Buddhist Circuit Tour(10 Days)

Day 01: Kathmandu Arrival (20 Min & 9km) Day 02: Kopan & Namobuddha Monastery Tour (3 Hours – 50 Km) Day 03: Bouddhnath Stupa (1 Hour – 8 Km) Day 04: Dakshinkali & Pharping via Kritipur City (1.5 Hours – 18 Km) Day 05: Shivapuri - Nagarjun N. Park & Nagi Gompa (1.5 Hours – 25 Km) Day 06: Kathmandu – Lumbini (8-9 Hrs –275 Km) Day 07: Lumbini Full Day Day 08: Lumbini - Pokhara (8-9 Hours - 280 Km) Day 09: Pokhara Full Day Day 10: Pokhara – Kathmandu (6-7 Hours – 220 Km) Day 11: Kathmandu Departure KOPAN MONASTERY Kopan Monastery is situated in the serene Kopan village north of Bouddhanath. The monastery was built in 1972 to train Sherpa monks from Lawundo Monastery in the Everest area of Khumbu. Kopan Monastery is famous for educational and meditation retreat programs it offers. Since it belongs to Gelukpa sect, its programs emphasize the traditional system of Buddhist education about Prajnaparamita, Adhidharma, Vinaya and Madhyamika. The Lam Rim Tibetan monks train novices. Students are initiated in Tantra classes. Kopan Monastery also offers Geshe study programs equivalent to a doctorate degree. Kopan Monastery offers courses based on Lam Rim (the Graded path to Enlightenment). Famous monks such as Kyabje sing Rinpoche of Ganden, Tsenshab Serkong Rinpoche Geshe Sopa, Lubum Rinpoche Geshe Sopa, Lubum Rinpoche Gomchen Jamalpa and Geshe Losang Jampa have given initiations as the monastery on important Buddhist topics of Vajrasattva Vajrayogini, Rinjun Gyatsa, Yamantaka Guru devotion, Jorcho, Bodhicitta teachings and Geshul vows. The monastery also offers Vajrasattva retreat programs and rituals to purify negative actions. It also hosted the commemoration of ten great deeds of Shakyamuni Nyuugne. Several worships are organized in Kopan Monastery to overcome worldly and inner obstacles. Similarly, worship is performed for the dying the deceased the sick and for the fulfillment of one’s wishes. The monastery has a worldwide network and has a highly revered group of scholastic Lamas. Kopan is related to Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery. It started in 1982 when Lama Yeshe invited nuns to start study with the monks at Kopan. A nunnery was founded in 1986 under Lama Zopa. Currently, there are 290 unns in the nunnery that emphasizes on classical Buddhist education. They are instructed in Tibetan debate, ritual music, art, and other Buddhist practices. The entire goal of the nunnery is to train them as the Dharma teachers. SHIVAPURI NATIONAL PARK Estd. 1976, Vegetation varieties in the park include its 129 spices of mushrooms while animals include 19 spices of mammals including beer, Leopard, deer, wild boar, wildcat and Langur monkey and 102 species of butterflies, Popular for trekking, hiking, and recreation area. SHIVAPURI Travelling to the top of the Hindu holy mountain, Shivapuri, at a height of 2,732m, allows one a 360 degree view of the Himalaya in the north & the Kathmandu valley in the south. The trail up to Shivapuri hill leads through small farming villages & a protected forest of Rhododendrons & orchids with little mountain streams running through it. This can be made into a most enjoyable full day's programme.