Travel style · Potters, carvers, casters and weavers
Crafts and makers in Nepal
Bhaktapur's potters, Patan's lost-wax metal casters, Bungamati's woodcarvers, lokta paper makers, Palpa's Dhaka weavers, Chainpur's brass workers and Mithila painters in Janakpur.
Many of Nepal's crafts are still family trades passed down in the same streets. Patan's bronze casting and Bhaktapur's woodcarving supplied temples across the Himalaya.
We arrange studio visits where you can watch and try, and we take no commission on anything you buy.
Trips
Kathmandu Valleymax 1,401 mMakers of the valley: metal, clay, wood, masks
Four nights in the workshops of the Kathmandu Valley's craft families. Watch bronze cast by the lost-wax method in Patan, carvers at …
Kathmandu Valleymax 2,551 mKathmandu Valley with children
A five-night family trip around the Kathmandu Valley built for short attention spans and early bedtimes: monkeys at Swayambhu, a momo-making class, …
Pokhara & the Annapurnasmax 2,060 mGurung Village Homestay Trail
Six nights walking short days between Gurung villages on the south side of the Annapurnas: Dhampus, Landruk and two nights in Ghandruk, …
Chitwan & the Teraimax 1,400 mJanakpur and Mithila Art
Four nights for the Mithila culture of Nepal's south-east: one in Kathmandu, three in Janakpur. The white-domed Janaki Mandir, the sacred ponds, …
Lumbini & the Buddha's Countrymax 1,400 mTansen and Palpa: Hill Town, Dhaka and Rani Mahal
Three nights in Tansen, the old capital of the Palpa kingdom, on a ridge at about 1,350 m above the Terai. Walk …
Mustang & Dolpomax 2,720 mMarpha apple harvest week
Five slow nights in the apple country of Lower Mustang at harvest time, from late August to mid October. Pick fruit with …
Eastern Nepalmax 1,850 mArun Valley and Chainpur Crafts
Seven nights from the Arun valley to the plains. Fly to Tumlingtar on its broad river terrace, spend two days with the …
Eastern Nepalmax 2,100 mEastern Hills Overland: Ilam to the Arun
Nine nights across the eastern hills by private car, from the tea gardens of Kanyam and Ilam to the Arun valley at …
Places
Kathmandu Valley1,401 mBhaktapur
Khwopa, the city of potters, drums and the five-roofed Nyatapola
Kathmandu Valley1,350 mBungamati
Home village of the red rain god, and of the valley's woodcarvers
Kathmandu Valley1,350 mPatan
Yala, the city of metalworkers, courtyards and Buddhist bahals
Chitwan & the Terai74 mJanakpur
Sita's city, white marble and two hundred sacred ponds
Lumbini & the Buddha's Country1,350 mTansen
Newar lanes, dhaka looms and brass karuwa on a Mahabharat ridge
Eastern Nepal1,277 mChainpur
An old hill bazaar of brass jugs, bronze casters and khukuri smiths
