Arrival in Kathmandu

Altitude → 1400 meters
Meals → Dinner

Our SASANE sisters will pick you up from the airport in a private vehicle upon arrival and take you to our 5 start resort in Kathmandu. Upon your arrival at the resort, you can take your time to freshen up and get ready for the briefing of the programs that will follow. This day will be completely yours as soon as our sisters brief you on the following day’s program and a brief tour of the resort including the fabulous dinning hall. You will be greeted with hot and cold drinks with snack of your choice. You can just relax and enjoy the pamper that our resort staff will provide you. We will end the evening with a nice traditional Nepali dinner served at the resort’s kitchen.

Yoga & Culture

Altitude → 1400 m.
Meals → Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

You will start your day with a hearty breakfast and then head to the green lush outdoor for your first yoga session. An experienced yoga instructor will guide you into the session. We offer various types of yoga depending on the time of the year and experience of our guests. Yoga we offer is suitable for all age groups. After the yoga session, you will freshen up and get ready for a visit to Durbar Square, Asan and Thamel. Your trip will consist of a very light walk, a rickshaw ride and an ancient market exploration where you will see traders from Tibet, Nepal and India selling their produce at the same place. We will serve a hearty Nepali Lunch in the late afternoon and will drive to Swyambhunath Temple afterwards.

Drive to Pokhara

Altitude → 800 m.
Meals → Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We will take a 6 hrs. ride to Pokhara in a private vehicle. Along the way, travelers will experience numerous lush green mountain valleys, river gorges, tribunals and wildlife giving rise to a picturesque journey ahead. In the afternoon, we will sit along the bank of river Trishuli and enjoy the open air lunch when the weather is sunny and warm. We will arrive at Pokhara late in the afternoon. Once we arrive in Pokhara, we will take our travelers to their hotels to freshen and leave the luggage. Upon arrival at the hotel, we will serve our guest with refreshments and snacks before we dispatch them to a treat – an hour long Ayurvedic massage in the spa. It is a well deserved ‘me time’ after a long journey. After the royal treatment in the spa, there is plenty of time for the travelers to just sit and relax and enjoy the view from the resort. A traditional Nepali Dinner will be served in the evening and SASANE sisters will brief you about the next day’s programs.

Singing Bowl Meditation

Altitude → 800 m.
Meals → Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today our guest will drive towards a most mesmerizing hill top in Pokhara – called Sarangkot. This is an early morning delight to watch a red ball of sun that makes the whole sky orange before a day’s light is finally broken. From Sarangkot you will be able to see snow peaked mountains that are more than 7500 meters high. We then head back to Pokhara for the late breakfast and afterwards start the sightseeing activities. You will be taken to monuments and natural wonders in Pokhara like mahendra cave, Seti river, Fewa Lake, and a short boat ride to the base of white monastery. From the base of the lake, we will start a 2 hrs. hike to world peace pagoda which sits porched on top of Fewa Lake giving rise to a majesting view of Mt. Annapurna to its North. After the hike, we will take you back to the resort for the singing bowl meditation. Our team of experts will arrange and help with everything to let you truly enjoy the moment and relax and rewind in his meditation session. Our experts will guide beginner and experienced travelers alike. This experience is truly yours. In the Evening we will sit together next to a bonfire for a nice warm Dinner and share our day’s exeperience with each other.

Social Initiative in Pokhara

Altitude → 800 m.
Meals → Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

On this day, our travelers will visit diffferent places in Pokhara to observe and participate in projects that are run by SASANE and its partners. The session is particularly useful for understanding how SASANE and like minded people and organization are empowering women through toursim in a unique and creative ways. We will take you to sisterhood of survivors office where you will learn how to make Nepali dumplings for the lunch. We will enjoy our lunch with these awesome sisters and interact with them to understand how SASANE is breaking the cycle of human trafficking through tourism. After the lunch we will start preparing ourselves for the next yoga session. This will be a Pranayama and Mantra Chanting session which will bring calmness and relaxation in our mind, body and soul. After the yoga session, guests will have sometime on their own before we close the day with a nice warm Dinner together while interacting with other fellow travellers.

Drive to Chitwan

Altitude → 300 m.
Meals → Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today, we will drive to Chitwan. A city full of wildlife and a magnificient sanctuaries and truly world class spa and resorts. The drive is approx. 5 hrs. long and we will start our journey after a nice breakfast in the late morning. We will reach Chitwan in the late afternoon and upon arrival we will be greeted by local indegeneous Tharu people with light refreshing drinks and snacks. We will take time to freshen up and then gather around in a hall located outside the resort to observe the cultural program and a dance. A naturalist will explain about the wildlife and vegetation of the National Park where our guests will do several activities in the following days. Travelers can stroll around the resort and enjoy the spa in the nature. Grab yourself a refreshing drink and just relax and enjoy the birds chirping and the sunset nearby before the Dinner is served.

Jungle Safari

Altitude → 300 m.
Meals → Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After the breakfast we will take you deep inside the Jungle of Chitwan National Park in a Jeep to explore the wilderness of the forest from the comfort of your seat. You will spot many wild animals like deer, monkeys, wild boar, sloth bear, Hyena, leopard, and often Himalayan Tigers. There are nearly 300 Tigers in this National Park. The trip last for about 4 hrs. and after that we will start a music meditation provided by an expert from the resort. This form of meditation helps regenerate lost tissues and foster better sleep cycle. At the end of the day, we will be served a lofty Nepali and a Continental buffet dinner.

Fly back to Bhaktapur

Altitude → 1400 m.
Meals → Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

In the early afternoon we will catch a flight back to Kathmandu. We will transfer our guests to Bhaktapur upon arrival at Kathmandu. Learn more about Bhaktapur here. Bhaktapur is an open museum and was build 2000 years ago by kings of Nepal. The place is renowned for its cultural heritage, specially festivals which are very colorful and vibrant. We will take a walk around the palace garden and learn how to do pottery in the afternoon while enjoying a local yogurt delicacy. After the light activities of the day, we will move to our accommodations in a boutique hotel and freshen up with drinks and snacks. The evening is completely yours and you will have enough time to sit back and relax and recall the moments you have spent with SASANE. A hearty Nepali traditional dinner will be served at the end and SASANE sisters will bid a farewell to travelers heading back home the next day.

Departure

Altitude → 1400 m.
Meals → Breakfast

Farewell and Airport transfer.