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Champadevi Hill Hiking

Champadevi is a hill located in Kathmandu that is home to an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Champa Devi. The Champadevi temple complex sits atop the hill at an elevation of about 2,750 m (9,000 ft).

The Champadevi hike is a popular short-day hike near Kathmandu. It typically takes 3–4 hours roundtrip to reach the Champadevi temple from the trailhead in Pharping.

The trail starts in the small town of Pharping, which is about 19 kilometers south of Kathmandu. From Pharping, the trail

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At a height of around 1,400 meters (4,600 feet) up in the Himalaya Mountains, the capital of Nepal (pop. 2.5 million) remains an exotic magnet for travelers from all over the world looking to quench their wanderlust, whether they visit independently or with Kathmandu tour packages. And for very good reason this is dubbed "the city of temples" - most of them of the 80-percent-majority Hindu religion but also sites very important to Buddhism, especially as this region is hel

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