Royal Himalayan Holidays

Dhading Cultural Hike

Duration
8 days
Max. Elevation
m
Group size
Min 2
Level
BEGINNER
Transportation
All private transportation as per the itinerary
Best Season
Mar-May and Sep-Dec
Accomodation
5/4-star hotel in Kathmandu + Shreeban Nature Camp resort and tented camp during the hike
Meals
Breakfast and welcome dinner in Kathmandu + All meals during the hike
Starts at
Shreeban Nature Camp
Ends at
Jyamrung
Trip Route
Kathmandu-Shreeban Nature Camp (Salang)-Maidi-Khari-Jyamrung-Kathmandu

Highlights

    • Historical cultural sites
    • Amazing natural trails
    • Multi-cultural villages
    • Views of the Ganesh Himal, Fishtail, Manaslu

Overview

Royal Himalayan Holidays invites you on a special Himalayan journey with our unique 9-day Dhading Cultural Hike. This incredible scenic hiking route is one of a kind, and takes you on non-touristic trails through the Dhading region of Nepal! This unique hike in Nepal involves camping, visiting rural villages, and historical places such as; the old palace ruins of the ancient kings of Nepal. Suitable for families, young and old the Dhading Cultural hike can be done almost the whole year round, except during the monsoon season (June to August).

Filled with green valleys overlooking the snow-white Himalayan ranges Dhading is one of the most special areas within Nepal. Home to a mix of ethnic groups varying between Tamang, Brahmin, and Chettri you’ll find lots of hospitality here! The Dhading Cultural hike offers a unique camping experience while visiting 2 historical sites in the villages of Maidi and Jyamrung. A large part of the hike follows the beautiful Budhi Gandaki River and heads through jungle trails amongst the hills of Dhading. Every morning you’ll get the chance to see a stunning sunrise, and every day is filled with natural views of the valley. The Dhading Cultural hike is solely operated by Royal Himalayan Holidays and is a great way to explore some of the best parts of Nepal! Cooks and porters will accompany you during the hike and set up camp at each location as well as prepare your meals. Allowing you to have an amazing experience hiking the trails of Dhading. Maidi and Jyamrung both house historical sites of old palaces locally known as Durbars. During the Dhading Cultural hike, you will be able to visit these old monuments while exploring the area. Take the journey on a new hiking route in Nepal with the Royal Himalayan Holidays’ amazing Dhading Cultural Hike of 9 days with 5 days of camping! 

In addition to this hike and itinerary, we can also organize a rafting tour on the Trishuli River as well as a visit by cable car to the famous Manakamana Temple. Just mention during your booking of this 9-day Dhading Cultural Hike and our Royal Himalayan Holidays booking team will be sure to accommodate you. 

Important Note

Trip Itinerary

  • Meet and greet at the airport
  • Hotel transfer by private vehicle and check-in
  • Welcome drinks + meeting with your tour guide
  • Welcome dinner
  • Overnight at your hotel

Accomodation

5/4 -star hotel

Meals

Welcome dinner

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Pick-up by your tour guide
  • Arrival at Bishal Bazaar and start walking tour
  • Explore Kathmandu Durbar Square and Asan market
  • Pick-up at Bishal Nagar and drive to Garden of Dreams
  • Visit Garden of Dreams
  • Pick up and drive to Swayambhunath Stupa (Monkey Temple)
  • Arrival at Swayambhunath Stupa + explore
  • Pick-up at Swayambhunath Stupa and drive to SK Pashmina
  • Arrival at SK Pashmina + explore
  • Pick-up at SK Pashmina and transfer to your hotel
  • Arrival at your hotel
  • Short hike briefing with your guide
  • Overnight at your hotel

Accomodation

5/4-star hotel

Meals

Breakfast

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Check out and pick up
  • Drive to the Shreeban Nature Camp resort
  • Check-in at the Shreeban Nature Camp resort
  • Lunch at the Shreeban Nature Camp
  • Afternoon local village visit
  • Dinner and overnight stay at the Shreeban Nature Camp

Accomodation

Shreeban Nature Camp https://shriban.com/

Meals

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

  • Wake-up call for sunrise view (optional)
  • Wake up
  • Breakfast
  • Check out + start the hike
  • Hike north towards Maidi
  • Enjoy lunch at Jharlangdi
  • Continue further north
  • Arrive at Maidi
  • Camp setup
  • Dinner and overnight stay at the camp

Accomodation

Tented camp

Meals

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

  • Camp breakfast
  • Start the hike
  • Head on the north to Khari
  • Enjoy lunch along the way
  • Follow the trail further north
  • Arrive at Khari
  • Camp setup
  • Dinner and overnight stay at the camp

Accomodation

Tented camp

Meals

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

  • Camp breakfast
  • Start the hike
  • Follow the trail eastwards to Sunkhani
  • Enjoy lunch at Sunkhani
  • Continue on slowly upwards to Jyamrung
  • Arrive at Jyamrung
  • Camp setup
  • Dinner and overnight stay at the camp

Accomodation

Tented camp

Meals

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

  • Wake up and camp breakfast
  • Guided tour around Jyamrung’s historical sites
  • Pick up + drive to Kathmandu
  • Enjoy lunch at Malekhu
  • Drive further to Kathmandu
  • Hotel check-in
  • Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel

Accomodation

5/4-star hotel

Meals

Breakfast

  • Hotel breakfast
  • Check-out
  • Our team will transfer you to the airport approx. 3hrs before departure

Meals

Breakfast
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Includes

    • Airport transfers
    • All-inclusive accommodation as per the itinerary
    • All private transportation as per the itinerary
    • All meals during the hike
    • All accommodations during the hike
    • Welcome dinner
    • Licensed English-speaking guide/leader
    • Porter service during the hike
    • All government and local taxes as per the itinerary
    • All permits as per the itinerary
    • All entry fees as per the itinerary
    • All official expenses as per the itinerary
    • 1 basic medical kit per group

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Frequently Asked Questions

With the thousands of travel and trekking agents to choose from in Nepal, why book a holiday with Royal Himalayan Holidays? Well first off, at RHH we take care in organizing any type of tour, trek, or adventure activity in Nepal. Furthermore, we provide a unique service by hiring only local and licensed guides. But the real reason you should book with RHH is, because of that touch of luxury that we provide in Nepal. All of our packages come with an All-Inclusive package, giving you more time to just enjoy your holiday. We provide luxury holidays in the Himalayas!

Booking with RHH has never been easier! Just use our easy-to-use website, select your package for Nepal, Bhutan, or Tibet and click Book Now to fill up your booking form. After receiving your booking form by auto email, our team will contact you back via email, to finalize your booking. It’s that easy!

Yes, all of our packages are based on luxury trips and can get pricy for the average budget trekker. We do however can change this during your booking should you wish. By lowering the accommodation type and switching to the public instead of private transport you can enjoy trips or treks with RHH without the luxury element. But then again would you sacrifice comfort for the price during a holiday? Enjoy the best of the Himalayas with our luxury packages. 

If you wish to book a budget trip with Royal Himalayan Holidays, you can just make any booking, but a request for a budget trip. Then after receiving your request our team can send you a budget itinerary for that package with a new and lower calculated rate per person. 

Almost all of our trips are family and child friendly. Of course, you’ll need to see a bit yourself, we think it’s logical that you can’t book a hard and strenuous trek while bringing children with you. For family and child-friendly trips or treks, we do recommend any of our tour packages or one of our short treks in Nepal that don’t reach too such high altitudes. 

No, Royal Himalayan Holidays do not have any hidden or additional fees after booking a trip. With us, full transparency is an important part of our customer relations! Hence, all rates are included within your package, of course, these do not include your personal expenses, such as drinks, souvenirs, tips, etc.

Yes with RHH you have the option to book a non-English guide for your trip. If you would like to have a different language guide during your holiday we do insist on mentioning this during your booking so we have the time to organize, find, check and hire said guide for your trip. There are French, German, Dutch, and Spanish-speaking guides available.

Royal Himalayan Holidays does take great care of booking your accommodation during your holiday in Nepal. We book only the best available 4 to 5-star category hotel. These hotels are based on All-Inclusive plans and have luxury rooms as well as other facilities available for you to enjoy during your holiday. During treks, accommodation is limited to standard guest or tea houses, but at some overnight locations where there is luxury accommodation available, we plan to stay at those. 

Well, since ATMs don’t exist up high in the mountains we do recommend bringing some additional cash with you, preferably Nepalese Rupees or US Dollars. Calculate a 15 to 25 USD per day in the Himalayas. This way you can use extra facilities in the guesthouses such as WIFI usage. 

Yes, with RHH you have the option to tailor-make or customize an itinerary before booking a holiday. If you want to change a part of your itinerary during your holiday then RHH can organize for you, but at additional cost depending on the changes that have to be made. 

No, international flights are not included in the package rate. With so many flight options nowadays we give you the freedom of choosing the best available flights from and to Nepal yourself. If you do require international flight tickets we can arrange this, but by experience, we found that our customers can get better international flight rates by themselves from their own respective countries.

So Nepal has 4 seasons. Starting with spring, followed by the monsoon or rainy season going into fall/autumn and ultimately winter. The best times to book a trip or trek in Nepal will either be during spring or fall/autumn. Spring starts in March and ends at the end of May. During this season the winter cold is gone and the skies are clear blue with a few clouds here and there. Perfect for seeing those incredible mountain and valley views! Fall or autumn starts in September and runs until the end of November. This season is extra special in Nepal, not because of the clear skies and comfortable weather, but due to being the festival season. In October the biggest festival takes place in Nepal, namely Dashain and Tihar. To get the best experience in Nepal we do recommend booking either for the spring or fall/autumn seasons.

Almost all guesthouses have WIFI available and phone reception. Do note that this is not high-speed WIFI or perfect reception, you’re still in the remote Himalayas. During the trek, there will be areas with no reception or WIFI, meaning you’ll be completely cut out from the world and surrounded by nature! Exactly what a trek should be.

While tipping is not mandatory in Nepal, due to being a low-income country many of the workers do depend on it as a secondary income. Hence we do ask our travelers to give some gratuities at the end of your trip to your guide or driver. Common tips in Nepal for a service well performed are about 5 to 10USD a day. But once again it is not mandatory.

Yes with RHH you can extend or add extra days on your holiday to enjoy your trip further. We do also provide assistance in VISA extension should it be required as well as helping you choose new and different activities. You can even combine multiple tours or treks with each other, as well as doing additional activities such as hiking, or adventure packages such as rafting or paragliding. 

With Royal Himalayan Holidays you can even hold a special event such as a birthday celebration, company team building, anniversary celebration, marriage proposal and even hold a traditional Nepalese wedding. Do request us during your booking if you want us to organize such an event during your trip to Nepal.

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