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Kathmandu Seti River Annapurna Mountains & Pokhara
The largest city in Nepal, this fascinating Unreachable by road, the milky blue waters The Annapurna range, with ten peaks more
capital is home to stately embassies, a of the glacier-fed Seti River (seti means than 20,000 feet high, features breathtaking
prominent royal palace, and 17th-century milk in Nepali) and its surrounding valley mountain vistas, colorful rural villages,
Buddhist and Hindu temples. In a small cut through a well-preserved swath of and sparkling rivers. From the cascading
group, travelers are seamlessly absorbed idyllic Nepali countryside. We’ll explore the waterfalls of the Modi River Valley to the
into the vibrant scenes of Kathmandu’s river and region by raft, as our experienced dramatic incline of Machapuchare (Fishtail)
streets, filled with wandering cows, crew guides us across both the Seti’s Mountain, Annapurna is unparalleled in
speeding rickshaws, and sacred gentle waters and a few sections of Class the scenery it offers up to travelers as they
shrines. Among the impressive sites are II Rapids. Along the way, sharp-eyed trek over stone paths and along riverbanks.
Swayambhunath, the famous Monkey travelers can glimpse the rich variety of Nestled at the foot of the mountains is the
Temple; Nepal’s largest temple, Boudhanath colorful birds that dot the riverbanks and charming city of Pokhara, a modern city
Stupa, a site of pilgrimage for Buddhists all watch the scenes of rural Nepali life float where mule caravans still arrive. And deeper
over the Himalayas; and Pashupatinath, by, as women wash clothes in the river’s within the mountain valleys, small villages
a sacred gold-and-silver-crowned temple shallows and men with sticks and cloth nets offer unmatched opportunities for cultural
near vibrant Durbar Square. fish for dinner. connection with Nepali locals.
Annapurna Mountain, Pokhara
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