Kathmandu Lodges - Reviews and Rates

Binod Mahat – I am a Nepalese independent trekking guide and
tour operator with many years of experience in organizing and guiding for
individual and group itineraries for all of the popular trekking tour
destinations in Nepal. Born in the lap of the mid level region of Annapurna
Himalayas, in central Nepal I've spent years...

In Asia tours the Kathmandu Valley is a major place of pilgrimage for Buddhists. Around the city of Kathmandu are ancient Buddhist stupas such as the Great Boudhanath Stupa. The area surrounding the stupa which is known as "Boudha" has over sixty Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. There are many teachers and high lamas, either living in Boudha or vis...

Reaching Nepal wasn't the easiest, especially after the train journey on the Indian side of the border arrived 5 hours late, but several bus journeys later and a lot of perseverance I arrived in Kathmandu - glad to have closure on my Indian leg of the trip with a new challenge ahead. Nepal is noticeably more relaxed than India and people are a l...

well ive flown from jomson (a small town on the circuit) back to pokhara, and ive taken a bus from pokhara to kathmandu. but ill get to that story in a second. lets talk about the trek the trek was absolutely amazing. We would basically trek anywhere from 3-8 hours a day stopping at tea houses along the way for tea (who would have guessed) and l...

We thought our introduction to India wasn't great (bag broken into and hair clippers stolen) but that was a breeze compared to our first impressions of Nepal! We knew that we would have to pay for a visa when we arrived at Kathmandu Airport; Jet Airways had told us that it would cost about 1000 Indian Rupees so we brought more than enough. Besid...

The same architects that created the Patan Museum saved a large garden east of Thamel. This 'Garden of Dreams' was once the property of Field Marshal Kaiser Shaumsher who planned it in the 1920s with the large proceeds of a gambling win against his father, the Prime Minister. They fell into disrepair but are now a rescued, manicured retreat from...

I departed Melbourne just after midnight on 1 June flying by Thai International Airlines to Kathmandu via Bangkok. My friend Bhim Panta was waiting for me at the Tribhuwan International Airport. This was my fourth visit to Nepal, so I am fairly familiar with this beautiful country which has been devastated my civil war for the past five years. B...

We woke up at 5am this morning to catch what I thought was the 6:30am flight back to Kathmandu. When we arrived at the airport, we encounter total chaos. Tired and bleary-eyed trekkers were all packed into the tiny room waiting to get out of Lukla. We ran into a few familiar faces that we saw on the trail and compared stories on our hikes. Yeti ...

October 12, 04 India got the better of me so I decided to leave a little early. I'm in Kathmandu and will be for a week or so until I can organize my trek around Annapurna. I left Jaipur and decided to try a bus to Agra. It was a bus ride like few others I have been on. A narrow two lane road all the way to Agra. There were herds of goats, cattl...

Touching down in Nepal felt like landing on another planet. EVERYTHING was completely different than what we were used to. The landscape was incredibly dry and bare (well, except for the towering peaks which were all covered in clouds when we flew in). Short, squat, simple brick houses dotted the roads... Read the full story on our website at ht...