Kafleni Cultural Immersion Trek
Kafleni villages lies in Makwanpur district. The village is mainly inhabited by Tamang and Magars whose primary source of livelihood is farming. Our main aims to link travelers with village experiences and school visits in this village. Heart of the Himalaya Treks can also be one good option for cultural trekkers. Kafleni Cultural treks offers people-to-people connections – meeting with villagers, students, teachers and establishing meaningful relationships while helping to improve the educational experience in a village.
This proposed route includes 4 days of trekking and 3 nights. Students will sleep in tents and will cook will prepare their food in the camp. In our experience, this route is a good fit for young students, family and eager to immerse themselves in the physical beauty and cultural richness of Nepal. We are confident this trip will allow your students and family member to have lifelong memories.
General Itinerary
Day1: Arrival in Kathmandu, Welcome dinner.
Day 2: Kathmandu city tour
Morning guided sightseeing to the Buddhist and Hindu sights in Kathmandu, probably to Swayambunath (monkey temple), Baudanath and Pashupatinath. Pashupatinath, is one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage site of exotic temples, cremation ghats, where dead people are cremate, ritual bathers etc. Shoyambhunath is a Buddhist shrine on a hill overlooking the Kathmandu valley and is the oldest stupa in the world (the two thousand years old stupa).This is the most profound expression of Buddhist symbolism in Nepal. Boudhanath is one of the world's largest Buddhist stupas, housing a very active Lamaism monastery and shrine. Boudha is generally acknowledged to be most important Tibetan Buddhist monument outside Tibet. The largest community of Tibetan refugees in Nepal lives around the Boudhanath Stupa.This temple provides an authentic view of Tibetan life and the monastic tradition of Tibetan Lamas.
Day 3: Everest flight seeing tour.
Day 4: – Kathmandu to Kafleni
We will drive from Kathmandu to Pharping (20km south of Kathmandu). At the end of the 1 hour drive we will hike the rest of the way to Kafleni at least 4-5 hours. The trails around Kafleni are a wonderful nature walk where we will see lots of Rhododendron trees, thatch roof and mud wall houses. After lunchwe will visit a local house to see how local people live in villages in Nepal. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 5: School visit and Village tour (flexible)
After breakfast we will visit one of Government school. We will walk at least 1 hour from our campsite to the school. You will talk with the local teachers and see how local school runs in Nepal. After that we will visit the Kafleni village. We can see the villager’s lifestyle, culture. We will also visit a 150 year old stone and mud wall house, and visit local Tamang families. Most of the local villages are from the Tamang Tribe, which many years ago migrated from Tibet.
We will return to camp site. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 6: – Lek Danda hike
After breakfast we will hike to Lekhdada. If the weather is clear you will see the mountains (Annapurna, Langtang, Manaslu, Dorje Lakpa, Ganesh, PurbiChachu, Gauri Shankar etc) from the top of the hill from LekhDada. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 7: Return Kafleni to Kathmandu(4-5 hour walk,1hour drive)
Day 8: Shopping/Free day
Day 9: Departure for home
Day1: Arrival in Kathmandu, Welcome dinner.
Day 2: Kathmandu city tour
Morning guided sightseeing to the Buddhist and Hindu sights in Kathmandu, probably to Swayambunath (monkey temple), Baudanath and Pashupatinath. Pashupatinath, is one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage site of exotic temples, cremation ghats, where dead people are cremate, ritual bathers etc. Shoyambhunath is a Buddhist shrine on a hill overlooking the Kathmandu valley and is the oldest stupa in the world (the two thousand years old stupa).This is the most profound expression of Buddhist symbolism in Nepal. Boudhanath is one of the world's largest Buddhist stupas, housing a very active Lamaism monastery and shrine. Boudha is generally acknowledged to be most important Tibetan Buddhist monument outside Tibet. The largest community of Tibetan refugees in Nepal lives around the Boudhanath Stupa.This temple provides an authentic view of Tibetan life and the monastic tradition of Tibetan Lamas.
Day 3: Everest flight seeing tour.
Day 4: – Kathmandu to Kafleni
We will drive from Kathmandu to Pharping (20km south of Kathmandu). At the end of the 1 hour drive we will hike the rest of the way to Kafleni at least 4-5 hours. The trails around Kafleni are a wonderful nature walk where we will see lots of Rhododendron trees, thatch roof and mud wall houses. After lunchwe will visit a local house to see how local people live in villages in Nepal. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 5: School visit and Village tour (flexible)
After breakfast we will visit one of Government school. We will walk at least 1 hour from our campsite to the school. You will talk with the local teachers and see how local school runs in Nepal. After that we will visit the Kafleni village. We can see the villager’s lifestyle, culture. We will also visit a 150 year old stone and mud wall house, and visit local Tamang families. Most of the local villages are from the Tamang Tribe, which many years ago migrated from Tibet.
We will return to camp site. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 6: – Lek Danda hike
After breakfast we will hike to Lekhdada. If the weather is clear you will see the mountains (Annapurna, Langtang, Manaslu, Dorje Lakpa, Ganesh, PurbiChachu, Gauri Shankar etc) from the top of the hill from LekhDada. Overnight at tented camp.
Day 7: Return Kafleni to Kathmandu(4-5 hour walk,1hour drive)
Day 8: Shopping/Free day
Day 9: Departure for home