From Kulekhani to chitlang

As this was an unplanned trip, we could not manage to take pictures of the scenery.

Escaping from work life for some time to bust the stress can be very rewarding. We traveled from Kathmandu to Pharping, Pharping to Kulekhani, Kulekhani to Chitlang, Chitlang to Thankot and finally Thankot to Kathmandu. I do not even remember how many kilo meters did we cover in a day.
As we did not pre planned this trip, we could not manage to take enough pictures as our phones battery were dead. After leaving from chobar, there is less human settlement and pollution. On the way, there is abundance of trees covering the hills. If the weather is clear, you can enjoy a great view. I advice you to have your vehicle in condition before going there because the road is pretty much off road.

On the way to kulekhani.

From Pharping:
If you take the road from pharping, it is going to be awesome ride with great views but there are certain places where the road is off road.If you go in the season of pears you will also see a lot of pear trees in the way and you could eat them as well but make sure no one is around. You will also come to a road where the turnings are crazy. Sorry I could not take pictures of those.When you are about to reach kulekhani , you will also see a waterfall on the way.

Waterfall on the way to kulekhani

I am guessing that this waterfall will only be on monsoon. Anyway, we parked our bikes and headed for it but there was no way to reach to the waterfall. So we somehow managed to find a very slippery and risk route. We crossed a small stream and there we were taking pictures with the waterfall. We were also lucky to find another waterfall at the same place.

Second waterfall

We did what everyone would do. Took off our clothes and started swimming. The water was so cold that we could not stay there any longer. The good thing was that, not many people knew about this and it was very clean there.

down below was the waterfall

Then we headed for kulekhani. On the way one of the bike broke down, disc break was not working. But it did not slow us down until we reached kulekhani and saw how beautiful she looked.

kulekhani damn

The first word that came out of every body was "Wooooooow". It was just amazing. The weather was perfect, the sky was clear, the sun was out. The water was looking light green and it created small waves with the wind. There was no noise of vehicles nor peoples. It was just quiet, just the way I wanted it to be. I would give up anything just to travel. After staying there for a while we picked up our pace and went to eat kulekhani fish. It cost us Rs100-Rs150 per plate and it had 4 pieces of fish. We all were so hungry that we did not bother to take pictures of our dishes. From there we traveled to chitlang`s veda farm.

Bheda Farm at chitlang

From there we then reached to the main of chitlang. Sure on the way, we slipped and my friend burned his leg with the bike`s silencer.

Off Road

The road is very off road, but the view is amazing. All the hills were covered with green trees and the hills were so near. From chitlang to thankot, the road is very off road. It is going to be a uphill off road ride until you can see the view of kathmandu. Then it is going to be a very painful downhill ride as the road is worse than off road.

View of Kathmandu from Chitlang

So that was our trip to kulekhani to chitlang. I would suggest you to take an off road bike if possible or put your bike in condition . Do not take scotty there as the clearance of that 2 wheeler is very low. Chitlang and khulekani is a must visit place for all nepalese. I am again planning to go there and take some great pictures. If you are planning to go there with a bike, go from pharping and return from thankot. If you try to go from thankot then you will likely take a U-turn and return back. If you are taking a public vehicle, make sure you get off at Thankot and then start from there. Normally it will be an uphill trek into the wilderness. Now I am patiently waiting for my next trip to Mustang.

Good bye, kulekhani.