One day Hike to Shivapuri Hill

The Second highest hill near Kathmandu valley and granary of flora and fauna in this region makes a sense to visit to Shivapuri national park.

Hiking to Shivapuri is a short and easy adventure near the capital, Kathmandu. Baghdwar is source of Holy River Bagmati flowing nearby Holy place Pashupatinath, which is suppose to come from mouth of Tiger. We drive for about 20 minutes to Budhanilkantha Temple which is 8 km north of Kathmandu. Shivapuri is a world’s closet National park from the Capital city. The Second highest hill near Kathmandu valley and granary of flora and fauna in this region makes a sense to visit to Shivapuri national park. After watching this temple Budhanilkantha we hike through Shivapuri conservation area exploring over 500 species.

The southern boundary of the area Nepal army check post is located for security of national park. Nagi Gumpa is situated at an altitude of 2330 m north of Kathmandu just above Budhanilkantha Temple. This is only a famous Monastery for those Nuns practice in Buddhism and foreigners visiting for meditation. After lunch and strolling around for capturing the scene of monastery and vegetation around there, we take a short cut down hill trail to Kopan for about two hours and drive back to Kathmandu with joy on our cheerful faces. This route is one of the best route which suggests the trail for cycling and for bird watching and Jungle safari.