The Itinerary Nepal itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Nepal, from 3–10 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 3–10
- days
- South Asia
- region
Planning a trip to Nepal
Pulled from the 2 routes below — so it says what these itineraries actually do, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov — the months these routes agree on.
How long you need
3–10 days. The shortest is Kathmandu in 3 days: Durbar Square, Boudhanath and Bhaktapur; the longest is Nepal in 10 days: Kathmandu, Pokhara and Chitwan.
What it costs
≈ AED 200 to ≈ AED 350 per person per day, depending on the route. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
No visa needed, No limit. No visa at all, and a voter ID or Aadhaar will do instead of a passport. The 1950 treaty carries rights to live and work. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Kathmandu · Pokhara · Chitwan.
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Best for: Seven UNESCO monument zones inside one valley, and three of them are towns
Kathmandu in 3 days: Durbar Square, Boudhanath and Bhaktapur
Durbar Square and Swayambhunath → Pashupatinath and Boudhanath → Bhaktapur and Patan
The Kathmandu valley holds seven UNESCO sites within an hour of each other. Which to see at dawn, what the 2015 earthquake took and what was rebuilt, and why Bhaktapur deserves a night rather than a morning.
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Best for: First-time visitors
Nepal in 10 days: Kathmandu, Pokhara and Chitwan
Kathmandu → Pokhara → Chitwan
The Himalaya without the trekking boots: Kathmandu's living medieval squares and the Pashupatinath aarti, Annapurna filling the sky at Sarangkot sunrise, rhinos from an open jeep in Chitwan — and a one-hour flight past Everest's face to finish. Visa on arrival in fifteen minutes — or none at all on an Indian passport; SAARC rates halve the tickets; one rupee-note rule catches everyone.
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