret hidden gem, with some cooler mountain temperatures. From here, get to Chitwan national park for a few nights.

Sunset above Bandipur in Nepal. Hdr processed.
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Bandipur Village

CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK

Enjoy a safari in Nepal, who would have thought? One evening, we were enjoying some sunset cocktails, and a wild Rhino casually decided to join in and stroll past just in front of the bar. You freeze with fear, but then realise you are experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunity and hide behind the table to get a quick snapshot…

You are right in the thick of it here, and there’s a chance to see wild tigers, however sadly we only got to see tigers…food.

Nepal was magical and serene, majestic and wholesome. Somewhere I defiantly have not had enough of and will hopefully be back to volunteer over the next few years!

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