Kalinchowk Bhagwati temple is a famous hindu shrine, located on the top of hill just above Kuri village, Kalinchowk, Dolakha district. Its 150 km far from Kathmandu. We planned our family trip to this temple on new yr 2080(Nepal calendar), 14th April 2023.
We started our journey early morning from Kathmandu. The cities Bhaktapur and Sange were crowded because of Nepali new year celebration. Sange road was full of people rushing to the Mahadev temple. We moved on to Banepa, Dhulikhel, Dolalghat and at Sukute beach, we took our breakfast.
This resort is on the banks of Bhotekoshi river(Sunkoshi river). The place is amazingly beautiful.
After breakfast, we headed towards Charikot city, Dolakha district. It took almost 6 hours to reach Charikot bazar.
Hotel in Charikot
We took our lunch at Kuber hotel and we parked our car there for one day. Our night stay would be in Kuri village and the roads over there is off road. So we took local Jeep from Charikot to Kalinchowk ( Kuri village). The road was narrow, very steep, humpy & bumpy, very bad. Not recommended to ride your personal car at all, in this road. It took one and half hour to reach Kuri village. It was 3 pm afternoon when we reached there.
Kuri Village
Hotel Holiday Inn
All the houses in Kuri village are hotels. They are made up of stone and wood. Rooms are affordable but foods are expensive. The weather was extremely cold. We could still see ice here & there on the corners and in the mountains. There is snow fall till March month. We booked a room in the Hotel Holiday Inn. We walked around the village in the evening. Its very small village but beautiful, located just beneath the Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple.
The crowd at the cable car station
Next day early morning at 6 am, we walked 5 minutes to the cable car station. The station was very crowded. We purchased tickets and lined up in the queue.
The cable car station at Kuri village
cable car(Gondola)
Cable car station on the top
It took only 3 minutes to reach on the top station. The distance may be only 1 km but it takes approximately 1 hour for hiking. It would be really adventurous hiking if your body is comfortable for walking.
Stone Paved trail
Small Crossing Bridge on the top
The Crowd around the Temple
While returning from the top, my wife got altitude sickness. Its hight is 3842 meters.
She got headaches and dizziness. When we reached the hotel in Kuri village, she vomited too. So its better to take some medicine too. पोलेको अदुवा र लसुन are local medicine for high altitude.
Kuri Village-bird eye view
At 1 pm, we book Jeep again for Charikot bazar and caught up our car from the hotel in Charikot.
It was our memorable tour.