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About this trip
Dashain, also Bijaya Dashami, Mwohni, or Durga Puja is a fifteen-day-long national festival of Nepal, the ethnic Nepali people of Indian hill states of Sikkim, Assam, and Darjeeling district and among the Lhotshampa of Bhutan and the Burmese Gurkhas of Myanmar.
Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Bikram Sambat annual calendar, celebrated by Nepalese people, along with their diaspora throughout the globe. It is the longest and most anticipated festival in Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, and North Indian hills. People return from all parts of the world, as well as different parts of the country, to celebrate together. All government offices, educational institutions, and other offices remain closed during the festival period. Dashain falls in September or October, starting from the Shukla Paksha (bright lunar fortnight) of the month of Ashvin and ending on Purnima, the full moon. Among the fifteen days on which it is celebrated, the most important days are the first, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth.
Among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Dashain is celebrated as the most important festival of the calendar year. Among the Hindus and Buddhist Newars, it is celebrated with slight differences and interpretations, where each nine days Navaratri leading up to the 10th day called ‘Dashami’ carry special importance. The goddess Durga and her various manifestations are especially worshipped by Hindu Newars throughout the Shaktipeeths of Kathmandu Valley. Among Newars, Mwohni is also important for its emphasis on family gatherings as well as on a renewal of community ties, highlighted by special family dinners called Nakhtya and various community processions of deities called Jatra, throughout the three royal cities of Kathmandu Valley.
TOUR OVERVIEW
LODGING LEVEL
Kathmandu: Hotel Yatri Suites & Spa
TRIP GRADE
Easy
MEALS
Daily breakfast
ATTRACTIONS
Dashain
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE
1,400m/4,593ft
What’s included
- TransportAll land transport by car, jeep or minivan
- AccommodationAccommodation as mentioned in itinerary
- GuideEnglish speaking tour guide
What’s not included
- Food and beveragesAll food and beverages not mentioned in ininerary
- Travel insurance
- Tipping
- Your personal expenses.
Available Packages
This option provides a private double room for your entire stay. This room is shared by 2 persons.
If you wish to have a private single room, please book a single supplement below.
Available options
This option provides a private room for your entire stay.
Enjoy this scenic 50-minute flight that takes you from Kathmandu, close to Mount Everest.
3 hour Nepali food cooking workshop with a local family. Including food, instructions and soft-drinks.
6-hour handicraft tour through Kathmandu valley including transport and english-speaking tour guide.
Itinerary
Welcome! to Kathmandu Nepal. Asian Heritage Treks & Travel Representative welcomes you at the Airport with your nameplate. After Arrival at Nepal airport, transfer you to the hotel. On the way Airport to the Hotel, you will pass by the (Pashupatinath temple), Royal Palace Museum i.e. Narayanhity, Garden Of Dream, and reach the Thamel. Your hotel will be downtown at Touristic Hub. Check in to your sumptuous room at the luxury 4-star Hotel Yatri Suites & Spa. Our representative will facilitate you and discuss your travel itinerary. There will be enough time to stroll through the street of Thamel.
Overnight accommodation in Hotel Yatri Suites & Spa or Similar with Breakfast Plan.