This hiking connects to two distinct forms of societies within a short time. Kathmandu where Nepal’s major commerce and trade chain remains active and the nearby outskirt survives with much traditional types of daily routine.
Trip type: day hiking, exploring,
Group of: any number of people (in the team),
Locations: Nagarkot Area, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Trip duration: overnight trip (1nt/2days),
Altitude: 2200m/7217ft.
Season: around the year
Difficulty level: easy, suitable for all age groups.
Overview
Nagarkot; situated at 2175m/7134 ft- some 32km north-east of Kathmandu is popular tourists’ hill station of Nepal. The commanding panoramic view of Himalayan Peaks from the eastern Nepal including Mt. Everest to mid-west Nepal’s Annapurna Ranges can be seen from here. This popular hill station is famous for Sunrise and Sunset viewing too. Our Hiking programs (A & B) as presented here takes you through the country-side having walked along a beautiful trail passing through rustic villages where you can meet the locals and observe their day to day chorus. This hiking connects two different forms of societies within a short period of walking. Kathmandu where Nepal’s major commerce and trade chain remains active and the nearby outskirt survives with much traditional types of daily routines. You can remarkably feel this here on this hike. In those villages there is no trace of city life. The house styles changes and the horizon becomes more shiny and clearer. The daily chores keep people extremely busy and their livelihood majorly based on subsidy type of farming that truly represents the majority of Nepalese villages. This trip is aptly suitable for senior people who can’t want to be in the remote areas of the Himalayan region. Similarly your juniors or the children found it highly appropriated. Researchers or analyzers if take one of these tours will help to understand more suitably the Nepalese societies. This trip is still wonderful for you if you have one extra day in Kathmandu to spend but you already have done one of the famous mountain treks like EBC, ABC etc. It will surely be a quality time spending! On the way a visit to the Changu Narayan Temple will be included, that is situated at the end of a long ride which runs well into the valley, it is said to have been built in 323 AD by King Hari Duatta and said to be the oldest temple in the valley. It was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Monuments list in 1979.
