Kathmandu Valley Ridge Trek - 4 Days

After having breakfast at lodge, we start our hike to Nagarkot and it is about 6 hour hike, we will stop at Chauki Bhanjyang for lunch which takes about 3 hours and continue the charming trails for another 3 hours toward Nagarkot, and we will view the Himalaya range, stretching from Dhaulagiri in the west all the way past Everest to Kanchenjunga in the east, emerges from the darkness to greet the happy visitor with its awe inspiring majesty and beauty and we will have great sunset view from Nagarkot.

After having sunrise view from Nagarkot, we will have hot breakfast at hotel then we approach Dhulikhel, a glut of cultural diversities, traditional practices and lush vegetation, the Dhulikhel (1440m.) is a small town of Newar with a long history, according to the records it has been around for more than 500 years and the artistic skill and urban ethos of its Newar inhabitants have created a place of charm and we will have sunrise view.

We start our hike after having sunrise view from Dhulikhel and breakfast at lodge; the trail climbs up to the Kali Mandir, a temple dedicated to Goddess Kali and the trail drops down to the village of Kavre and past a line of shops and tea houses, then climbs again through pine woods past Phulbari and up and down a couple of more hills before we reach the hill of Namobuddha, the Namobuddha situated at an elevation of 1750m.

It is an important Buddhist Pilgrimage located in Kavre District about 38 km east of Kathmandu and the Stupa and shrines built in this lovely little hill mark a very ancient holy site where a legendary prince named Mahasattva offered to a starving Tigress with several underfed cubs, the legendary episode is depicted in a stone slab and placed right next to a holy Stupa, after visiting the Namobuddha we drive to Kathmandu.