Earthbound Expeditions

Kathmandu Valley Day Hikes

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Duration
6 days, 5 of them walking
Grade
Easy to moderate, 2 of 5
Max altitude
2,762 m (9,060 ft) at Phulchowki
Start and end
Kathmandu to Kathmandu
On the hill
2 to 7 hours a day, with two 1,200 m (3,940 ft) climbs
Best season
Oct to Apr
Accommodation
One hotel for four nights, one monastery guesthouse
Meals
Breakfast and a packed lunch daily, full board at Namobuddha
Group size
Private, from 1 person
Getting around
Private vehicle to every trailhead

Overview

Four different hills on the rim of the Kathmandu valley, walked one a day from a hotel you do not have to pack up, with a night at a monastery at the end.

What the trip is

Five days of walking on the hills that ring the Kathmandu valley, done from a hotel in the city rather than from a trail. Four summits, two of them near 2,750 m, a night in a working monastery, and no permits, porters or domestic flights. It is the most walking you can do in Nepal without committing to a trek.

Why the rim is worth it

Most visitors see the valley floor and assume the hills around it are suburbs. They are not. Shivapuri is a national park with leopard in it. Phulchowki holds three hundred bird species and the best broadleaf forest within fifty miles of the city. From either summit, on a winter morning, you can see two hundred kilometres of the Himalaya.

Why we end at a monastery

Because four days of out and back walking wants a destination at the end of it. The Dhulikhel to Namobuddha walk goes somewhere rather than round, and Namobuddha itself is one of the three great Buddhist sites of Nepal, sitting on a hill among fields with very few visitors in it. The guesthouse is plain and the evening prayers are the thing people remember.

Who it suits

Walkers with a week, people whose Nepal trip has a gap in it, families with teenagers, and anybody who wants hill days without living out of a duffel. It also works as the week before a Himalayan trek, because four days climbing to 2,700 m is real preparation rather than sightseeing.

Trip highlights

  • Shivapuri at 2,732 m, through the national park forest above Budhanilkantha
  • Phulchowki at 2,762 m, the highest hill on the rim and the best birding forest near the city
  • Champadevi at 2,285 m, from the Pharping monasteries down to the old town of Kirtipur
  • The walk from Dhulikhel to Namobuddha, and a night in the monastery guesthouse
  • No packing, no permits and no early flights. You sleep in the same bed for four of the five nights

Six days, four hills, one suitcase that stays packed

Everything within an hour of Kathmandu, walked from a hotel you do not have to leave until the last night.

  • Day 1
    Route
    Arrive Kathmandu
    Walking
    -
    Altitude
    1,400 m (4,590 ft)
  • Day 2
    Route
    Budhanilkantha to Shivapuri and back
    Walking
    6 to 7, 16 km
    Altitude
    2,732 m (8,960 ft)
  • Day 3
    Route
    Godavari to Phulchowki and back
    Walking
    6 to 7, 18 km
    Altitude
    2,762 m (9,060 ft)
  • Day 4
    Route
    Pharping to Champadevi to Kirtipur
    Walking
    5 to 6, 14 km
    Altitude
    2,285 m (7,500 ft)
  • Day 5
    Route
    Dhulikhel to Namobuddha
    Walking
    4, 10 km
    Altitude
    1,750 m (5,740 ft)
  • Day 6
    Route
    Namobuddha to Panauti, and out
    Walking
    2 to 3, 8 km
    Altitude
    1,400 m (4,590 ft)

How the trip climbs

The blue line is where you sleep. The gold pins are the high point each day actually reached, which on the acclimatisation days is a long way above the bed you come back down to.

2,000 m3,000 m4,000 m5,000 m
  1. D2
  2. D3
  3. D4
  4. D5
  5. D6
Nagi Gompa on the wayHighest point on the rimDown into KirtipurFrom Dhulikhel
Where you sleepHighest point of the dayAcclimatisation day

Itinerary

Day by day, with where you sleep and how far you walk.

  1. We meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel. The afternoon is yours. In the evening we go through the four hills, look at the weather for the week, and decide which day goes where, because the clearest morning should be spent on the highest hill rather than wasted.

    Altitude
    1,400 m (4,590 ft)
    On foot
    —
    Night in
    Hotel, Kathmandu
    Meals
    Dinner

  2. Half an hour north to the Shivapuri Nagarjun park gate at Budhanilkantha, and then a steady climb through oak and rhododendron. Nagi Gompa, a Tibetan nunnery on a shoulder at 2,300 m, is an hour and a half up and a good place to stop. The summit at 2,732 m is two hours beyond it, with the Ganesh Himal and Langtang laid out to the north. Down the same way, and back at the hotel for tea.

    Altitude
    2,732 m (8,960 ft)+1,332 m
    On foot
    6 to 7 hours, 16 km
    Night in
    Hotel, Kathmandu
    Meals
    Breakfast, packed lunch

  3. Forty minutes south east to Godavari and the botanical garden, then four hours up through the best forest within reach of the city: subtropical at the bottom, oak and laurel in the middle, and moss and rhododendron near the top. Phulchowki at 2,762 m has a shrine, an army post and, on a clear day, Everest to the east. A gentler afternoon on the way down.

    Altitude
    2,762 m (9,060 ft)+30 m
    On foot
    6 to 7 hours, 18 km
    Night in
    Hotel, Kathmandu
    Meals
    Breakfast, packed lunch

  4. South to Pharping, where the Asura cave and the Tibetan monasteries above it are worth an hour before you start walking. Then up the pine ridge to Champadevi at 2,285 m, which has a stupa, prayer flags and the whole valley below it. The descent runs north along the ridge and down into Kirtipur, a Newar hill town that most visitors never reach and that is better for it.

    Altitude
    2,285 m (7,500 ft)−477 m
    On foot
    5 to 6 hours, 14 km
    Night in
    Hotel, Kathmandu
    Meals
    Breakfast, packed lunch

  5. An hour east to Dhulikhel, an old trading town on the road to Tibet with a Himalayan view from its ridge. The walk to Namobuddha is four hours through terraced farmland and Tamang villages, and it ends at the stupa where, the story says, a prince gave his body to a starving tigress. We sleep at the monastery guesthouse, which is simple, and go to the evening prayers.

    Altitude
    1,750 m (5,740 ft)−535 m
    On foot
    4 hours, 10 km
    Night in
    Monastery guesthouse, Namobuddha
    Meals
    Breakfast, lunch, dinner

  6. Morning prayers at six if you want them, then two hours down through the fields to Panauti, a Newar town at the meeting of two rivers with a thirteenth century temple and almost no visitors. The vehicle takes you from there to the airport or back to your hotel, an hour away.

    Altitude
    1,400 m (4,590 ft)−350 m
    On foot
    2 to 3 hours, 8 km
    Night in
    —
    Meals
    Breakfast

What's included

Included in the price

  • Airport transfers, and a private vehicle with a driver to and from every trailhead
  • Five nights: four in the same Kathmandu hotel, one at the Namobuddha monastery guesthouse
  • A licensed hiking guide on all five walking days
  • Breakfast every morning, a packed lunch on each day hike, and full board at Namobuddha
  • Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park entry, and the Phulchowki and Namobuddha fees
  • A valley hiking map, and the flexibility to swap a hill for the weather

Not included

  • International flights and the Nepal visa
  • Dinner in Kathmandu, which is cheap and better chosen yourself
  • Drinks, tips and anything personal
  • Travel insurance
  • Optional extras: the Everest scenic flight, a valley heritage day, Nagarkot at the end

What to bring

One bag stays in the room

The whole point of this trip is that you unpack once. Bring a daypack for the hills and a small overnight bag for the single night at Namobuddha, and everything else stays in the Kathmandu hotel room, which we hold for you across the two nights you are away from it.

On your head

  • A sun hat with a brim, for the open ridge on Champadevi
  • A warm hat for the summits between November and February
  • Sunglasses

On your body

  • Layers rather than one warm coat. You start in a valley at 1,400 m and finish at 2,700 m
  • A light waterproof, in any month
  • A warm layer for the summits and for the monastery in the evening, which has no heating
  • Clothes that cover shoulders and knees for the monasteries at Pharping and Namobuddha

On your hands and feet

  • Boots with ankle support and a real grip. Forest tracks with roots and loose stone
  • Three pairs of walking socks
  • Trekking poles, which we lend if you would rather not fly with them. Both descents are long
  • Something comfortable for the evening in Kathmandu

Health

  • Sun cream, factor 30 or above. The valley is at altitude and the sun is stronger than the temperature suggests
  • Blister kit, used before the blister rather than after
  • A dust mask or buff for the Kathmandu traffic on the drive out
  • Insect repellent, which matters on the forest hills in warmer months
  • Your own prescriptions in their original boxes

Bags

  • A 20 to 25 litre daypack with a rain cover, which is all you carry
  • A small overnight bag for the one night at Namobuddha
  • Two litres of water capacity, because there is nowhere to buy any on the hills
  • Binoculars, which turn Phulchowki into a different day

Papers

  • Passport with six months left on it, and two passport photographs for the visa
  • Dollars in clean notes for the visa counter
  • Travel insurance details, on paper as well as on your phone

Getting there and back

The flights and the long drives this itinerary is built around, and what happens when one of them does not go.

Getting to Kathmandu

Tribhuvan International, via Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or Singapore. There is no direct flight from Europe or North America. Day 1 asks nothing of you, so a late arrival is fine.

The visa on arrival

Fill the form at the kiosk, pay $30 cash for 15 days at the bank counter, then join immigration. Clean dollar notes. Indian nationals need none.

No domestic flights at all

Which is the quiet advantage of this trip. Nothing on it can be cancelled by weather at Lukla or wind at Jomsom, nothing has to be rebooked, and there is no day held back to absorb a delay. Everything is within an hour's drive of your hotel.

Leaving

Day 6 finishes at Panauti in the late morning and the vehicle takes you to the airport, an hour away, or back to the hotel. If your flight is in the evening we will hold a day room for you.

The same bed, four nights running

A Kathmandu hotel for four nights and a monastery guesthouse for one, which is the whole logistical argument for this trip.

5 nights, and what each one is

  • Kathmandu
    Nights
    4
    Type
    Three star hotel, in or near Thamel
    Room
    Twin or double, the same room throughout
    Bathroom
    Private, hot water
  • Namobuddha
    Nights
    1
    Type
    Monastery guesthouse
    Room
    Twin, plain and quiet
    Bathroom
    Private, hot water, and no heating

Heat, hot water, power and signal

Hot shower
Every night, in your own bathroom, which after four hill days is most of the argument for this trip.
Wifi
At the hotel and, surprisingly well, at the monastery. Nothing on the hills, and mobile signal is patchy above 2,400 m.
Charging
Mains power at both, on round pin sockets. Bring an adaptor.
Heating
None at the monastery, and Namobuddha at 1,750 m in January is cold indoors. The blankets are thick.
Drinking water
Filtered at the hotel, boiled at the monastery. The guide carries a filter for the hills and you should carry two litres.
Food on the hill
None on Shivapuri or Phulchowki above the gate. A packed lunch goes with you every day and there are teahouses at Pharping and on the Namobuddha walk.
Laundry
Same day at the hotel, by the kilo and cheap, which after four days of walking is worth knowing.
Luggage
It stays in the hotel room. You carry a daypack, and only for the Namobuddha night do you pack an overnight bag.

What you eat

  • Breakfast
    Time
    6:30–7:30
    Usually
    At the hotel, earlier than most guests, so that you are at the trailhead before the day warms up
  • Packed lunch
    Time
    12:00–13:30
    Usually
    Made by the hotel: sandwiches, boiled eggs, fruit, a bar and juice. Eaten at the top, usually on a rock
  • Dinner
    Time
    19:00
    Usually
    Yours to choose in Kathmandu, and it would be a waste to eat in the hotel. Included and vegetarian at Namobuddha
  • Tea
    Time
    16:00
    Usually
    At a teahouse near the trailhead on the way back, which the driver will already have found

If you eat differently

  • Vegetarian
    On this route
    Easy, and Namobuddha is entirely vegetarian anyway. The hotel packs a vegetarian lunch without being asked twice.
  • Vegan
    On this route
    Straightforward in Kathmandu. Tell us at booking so the packed lunches are built for it rather than assembled around it.
  • Gluten free
    On this route
    Manageable. The packed lunch becomes rice, eggs and fruit rather than sandwiches, which needs a day's notice.
  • Nut allergy
    On this route
    Tell us at booking. The hotel kitchen will keep nuts out of the packed lunches and the guide will say it at the monastery.
  • Halal
    On this route
    Available in Kathmandu. The monastery meals are vegetarian, which solves it for the one night away.

What a day is like

Out at seven, up a hill, a packed lunch at the top, down by four, and dinner wherever you feel like in Kathmandu.

A day on the trail

  1. 6:30Breakfast, before the rest of the hotel is up
  2. 7:15In the vehicle, which beats the Kathmandu traffic by about an hour
  3. 8:00At the gate, permit paid, and walking
  4. 12:30The top, and the packed lunch, usually sitting on a rock in the sun
  5. 13:30Down, which on these hills takes about two thirds of the time it took to go up
  6. 16:00Tea at a teahouse near the trailhead, and then the drive back
  7. 17:00At the hotel, with a shower and an evening that is entirely yours

How hard it is, and getting ready

Two genuine hill days, one moderate one and two easy ones. Shivapuri and Phulchowki each climb about 1,300 m and take six or seven hours out and back, which is a real day's walking. Everything else is gentler, and any day can be swapped or skipped without upsetting the rest.

2 of 5
  • Two climbs of about 1,300 m, each taken in one push and reversed on the way down
  • Forest tracks with roots, loose stone and, after rain, mud
  • A high point of 2,762 m, which is low enough that altitude never arises
  • You carry a daypack and nothing else, on every day
  • A vehicle at the trailhead at the end of every walk, so a day can be shortened at any point

Twelve weeks, and what to do in each of them

Written for somebody who walks a bit and does not train. If you already run or cycle regularly, start at the eight-week block. Nothing here needs a gym.

  1. 1

    Two months before

    Get to six hours

    Two of these days climb 1,200 m or more and take six or seven hours. If your regular walk is two hours on the flat, build up. One long hilly walk a week for eight weeks is enough.

  2. 2

    One month before

    Descend

    Shivapuri and Phulchowki are out and back, so you come down everything you went up. That is what finds knees. Walk downhill deliberately, and bring poles, which we will lend you if you would rather not fly with them.

  3. 3

    A week before

    Boots and socks

    These are forest tracks with roots, loose stone and, after rain, mud. Trainers will do on the Namobuddha walk and not on the other three. Bring boots you have already worn a lot.

Month by month

The figures are for the valley floor. Take eight degrees off for a Phulchowki or Shivapuri summit and add a wind.

  • January
    Day in the valley
    +18°C
    Night in the valley
    +2°C
    Day at the summits
    +8°C
    What it is like
    Cold bright mornings, the clearest views of the year, and Everest visible from Phulchowki on the sharpest days. Frost at the summits.
    Best
  • February
    Day in the valley
    +20°C
    Night in the valley
    +4°C
    Day at the summits
    +10°C
    What it is like
    The same clarity with easier mornings. Quiet on the hills and the forest is beginning to wake up.
    Best
  • March
    Day in the valley
    +25°C
    Night in the valley
    +8°C
    Day at the summits
    +15°C
    What it is like
    Rhododendron on Phulchowki and Shivapuri, the best birding of the year, and warm walking. Our favourite month for this trip.
    Best
  • April
    Day in the valley
    +28°C
    Night in the valley
    +12°C
    Day at the summits
    +18°C
    What it is like
    Warm, sometimes too warm on the climbs, and hazy, so the Himalayan view becomes a lottery. The forest is still excellent.
    Good
  • May
    Day in the valley
    +30°C
    Night in the valley
    +16°C
    Day at the summits
    +20°C
    What it is like
    Hot on the lower slopes with pre monsoon storms in the afternoon. Start very early or choose a different month.
    Hard
  • June
    Day in the valley
    +30°C
    Night in the valley
    +19°C
    Day at the summits
    +21°C
    What it is like
    The monsoon arrives. The forest hills grow leeches and the view goes. We would rather you came in October.
    Hard
  • July
    Day in the valley
    +29°C
    Night in the valley
    +20°C
    Day at the summits
    +21°C
    What it is like
    The wettest month, and the forest trails become genuinely unpleasant. We do not run it.
    We do not run it
  • August
    Day in the valley
    +29°C
    Night in the valley
    +20°C
    Day at the summits
    +21°C
    What it is like
    The same. Green, cheap and not worth it for a walking trip.
    We do not run it
  • September
    Day in the valley
    +28°C
    Night in the valley
    +18°C
    Day at the summits
    +20°C
    What it is like
    The monsoon clears through the month and the last ten days are often the cleanest air of the year.
    Good
  • October
    Day in the valley
    +26°C
    Night in the valley
    +13°C
    Day at the summits
    +17°C
    What it is like
    The best month overall. Washed air, warm days, dry trails and the range out from both northern hills.
    Best
  • November
    Day in the valley
    +23°C
    Night in the valley
    +7°C
    Day at the summits
    +13°C
    What it is like
    Clear, cool and still, with short days and empty trails. Excellent walking.
    Best
  • December
    Day in the valley
    +19°C
    Night in the valley
    +3°C
    Day at the summits
    +9°C
    What it is like
    Cold and very clear, with valley fog until about ten that you climb straight out of, which is a remarkable thing to do before breakfast.
    Best

Averages for the valley floor at 1,400 m, with the summit figure alongside. Phulchowki and Shivapuri run about eight degrees colder than Kathmandu, and windier.

Who walks with you

Who walks with you

One licensed hiking guide on all five days, who knows which of the many forks on Shivapuri leads where, and one driver who meets you at the end of the walk rather than the beginning of it when the route goes over the hill.

Why a guide on hills this close to a city

Two reasons and both are practical. The forest tracks on Shivapuri and Phulchowki branch constantly and are poorly signed, and the quieter trails on the rim have had occasional robberies over the years. A local guide answers both, and knows where the good tea is.

A bird guide, if you would rather

Phulchowki and Shivapuri are two of the best birding forests in central Nepal. We can put a specialist with you instead for $25 a day, and the walking becomes slower, quieter and a completely different trip.

Walking it responsibly

The park fee is worth paying

Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park protects the catchment that supplies a good deal of Kathmandu's water as well as the forest you walk through. The NPR 1,000 gate fee is one of the more directly useful things a visitor pays for in this country.

Carry it out

Your packed lunch leaves the hotel in a box and comes back in the same box. There are no bins on these hills and what gets left on Shivapuri stays on Shivapuri, which anybody who has walked the lower track on a Saturday has already noticed.

The monastery is not a hotel

Namobuddha's guesthouse exists to support the monastery and the money stays there. Meals come at the monks' times, prayers are not a performance and photography inside the shrine is asked about rather than assumed. Visitors who sit quietly at the back of evening prayers are entirely welcome.

Water, and the plastic problem

The hotel has filtered water you refill from and the guide carries a filter for the hills. Across six days that is fifteen fewer bottles in a valley with no real way of dealing with them.

Booking and paying

How to start

Write to us or send a message on WhatsApp with your arrival date and how many of you there are. A week of notice is plenty. We confirm within a day.

The deposit

Twenty per cent to hold the hotel and the monastery guesthouse, the balance on arrival in Kathmandu. There is very little committed in advance on a trip like this, which keeps it flexible.

If you cancel

More than fourteen days out, the deposit transfers to another date within a year. Inside fourteen days the rooms are paid and we retain the deposit. It is a short trip and there is not much to lose.

Changing it while you are here

Freely. Swap a hill, skip a day, add the heritage day, go to Nagarkot instead of Namobuddha. We pick the order on the evening of day 1 based on the weather, and we will happily pick it again on day 3.

If it is training for something bigger

Tell us, and the week changes shape. We will put the two hardest hills back to back rather than spacing them, which is exactly what you want before Everest Base Camp and exactly what you do not want on a holiday.

Things you can add

Priced per person, arranged before you travel, and none of them included in the price above.

  • A valley heritage day

    $95
    1 extra day

    Patan, Bhaktapur and Swayambhunath with a cultural guide rather than a hiking one, slotted in as a rest day between the two big hills. The addition most people make.

  • Everest scenic flight

    $220
    1 morning

    An hour along the range with a guaranteed window seat, back before eight, so it fits before any of the hill days. Weather dependent and refunded in full if it does not go.

  • Two nights at Nagarkot on the end

    $210
    2 extra days

    A ridge hotel at 2,175 m with a north facing room, two sunrises, and the walk down to Changu Narayan on the last morning. It is the gentlest possible finish.

  • Chandragiri, up on foot and down by cable car

    $65
    swaps a day

    A 900 m climb from Thankot to the ridge at 2,550 m, with a temple and a very good view at the top, and a cable car for the descent. Half the effort of Shivapuri and most of the reward.

  • A bird guide instead of a hiking guide

    $25 a day
    same length

    Phulchowki and Shivapuri are two of the best birding forests in central Nepal. If that is why you are coming, we put a specialist with you and the walking gets slower and much more interesting.

  • Upgrade to a garden hotel in Patan

    $180
    same length

    A quieter base than Thamel, in a Newari courtyard house, and ten minutes closer to the two southern hills. Worth it if the noise of central Kathmandu is not what you came for.

Other ways to walk near Kathmandu

4 versions of this journey. They use the same guides and the same lodges; what changes is the length, the comfort and how much of it you walk.

Photos

A look at the trail, the villages and the mountains.

Reviews

4.8 14 reviews
The trip of a lifetime

Everything was handled for us from the moment we landed. Our guide read the group perfectly, slowed the pace when we needed it, and knew every village along the way. I never once worried about logistics.

Sarah M. AustraliaOctober 2025
Felt looked after the whole way

We travelled as a couple and the small group made all the difference. Comfortable lodges, honest advice about the altitude, and a team who clearly loved the mountains. Booking on our own dates was easy.

James & Kate United KingdomMay 2025
Well organised and genuinely local

You can tell this is run by people from here, not a call centre abroad. The itinerary had proper rest days built in, the food was better than I expected, and the whole thing ran to time.

Daniel R. CanadaMarch 2025

Common questions

12 of them, and they are the ones people actually send us. If yours is not here, ask and we will answer it and add it.

Two of them are proper hill days. Shivapuri climbs 1,300 m and Phulchowki 1,200 m, both in one push, and both take six or seven hours. Champadevi is shorter and Namobuddha is a gentle farm walk. If you walk hills at home for five or six hours you will enjoy all four.

Of course. Some people do three hills and spend the fourth day in Patan, and we build that in at booking or on the morning. The hotel is paid for either way and the guide will happily take you round a city instead of up a hill.

Because a trek means a domestic flight, permits, a porter, a week of packing and unpacking, and a fixed route. This gives you five days of real walking with a hot shower and your own bed at the end of four of them, ten minutes from a very good dinner. It suits people with a week, and people who want to walk without committing to a trail.

From Shivapuri and Phulchowki, on a clear morning, yes: Ganesh Himal, Langtang and Dorje Lakpa from the north rim, and on the sharpest winter days Everest from Phulchowki. From October to February this is usual. In the monsoon you will see cloud and an extremely good forest.

Some of them, badly. Shivapuri and Phulchowki have forest tracks that branch a great deal and Champadevi has several ways up. This is the main argument for the guide, along with the fact that the valley rim has had occasional robberies on quiet trails over the years and a local guide is the simplest answer to that.

Only the Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park entry at NPR 1,000, the Phulchowki forest fee and the small Namobuddha donation, all of which are inside your price. There is no TIMS card and no trekking permit, because none of this counts as trekking.

Simple, clean and quiet. A twin room with a bathroom, blankets, no heating and no bar. Meals are vegetarian and taken with the monks' timetable rather than yours. Prayers are at six in the morning and visitors are welcome to sit at the back. Most people find it the best night of the trip.

Yes. Nagarjun and Jamacho are a shorter half day above the ring road, Chandragiri can be walked up and ridden down on the cable car, and Nagarkot to Changu Narayan is a very pleasant ridge descent. Tell the guide the night before and it is arranged.

Phulchowki is one of the best birding hills in Nepal, with something like three hundred species recorded on it, and the Godavari end of the forest in March and April is remarkable. Bring binoculars. We can put a bird guide with you instead of the hiking guide if that is the point of the trip for you.

October and November for clear air, December and January for the sharpest mountain views and cold bright mornings, March for rhododendron on Phulchowki and Shivapuri. April is hazy. The monsoon is green, leech ridden on the forest hills and honestly not the time for this trip.

Both, with the right selection. We would swap Shivapuri and Phulchowki for Nagarjun, Chandragiri and the Nagarkot ridge, which are half the climb and most of the view. Tell us who is coming and we will build the week rather than sell you this one.

It works very well at the start of a longer trip, because four hill days at 2,700 m are genuinely useful training before a Himalayan trek. Several people use it as the week before Everest Base Camp. Tell us at booking and we will make it one itinerary.

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