The most beautiful trips from Pokhara
What to see and visit around Pokhara
Pokhara is the second most visited city in Nepal after Kathmandu. Directly from the city you can take some very nice one or more day trips and hikes in the surrounding mountains and beautiful views. Let's take a look at the most beautiful trips around Pokhara.
Poon Hill trek
Wonderful view of Dhaulagiri
The ascent to the beautiful outlook place Poon Hill is very popular among visitors to Nepal because it is easily accessible from Pokhara and it is not time consuming. At the same time, this trail works as a shortcut between the circuit around Annapurnas and trek to the Annapurna base camp. Due to the fact that this whole area is located on the windward side of the mountains, you have to count that there will be worse and more changeable weather than in Manang on the north side of the mountain. Although you will be here in much lower altitudes than during other treks in Nepal, but the ascents are here significantly steeper and the paths muddier. Anyway, the views of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna South and others are definitely worth it. continue reading
The outlook from Sarangkot
Annapurnas from the south
Sarangkot (1 560 m asl) is a small village and at the same time the most popular lookout of Annapurnas lying on a hill just 10 km from Pokhara. Even during the deep darkness depart crowds of cars from Pokhara with tourists looking forward for the sunrise. It is even much busier at the parking place and also a lot of pseudo-guides offering you their services not to get lost. As more uphill leads only one way, which is lined with small houses with outlook terraces, their services are completely unnecessary. You then just need wait – possibly with hot tea – for the sunrise. continue reading
Hike along Lake Phewa
Picturesque walk from Pokhara
It may surprise you, but directly from Pokhara can be done very picturesque walk first along Lake Phewa and then along the river Harpan Khola. The path is surrounded by rice fields and green hills. With increasing distance from the town rapidly decrease the number of tourists, so after a while you will meet only locals. The enjoyable outing ends in Ghatichhina at the confluence of two rivers. This trip, however, you can be noticeably improved, but also made difficult by returning over the ridge to the south of the lake. Or you can continue on further on Panchase trek. continue reading
Hike from the World Peace Pagoda above Pokhár
An easier variant of the march through Nehyeaal Danda
The Nehyeaal Danda mountain ridge south of Pokhara offers distinctive villages with beautiful rice terraced fields and a minimum of tourists. In clear weather, there is a nice view of the Annapurna ridge. A simpler version of the march starts at the World Peace Pagoda (1,095 m above sea level), where you can take a taxi and save 300 meters of ascent. continue reading
Hike in Nehyeaal Danda
Views above the Lake Phewa
Green ridge towering from the southern shore of Lake Phewa offers beautiful outlooks of extensive rice fields on its slopes and in good weather also of the glaciated peaks of Annapurnas. In addition, you will meet here only minimum tourists and you would not even guess that right next door is the second busiest city in Nepal – Pokhara. There are basically two starting points for this trip – from World peace stupa (1 100 m asl), where you can get in a taxi or from Chatichhina (850 m asl), where you can walk along the lakeshore. continue reading
Drive the Siddhartha Highway
From Pokhara to India
Siddhartha Highway or in Nepalese Siddhartha Rajmarg is one of the most exciting Nepalese roads leading from Pokhara through the green hills of Lower Himalayan (or Mahabharata Range) up to the Terai plains bordering with India. Most travelers going through here travel around the country between India and Nepal, or want to visit Buddha's birthplace in Lumbini. Anyway, you will enjoy here mountain ridges overgrown with lush jungles, impressive rice fields on steep mountain slopes and deep valleys. But the way is tiring, because you will be driving those 180 km for more than seven hours. continue reading
