Tourist Attractions & Monuments Nepal

Unique hunting area in the country, located in the west centre, towards Rukum, Myagdi and Baglung district.

The programme is led by the Nepalese Government with technical and financial assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International development Department and SNV Nepal.

This pilot program supports tourism development of six sites with major tourism potential: Taplejung, Solukhumbu, Rasuwa, Chitwan, Rupandehi and Dolpa. The objective of the programme is to encourage villagers to invest in tourist activities in order to derive maximum financial benefits. Several circuits have been developed allowing visitors to discover the country's natural and cultural richness while meeting local populations. Several villages on these trails have been trained in the reception of foreigners and offer tourist services (accommodation, catering, guidance service…). Thus, 48 village development committees have been established and manage tourist activity in villages.

The mission of this website is to promote tourism in Nepal. You will find plenty of information for your stay.

This park, created in 1976, covers 1 710 km 2 of tropical forest and regions with alpine brush and eternal snow. This representative park of the central Himalayan ecosystem is staggered from 1 000 m to 7 245 m altitude. There were 32 species of mammals, 246 species of birds and 3 000 species of flowering plants, including 15 endemic species.

Developed in the national park and in the Helambu region, the project aims to improve the capacities of local communities on the main road road, to manage the ecological impacts of tourism, as well as to promote cultural traditions and bring benefits to the populations. In partnership with the National Park and several ngos, several community committees have been established in the region and have developed tourism planning in each of the 10 main villages of Climbing-Helambu. Established in 1996, this project has allowed the installation of a kerosene depot, the creation of jobs within the local population, and funds are poured into local development programs, reforestation (over 17 500 trees have been replanted) and visitor awareness.

The Janaki Temple is a gigantic white marble building, dedicated to Sita and overloaded with arabesques, located in the city centre. Pilgrims flock here in their thousands on the anniversary of Sita and Rama's marriage in November-December or on the full moon of April during Rama's anniversary celebration. There is a small museum associated with the temple, where you can find an evocation of the life of Sita and Rama. Next to the Janaki Mandir is the Ram Sita Bibaha Mandap, a pagoda-shaped temple built on the site of Sita and Rama's wedding.

Located opposite the Tara Goan in Kathmandu, this statue celebrates Pasang Lhamu, the first female Sherpa and, more generally, the first Nepalese woman to reach the summit of Everest in 1993, forty years after the first successful ascents. Born into a sherpa family in the Himalayan mountains in 1961, she took up mountaineering at an early age. In 1978, she ran away from home for love, and settled with her husband in Kathmandu, where they set up the trekking agency Thamserku-Expedition. She undertook several expeditions to the roof of the world, but her first three attempts were unsuccessful. She was the victim of an avalanche on her penultimate ascent, during which she lost her rope-mates. At the same time, she climbed other peaks, including Mont Blanc and Cho Oyu. Her final attempt in April 1993 was successful, but cost her her life. On the way back down, when a fellow Sherpa fell victim to altitude sickness, she decided to stay with him until help arrived. But bad weather prevented teams from arriving, and Pasang Llhamu died on the summit. Not far from the famous Buddha monument in Kathmandu, this monument depicts her energetically dressed as a mountaineer, ice axe in hand. It's a celebration of an admirable female figure, a symbol of courage and perseverance. And one that inspires new vocations.