On this private hiking tour from kathmandu spend a day in kakani the best hiking point from kathmandu with beautiful views of the himalayas kakani lies on a ridge northwest of the kathmandu valley at an elevation of 2073 meters 6 800 feet above the sea level it has magnificent views of ganesh himal the central himalayas and the western himalayas also visit the thai memorial park that commemorates the victims of 311 thai airways crash in 1992