Discover Bhutan - the last Shangri-La

Travel with us and discover the last SHANGRI-LA, the buddhist faith and the culture where Guru Rimpoche or another Shabdrung may have stopped to meditate. The place where prayers flags are even more common, fluttering on longs poles, they maintain constant communication with the heavens. Read more

Festivals & Events

Festivals and Celebration.

The legend states dances in the Indian subcontinent originated in the abode of Lord Shiva - the Himalayas, and the Himalayan Kingdome of Nepal - where he performed the tandava dance, and this indicates that dance traditions of Nepal are of very ancient origin. With altitudes and the ethnicity, dances of Nepal slightly change, in style as well as in the costume. Accompanying music and musical instruments also change in tune with the themes, which revolve round topics like crop harvestings, marriage rites, war stories, a lonely girl’s yearning for her love, and several other themes and stories from everyday life in the villages.

April-May :

Nawabarsa and Bisket - Nepali New Year and the festival of the God Bhairab in Bhaktapur. Four days of colorful parades and processions

Aama ko Mukh Herne Din - Mother’s Day (literally Mother’s Face Looking Day)

Rato Machhendranath - the festival of Lokeswar, one of the patron Gods of Kathmandu. A 40-foot tall chariot with the God’s image installed is pushed and pulled through the streets by hundreds of worshippers.

Buddha Jyanti - Celebrating the birth of the Buddha .

May - June:

Kumar Sasthi - A celebration of the birth of the Hindu warrior God Kumar marks the beginning of the rice planting season. It’s also celebrated by groups of boys who indulge in stone throwing fights.

June-July.

No major festivals in the wettest part of the monsoon season.

July-August

Gunla - A Buddhist Lent or Ramadan-like holy month of penance and pilgrimage, climaxing in a rollicking celebration.

Naga Panchami –

A festival devoted to the snake gods, who most Nepalis believe ruled the Valley before the coming of people.

Janai Purna –

the festival of changing of the sacred thread which every Brahmin caste Hindu male wears around his torso.

August-September

Gai Jatra - A festival to the sacred cow. Among other symbolisms of the cow, cows are believed to lead the souls of the dead to the underworld; and on Gai Jatra Newar households process around an ancient path believed to mark the city walls of times past, in honor of recently deceased members of their families. It’s also a carnival celebration with practical jokes - something like Mardi Gras combined with April Fool’s day.

Krishna Jayanti –

Celebrating the birth of the Hindu God Krishna.

Gokarna Aunsi Nepali Father’s Day

Tij Brata

A womans’ festval . Worshippers undergo fasting and penance and seek good fortune and long life, and a ritual purification of self. The three (or four) day celebration ends with a great feast.

September-October

Indra Jatra - A Kathmandu festival celebrating the legendary capture of the King of Gods, Indra, in the Kathmandu Valley. This week-long festival is marked with many processions, street dancers, and the annual blessing of the King by the Living Goddess of Kathmandu.

Dasain –

Two weeks of happy celebration and gift-giving, interwoven with bloody animal sacrifice to appease the mother goddess Durga.

October-November

Diwali - A festival of lights, when homes and offices are strung with colored lights and illuminated by candles. This is also the festival of the Goddess Laxmi, goddess of wealth, and is celebrated by much good-natured gambling.

November-December

Indriani Puja - Festival of the Goddess Indriani and of the various mother goddesses which protect each village in Nepal.

Sita Bibaha Panchami - Celebrating the wedding of the Goddess Sita and the God Ram with mock wedding processions

Dhanya Purnima - A full moon festival celebrating the end of the rice harvest.

December-January

Seto Machhendranath - A cleansing ritual for the White (seto) Machhendranath, a counterpart god to the Red (rato) Machhendranath who’s chariot procession is in April-May.

January-February

Lhosar - the Tibetan and Sherpa New Year, celebrated by thousands at Bodhnath Stupa and monasteries throughout the country.

February-March

Shiva Ratri - The all day and all night festival of the great God Shiva.

Holi - a rowdy festival of “colors”, in which participants douse themselves (and sometimes unwary onlookers) with colored powder and liquid, and generally have a great time.

March-April

Ghora Jatra - a horse festival, celebrated with coach processions and races and displays on the main parade ground in Kathmandu.

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Himalayas & beyond

Himalayan Dreams operates under a number of self-imposed guidelines to ensure that each itinerary has a positive impact on the local culture, environment and economy. We work to ensure not only the safety of our clients, but also to create a positive long term relationship with our staff and people and natural environment of Nepal.

SERENDIPITY TOUR

SERENDIPITY TOUR :

Serendipity: the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.

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Maximum Adventure

Maximum Adventure

Achieve the ultimate adventure with our MAXIMUM ADVENTURE TOURS which are individually designed tours to meet the expectations of the world’s most ‘ADVENTUROUS TRAVELERS’. Maximum adventure tours can include BUNGEE JUMPING, PARA- GLIDING, MOUNTAINEERING AND EXPEDITIONS and other less known adventures in Nepal.

For our Maximum Adventure Tours we organize anything from a cultural tour of a THANKA PAINTING SCHOOL, to an experience with a trek in the Himalayas. For those who want an experience that is rarely available Himalayan Dreams offers mountain climbing expeditions led by an experienced Sherpa guides and climbers to mountains that have yet to be assaulted by any global climbers.

Come with and experience the thrills of the Himalayas !

Paragliding In Pokhara.

After breakfast at the Hotel transfer to the paragliding take-off spot.Tandem flying involves a pilot flying with a passenger. Both have separate harness that are attached to each other and the wing. Paragliding harnesses are built for comfort and safety, they feel more like an armchair. Once launched the passenger just sits back, relaxes and takes in the epic scenery. Even taking pictures is not a problem. Due to the portable nature and easy launch characteristics of a paraglider (they fit into a rucksack). We can take them anywhere and fly them from most mountains in Nepal.

There are different types of flights as follows:

Phewa Tal view: In the morning and late afternoon these 15-20 minutes flights give you a taste of un-powered flight, taking you over Pokhara lake and then landing by a Lakeside bar.

Cloud buster: This midday flight gives you the thrill of high flight as we thermal up above Sarangkot in the company of eagles and vultures, 30-40 minutes. We land by the lake.

Cross - Country: This offers you the chance to experience flying from one valley to another. Using thermals, clouds and birds to guide us, we take you on an unforgettable journey north of Pokhara towards the big mountains. We fly up to 2 hours and return to Pokhara in the afternoon.  Overnight at Hotel in Pokhara.

Note: Due to limited number of Paragliders, the flight is subject to availability of the paragliders.

Ultra light aircraft flight in Pokhara

Aircraft and its safety: These aircraft’s are manufactured in Russia and are completed with the Rotax 58 engines. The operational speed ranges from 50 km/h to 130km/h.These are two-seater plane which carries one pilot one passenger each in every flight. These aircrafts can fly for four hours and reach the height of 5000 meters and fly 300 km at a stretch. Its high aerodynamic qualities. allow this delta wing aircraft to perform long flights with engine turned off. It is uniquely designed and filled with ballistic parachute system, which will enable the aircraft to land safely during emergencies

Note: Due to limited number of aircrafts, the flight is subject to availability of the aircraft.