Duration
1 days
Max. Elevation
m
Group size
2+
"Budhanilkantha Nangi Gompa Shivapuri Day Hiking is a popular hiking route that falls in short day hiking adventure category of Nepal"
Shivapuri hike is a comfortable hiking course that is arranged at a height of 2563m in the north of Kathmandu city and is the most cherished mountain encompassing Kathmandu valley. Budhanilkantha Nangi Gompa Shivapuri day hiking starts from the entrance of the Shivapuri National Park which becomes the tough yet comfortable through enchanting, naturally green and diverse floral forest up to Nangi Gompa in one and half hours where a religious monastery is found. Passing through the monastery, the trail goes steeply tough through the oak, rhododendron and bamboo backwoods for an additional three hours and from here you can witness the excellence of cold Himalayas, for example, Ganesh Himal, Langtang-Lirung, Dorji Lhakpa. This is the easier hiking adventure which is suitable for novice travelers and trekkers.
Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park (159 sq km) is arranged on the northern edge of Kathmandu valley and lies around 12 km far from the central point of the capital city. The region is celebrated as the nation’s ninth popular national park in the year 2002. In the earlier days before it was claimed as a national park this region was under the management of Shivapuri Watershed Development Board and was later declared as Shivapuri Watershed and Wildlife Reserve. Shivapuri is one of the main sources of drinking water for Kathmandu Valley. Around 30 million liters of water is tapped from waterways of Shivapuri regularly known to people as the Bagmati and the Bishnumati along with few other little streams. Budhanilkantha Nangi Gompa Shivapuri Day Hiking Adventure takes pride in taking travelers in one of the holiest places of Nepal.
Shivapuri lies in a peaceful region in the middle of subtropical and mild atmospheres. The vegetation of Shivpuri region is incorporated of normal timberland mixture of pine woodlands, oak woodlands, rhododendron woodlands and so on depending upon elevation and environment. Recorded as untamed wildlife reserve this region incorporates animal species like Himalayan Black bear, leopard, wild cats, and rhesus monkey. The national park is additionally home to 177 types of birds including 9 endangered species, 102 types of butterflies with various rare and endangered species and 129 types of mushroom. Budhanilkantha Nangi Gompa Shivapuri Day Hiking Adventure takes pride in this biological tour that gives the travelers a look of untamed nature.
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