Saturday, July 3, 2010

Bungee Jumping

The site of Bungee jumping in Nepal is considered among the best in the world. Nepal first bungee jumping site is situated 160m over the wild Bhote Koshi river which is located close to the Nepal Tibet border.

The jump at, 160m, was designed by one of the New Zealand's leading bungee consultants. The bridge is swiss designed specially for bungee jumping with a 4x safty factor and has a loading factor of 250 kg per running meter i.e it has load capacity of 41500 kg or 4,5 tons according to swiss measurement.

Friday, June 25, 2010

JUNGLE SAFARI IN NEPAL

Nepal is landlocked country and we all know that it is naturally very beautiful. Nepal has 14 national parks and wild life reserves which have dense tropical jungles teeming with diverse wildlife and exotic birds. Jungle safari is the mostpopular adventure in nepal. It is the outdoor adventure sports into the wilderness to see wild animals, birds and natural beauty. It can be ride on an elephant's back or on a four wheeler jeep accompanied by a fully trained guide (also known as expert Naturalist) for the love of nature and animals.
In Nepal Chitwan national park and Bardiya national parks are most popular places for safari.Chitwan national Park offering excellent opportunity to see Royal Bengal Tigers, One horned Rhino, Crocodile and thrilling wilderness experience into its deep and thick jungle and this park is the easiest one to reach among all others.
Bardiya National Park, which also offers excellent jungle Safari Adventure. Here too, visitors can ride on an elephant or a take four wheel to discover some of Nepal's unspoiled natural habitats.

RAFTING IN NEPAL

Rafting is one of the most attractive adventures and emerging industry. High current white rivers are the best for river runner in which Nepal is renowned all over the world. Thats why many rafting lovers believes that Nepal is rafter's paradise.

The holy river KaliGandaki, the western bend Karnali, the ranging river Marshyandi, the jewelof east Nepal Tamur, the river of gold Sunkoshi, blast at monsoon flows Trisuli and Bhotekoshiare the best alternatives for rafting.

TREKING AND HIKING IN NEPAL

The hills of the Nepal are popular for hiking. There are many hiking and trekking oppertunities in Nepal. Hikin provides us the chance to become acquaited with the Nepali people's life style,their art, architecture, cultural and traditions. There are many popular places in nepal for one or two hikes. Kakani, Nagarkot, Phulchoki, Nagarjun, Dhulikhel, Daman, Pokhara, Sarankot, Gorkha, Tansen are thepopular places for trekking and hiking.
Nepal is the most popular travel destination in the world with a jumble of unique culture and heritage,adventures and remarkable natural beauty. There is no doubtful that Nepal is a wonderful and best travel destination where there is some thing for everyone. Nepal trekking holidayshas long been popular with avide trekkers who come from all over the world to explore the spectaculas.

CITIES FAMOUS FOR TOURISM IN NEPAL

Kathmandu
Kathmandu is the capital and largest metropolian city of Nepal. A 218 square miles of land situated above 4400Ft above the sea level. Kathmandu valey contains two cities namely Lalitpur,5 kilometers to it's southen and Bhaktapur,14 kilometers to it's east.
Kathmandu is the hub of nepal's traditional culture and arts.It is also famous for world heritageplaces. Pashupati temple, Durbar squares, Swayambhunath stupa, Hanuman Dhoka, Bouddhanath, chagunarayanare the main attractions of this city. Kathmandu is gateway to Nepal tourism.

Pokhara
Pokhara, sub metropolian city located at 198 kilometer west of kathmandu.After kathmandu and Biratnagr it is the third largest city of Nepal.
Pokhara is very famous of natural beauty.Number of lakes, temple, Boudhha stupas are herein Pokhara.This city is fully tourist oriented. Hotels and resturants are many on the lake sidesand other every places. About half of all tourists visiting pokhara are there for the start or end of a trek to the annapurna Base camp and Mustang.

Chitwan
Chitwan is one of the tourism city in Nepal. This District is in the western part of NarayaniZone and Bharatpur is it's district headquaters.Chitwan is very famous in Nepal because there is Narayani river, National park, Beesh Hazar Tal which is the attraction of this city.For animal lovers, Chitwan national park offers them an oppertunity of a life time to see royalBengal tigers, one horned rhinos,various species of birds and butterflies. National park of chitwan also include elefant riding, jungle safari,bird watching, boating for domestic and foreign tourists.Jungle safari is the most popular one.




























































Wednesday, June 23, 2010

MOUNTAINS OF NEPAL


Nepal is Situated on the lap of himalayas. Nepal is home to eight of the 14 highest mountain in the world. Mountain range extendes across the country from the eastern edge to the western edge. Mountains attracts the tourists from far and wide.
Mount Everest, 8848m high, is the world highest peak, which help to introduce our country Nepal all over the world. Adventure activities like mountaineering, trekking, Hikingcan be enjoyed in the mountain range.
3rd highest peak in the world is Kanchanjanga mountain which is 8586m high, is renowned as the qween of mountain.
Lhotse mountain is the 4th highest mountain, 8501m high.This lies in the south of mount Everest.
Makalu mountain which holds the tag of the 5th highest mountain in the world is 8463m high.It is located 14miles away from the Mt.Everest.
Cho Oyu(8201m), Dhaulagiri(8167m) and manaslu(8156m) mountains hold the tag of 6th, 7th and 8th highest peak respectively.
Annapurna mountain is the 10th highest peak in the world. Which is 8091m high.

WORLD HERITAGE PLACES OF NEPAL

There are many world heritage places recognized by UNESCO(United Nations Educational Scientific cultural organization). There are altogether world heritage sites in Nepal. Kathmandu valey is world famous in groups of monuments and buildings which display the full range of historic and artistic achivement.Pashupatinath temple and Swayambhunath Stupa are the more attractive places and world famous heritage.Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha, is anothe place which is the centre of holy faith for buddhist all over the world.Lumbini is located South-western Nepal.
The most famous world heritage places are:
Kathmandu Darbar Square
Patan Darbar Square
Bhaktapur Darbar Square
Chagunarayan Temple
Swayambhunath Stupa
Pashupatinath Temple
Lumbini
Bouddhanath Stupa