Nepal Tour
7 DAYS | EX KOCHI · KATHMANDU · MANAKAMANA · POKHARA · LUMBINI
EXPERIENCES:
Return Flights | 6 Nights in Deluxe Rooms | Veg and Non-Veg Meals Through the Tour | AC Deluxe Coach | Meet and Greet at Airports | Fortune Tour Manager
The Himalayan doorstep
Nepal Tour From Kochi, Temples and Lakes
Stand on the banks of the Bagmati at Pashupatinath, ride Nepal's first cable car to a wish-fulfilling temple, and end at Lumbini, where the Buddha was born. Fortune's 7-day escorted tour from Kochi covers the holiest circuit in the Himalaya, and Indian travellers need no visa at all.
Why Nepal
The Holy Land Next Door.
Few trips carry this much meaning in one week. Nepal holds Pashupatinath, one of the holiest Shiva temples anywhere, and Lumbini, the garden where the Buddha was born, with the white Himalaya standing behind it all. For travellers from Kerala, it is also the easiest border to cross: no visa, with a passport or even a Voter ID doing the job. Fortune runs Nepal as a 7-day escorted group tour ex Kochi, flying into Kathmandu and home through Gorakhpur, with the temples, the cable car, and the lake town of Pokhara lined up in between.
The Tour Route
Four Stops Between the Plains and the Peaks.
The route follows the cover of the plan itself: capital, hilltop shrine, lake town, holy garden.
Kathmandu
Two nights in the capital
With Pashupatinath, the great Boudhanath stupa, hilltop Swayambhunath, Durbar Square, and the sleeping Vishnu of Jal Narayan.
Manakamana
The wish-fulfilling temple of goddess Bhagwati on a mountain ridge
Reached by Nepal's first cable car on the road west.
Pokhara
Two nights by Fewa Lake
With the Sethi river gorges, Devi's waterfall, and the cave shrine of Gupteshwar.
Lumbini
The birthplace of Lord Buddha
Marked by Emperor Ashoka's pillar, visited before the road turns home through Gorakhpur.
Before you go
Nepal, in brief.
The short read before the day plan.
The darshan the trip is built around
An Evening at Pashupatinath.
Pashupatinath Temple
Shiva's House on the Bagmati
Pashupatinath stands five kilometres east of Kathmandu on the banks of the holy Bagmati river, its two-tiered golden roof and silver doors marking one of the holiest Shiva temples anywhere. From the eastern bank, the whole temple and the life around it open up in one view: priests, pilgrims, bells, and the river running through the middle of it all. For travellers from Kerala, this is the stop the whole week bends around, and the tour gives it a full unhurried visit, with Boudhanath and Swayambhunath following the same day.
Worth the ride
The Wish Granted by Cable Car.
On the drive from Kathmandu to Pokhara, the coach stops at Kurintar, where Nepal's first cable car climbs to the Manakamana Devi Temple in about ten minutes. The shrine of goddess Bhagwati sits on a ridge 1,302 metres up, looking over the Trisuli and Marshyangdi river valleys, and pilgrims believe the goddess grants the wishes of those who reach her. In winter mornings the ridge floats above a sea of mist. Not many temple visits begin with a ride like this one.
The Fortune Departure
One Week, No Visa, All Arranged
Bringing the whole circuit together, from the ghats of Pashupatinath to the cable car at Manakamana, the lakeside evenings at Pokhara, and the sacred garden at Lumbini, is exactly the kind of trip we've run for two decades. Here is how it comes together as one booking.
The Fortune Way
Small Kingdom, Long Checklist, Handled.
20 Years of Experience
Two decades of escorted group departures from Kerala, with the systems that come from doing it a thousand times.
No Visa Needed
Indian nationals enter Nepal on a passport or voter ID, and our team checks your documents before departure, so the border is a formality.
Two Guides, One Group
A Fortune escort travels from Kerala, and a Bhutan government-authorised guide leads inside the kingdom.
Meals and Miles Covered
Flights, hotels, daily meals, entry tickets, and drinking water on the road, all inside one booking.
The Fortune Departure
One Week, No Visa, All Arranged.
Kathmandu's shrines, Pokhara's lake and cable car, and Lumbini's birthplace, before flying home from Gorakhpur. Set departures with a Fortune tour manager throughout.
FAQ
Questions with useful answers
No. Indian nationals travel to Nepal without a visa, carrying either a passport with at least six months of validity or a Voter ID, plus four passport-size photos. Our team checks your documents before departure.
Pashupatinath, the Boudhanath stupa, Swayambhunath, Durbar Square, and the sleeping Vishnu of Jal Narayan in Kathmandu, the Manakamana Devi Temple by cable car, the Gupteshwar cave shrine in Pokhara, and Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha.
The group flies from Kochi to Kathmandu, travels the route by AC deluxe coach, and flies home from Gorakhpur International Airport after Lumbini, with both flights part of the package.
It is an optional add-on at extra cost, arranged on request. Tell the desk while booking and it slots into your Kathmandu days.
Kathmandu to Pokhara runs about 215 kilometres and roughly eight hours with stops, and Pokhara to Lumbini about 130 kilometres in around four. The coach is a pushback AC deluxe, and the mountain views do much of the entertaining.
Yes. Extra lake days in Pokhara, a private group on your own dates, or a gentler pace for older travellers can all be built in. Ask the desk, and the fresh plan comes back with its price before you commit.