Chisapani Nagarkot Trek
Chisapani – Nagarkot trek is one of the best and renowned short trekking destinations from the Kathmandu valley. The trekking trail passes through Sundarijal, located inside the Shivapuri National Park ; 15km far away from Kathmandu and famous for its water resources. This short trekking is best to explore the alluring Himalayan peaks, stunning sunset, greenery and typical local life. At Nagarkot, you can have a panaromic views of various Himalayan peaks including Annapurna, Manaslu, Ganesh, Langtang, Gaurishankhar, Dorje Lakpa, Jugal, Rolwaling, Everest and Numbur.
While returning from the trek, you can explore Bhaktapur Durbar Square; a medieval kingdom popular for Newar culture, cuisine, arts and architecture.
We will pick you up at 8am from Thamel. It is recommended you have your breakfast before 8am. We will drive to Sundarijal, which is 17km northeast of Kathmandu and takes about 45 minutes. Sundarijal is the gateway of Shivapuri National Park and starting point of our trek. Sundarijal is a famous picnic spot for Kathmandu residents.
We start our uphillSundarijalChisapaninagarkot trek from Sundarijal towards Chisapani. Around 5 hrs of trekking is required to reach Chisapani. Sundarijal to Chisapani trekking route falls within Shivapuri National Park so this is a good opportunity to see wild animals such as wild boars, barking deer and leopard along with hundreds of colorful birds. The trail is very quiet with no proper place for lunch until Chisapani.
Chisapani offers good mountain views and traditional village lifestyle. Lunch and dinner will be served in hotel.
After sunrise views and breakfast, we start our trek to Nagarkot. This (ChisapaniNagarkot Trekking) is quite a long day passing through Jarsipauwa. This route is also quite and scenic with constant view of Himalayan peaks. We will reach Nagarkot after almost 7 hrs of walking. Lunch will be taken en route.
Once in Nagarkot, if you still have energy, you can continue your walk to Nagarkot view tower to watch sunset view. Dinner will be in the hotel.
Observe early morning sunrise view over breakfast. At around 9am, we drive or trek to Bhaktapur. We will have plenty of time to take a tour of the medieval city of Bhaktapur A world heritage site, Bhaktapur hosts some of the finest specimens of Newar art and architecture such as 55 windows palace, Datatraya Square, Nyatapole Temple and Pottery Square.
From Bhaktapur we will continue our drive back to Kathmandu.