Nepal vacations packages include complete details about Kathmandu's tourist attractions. You can see these famous places during your Nepal(Kathmandu) travel. The first civilizations in Nepal, which flourished around the 6th century B.C., were confined to the fertile Kathmandu Valley where the present-day capital of the same name is located. It was in this region that Prince Siddhartha Gautama was born c. 563 B.C. Gautama achieved enlightenment as Buddha and spawned Buddhist belief.
Nepali rulers' early patronage of Buddhism largely gave way to Hinduism, reflecting the increased influence of India, around the 12th century. Though the successive dynasties of the Gopalas, the Kiratis, and the Licchavis expanded their rule, it was not until the reign of the Malla kings from 1200-1769 that Nepal assumed the approximate dimensions of the modern state.

A landlocked country the size of Arkansas, lying between India and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China, Nepal contains Mount Everest (29,035 ft; 8,850 m), the tallest mountain in the world. Along its southern border, Nepal has a strip of level land that is partly forested, partly cultivated. North of that is the slope of the main section of the Himalayan range, including Everest and many other peaks higher than 8,000 m.

52,819 sq mi (136,801 sq km); total area: 54,363 sq mi (140,800 sq km)

28,287,147 (growth rate: 2.2%); birth rate: 31.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 65.3/1000; life expectancy: 60.2; density per sq mi: 536

Kathmandu, 1,203,100 (metro. area), 729,000 (city proper)

Biratnagar, 174,600; Lalitpur, 169,100

Nepalese rupee

Nepali 48% (official), Maithali 12%, Bhojpuri 7%, Tharu 6%, Tamang 5%, others. English spoken by many in government and business (2001)

Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Chetri 15.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8% (2001)

81%, Buddhist 11%, Islam 4%, Kirant 4% (2001)

45% (2003 est.)

Rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat.

Quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore.

A visa is necessary to enter Nepal and can be obtained for the following duration from any Royal Nepalese Embassy or Consulate or at the entry points in Nepal.
Nationals from Ghana, Nigeria, Swaziland and Zimbabwe need to get a visa in advance.
Single entry tourist visas can be obtained by paying US $30 for 60 days.
If you wish to leave and re-enter the country, you`ll need to pay additional fees. US $25 for Single Re-entry, US $40 for Double Re-entry and US $50 for Multiple Re-entry.
If you leave and wish to Re-enter Nepal as a tourist within 150 day of the same visa year, you may pay US $50 for 30 days.
Visitors may extend their tourist visa by paying US $30 for 30 days.
Trekking permits are not required for Everest, Annapurna and Langtang areas.
Business visas with multiple entry facilities are available at a rate of US $100 for one year and US $250 for five years. Ministry of Industry recommendation is required.
If you are a tourist wanting to stay longer that 150 days a year you may want to consider getting a business visa, however you will need to leave and return every 90 days. Thinking up a business idea shouldn't be too difficult.
Visas are free for all tourists who visit Nepal for 3 days or less, come from a SAARC country or from China.

All temporary entry visa applications are lodged, processed and decided in Tokyo.
Citizens of Japan are eligible for streamlined processing of visitor visas through ETA. Please see World Index Introduction for details.
416 Special Program applications are lodged and processed at the Hobart Special Program Processing Centre
420 Entertainment sponsorship and visa applications are lodged and processed at the Sydney Entertainment Processing Centre
From 2 April 2005, Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a State or Territory office within Australia.