DOSSIER:  'Kathmandu First 48' & Beyond

A lot can depend on the first 48 hours.  Therefore be welcomed at Kathmandu International Airport with private vehicle transfer and a hotel of a chosen grade pre-booked.  And then to have on hand the expertise of Himalayan Encounters.  'First 48' (and Beyond) can be booked either together with other programmes,
or as a 'stand alone' service.

For insights into Kathmandu and Bhaktapur see relevant sections of Dossier 'Culture & Customs' (Himalayan Heritage).

'Kathmandu First 48' – Your Choice of Hotel (one or two nights), plus:

Meet & Greet and Airport-Hotel Transfer.  Advice on Kathmandu Orientation including a visit to two of Kathmandu’s best-known landmarks.

Welcome to ‘culture shock’ city!  Isn’t this what drew you here?  The ride to the hotel alone will have you thinking, and it’s a little while before you realise how easy-going the scene really is. 

Hotel staff are friendly and helpful and Himalayan Encounters is now ‘on your team’.  Soon you will be ready for first tentative steps into town and we’ll show you it!

‘KTM First 48’ – and Beyond:  Overnight Bhaktapur

Meet & Greet and Airport-Hotel Transfer.  Advice on Kathmandu/Bhaktapur.  Orientation tour with visit to two of Kathmandu plus Bhaktapur’s best-know landmarks.
Including:  One or two nights Kathmandu, then one night Bhaktapur

‘KTM First 48’ can be followed by a fabulous visit to the ancient and still feudal little city of Bhaktapur.  Here your guest house is in the central square and it is an utter delight to be somewhere so enchantingly different to anything that you might have experienced with its pagoda roof-tops and ancient alleyways thrilling the senses.