[2025 Budhanilkantha Attraction] Travel Guide for Kopan Monastery (Updated Jun)

Kopan Monastery is located in the northeast corner of KTM, about 6-7 kilometers from the city center. It costs 500 NPR to take a taxi one way. There are three other temples nearby. However, standing on a small hill in the garden, surrounded by mountains, the entire Kathmandu is in front of you. The nearby airport and the Great Stupa are clearly visible, as if you are standing in the center. Kopan is very quiet. It is free to visit. Tourists can enter the main hall, visit the garden, and stay in the exhibition room where the relics are enshrined under the guidance of a monk from China. This is a Tibetan Buddhist temple. On the picturesque hilltop, there are currently more than 400 resident monks. The temple offers irregular courses and advanced studies, usually for a period of one week to ten days. During the event, guests can stay in the temple. The fee is all-inclusive (three meals, accommodation and courses).

#weekendgetaways Last weekend, my friends and I trekked to the Kopan Monastery, just north of the ancient Buddhist town of Boudhanath. Kopan hill rises out of the terraced fields of the Kathmandu valley, visible for miles, crowned by a magnificent bodhi tree. This hill, once home to the astrologer to the king of Nepal, now hosts the Kopan Monastery, a Gelug tradition monastery under Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The trek was exhilarating, with clean air and spectacular views across the valley. The serene ambiance and stunning landscape made it an unforgettable experience. The panoramic vistas of the Kathmandu valley were magical, leaving us all in awe of nature's beauty.

Kopan Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery near Boudhanath, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a member of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition, an international network of Gelugpa dharma centers, and once served as its headquarters. Monastery offers residential facilities for its guests, students, and retreaters in comfortable accommodation. Different levels of accommodation are available, from Deluxe Suite to Dormitory. The monastery was established by the FPMT's founders, Lamas Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, who bought the property from Nepal's royal astrologer in 1969. Its name comes from the name of the hill on which it was built. Kopan has become especially famous for teaching Buddhism to visiting Westerners. #nepal #kathmandu #kopan #monastery #kopanmonastery #trip