An educational tour reports.

First Batch

Butwal Multiple Campus,

Tribhuvan University,

Butwal, Nepal.
This is an educational tour report of the first batch of BBA of Butwal
Multiple Campus. This tour is for 6 days starting from 14th of Mangsir to 20th
of Mangsir. This tour covers destinations like ghorepani, poonhill, tatopani,
jomsom, muktinath, bandipur, pokhara.
This educational tour is the last educational tour of the first batch. This tour
has been successful in creating beautiful memories for each student. Without
the guidance of our BBA director Dr. Om Prakash Aryal this tour would
not have been possible.
We, the students of the first batch would like to thank our BBA director from
the depth of our hearts. He has always been with us in our ups and downs.
No matter what the situation has been he is always their for us. His
experience has been helpful for us.
 Day 1:

Ghorepani

Ghorepani is a village in Myagdi District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of northern-

central Nepal. It lies 17 kilometres from the district capital of Beni at an elevation
of approximately 2874 m (9429 ft). The village lies within the Annapurna
Conservation Area (ACA), requiring a national park permit to visit,[1] and contains
a number of "guest houses" that provide lodging and meals to mountain trekkers,
many of whom spend the night before a pre-dawn trek to the top of nearby Poon
Hill (3210m/10531 ft) to watch the sunrise.

The place used to be a rest stop where ancient traders found water (pani in Nepali)
for their horses (ghora in Nepali), thus leading to the nomenclature Ghorepani. The
construction of new roads has made the Ghorepani trade route unnecessary, and as
such the main income source for residents of the village is now tourism.
 Day 2:
Poon hill

Poon Hill (पून हिल) is a hill station overlooking the Annapurna Massif range
and Dhaulagiri mountain range, located on border of Magdi and Kaski
District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. This lookout is the key viewpoint in
the Ghorepani Poon Hill trek. Mountains such as
an Annapurna 8,091m, Dhaulagiri 8,127, Annapurna South 7,219
Meter, Machapuchare 6,993 Meter, Hinchuli, Annapurna III, Dhampus peak,
Dhulagiri II, and many other tall peaks can be seen from here.[1]

Poon Hill is located 270 km west from Kathmandu (The capital of Nepal). The
hike to Poon Hill from Pokhara takes 2–3 days.[2] The Poon Hill viewpoint is on
the way to Annapurna Sanctuary which lies in the center of Annapurna
Conservation Area. Trekkers need to obtain an ACCAP Permit from Kathmandu or
Pokhara to complete this hike.
Day 2:
Tatopani

Tatopani ( तातोपानी) is a village in Sindhupalchowk in the Bagmati Zone of

central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of
3102 and had 613 houses in the village. Majority people are of
ethnic Sherpa and Tamang. Historically and today, it is a huge trading post
between Nepal and China. People living here speak Nepali and
Tibetan.There is a inactive volcano in there as well. Shrestha Bipin is mayor
in Tatopani. The actual border crossing is at Kodari. The village was visited
by and served as pitstop for famous indian scholar and travelogue Rahul
Sankrityayan multiple times on his way to Tibet.
Day 3:
Jomsom

Jomsom ( जोमसोम), (Ward No. 4 of Gharpajhong Rural Municipality) also

known as Dzongsam (New Fort), is the centre of Gharapjhong rural
municipality in Mustang district and a former independent village
development committee situated at an altitude of about 2,700 metres
(8,900 ft) in Gandaki Province of western Nepal. The soaring peaks
of Dhaulagiri and Nilgiri form a backdrop to the town straddling the Kali
Gandaki River, which flows right through the centre of Jomsom. Along the
banks of the Kali Gandaki, black fossilised stones
called shaligram, considered as an iconic symbol and reminder of the
god Vishnu in the Hindu culture, can be found. Such stones are believed to
be found only in the Kali Gandaki and are considered holy by Hindus.
Day 4:
Muktinath

Muktinath is a Vishnu temple, sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists, located

in the Muktinath Valley at the foot of the Thorong La mountain pass
in Mustang, Nepal. It is one of the world's highest temples (3,800 m). In
Hinduism, it is one of the 108 Divya Desams and the only Divya Desam
located outside India.[1] It is also known as Mukti Kshetra, which literally
means the 'liberation arena' (moksha) and is one of the Char Dhams in
Nepal.
This temple is considered to be the 106th of the 108 Divya Desam and is
considered sacred by the Sri Vaishnava sect. Its ancient name in Sri
Vaishnava literature is Tiru Shaligramam. The Gandaki river, which flows
nearby, is considered to be the only source of the shaligrama shila, the non-
anthropomorphic representation of Vishnu.
Day 5:
Bandipur

Bandipur is located at 27.56 N, 84.25 E and an elevation of 1030m on a

mountain saddle (Mahabharat range) approximately 700m above
the Marsyangdi River Valley, 143 km to the west of Kathmandu and 80km to
the east of Pokhara. Since 1998 it is connected by an 8km access road
from Dumre (Prithvi Highway). Until then there was only an unreliable road,
in monsoon usually not accessible or only by tractors. The mountain saddle,
just 200m long, is barely wide enough to accommodate the main street lined
by 2 –3 storey buildings on either side. At the backsides of these houses the
mountainsides steeply descend and the gardens are only accessible by stairs.
Day 5:
Pokhara

Pokhara ( पोखरा ) is a metropolitan city in central Nepal, which serves as the

capital of Gandaki Province.[4] It is the second most populous city of
Nepal after Kathmandu, with 599,504 inhabitants living in 120,594
households in 2021.[3] It is the country's largest metropolitan city in terms of
area. The city also serves as the headquarters of Kaski District.[5] Pokhara is
located 200 kilometres (120 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu. The city
is on the shore of Phewa Lake, and sits at an elevation of approximately
822m.[6] The Annapurna Range, with three out of the ten highest peaks in the
world—Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I and Manaslu—is within 15–35 mi (24–
56 km) of the valley.[7][8] The current mayor of Pokhara is Dhana Raj
Acharya.
Pumdikot:

Pumdikot has the second tallest statue of Shiva in Nepal. The statue itself is
51 feet tall. It sits on a white stupa that adds 57 feet in height, making the
entire structure 108 feet high.[3][4] The statue is part of a larger plan that is
currently underway, which will include construction of Martyr’s memorial
park, a model of mount Sumeru featuring Shiva and Parvati and ensuring
that the entire park is accessible to persons with disabilities. The park is
projected to be about 50% done, with the Shiva statue being completed in
late 2021. The statue premises also has 108 Shiva lingas that encircle the
statue at its base.
We would like to express our gratitude towards Butwal Multiple Campus
and director of BBA Dr Om Prakash Aryal for making our educational tour
successful. Without his guidance this tour would not have been possible.
His experience has helped us in different ways.

Thank you
First Batch