Kathmandu Valley
The Kathmandu Valley is a region of 230 sq.miles (600 sq. km.) in the heart of Nepal. The Kathmandu valley contains three of the largest cities in Nepal, including Kathmandu itself, as well as hundreds of smaller towns and villages.
Buddhist Temple of Boudhanath, Kathmandu
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- Swayambhunath -- the monkey temple.
- Pashpatinath -- the royal cremation ghats.
- Boudhanath -- the largest Buddhist Stuppa outside of Tibet.
- Daksinkali -- Holy river gorge and site of weekly animal sacrifices.
- Gorkhanath Caves --
- Parping -- sacred caves associated with Guru Rinpoche, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Hire a taxi and get around the Kathmandu Valley.
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This page was last modified 06:31, 3 September 2006 by Wikitravel user WindHorse. Based on work by Sameer Kumar Regmi, Ravikiran Rao, Tom Holland, Evan Prodromou and Michele Ann Jenkins, Wikitravel user(s) Deva and Akubra and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.
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