Faqs 7 UNESCO World Heritage Tour Kathmandu 2 days

Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa/ Monkey Temple, Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, Bouddhanath Stupa, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Changunarayan Temple are the UNESCO Seven world heritage Tour in Kathmandu. These seven world heritage sites are must visit and explore site while you are in Nepal, in Kathmandu spending a couple of days.

Actually, some people are selling this 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites tour as a day tour, but it will be too rush and hectic and ultimately, your tour to 7 world heritage sites will turn to be nasty and terrible. How can you visit and explore seven world heritage sites in a day located in different three cities: Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur? It is impossible and if you see the trip like 7 world heritage sites day tour with low cost, then, there must be something wrong and you will totally be tired and it is of no use.

Kathmandu Durbar Square is popular for ancient art and architectures, incredible woodworks, living goddess, Kumari, palaces, the massive wooden building with a single tree and a grand Bhairab statue. You can also, enjoy local food items, especially Newari foods in nearby restaurants and also get beautiful souvenirs.  

Swyombhunath Stupa/Monkey temple is a grand Buddhist religious site located a top hill in the center of the Kathmandu valley. The buddhas holy eyes, prayer wheels and the prayer flags, the deep woods with large number of monkeys and most importantly, one can view entire Kathmandu valley and the surrounding mountain peaks as well.

Patan Durbar has got a museum with all ancient objects, the massive palace and Krishna mandir( temple). You can observe incredible arts and architectures and marvelous wooden works with holy Krishna temple.

Bouddhanath Stupa is another massive Buddhist religious site located to the north east part of Kathmandu valley in Bouddha. It is very close to Pashupatinath Temple. The stupa is very popular among the Buddhist followers with prayer wheels and holy eyes of lord Buddha. You can enjoy tea, coffee and other food items viewing marvelous view of Stupa and the surrounding mountains here.

Pashupatinath Temple is a holy Hindu pilgrimage site located at the bank of Bagmati rive which is a popular cremation site for Hindus. Pashupatinath Temple is astounding Hindu pilgrimage site that people all round the world go there to offer a prayer to god Shiva. The temple has a massive bull and silver doors and golden top.

Bhaktapur Durbar Square is very ancient palace with museum with ancient objects from 5th century. The durbar square has temples, palaces, incredible woodworks, shrines and idols and many other historical and religious attractions to explore. You can get very authentic food items of Newari people and coffee here in Bhaktapur.

Changunarayan is a Hindu Temple of lord Vishnu from the 12th century. The arts and architecture in the temple with wooden works are marvelous to observe here. Changunarayan Temple is located on the way to Nagarkot while driving and hiking. If you are doing a day hiking to Nagarko, the hiking trip begins from Changunarayan. 

Kathmandu city has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The city Kathmandu has four UNESCO World heritage sites which include: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa/Monkey Temple, Pashupatinath Temple and Bouddhanath Stupa. These 4 unesco world heritage sites are the most visited world heritage sites in Nepal. Also, Patan Durbar Square and Bhaktapur Durbar square including Changunarayan Temple are also popular unesco world heritage sites in the Kathmandu valley. So, in the Kathmandu valley, there are 7 unesco world heritage sites, which his the most number.

Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa or Monkey Temple, Pashupatinath Temple and Bouddhanath Stupa wre the unesco sites are touring in Kathmandu. Besides, if you talk about the unesco sites touring in the Kathmandu valley, it also includes Patan Durbar Square with beautiful Krishna Temple and Patan Museum, Bhaktapur Durbar Square with its museum and Changunarayan Temple. Yu can do this unesco sites touring in Kathmandu in a couple of days and you even can finish it in single day. Actually, we recommend you to do this unesco sites touring in a couple of days exploring all the sites extensively. 

The most visited World Heritage site in Nepal is Swyombhunath Stupa since it is distinct and more massive from other world heritage sites like Bouddhanath Stupa, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Pasupatinath Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Changunarayan Temple. This grand stupa/temple is located a top hill which offers the view of entire Kathmandu valley and the surrounding mountains as well. Visitors can see numerous monkeys jumping from branches to branches in the woods. Swyombhunath is believed to have been flourished from a lotus flower when there was a big lake in the Kathmandu valley.

Also, Swyombhunath Temple/stupa is an idea destination for morning and evening walk and it is very close from tourist hub, Thamel. It can be reached in 20 minutes on the walk from Thamel.

However, all the world heritage sites like Bouddhanath Stupa, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Pasupatinath Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Changunarayan Temple are very popular world heritage sites in Kathmandu valley.

Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple and Bouddhanath Stupa are the 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu. Swyombhunath Stupa is located a top hill and it is also popular as Monkey Temple. Kathmandu Durbar Square has  a massive Bhairav Statue, palaces and living goddess Kumari. Pashupatinath Temple has cremation sites and has big statue of Bull, the vehicle of god Shiva. Bouddhanath Stupa is a massive  located to the north-east part of Kathmandu and has a very serene surrounding with beautiful restaurants and cafes. 

The seven World Heritage Sites of Nepal are: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa, Patan Durbar Square, Bouddhanath Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Changunarayan Temple. These are cultural, historical and religious World Heritage Sites of Nepal. Also, two national parks, Sagarmatha  National Park and Chitwan National Park are listed in World Heritage Sites from Nepal. The 7 world Heritage Sites are located in the Kathmandu Valley and other are out of the valley. Not to forget, Lumbini, the birthplace of lord Buddha. World Heritage Sites tour in Nepal is very popular trip among the internal and international travelers.

Yes, you can do all World Heritage Sites tour in Nepal on your own. However, doing it through a travel company and hiring a professional tour guide will be very fruitful for you since you can have the comprehensive assist from him/her including the authentic information about the heritage sites, arrangements of foods and accommodation during the tour and to cope with other minor and major problems that occur during the visit.

 If you have studies and researched a lot about Nepal and the location of World Heritage Sites, you are confident that you can get them easily and can arrange everything that you required on your own, yes, you go for independent World Heritage Tour in Nepal. But, again, we suggest to take at least a guide for your tour.  

Nepal UNESCO World Heritage Sites are: Pashupatinath Temple, Swyombhunath Stupa, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Bouddhanath Stupa, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Changunarayan Temple, Chitwan National Park, Lumbini and Sagarmatha National Park. Among these World Heritage Sites, Pashupatinath Temple, Swyombhunath Stupa, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Bouddhanath Stupa, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Changunarayan Temple are located in Kathmandu valley and rest of them are in different regions out of the valley.