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Overview
Dhulikhel Namobhuddha Hiking
This is the most popular hiking trail around Kathmandu. Plan Holidays arrange this Dhulikhel Namobhuddha Hiking package for those who are interested to feel the real footwalk in the hilly region and experience the natural beauty as well as cultural and historical places.
Your hike starts Dhulikhel from where you will pass all the way through beautiful scenery of emerald hills, pine forest, and rural villages and of course the superb Mountain Dhulikhel is the old Newar community where the community is has got bare-brick houses, carved wooden windows, sloping tile roofs, pagoda temples and sacred statues in the community. The most important sites to visit Dhulikhel are Narayan and Harisiddhi temples which are made by the plentiful wood carvings as well other attraction of the place is Gokhureswar Mahadev temple. It is the main highway to the Tibet via Tatopani boarder.
The trail climbs for about 120 m to the ridge with a village temple of the goddess and then gradually passes through the village for about 1 and half hours where you will finally meet the dirt road with occasional motorbikes and cars plying on. It will take about 1 more hrs to get to Namo Buddha. This is the best hiking that takes you to the very beautiful Buddhist stupa of Namobuddha(1982m.) situated on a hillock above Panauti, located in Kavre District about 38 km east of Kathmandu.
Namobuddha is a legendary place that is related to the re-incarnation of Lord Buddha. The place has its own story and history. It is believed that a kind-hearted prince at that place offered his body to a hungry tigress and her five cubs up to the last breathe and took re-birth as Lord Buddha. You can visit a sacred Buddhist stupa rich in thanka art and sculptures. It is a spiritually filled center for Buddhists where you can rest your soul for sometimes away from the noisy crowd to seek a minute silence. This can make your body & mind feel like contended. It is the historic town with old houses and temples.
Itinerary
Dhulikhel Namobhuddha Hiking
In this Hiking package, we cover Dhulikhel to Namobhudha. You will be picked up at your hotel at 8.00am. Then you will be taken to Dhulikhel first. Your guide will brief about the Hiking highlights of the today program. You will drive for about 42 km / hrs to Kavre Bhangyang past Dhulikhel and then start walking through pine forest. The trail climbs for about 120 m to the ridge with a village temple of goddess and then gradually passes through village for about 1 and half hours. We will finally meet the dirt road with occasional motorbikes and cars plying on. It will take about 1 more hrs to get to Namo Buddha. Namobuddha is one of the important Buddhist pilgrimage sites. This is where one of the Bodhisattva (Buddha to be) sacrificed himself to feed nourishing tigress. A stupa has been built with his relic. Namobuddha is a spiritually filled center for Buddhists where you can rest your soul for sometimes away from noisy crowd to seek for a minute silence. This can make your body & mind feel like contended. There are monasteries & Hotels for monks & nuns. If you like to spend more days you are welcome to do so. NamoBuddha offers breathtaking views of the Himalayas, valleys & terraced fields. From the 1,750 m hill top; one can see long stretch of the central Himalayas. It is the place where Supreme Being, Buddha meditated. It is said that Buddha offered his blood without a second hesitation to a starving tigress when he found that tigress was almost dying. At the end of the day, drive back to Kathmandu.
Cost
- Meet & assist on arrival and departure
- Accommodation and breakfast daily
- Entrance fees at all sites
- Sightseeing tours per itinerary
- English speaking guides during sightseeing tours
- All transfers/tours in private air-conditioned vehicles
- International and domestic flights & airport taxes
- Visa or visa handling charges
- Drinks or any extras at hotels or during tours
- Tips
- Travel insurance
Reviews
Simply put “WOW”.
Simply put “WOW”. I have never met more responsible people in my life. They made sure every step of the way was taken care of from the drivers, tour guides, trek guides, porters and hotel accommodations. I highly recommend this company for its hard working, responsible and friendly people. The people make a company. Special thanks to: Anuja “the planner”, Chitiz & Ashmir “the ultimate trekking guides” and finally Robin “the enthusiastic jungle bird watcher”.
Nick Devincenzo
San Diego, CaliforniaPlan Holidays did a fantastic job on our whole trip!
Plan Holidays did a fantastic job on our whole trip! We did the trip that included time in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan National Park and a 5-day trek around Annapurna. From the moment we stepped off the plane, we had guides showing us around and everything was perfectly planned for us. Maila, our trekking guide was amazing and had so much knowledge! It was a great trip!
Autumn Wonderlich
Boston, MassachusettsIncredibly well organized
This company was amazing. Incredibly well organized. I felt safe and spoiled. Our airport transports were always early and waiting for us. All of our reservations for our accommodations and busses were perfect. The temple tour we took was super fun and educational. Some of our luggage got stuck in our layover country and between this travel agency and our hotel they were able to get it for us and deliver it the next day. We also had a 10month old traveling with us and they made sure that our accommodation and travel plans were safe for him. During our 5 days of trekking, we had THE BEST guide/sherpa. I would positively let them plan another trip for us. Thank you!!!!
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Karen Graves
CaliforniaA wonderful trip
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We had a wonderful trip!!! And you were always there to help or guide us as needed! I hope we can have fun together again!!!!!
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West Jordan, UtahNice trip to Nepal
Nice trip in Nepal organized by Plan Holidays Travel! Guide and Porter were great.
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Plan Holidays is the best company with wonderful staff members and Guide was incredible an genuinely cared for our welfare. It was such a pleasure to meet all the friendly and humorous people of Nepal. All of my thanks to Managing Director Mr. Kala Dhar Baral and the professional team members of Plan Holidays.
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Great Job
Plan Holidays did a great job on the organization of this wonderful journey! We all had a great time, it was such a pleasure to meet all the friendly and humorous people of Nepal.
Aleksandra Perr/Peter Babivskiy
I had a wonderful experience
I recently booked a tour with Plan Holidays, and I had a wonderful experience. Anuja scheduled the tour, and it was comforting to have our trip covered without any concerns. Our guide Shiva took us through Kathmandu, and showed all us the highlights of the city and provided us with the cultural and historical background. We also did the Poon Hill Trek with guides Chitiz and Ashmir, who provided a peaceful hike through the Himalayas. On our last two days, we spent time in Chitwan National Park, where our guide, Robin, took us on adventures where we saw crocodiles and rhinos.
The entire package was affordable, and our guides met our every need; they went out of their way for us on many occasions. It was comforting to get off the bus and see our guides waiting for us with our name tags. I would highly encourage anyone to book a trip through this company. I promise that you will have an amazing experience–five stars!
