Chandragiri Circuit Day Hiking

Genral information About Chandragiri Circuit Day Hiking

Chandragiri Day Hike is equally popular as the hike through amazon in Kathmandu.This Chandragiri Hiking is one of the oldest hiking trail around the Kathmandu Valley. Trekkers and hikers get more to this Chandragiri Hiking because of Cable Car and Luxury Resort on the top, which just started to serve.

The hike is extremely suitable for the real hikers, who love to explore nature in a short duration at budget cost. The trail is isolated and goes through the treeline shadow that you could hardly believe such type of magnificent trail is also around the Kathmandu valley ridge. Nepal Kameleon Holidays in Kathmandu organizes everyday day hike to Chandragiri in affordable price with storytelling guide.

One day Chandragiri Hiking of Trekking Trail Nepal stars from Kirtipur or Macchagaun. While ends in Bauthali ground or Thankot as the base stations of Chandragiri Cable car.

Essential Information

Accommodations

Accommodation policy different according to the package you choose. For instance, if you are traveling to Nepal for tour then your few days in Kathmandu will be in 3-star hotel or guesthouse with breakfast on board. But During tour, you will be accommodated in guest house or teahouse with all meals on board. During the tour, you will be provided with breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

All the accommodations are on a twin-shared basis.  If you want a single supplement, then it will be served too but the charges will be added to the final price.  Single supplement will be only available in Kathmandu and at lower tour region. As soon as you move higher, you will have to share the room due to the low number of teahouses and guesthouses.

But as for the sightseeing tour, accommodation will be in 3-star hotels with breakfast on board. Likewise, it can be on twin shared basis or single supplement. Single rooms are readily available anywhere you prefer to do sightseeing.

Meals

You can have every kind of meals when you are in Kathmandu or any city outside of Kathmandu. The kitchen staff of Nepalese restaurants or hotels is trained to cook both local as well as international dishes. Thus, if you are craving for Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, or any continental dishes you can have it in city areas. But as soon as you start your tour, the variety of food will be very limited. If you are tour in the off the beaten path then you can expect simple Dal Bhat only.

Leaders and Staff arrangement

All the staff of the Nepalgram adventure pvt. Ltd. has an experience of 2 decades in the tourism field. They absolutely love their work and passionate about their job too. Their never-ending energy and the strength is the reason they enjoy their work. The director of the Nepalgram adventure pvt. Ltd. himself has been in this field for more than two decades and ever since the day he started working has loved every moment of it. With all the experience he has gathered throughout this time has led him to be even better at this job.

Nepalgram adventure pvt. Ltd. has a well-experienced guide as well as the porter and the cooking team. The guide and porter team has good knowledge about the job they do which includes knowing the routes, trails, and mountains also on the other factors that may occur during the tour. Other factors include first aid training, climbing guide training, and knowledge about camping. Besides that, they are qualified and government licensed guides who are expert in the culture, historical, architecture, religious aspects and the local lifestyle of the Nepalese community. Moreover, they are very professional in their job. They are very dedicated and only want to offer the best services for the satisfaction of the clients.

The tour leaders/guides are trained for:

• Intensive Wilderness First Aid
• Eco Tour Workshop and Adventure Meet
• Conservation and Biodiversity
• Tour guide training
• Mountain climbing training
• Rock climbing

Our company supports Eco tourism so does our guides. We believe that nature has given everything to us for free and we should not exploit it. We practice recycling and proper disposal of the wastes and garbages.

Guides and Porters

Both the personalities are an important part of the tour. The guide for sightseeing tour is well informed about the historical, cultural, lifestyle and religious aspects of Nepal. Similarly, tour guides are familiar with the trails and the mountains. We try to hire porter from local areas. Our guides and porters are provided with all the necessary equipment and clothing to defend themselves from the callous weather. The guides and porters all are provided with health insurance too.

Acclimatization in Nepal

Altitude sickness is a common thing when you tour at higher altitude. Therefore, acclimatization is an important factor during tour. The altitude sickness mainly occurs once you are at the 1500- 2000m and upward. At the higher altitude, the air pressure gets thinner which mean the amount of oxygen gets low. Not only we need oxygen to breathe but also our body needs it for different purposes. The main we need to acclimatize is to get familiar with the surrounding and the higher altitude. So, when moving forward instantly can be dangerous too. Especially, in the off the beaten track as there is fewer tea houses or residents if one suffer from altitude sickness.

When you move rapidly upward you may suffer from Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) or High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) which is very dangerous and life threatening too.

Travel Insurance

Travel insurance is compulsory for all clients who are thinking of traveling to Nepal. The travel insurance must cover both the medical and emergency evacuation cost. Travel insurance is necessary for the unexpected risks that may occur while traveling. Therefore, travel insurance policy is to cover theft, loss and medical problems. There are several types of policies available where dangerous activities (bungee jumping, tour, riding motorbike and rafting) are excluded. Hence, one has to carefully choose which policy they want.

You can get travel insurance from any companies that offer travel insurance. Just make sure it is covering all the necessary details. It is very important that you select the ones which include helicopter rescue and acute mountain sickness (AMS). Helicopter rescue is the only way of getting out of the mountains. Even though, the possibility of getting injured is very little so, it’s always better to be prepared.

Before organizing a trip with us please make your travel insurance covers the cost of the necessary details mentioned above.

List of Tour Equipment that you need to have

A list of tour equipment you will need while tour in the Himalayas of Nepal. This list may vary according to the time of the year you plan to tour. Therefore, this may be little help to pack for the tour in the rugged trails of Nepal. The weight limit is 33 pound or 15 kg. While tour, you will get a porter to carry your stuff but you will need to carry a daypack to carry your valuable items. We advise you to carry an important stuff only for the tour.

Head

• Bandana or headscarf, also useful for dusty conditions
• A warm hat that covers your ears (wool or synthetic)
• Headlamp with extra batteries and bulbs
• Sunglasses with UV protection
• Prescription sunglasses (if required)

Upper Body

• Polypropylene shirts (1 half sleeve and 2 long sleeves)
• Light and expedition weight thermal tops
• Fleece wind-stopper jacket or pullover
• Waterproof (preferably breathable fabric) shell jacket
• Down vest and/or jacket
• Gore-Tex jacket with hood, waterproof and breathable

Hands

• 1 pair of lightweight poly-liner gloves.
• 1 pair of lightweight wool or fleece gloves
• 1 pair of mittens, consists of 1 Gore-Tex over mitt matched with a very warm polar-fleece mitt liner (seasonal)

Lower Body

• Non-cotton underwear briefs
• 1 pair of Hiking shorts
• 1 pair of Hiking trousers
• 1 pair of lightweight thermal bottoms (seasonal)
• 1 pair of fleece or woolen trousers
• 1 pair of waterproof shell pants, breathable fabric

Feet

• 2 pairs of thin, lightweight inner socks
• 2 pairs of heavy poly or wool socks
• 1 pair of Hiking boots with spare laces (sturdy soles, water resistant, ankle support, “broken in”)
• 1 pair of trainers or running shoes and/or sandals
• Cotton socks (optional)
• Gaiters (winter only), optional, “low” ankle high version

Sleeping

• 1 sleeping bag (good to -10 degrees C or 14 degrees F)
• Fleece sleeping bag liner (optional)

Rucksack and Travel Bags

• 1 medium rucksack (50-70 liters/3000-4500 cubic inches, can be used for an airplane carryon)
• 1 large duffel bag
• A small daypack/backpack for carrying your valuables should have good shoulder padding
• Small padlocks for duffel-kit bags
• 2 large waterproof rucksack covers (optional)

Medical

• Small, personal first-aid kit. (simple and light)
• Aspirin, first-aid tape, and plasters (Band-Aids)
• 1 skin-blister repair kit
• Anti-diarrhea pills
• Anti-headache pills
• A cough and/or cold medicine
• Anti-altitude sickness pills: Diamox or Acetazolamide
• Stomach antibiotic: Ciprofloxacin, etc. Do not bring sleeping pills as they are a respiratory depressant.
• Water purification tablets or water filter
• 1 set of earplugs
• Extra pair of prescription glasses, contact lens supplies

Practical Items

• 1 small roll of repair tape, 1 sewing-repair kit
• 1 cigarette lighter, 1 small box of matches
• 1 compass or GPS(optional)
• 1 alarm clock/watch
• 1 digital camera with extra cards and batteries
• large Ziplocs
• 2 water bottles (1 liter each)
• 1 small folding knife
• Binoculars (optional)
• 4 large, waterproof, disposable rubbish sacks

Toiletries

• 1 medium-sized quick-drying towel
• Toothbrush/paste (preferably biodegradable)
• Multi-purpose soap (preferably biodegradable)
• Deodorants
• Nail clippers
• Face and body moisturizer
• Female hygiene products
• Small mirror

Personal Hygiene

• Wet wipes (baby wipes)
• Tissue /toilet roll
• Anti-bacterial hand wash

Extras/Luxuries

• Reading book
• Trail map/guidebook
• Journal and pen
• iPod
• Travel game i.e. chess, backgammon, scrabble, playing cards (to help you pass the time at teahouses and/or camps)
• 1 modest swimsuit
• Binoculars (optional)
• Voltage converter (from 220 to 110)
• Plug adapter (2 round pegs to 2 flat pegs)
• Lightweight pillowcase (in case your teahouses provide you with pillows) or use your own stuff as a pillow

Important Documents and items

• Valid passport, 2 extra passport size photos, airline tickets
• Separate photocopies of passport, visa form (easily obtained at Kathmandu airport), proof of insurance
• Dollars, pounds or Euros in cash for purchasing Nepalese visa at Kathmandu airport, for paying for restaurants and hotels, for gratuities, snacks, and to purchase your own drinks and gifts
• Credit cards, Bank/ATM/Cash machine cards for withdrawing funds from cash machines (bring a photocopy of your cards), traveler’s checks, etc.