Kathmandu Sunset Tour by Rickshaw Including Durbar Square Visit

Experience Kathmandu like a local on this guided rickshaw tour through the lively streets of Nepal’s vibrant capital. This tour offers a relaxed way to soak in the myriad of sights, sounds, and smells that define this intriguing city. Your journey begins in the evening at Hotel Marshyangdi, where you’ll meet your driver and guide.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Thamel - Thamel is the starting point of the tour. A vibrant tourist centre, it has everything from hotels to restaurants to shops, spa, clubs, you name it. You will board your rickshaw at Thamel and continue to Asan.
  • Asan - Located in the heart of Kathmandu, Asan is a historic marketplace where you can find virtually anything you want, ranging from spices and herbs to electronics and clothing. Usually crowded with shoppers, Asan also speckled with occasional temples and ancient monuments on the street sides.
    Here stop by to and look around as you stand in front of Annapurna Temple, temple the Goddess of abundance, where Anna stands for Food and Purna, stands for Fulfil.
    Along the ally you will stop by different temples such at Seto Machindranath, also known as Janabaha Dyo, a deity worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists in Kathmandu, and Aakash Bhairab First King in Nepal Bhasa , known as King Yalambar
    You will ride your rickshaw through the narrow streets of Asan to reach Kathmandu Durbar Square.
  • Kathmandu Durbar Square - With more than 50 temples and shrines within a few blocks of one another, Kathmandu Durbar Square contains one of the most concentrated groupings of historical structures in the valley. This complex of palaces, courtyards and temples, built between the 12th and 18th centuries, used to be the seat of ancient Malla kings of Kathmandu.
    Another striking spot that’s remarkably visible and should not missed mentioning
    Within the ancient wooden temples and places, you will also see a white European influenced building, Gaddhi Baithak, which was built during the Rana regime. Today many ceremonial program takes place from the balcony of it.
    You will observe and learn about these ancient monuments from your guide before you hop on your rickshaw for the ride back to the meeting point.
What's Included
  • Entrance fee to Durbar Square included
  • Rickshaw hire included
  • Friendly local guide and driver
  • Tips on what else to see, do, and eat
  • Explore laneways and backstreets of Kathmandu
  • Visit atmospheric temples and Buddhist Sigal Shrine
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information
  • This is a child-friendly tour. Children under the age of 6 are permitted to join this tour free of charge.
  • Local Impact: By joining this tour, you are actively contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage through entrance fees to Kathmandu Durbar Square.
  • Local Impact: In Kathmandu, despite the predominance of modern motorbikes and cars, this tour hires rickshaws directly from the drivers, offering them much-needed business and financial support.
Location
Hotel Marshyangdi
Chaksibari Marg
Hotel Marshyangdi, Chaksibari Marg, Thamel, Kathmandu
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ez7continents
Jun 10, 2024
Rickshaw tour with a rockstar guide – – Yogi - Our family took a UNESCO heritage tour of Kathmandu, and we were concerned that there would be overlap with the rickshaw tour. We were absolutely delighted that there was no overlap at all. Our guide, Yogi, was a rockstar! He was knowledgeable, flexible, and gave us a fantastic experience. We even went to dinner together afterwards we, enjoyed his company that much. Yogi happens to be gluten-sensitive like two of our family members, and that was a tremendous benefit in terms of generally helping us in making our food selections. Yogi would be a great choice for this really interesting tour, and he would also be a great choice as a freelancer if you are visiting. Be aware that there is almost no interaction with the rickshaw drivers as they do not speak English. They also expect a small tip at the end which was fine. They worked very hard.
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431bobj
May 10, 2024
Unforgettable night! - Nikita was very knowledgeable, passionate. Very good knowledge about history and iconography. Stories were interesting. Rickshaw night went really well. I recommend everyone to go on this trip!
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Happiness239583
May 10, 2024
Touring Patan and Bhaktapur with Sanjeeb. - It was a lovely day spent touring Patan and Bhaktapur with INTREPID’s guide Sanjeeb. I recommend Sanjeeb for his knowledge of Nepalese history and culture. He was able to answer all questions I had and he gave me very valuable tips while in Nepal. He also takes great photos!!
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Aranh538
May 5, 2024
Grand - Had a great trip today. Very informative. Lovely scenery. Would recommend to anyone visiting Kathmandu! Intrepid’s guides are all very well versed in their cultural content
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Thomasbunyarrac
May 3, 2024
Evening Rickshaw extravaganza! - Very worthwhile; a well informed & attentive guide Yogesh. Many lovely, busy, colourful places, streets etc. What more can I say? I can’t make up the characters!
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F8708gyconnies
May 3, 2024
Brilliant :) - Yogesh was fab! Super and unique way to see a lot of the city in the little time we had before our trip left My brother and I had a great time, Thankyou! :)
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Amparot970
Apr 12, 2024
Katmandú adventure - I had a great experience doing this tour, specially because of yogesh, our tour guide. He was very kind, friendly, knowledgeable, patience, respectful and easy going. He was able to explain about the history of the city and the temples and as a plus he help us taking amazing pictures of the places. I really recommend this experience and specially Yogesh as a tour guide.
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Shobha
Apr 10, 2024
Learn about religions in Kathmandu in one night - I learned so much about Buddhism and Hinduism in one evening! Tour Guide Bini shared information with context and compassion for my ignorance. With her and Rickshaw biker, my tour was jam packed with destinations. By the end of the night, I was thankful to understand and see so much.
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Ryanmo1503ey
Apr 9, 2024
Awesome, immersive, informative evening! - Awesome and informative trip through downtown Thamel to Durbar square. Yogesh was a great host and fountain of knowledge! Really loved the explanations of various symbolism in local religions and culture. Highly recommended 👌
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690lou
Apr 5, 2024
Atmospheric tour of Kathmandu on a rickshaw at night - Great comprehensive tour through the back streets of Kathmandu to visit Stupas,Temples,Markets and Durbar Square all on rickshaw. Yogesh was a generous guide providing a huge amount of info. We have bkd a second tour with him!
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