Hiking trip to Namobuddha and Panauti

Duration 1 days

Max-Altitude 1800 m

Transportation Private Transport

Grade Easy

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Best Season Round the Year

Group Size 2-10

Hiking trip to Namobuddha and Panauti offers beautiful mountain views, different holy sites, amazing people, and landscapes. Namobuddha is a holy site for the Buddhists. It lies in the Kavre district at an elevation of 1800m, around 38 km east of Kathmandu. The stupa and shrines develop in this lovely little hill significantly enough to mark a very ancient holy site where a legendary prince named Mahasattva offered him to a starving Tigress with its several underfed cubs. This amazing episode is depicted in a very nice stone slab and placed alongside a holy stupa.

Namobuddha hiking through enchanting villages affords some excellent mountain views and is a additionally superb way to see the picturesque countryside. A scenic countryside along Nepal/Tibet highway takes you to Dhulikhel Bazaar (30kms/1hr drive from Kathmandu). From here you will also walk around forty-five minutes up to Devistan, a little temple, an amazing spot to see the Himalaya. After a short descent, a continuous climb of about ninety minutes brings you to Phulbari; where panoramic mountain views are amazing. Then it is a ten-minute walk to the legendary Namobuddha Stupa.

A well-known legend relates that the Lord Buddha in his past incarnation had offered his own flesh to save a starving tigress and her whelps from the up and coming demise. After exploring the area a walk of about 2 1/2 hours brings you down to the charming medieval Newari village of Panauti, a fortune house of ancient Newari architecture. From Panauti your vehicle takes you back to Kathmandu (1hr drive). (total walking hour approx. 5-6 hrs.

On this day hike, we get to observe the traditional lifestyle of the Newar communities, who mostly occupy the area. Apart from the Newars, other communities of Tamang, Magar, and a few aryan communities have also made a home in the area as well. After exploring the area, a walk of about 2 1/2 hours brings you down to the charming medieval Newari village of Panauti, a fortune house of ancient Newari architecture. From Panauti, your vehicle takes you back to Kathmandu (1hr drive). (total walking hour approx. 5-6 hrs, tour duration approx. 6-7 hrs). The fundamental attractions of this hike are the panoramic mountain views and many Buddhist stupas on the hilltop. Namobuddha is also famous for rice, mustard, and millet, so you can also encounter beautiful hillside terraced farms throughout the walk. One can see the number of temples, variations in landscapes, and a decent variety of people living in harmony.

Your Guide will pick you up from your hotel to start your trip for a day hike from Panauti to Namobuddha. Drive to Panauti from Kathmandu along the Araniko Highway, which offers you a wonderful window view of the city and Bhaktapur and their landscapes along the road.

After approximately one hour of driving, you will reach the town Panauti, where you will explore some of its important and ancient landmarks, such as Indreshwar Temple (the tallest pagoda-style temple in Nepal), several other temples, and the Panauti museum. You will also observe the Newari city and their lifestyle. Finally, your hiking starts soon after exploring the ancient city of Panauti.

You will follow paved roads for the first 2.6 kilometers. You will be passing through small, picturesque towns and admiring the beautiful vistas of the valley before you. The first glimpse of the Namobuddha Monastery with hundreds of thousands of prayer flags fluttering above the monastery’s bright golden domes can be seen from the halfway point. You will arrive at Namobuddha after an almost 4-5 hour walk.

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