Bandipur – Dipawali Festival (Tihar)
2019年10月27日, ネパール ⋅ ☀️ 24 °CThe owner of our hotel (Hotel Bandipur Organic Home) and his extended family celebrate this at the nearby Mahalaxmi Temple; some of us went down to join in the fun for an hour of so.
The owner of our hotel (Hotel Bandipur Organic Home) and his extended family celebrate this at the nearby Mahalaxmi Temple; some of us went down to join in the fun for an hour of so.
This 90 minute walk down from the town offered some good views of wildlife. The cave itself is the largest in Nepal at 50m high and 437m deep. There was a lot of clambering around and use of ropesもっと詳しく
Chitwan National Park is situated in a huge lowland area in central south Nepal and covers an area of 932 sq km. It was originally a hunting reserve in the 19th century inhabited by the localもっと詳しく
We arrived at our destination, Rhino Lodge in Sauraha, via the Mahendra Highway and Bharatpur, at about 11:00am. After lunch, we went on a jeep safari to the Bis Hajar Tal wetland area (aka 20,000もっと詳しく
During the course of our visit here we saw, amongst other species, the following birds:
- White throated kingfisher
- Bronze wing Jacana
- Darter
- Egret
- Peacock
During the course of our visit here we saw:
- Marsh Mugger Crocodile
- Tiger footprints
- Some beautiful views
The journey back to Kathmandu was uneventful and we all parted company the morning after arrival. There has been a great group dynamic on this trip and we have had a wonderful time. Now we are on ourもっと詳しく
Along with Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, Patan (aka Lalitpur) was one of the three medieval city states that originally occupied the Kathmandu Valley. Patan has a long Buddhist history; most of its mainもっと詳しく
Just outside of the Kathmandu ring road are two very different, but culturally and religiously important, sites; Pashupatinath (Hindu) and Bodhnath (Buddhist).
Pashupatinath
Nepal's most importantもっと詳しく
Along with Kathmandu and Patan, Bhaktapur was one of the three medieval city states that originally occupied the Kathmandu Valley. Bhaktapur was on the old India to Tibet trade route, but really grewもっと詳しく
Wolfgang und Heidi Very nice couple