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Janakpur Tour with Rafting & Chitwan-12 Days

Named after the legendary King Janak, Janakpur was the capital of the ancient Indian Kingdom Mithila, the native country of goddess Sita, the wife of the Hindu god Rama and the heroine of the great Hindu epic Ramayana. Today Janakpur stands as the most cleanest and interesting place among all the towns of Terai.



Grade: Easy
Road Distance  
Accommodation: 8 nights in hotels, 1night at camp, 2 nights at safari lodge.
Transport: Bus
Meals: B-11, L-7, D-7
Cost: N/A
Rafting Put in point: Charaudi
rafting Take out point: Mugling
River days: 2 Days
Best Season: Oct-Dec, Feb-May, (All around the year)

 


Short Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Kathmandu
Day 2: Kathmandu City Tour
Day 3: Drive to Charaudi & Rafting
Day 4: Rafting & Drive to Chitwan
Day 5: Chitwan
Day 6: Drive to Janakpur
Day 7: Janakpur Sight seeing
Day 8: Janakpur sightseeing
Day 9: Drive to Chitwan
Day 10: Drive to kathmandu
Day 11: Free day in Kathmandu
Day 12: Departure

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Itinerary
 

DAY 01:
When you arrive in Kathmandu, you'll be taken to your hotel. While in Kathmandu you will have time fascinating Buddhist and Hindu temples and shrines reflecting ancient local traditions are highlighted on our guided tour. There's time to explore the city's many charms on your own too. In the evening delicious traditional Nepali well come dinner await for you. O/N in Kathmandu.

DAY 02:
After breakfast, we'll visit Swayambhunath temple, and said to be 2000 years stupa on a hillock offers breath-taking view of Kathmandu City. We will then processed to Visit Pasupatinath and Bouddhanath. After lunch we'll visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) - which is the oldest of the three major cities in Kathmandu Valley - famous for its Buddhist monuments and Hindu temples, and you can catch the traditional artisans working with wood, stones and metals. O/N in Kathmandu.

Pre-departure meeting is held the evening prior to your departure at our Kathmandu sales office, 6pm. A Pre-departure meeting is held the evening prior to your departure at our Kathmandu sales office, 6pm.

DAY 03:
Drive to Charaudi by tourist bus.After we get off from the bus we will start to be get ready for the rafting trip. at the mean while one of our staff prepare our lunch. After lunch we start our river trip. We will do rafting for about 4 hour and reach at the camp for noght stay.

DAY 04:

we wake up in the morning and have breakfast, then we start for
Rafting for another half day. After finished the Rafting trip we drive to Chitwan
Overland drive & arrive Chitwan national park.we do have some acctivities today in chitwan. Upon arrival, lunch will be served, rooms assigned and there will be a short briefing on the program and our facilities.
5 :00 PM: Tharu Culture tour which will give you lots of idea about Tharu people who are the native in Chitwan.
7:00 PM: Dinner in the central dining hall. After dinner one of our jungle experts will introduce background data and history of the Royal Chitwan National Park as well as some other topics relating to wildlife. Your questions are most welcome.

DAY 05:
Full day safari activities in Chitwan such as elephant ride, jungle walk, Canoe ride.

5:30 AM: Wake-up call followed by tea or coffee, then proceed on a Nature Walk. This encounter on foot with the environment will introduce the main features of eastern Chitwan. Sal forest, open grassland and riverine jungle. Our guides will help you identify some species of birds, plants and other wildlife that you may encounter.
8:30 AM: Breakfast
9:30 AM: Elephant ride programme: Learn more about these fascinating animals during a visit to our elephant stables.(For the brave ones there is even a crash course in riding and leading the elephants)
1.00 PM: Lunch Remaining hours before the afternoon program: take a dip in the pool, or relax on your verandah. Hammocks and the library are at your disposal.
4:00 PM: Canoeing :A traditional dug-out canoe takes you on a silent trip down the Rapti river to view aquatic birds and the animals of the river banks.walk back to resort through the Jungle.It is known as a jungle walk which is one of the most exiting programe in Chitwan.
7:00 PM: Tharu Stick dance: Farmers of the nearby villages will show some of their traditional skills and dances.
8:00 PM: Dinner around the campfire

DAY 06:
Some activities in chitwan in the morning & drive to Janakpur.

5.30 AM: Bird Watching after early morning tea/coffee.
8.00 AM: Breakfast
9.00 AM: Luggage down and departure at 9.30 AM. to Kathmandu
Kathmandu.

5.30 AM: Bird Watching after early morning tea/coffee.
8.00 AM: Breakfast
9.00 AM: Luggage down and departure at 9.30 AM. to Janakpur

The actual program for your stay, will be given to you on arrival at Resort camp. The activities are adjusted to the length of your stay, the season and present weather conditions. Naturally, it may not always be possible to follow this schedule to the minute and the circumstances may force us to alter the program at short notice. On safari in the jungle you will be accompanied by expert naturalists who will advise on safety procedures and we request you to respect their judgement at all times. If you wish to stroll in the forest alone, a guide will have to accompany you for your safety.

DAY 07,08:
Sight seeing at Janakpur, Today we visit many templeas and famous area. After Braekfast we go for sight seeing and we will only be back at the hotel around 4:00 pm. Next day we also do some sighting around the city.

Janakpur has become a great piligrimage site for Hindus today. The most sacred sites are the Janaki Mandir, dedicated to goddess Sita, the Ram Sita bibaha(marriage) mandir, built over the spot where Ram and Sita were said to be married, Ram Mandir, dedicated to god Ram and the holy pond Dhanush Sagar. Hundreds of Indian devotees come here every year to pay their respect to the goddess at this temple.

Besides the religious importance, Janakpur is also the center for the revival of the ancient Mithila art and craft. As a tradition, Mithila women have always been decorating the walls of their houses with paintings depicting figures from Hindu mythology in abstract forms, sometimes resembling a mandala.

DAY 09:
After breakfast, We drive to Chitwan because we can't make to kathmandu in 1 day which will take 11 hour to get to Chitwan from Janakpur.

DAY 10:
After breakfast, We drive to Kathmandu which will take 6 hour to get to Kathmandu from from Chitwan.

DAY 11:
Rest day in Kathmandu

DAY 12:
After breakfast, you're free before airport drop for your final departure.

 
 
   
 
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