Review: Chandragiri Cable Car & Swayambhunath Stupa Tour

Planning a visit to Kathmandu, and, too it’s almost looking for a way to get an amazing view and experience some pretty wonderful cultural heritage? The Chandragiri Cable Car and Swayambhunath Stupa tour might be just the thing for you, is that right? I recently went on this trip, and well, I feel like I had to share what I think, right?

Up, Up, and Away: The Chandragiri Cable Car Ride

First up, a bit, a little about Chandragiri, OK? It’s one of the hills surrounding the Kathmandu Valley, and that is that it provides super awesome views of the whole darn thing, is that true? Now, the exciting bit? You get to ride up there in a cable car, is that really cool or what? The base station is very just outside the city, very easy enough to reach, and getting a ticket? Surprisingly super quick and relatively rather painless, I’m serious.

The ride itself, it usually takes like, oh, I don’t know, nearly nine to twelve minutes, very seemingly going to the top, you know? As you’re slowly going, it’s almost gliding upwards, I want to tell you, the views seriously keep just getting better and way, way better, might be?

You’ll likely see, like, green hills spreading all below you, maybe just a little, arguably, or the crazy panoramic view of Kathmandu opening up, seriously breathtaking that is! And if you happen to go, let’s say, on a clear day, it turns out that you may even get to see the majestic Himalayas smiling back at you, which actually anyway, by the way is a major plus.

What’s at the Top of Chandragiri?

When you get up there, is that it isn’t really just the scenery, that’s right. You’ll find that there’s a temple dedicated, for instance, to the deity Bhaleshwor Mahadev, which has an actual big significance, clearly a religious one, OK? The temple’s architecture, it has that almost, you know, traditional pagoda style and the way I see it adds, in fact, that little something cultural to your mountain high experience, in that case.

And there’s something that’s called, well, the Chandragiri Hills Resort there, is that still basically it offers that chance for travelers to grab a pretty yummy bite to eat or grab a cup of something or another while looking, just a little like your over those pretty sweet distant snowy peaks or something.

There also can be found that the hilltop is properly setup, with landscaped gardens, is that it features walking trails and, that I am being honest, viewing platforms and stuff like that to get, well, different angles of the whole place, basically that makes strolling around something that is rather great, I guess.

Swayambhunath Stupa: A Spiritual Journey

Next thing up on the itinerary could be the Swayambhunath Stupa, very often called the Monkey Temple. It’s also one of the really very, you know, must-see sights in Kathmandu, very easy to find and with good enough directions that’s that.

What you likely should already know is, is that it has a great, as I was saying, spiritual and like your historic importance, still, what’s basically there is like a landmark watching over the whole Kathmandu Valley, right? As the name pretty seriously hints, the location’s kinda well… populated, for instance, or full, literally of monkeys, so there’s a head’s up or so on.

Getting to the main stupa bit usually includes, just a little going up a flight of ancient and well-trodden stairs, okay? With each single step up you slowly get closer, okay alright, it’s basically reaching the center, alright?

Lining your path, what you find that you will likely see is, arguably, are prayer wheels, basically the colorful flags and that sort of thing. If you pay enough attention to the flags that are kind of hanging everywhere in some places it may tend to be a rather colorful experience as I would assume.

The All Seeing Eyes and the Golden Spire

When I got closer, too it’s almost it felt like the very sight of the Swayambhunath Stupa becomes like that more mesmerizing, almost anyway. So it is decorated that it would seem like, okay alright, with the famous, in a way, I believe, all-seeing eyes of Buddha, which look outwards, and honestly, if you see those eyes in particular they seem somewhat serene, to be fair?

There’s also this like, golden spire bit shining right above that, but literally really it gleams pretty much almost and very strongly in the sunlight and something else as well that shines too is actually those prayer flags waving kind of lightly everywhere. These two alone also might actually just bring something else entirely as they, honestly I mean, create such a calming feeling altogether, okay?

More to See at Swayambhunath

There may also likely be other temples too and shrines kinda all over the place near, actually well, I feel like it kinda, is seriously like a temple complex, okay? Each one often actually with its pretty darn unique something like something something, I don’t even know, just kinda like significance in the buddhist tradition I’d like to argue or something?

And I want to suggest going around, so basically, so you are able to kinda see a bit, or perhaps even like listen to the praying alright and like the sounds kinda, so I think if you like just do this in fact your trip to that stupa right there has this super great kinda feeling about it, am I just saying it kinda as it is or am I not, eh?

Things to Think About Before You Visit

If you like your thinking all right kinda of checking out kinda these places you probably want to have kinda a few thoughts there or so, so? Is that cool beans alright?

• Weather: You just want kinda check if it like has somewhat clearer skies before anything alright so you just you know get those pretty sweeeeet views and that stuff, really that would kinda totally bring something completely very wonderful.
• What to Wear: As the places is or perhaps, possibly is religious well I mean I may kinda just really want to dress it kinda right you know something respectable because just seriously why not? Plus hey there may like also, you may guess, require something kinda on your shoulders very perhaps maybe.
• Time management: In other words do I have all of this free because that can be rather seriously quite the like very thing too you want to plan like very seriously the amount the well I mean amount of travel something stuff going or coming of or there and everywhere. You may be more inclined if or and it I am like probably well wrong but like may require a kinda great lot!
• Keep a lookout: Seriously watch for kinda for monkeys if there too alright because something and possibly because some monkeys kinda kinda will be bold alright probably even actually well bold! Plus there always always gonna have something of well kinda a need and necessity of guarding maybe even your goods? Also is actually always quite great if possibly one of those places as with just about anything just anywhere because basically be pretty like there kinda may possibly could even could likely like be pickpockets if or so, I like I’m thinking actually alright so just yeah.
• Book in advance: Getting tickets for stuff maybe will seriously always actually in a very great thing in reality and that just also will also like there like have you like possibly not maybe having too alright. If ever for some seriously seriously reason you wanna go well. The cables or you just gonna you might just never be alright too never in or maybe. And that just may also and may have there well it well kinda can is maybe is just gonna like be you I think well right alright

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In Conclusion on My Whole, Wonderful, Very Cool Trip

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