If you’re taking public vehicles from RNAC and Ratnapark area, you should take a local bus to Pharping Bhanjyang. It’s roughly a 20 km distance and takes 40 minutes on a local bus to reach there.

If you have a private vehicle, you’ll reach even faster.

Upon reaching Bhanjyang, you’ll start the hike to Hattiban Resort, a 20-minute uphill walk. There’s also a road that links to this resort from Bhanjyang. It’s an uphill hike to the lodge.

Your Champadevi Hiking Route officially starts from here. With a hiking guide from NepTrek, you’ll get a short briefing session. Also, it’s a last stop to refill your water bottles. However, you can continue here if you’re alone.

After leaving Haatiban Resort, you’ll hike on the road for 30 minutes. However, the road doesn’t mean you’ll also encounter buses. You may experience some motorbikes and cycles.

From the road section, you’ll get a clear picture of different areas of Lalitpur, including Khokana. You’ll hike along a pine forest with a trail covered with pine litter.

The stone-paved stairs descend to a junction where the hikers hike up from Khare instead of Bhanjyang. Here, you’ll stop at a tin-roofed resting spot to rehydrate. Also, there are many bayberry plants around, which you can taste during March.

The hiking route becomes steep for 20 minutes until you reach another resting spot. Here, you may/may not find a small shop run by a woman. She usually sets up her mini shop and sells cucumber, papaya, tea, and other juices. But it’s a temporary shop.

From here, the trail to Champadevi Temple is a steep ascend. On a sunny day, you may feel the heat and sweat. Thus, a cap is highly recommended. There are a few shades where you could stop for rehydration. Also, some sections allow you to pick the beautiful view of the Kathmandu Valley.

About an hour’s hike from this small shop takes you to the top of Champadevi Hill, at Champadevi Temple.

With some tiring uphill hike on stone paved stairs takes you to the ultimate destination of this hike. You may not see the temple with a silver roof and four concrete walls as a temple. But, there are several different statues beautifully placed atop Champadevi Hill. It’s the highest point you’ll reach on this day hike.

Next to the temple sits beautiful seating with and without tin roofs. Surrounded by trees from all sides, you may feel the fresh air blowing on your face. You’ll get the freshness and liveliness of being in the woods.

You can stop for an hour, rest, rehydrate, and eat snacks/lunch.

Two hours of a total downhill hike from the Champadevi Temple takes you to Pharping Bhanjyang. While returning, near Haatiban Resort, two tiny tea houses serve tea, noodles, and dumplings. You can stop by one of these to make your belly happy again.

Upon reaching Bhanjyang, you must wait for the bus to return to Ratnapark.

Dakshinkali bus departs from Bhanjyang at every 30-minute interval. Thus, you may need to wait to catch a bus to Ratnapark. Also, on some occasions, you may not get the bus for an hour or so.

Upon booking this day hike with us, we’ll provide you with the transportation service on time.

It takes 40 minutes for a local bus to reach Ratnapark once it leaves Bhanjyang.