Duration: day hiking
Location: Nearby Kathmandu
Accommodation: Hotel/ Guest house in Kathmandu
Transportation: By private car or van
Grade: Easy
No. of Person in Group: Mini. 1 pax
Highlight of trip: Short and easy hiking, nearby Kathmandu, Sunrise and sunset view, hidden valley view, Green mountain, Shivapuri national Park, Panoramic view of Annapurna to Mt. Everest ranges.
Kakani is a settlement in the Nuwakot District of the Bagmati Zone in central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, the Kakani village development committee administered a population of 7816 living in 1343 individual households. As one of the most accessible settlements from Kathmandu over 2000 meters, hill station hosts a British Gurkhas welfare bungalow and a number of hotels. The village is also home to a memorial park. A notable local industry is strawberry farming. With the assistance of a United Nations Development Programmer project, a local farmers' cooperative now produces close to 250 000 kg of the fruit per year.
Nagarjun is one of the well-known Buddhist Stupa on the Nagarjuna Hill, which is about 7 km from Kathmandu on western skyline. A motor-able road leads through Raniban (Queen Forest) to this Stupa. It takes about 1 hour to reach there in the motor / jeep, while the hike is about 5 km. on foot and takes about 2/3 hours. It is quite steep, and you have to climb about 754 m. At altitude as the Stupa is situated on the top of the Nagarjuna hill at 2128 m. Nagarjuna hill is also described in literature as Vindya Mountain. This itinerary is for day hiking so that hiker early morning goes Kakani and next day hiking to Nagarjun hill and evening return to Kathmandu hotel.
Day 01: Hiking to Kakani, exploring the view point and returning to Kathmandu, overnight hotel in Kathmandu.
Day 02: Hiking to the Nagarjun Hill Top 3 hours, and return to Hotel 2 hours.
The cost is depending on group size, affected due to the requirement of number of guides and porters, requisite of Hotel in Kathmandu, method of land/air transport. The itinerary is changeable and modifiable as per needs and time frame of trekkers. Cost will be re calculated if the itinerary is changed or modified. Additional activities may be added as per trekkers request with appropriate additional cost. For Total Tour cost, EMAIL US, we will send you within 24 hours as your requirements.
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Notes: Payment should be made 20 % of total amount in advance. Full amount must be paid before your trip starts.
Cancellation should be made 48 hours before departure and 25% cancellation charge is applicable beside Tax, transportation, permits and others fixed expensive.
In case of incomplete Trekking / Tour / Rafting / Climbing / Expedition / Jungles safari / or others days due to the client own problem, the amount of money paid not refundable.
If clients want to go Trekking / Tour / Rafting / Climbing / Expedition / Jungles safari / or others tours more than itinerary, they can pay after back from tour with per day basic but should be permission with Tour guide / Leader.