Best season to visit:

A large number of individuals visit Maula Kalika every year from Nepal and neighboring countries. The Dashain or Dussehra festival in September–October and the spring month of April are the top seasons when goddess Kalika or Kali is worshipped during these festive periods.

Visitors around the world:

World-renowned Yoga master Baba Ramdev from India visited the sanctuary in 2011. Nepal’s first lady president, Shrimati Bidhya Devi Bhandari, visited the sanctuary on April 20, 2016, and inaugurated the sanctuary's private facilities. Regular visitors from Gaindakot and nearby towns of Narayangarh and Chitwan choose this spot as a destination to enhance their leisure time with the cool breeze, panoramic views of the wild, and the exciting experience of walking through 2000 meters of steep and winding steps to reach the height of the final destination.

Visitors enjoy panoramic views of the Narayani River, Gaindakot village, and Chitwan Valley to the south of the hill. Mt. Manaslu can be seen on the north side. Travelers prefer to visit the sanctuary for the sunrise view early in the morning. Present-day travelers who visit Chitwan National Park and Lumbini also include Maula Kalika in Gaindakot as an additional most-visited tourist destination in their itinerary. It takes less than half a day for a full circle hike from Narayangarh village, done on foot.

From the base of the Maula hill, it takes just under 4 hours to descend. Mineral water and refreshments are available on the way, near Deurali. Nepal Telecom has installed a wireless handset tower, providing calls and seamless 4G internet connectivity; the signals are good for your roaming services. An automated hydraulic pressure continuously pumps water to the tower, with the equipment installed on the northern slope, 500 meters down. Water supply is unmonitored, and it has power lines routed through the base of Gaindakot.

The visitors of the sanctuary have several options to reach the top. If you have small-sized vehicles, you can park them at the parking facilities. Public transportation is available from several connecting locations near the area to the base of the mountain. Walking/climbing the hill is a popular way to get there; the foot trails are maintained by local labor contributions. It takes around 2 hours for newcomers to reach the top.

Around Maula Kalika:

You can enjoy sightseeing, look for fruits, drink natural water, or rest on those foot trails. Finance Minister of Nepal Slam Saran Mahat, on his first visit to the sanctuary on September 24, 2015, suggested to the locals to consider a cable car option. And in April-14 2023, the Maulakali Cable car was officially inaugurated and is running smoothly. However, some people prefer walking on foot as they want some exercise as well as enjoyment. Perhaps, the closest domestic airport is Bharatpur Domestic Airport, where daily flights are available to and from Kathmandu and Pokhara.

It takes less than an hour from Kathmandu airport to reach Bharatpur by air. The sanctuary area has a helipad also within a few minutes walking distance. Travel from Lumbini and Birganj near the Indian border is about a 3-hour journey by car. Taxis and carts are available in Chitwan town. Narayangarh, Chitwan is under a 15-minute walk from Gaindakot.

There is no railway system in Nepal except for a small line service in Nepal. Visitors from India or China can take a bus from the Nepal border. Visiting the sanctuary is considered for several reasons; the sanctuary receives continuous donations from various groups, entrepreneurs, from relatives in memory of lost family members or parents. The fund is used for the maintenance of the premises. If a donation reaches a certain minimum amount, the donor's name will be engraved on a marble board for permanent records to display to the public; the sanctuary raises funds through such activities: Forest handover from the Government of Nepal, Regional development funds, Labor Force contribution by the Nepalese Army and Nepal Police, Various forms of donations, Rent collection from physical structures, pigeon.