Private Tour of Godawari Botanical Garden Including Lunch

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Stop At: Godawari Botanical Garden, Godawari 44709, Nepal

After pickup at your Kathmandu hotel at 10:30 am in an air-conditioned vehicle, head with your private guide to the Godawari Botanical Garden.

Drive for 1 hours to reach Godawari Botanical Garden. The garden now holds over 500 species of plant in 82 hectares. Highlights include the decorative Coronation Pond, visitor centre (with interesting exhibits on Nepal's flora), greenhouses, and collections of rhododendrons (Nepal's national flower), lilies, orchids, cacti and ferns. Spring and autumn is the peak flowering seasons and therefore the best times to visit.

The Godavari Spring, found 200 metres from the Botanical Gardens' main gate, is also well worth a look. This freshwater spring spouting ice-cold water from the Godavari river is reputed to have been created when the Buddhist Mystic Padmasambhava struck a rock (in order to demonstrate that the ultimate truth is clear and will fulfill the people's thirst); unsurprisingly, the Spring is a popular Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site.

Lunch and back to hotel by 4:00 pm.


Duration: 6 hours