9-Day Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour in Nepal with Lumbini and Kathmandu

• Arrive at Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa, Nepal's second international airport, which began operations on 26 May 2022. Our representatives will welcome you and transfer you to the hotel.

• Today is your first day in Lumbini, so explore as much as you can. After breakfast, visit the Mayadevi Temple and the sacred places inside the garden. This place is important because it is said that Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautam here in 563 BC.
• In the northern part, there is a garden with the World Peace Stupa. Nearby is the monasteries area, which contains different international monastery structures from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Japan, China, India, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, and Germany.
• See the Ashoka Pillar, Eternal Peace Lamp, Pushkar Pond, and other centres such as the library and museums.

Overnight stay at the hotel in Lumbini.

• Our day starts with a drive to Tilaurakot, which is 27 km away from Lumbini. Tilaurakot is the place where Lord Buddha spent 29 years of his royal life.
• After that, our journey leads to Gaotihawa, described here as the accurate birthplace of Lord Buddha. At this place, we will see the brick structures of stupas and monasteries in the area outside the modern Gaotihawa village. At the centre of the main mound are the remains of the broken Ashokan Pillar, which symbolizes the birthplace of Lord Buddha.
• Then, we will visit Devedaha, the birthplace of Buddha's mother, and continue to Ramagrama, a sacred stupa that contains the relics of Lord Buddha.
• Drive back and stay overnight at a hotel in Lumbini.

• This is the most important day in your tour, as well as in your life, when you will get a chance to meditate in the birth land of Lord Buddha at Buddhist monasteries with a Buddhist guru. You can gain enlightenment from Buddha's quotes through the Buddhist gurus. Overnight in Lumbini.

• After breakfast, you will proceed to Kathmandu from Lumbini. There are both options available, whether to fly or drive to Kathmandu.
• You can enjoy beautiful scenery while flying. Rivers, hills, mountains, valleys, jungles, and much more can be observed from the air, and by road you can closely see the flat area of the Terai and the paddy fields.
• Spot various animals, including elephants, roaming here and there near the road.

• On this day, we will explore different Buddhist religious sites in Kathmandu such as Swayambhunath Stupa, Boudhanath Stupa, Kopan Monastery, and Pharping Monastery.

• Today, our journey heads towards Namobuddha Monastery, the famous Buddhist pilgrimage site where Lord Buddha sacrificed his body to a hungry tigress and its cubs.
• You can visit the holy sites and monasteries there.

Overnight at Namobuddha Monastery.

• After breakfast, we will drive back to Kathmandu.
• In the afternoon, we will visit Patan City for sightseeing at Hiranya Varna Mahavir and Rudra Varna Mahavir.
• Later, we will go shopping for thankas in Kathmandu.

• Until departure time, you will be free for shopping around. It is important to reach the airport 3 hours before your scheduled flight time.

Trip ends.