Chitlang Hiking route
Thankot-Chandragiri-Chitlang
Time allocation:
approx. 3.5 hours from Thankot
Must have: Flexible
pants/trousers, trekking/sports shoes,water bottle, instant energy giving food like chocolates, glucose, sunscreen,mask,umbrella and raincoat in rainy
season, jacket in winter ,trekking stick
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| Hiking to Chitlang |
The starting point for the trekking starts at Thankot or
Godam, which is easily accessible from Old buspark and Kalanki.Once you get off
at Thankot, head to Godam which is about 15 minutes from Thankot buspark.If you
get off at Godam, head to Panighat. Keep following blacktopped road till you
reach army barrack,and from there catch the gravelled road that is on your left.Hike straight through the village
till you reach the stream for about 15 minutes from where the village ends and
the jungle starts. Little through the jungle ,you will reach the tea
stops.There are two routes from here.If you are interested to walk through the
jungle and take the adventure of wild flora and fauna,take the shortcut way
through the forest that reaches to Chandragiri.For this ask the shopkeeper or
look for walking trail.If you want to take the easier way,hike through motorway,
which will take around half hour more than shortcut to reach at top. The way
through the motorway is easy and you will not be confused anywhere, but through
the jungle ,you might get confused.Don't worry, if you have little knowledge of
direction ,then its quite easy. Just keep moving up,no straight ways till you
reach the top.
Now
once you are in top, to your South is Makwanpur ( Chitlang),to your west is
Dhading (Toplang) and to your north is Kathmandu. You can see Chitlang clearly
from the top ,that looks like a green carpet with scattered settlements. Now
there are two routes as well .Here I suggest you to take the shortcut, that is
not trekking through the motor road as
it will take much longer. It wont be difficult for the trekkers because the
trail is fairly wide ,not steep as it is the trail ,through which Ranas and Kings used
to travel on horses. Trek down whole way till you reach village,no confusing way
anywhere in the way.It will take around
hour to reach village. There is no human settlement in the way down till
you reach village, sounds adventurous right?
Once you reach the village , you
will see the rainbow trout fish keeping centre.From there, follow the paved way
through village and reach Pauwa, where there is police station that takes
about 20 minutes. .If you can trek little
further,about 20 minutes, you can reach Narayanhiti ,and from there in around 5
minutes you can reach Swochnada Bhairav temple. At Narayanhiti , jeeps to
Kathmandu are available from here.
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| Narayanhiti,Chitlang |
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