Duration
8 Days
DIFFICULTY
Easy
GROUP SIZE
1-12
MAX. ALTITUDE
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Overview
Honey hunting tour in Nepal is a wild honey hunting tour package in Nepal. It is one of the amazing adventure tours. People with good knowledge of rock climbing can easily do honey hunting tours. The wild honeybees make the beehives on the rock, often near the waterfall. There are no other ways to approach the beehives except by climbing with the help of a bamboo ladder or rope. The lead honey hunter collects honey in the bucket from the beehives and passes it down to another person. Honey hunting early in the morning or in the cold is best, as in the cold the honeybees are not active and leave the beehives easily.
Honey hunting is a very old tradition in the mountain areas of Nepal. It was the main source of sweets in ancient times when there was no sugar produced. Honey was used for medical purposes, which still exists. In the past, people used to organize religious ceremonies before collecting honey to protect themselves from the attack of honeybees and any misshapen. Right before the hunting, worship takes place to respect the hard work of honeybees and their contribution to the survival of human beings.
The traditional way of honey hunting is taken as an adventure tour around the world. But in Nepal, where honey hunting is still part of the traditional livelihood. That is why it is more interesting for tourists to learn about the traditional Nepali honey hunting knowledge and skills. Besides, tourists can experience culture, village life, and the beautiful scenery of green hills and the Nepali Himalayas during the honey hunting tour.
We offer a honey hunting trip for tourists who would like to observe the traditional honey hunting in Nepal. We also organize honey hunting trips for the purpose of film and documentary production and research.
Wild honey hunting dates for 2024 are fixed.
Wild honey hunting in Nepal starts on 2nd week of April and ends on last week of June and it is summer season wild honey hunting and winter season wild honey hunting starts on November 1 and ends on December 1, 2024.
If any party or individual is interested in making films, documentaries, or videos, please contact us.
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Note: We have various honey hunting sites. So the itinerary of a honey hunting tour depends on the places where the hunting takes place
Price:
The pricing for a honey hunting tour is influenced by the tour’s objectives, the equipment utilized, and the geographical location. Tours conducted in non-restricted areas tend to be more affordable, whereas those in restricted areas incur higher costs. We tailor the pricing based on the specific needs of tourists, providing comprehensive plans with detailed information.
Itinerary
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Day 1 :
Arrival at the Kathmandu airport and drive to hotel with our office representative
Arrival at the Kathmandu airport then you have to go at the visa desk and show your visa if you have already got visa from the Nepalese embassy in your country. If you do not have visa of Nepal you can get on arrival visa. For that you have to complete the visa process form and pay US$ 30 for 15 days, US$ 50 for 30 days and US$ 125 for 90 days. As the paper work will have been completed then you will get visa and come to the exit point. At exit point some of our office representative will be waiting you with your name on a shine board. You can recognized him or her easily. Our driver is ready with car and they will keep you in car and transfer to hotel. As you will arrive to hotel you will be welcomed with welcome drinks and provide room keys. You will make one hour rest. After rest you will meet our office expert at lobby and he will explain about your Nepal trip, customs, and recommend some nice restaurant to have Lunch and Dinner during your stay in Kathmandu. It is not included in your package trip. If you do not like to go far from your hotel you can have Lunch and Dinner in your hotel too. They also provide delicious foods. If you do not have enough equipment’s that is needed for your trip, our expert will bring you to right shop for shopping.
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Day 2 :
Full day sightseeing in Kathmandu Valley
Full day sightseeing in Kathmandu Valley. After breakfast it will start your sightseeing tour in Kathmandu valley. In kathmandu valley there are many places to see in the sense of Cultural, Religious and architecture. Kathmandu valley is the city of temples ,stupas and monasteries. people said there are more religious monuments then the population of Kathmandu city. So it is a spiritual city. According to legends and religious philosophy many hindu and Buddhist gods and goddess came to this place and did very hard meditation before starting the civilization of Kathmandu.
So in one day we can not bring you every where. But we will bring you all important places like Pashupatinath, Bouddhanath, Swyambhunath and Kathmandu Durbar square.
Pashupatinath is the very important and popular Hindu temple and all Hindu people from all over the world wants to visit it once in their lives. In Pashupatinath temple you can see cremation too. All hindu people wants to cremate the dead body at the near of pashupatinath temple. If they cremate near to pashupatinath temple the soul of the dead body will go to heaven easily. Here the sightseeing will be about 2 hours.
Then drive to Bouddhanath. Bouddhanath is the biggest Buddhist stupa in the world and it is very important for Buddhist people. Specially for Tibetan Buddhist. All Tibetan Buddhist people has a dream to visit this stupa in their lives if it is possible. Most of the time we make lunch break in this place. There are so many nice restaurants and from the roof top of the restaurant you can have close views of stupa. Here we will spend about 2 hour with lunch break.
After sightseeing of Bouddhanath stupa we drive to Swyambhunath stupa. Swyambhunath stupa lies on the top of the hill. This stupa also very beautiful stupa and the origin of this stupa and starting of civilization of Kathmandu valley is the same time. Before starting the civilization of kathmandu valley it was the beautiful lake. Here you will spend about 45 minutes.
The last destination of sightseeing is Kathmandu Durbar square. Durbar square is the complex of old Royal palace. The royal palace is surrounded by many different types of temples and they belong to different types of gods and goddess. The temple or residence of living goddess Kumari situated very near to royal palace. Living goddess Kumari is the virgin goddess and she is the protecting goddess of Royal family as well as Local people from any kinds of enemies and disaster.
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Day 3 :
About 6 hrs drive to Khudi about 186kms and overnight stay
About 6 hours drive to Khudi about 186kms and overnight stay. We will have breakfast then at 8:30 AM we will leave Kathmandu by our private car, Jeep or Bus. It depends upon the group size. The whole road is mountainous and it passes through hills, villages and along the rivers. It is one of the adventure drive. On the way we can see the first cable car of Nepal. The tea break and lunch break is really wonderful. There are many nice restaurants on the way in each half an hour.
You can see many typical Nepali houses situated on the hills. Some places you can see the people enjoying in rafting on Trishuli river. Because the road passes along the river. On the way you will visit Mugling Bazaar , Aabukhaireni ,Dumre and Beshi sahar.Beshi sahar is the starting point of Annapurna circuit trek. About 45 minutes drive from Beshi sahar we arrive to Khudi where we will stay over night.
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Day 4 :
Walk about 7 hours to get the honey hunting site and overnight stay in a local village
Walk about 7 hours to get the honey hunting site and overnight stay in a local village. Today you all and our team will be very happy and excited .You will walk about 7 hours and arrive to destination where we have a plan for honey hunting .As we arrive to close to honey hunting site the village people will come to welcome us with garland of marigold flowers . As we arrive to village our team will fix the tents for over night and serve tea coffee. After having tea coffee we will go to see honey hunting site with the head of the village community.
At evening there will be meeting with the village people and decide the honey hunters, time and all kinds of procedures that is used in honey hunting. Our team will make ready the dinner and served .You will enjoy the dinner in remote place. Then you will sleep in tents.
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Day 5 :
Observe honey hunting with the village people and Nepali cultural program is performed by the village woman in the evening
Observe honey hunting with the village people and Nepali cultural program is performed by the village woman in the evening.
Honey hunting is the a kind of local festival and participated all village people. There might be more than 50 people. Women are not allowed to participate but for tourists they do not mind whether they are man or woman. All tourists they can participate doesn’t matter with gender. They make the teams and decide their duty. Some team carry ropes and fixed it on rock where the bee hives are hanged. Some makes the smoke of fire to drive away the bees from the honey. Some will climb on rope for honey hunting and some will carry baskets to collect honey. You can eat the honey as you can. This honey is wild honey, so it is called mad honey. If people eat more then it makes mad. So we have to eat gradually some more. Before eating it we have to think our physicals fitness.
But before doing all these procedures the head of the village will worship with gods and goddess to make success their trip. So he will sacrifice some animals to make happy the gods and goddess. If gods and goddess are not happy there might be take place accident.
Whole day we will make honey hunting and we can make video, movie or documentary whatever we like. As the hunting will be completed , at evening come back to village and celebrate the honey hunting festival. Local people offer us home made alcohol with culture program. Local people they will play local drums and wears their traditional uniform to show the cultural dance. We will enjoy till late night then go to bed. We can have our dinner at 8:00 PM.
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Day 6 :
Trek back to Khudi
In the morning we will have breakfast and the local village people will make all preparation of farewell. In the same time we will go to school of village and donate some playing equipment’s and note books. We will take some pictures with school kids and village people. During farewell local people put garland of marigold flowers on our neck. If you want to give something for local people you can give them. Then lastly we will say good by honey hunters and rest of people and head to our next destination. We will walk about 7 hours and arrive to Khudi to stay over night.
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Day 7 :
Drive back to Kathmandu
After breakfast about 6 hours drive back to Kathmandu. On the way we will make tea and Lunch break at nice restaurant and stay over night at Kathmandu Hotel. At evening we will have last dinner with culture program.
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Day 8 :
Drive to international airport and to fly back home
After breakfast we will make check out from hotel. Our driver will come to with a car and he will drive to international airport to drop you and to fly back to onward destination.
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Cost Includes
- Pick up and drop transport as mentioned in the itinerary
- Accommodation and three meals per day in Kathmandu and during the trekking
- Trekking guide and porters (Cook and sardar in the case of camping trek)
- National parks’ fees and government royalties
- Domestic air ticket and airport tax for tourists and guides as mentioned in the itinerary
- Insurance of our trekking staff members
- Sightseeing in Kathmandu valley or other parts of Nepal as mentioned in the itinerary
Cost Excludes
- International air ticket, airport tax and Nepal visa fees
- All kinds of drink during trekking and travel stay with us
- Travel insurance and cost of medical services of tourists
- All kinds of cloth and personal trekking equipment
- Other personal expenses and tips
- Charted helicopter, plane and other transports in case of emergency
Talk with a travel expert with more than a decade of experience and plan your adventure.
Frequently Asked Questions
For wild honey hunt most of the mountain area of Nepal are very popular. Like Kaski, Lamjung and Gorkha district are very popular.In Lamjung one can hunt at Bhujung,Shyange,talno pipla,Mathilno pipla and Naiche.
If you want domestic honey you can get all parts of Nepal and through all season. But wild honey you can get only in mountain area of Nepal and only at end of fall and spring.
Mad honey is safe and it is used for medical purpose. You have to eat very small quantity every day. It might help for your erection. If you eat large quantity on single day you will get mad. So it is called mad honey. Otherwise it is a best honey then the domestic one.
In Nepal it is legal. Mountain they bring to city are and sell it. It depends upon the rule of a country. If you follow the rules and regulations of food and drugs administration then you can sell it.
In hilly area of Nepal we can find the colony of wild bees hanging on trees or rocks. They are located in such a place where no one can go whether they are animals or birds including human beings. Mountain people hanged the 100 to 200 meters long rope with steps. It depends upon the height of the trees, rocks and cliff. The honey hunting masters climbed on rope make smoke to drive away the bees from the beehives. They cut the beehives and drop down to the ground. Some people are waiting down with big baskets and they collect honey and hives.
Wild honey come from wild bees. Normally wild bees produce wild honey in Mountain regions.
Wild honey is produced two seasons of the year. One is in fall and another is in spring. In fall season bees used the nectar of mustered plants. So it is light and you can eat easily. But in spring bees use nectar of different wild plants. So sometime the honey is strong. Therefore first let to test expert then only you can eat.
Domestic honey is produced easily in easily approach area. But wild honey is difficult to produce and it is used for medicinal propose. So it is more expensive then the domestic honey.
Mad honey is produced in Nepal. Nepal is mountainous country therefore there are many cliffs with rivers. Wild bees prefer to produce mad honey on the cliffs along the rives where particle of river wave fly till beehives.
Mad honey is harvested two times in a year. It is a kind of festival for the local people in remote area. They make long rope ladder and fixed it on top of cliff. The honey hunting master climb on rope and make smoke to drive away the bees from honey hives and drop down to the ground on baskets. People waiting on ground carrying big baskets to collect honey.
Gear List
- Backpack (50 liters) with outside pockets to keep smaller items
- Trekking boots, well broken in and waterproofed. Gaiters to keep snow out of boots
- Woolen sweaters and down jacket, gloves, wind proof outer garments, pants jacket, skirts, T-shirts, shirts, baggy pants and underwear
- Several pairs of woolen and few pairs of nylon socks. A pair of sandals
- Sleeping bag adequate for temperatures encountered
- Hat with wide brim and sun lotion cream
- One liter water bottle and some food for contingencies
- Repair and medical kit
- Head lamp with spare lithium batteries and bulbs
- Handkerchief and toiletries
- Verified phone number of your Embassy, consulate ,trekking agency and private phone number of your director
- Pen, pencils and letterhead to write an emergency message
- Pocket knife with opener and scissors
- Sunglasses with spare eyeglasses or contact lenses if you wear them
- Umbrella and rain coat
- Camera
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Important Information Before Your Trip to Nepal
Payment: Down payment: 15% of total payment is required to confirm the reservation.
Payment of the Balance: Rest amount can be paid in our office after your arrival.
Arrival Point: You will be met at the Kathmandu international airport. Our office representative will be waiting for you holding play card of the Nepal Mountain Lovers Treks and Expedition. In case of your change plan, please let us inform.
Booking Air Ticket: If you don’t have regular travel agent, please visit makemytrip.com, www.kayak.com, www.vayama.com. They offer you very good price.
Room System: Normally we have two people in a room. Twin bed or single bed depends on the choice of guests and budget. If tourists want single room, s/he should pay single supplementary.
Trekking Leading Person: Our trekking guide will lead the whole trip with his/her helpers and porters.
Currencies: USD, AUD, EURO are major acceptable currencies in Nepal and visa and credit cards also accepted. There is ATM facility in city area.
Altitude Sickness: Altitude sickness will start from 3000 meter height. Trekkers should immediately inform trekking guide if faced any problems.
Drinking Water: We can get mineral water and boiled water in city area and in some trekking places. We use water purification tablet or liquid in some remote trekking sites.
Laundry Facility: Laundry facility are available in city area but not during the trekking.
Visa: You can get arrival visa at Kathmandu airport that cost 25 USD for 15 days and 40 USD for 30 days. Please bring 2 passport size photos. You can get your visa from the closest Nepali embassy.
Orientation Program: Before starting trekking, trekkers are provided with an orientation by our office representative or trekking guide about the necessary trekking information.
Group Size: There will be maximum 12 persons in one group.
Accommodation: You will stay in a nice tourist standard hotel/resort in city areas. Normal hotels or tents are available during the trekking.
Foods: We provide breakfast, lunch, dinner. Tourists can get continental food both in city and trekking places. Food during the trekking might not meet the standard of your country.
View of Mount Everest: Trekkers to Everest region will of course see the Mount Everest. For trekkers visiting other regions where they cannot view Mount Everest, there are daily mountain flights which approach close to Mount Everest.
Travel Insurance: It is compulsory to have travel insurance.
Personal Expenses: It depends on your spending interest and shopping. There are some expensive handmade carpets, Thanka paintings, jewelries and handicrafts to purchase in Nepal.
Luggage: We take only about 10kg per person in trekking. Your excess baggage will be stored in a hotel.
Tips: Tips are highly accepted and appreciated.
Rules and Regulation
Nepal Mountain Lovers Treks and Expedition accepts your reservation under the following rules and regulations.
1. If the balance payment is not paid before your departure for trekking, the booking will be cancelled without any refund.
2. If there is war or the situation of the country is out of control and the country faces emergency situation before your arrival to Nepal, we inform you not to come Nepal and refund your payment. But in case of any emergency situation or war after your arrival or during the trekking, we will not refund your money. But we will try our best to make your trip successful and pleasant. In such situation, we may need to change the trip plan and itinerary.
3. In case of increase in government royalty and other costs such as the national park fee, you have to pay extra money.
4. If you commit any illegal act or disturbance for the safety and welfare of the group, our leader or guide can ask to leave the group without any right to refund.
5. If you have any complain with regards to trekking and tour please inform our tour leader or company. All kinds of valid complain are welcomed and processed with necessary actions.
6.You are responsible to ensure that all travel documents are with you during the entire trip.
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