Lakes
Pokhara & Phewa Lake
Lakeside · 4-day escape
Nepal at its gentlest — wooden boats on a mirror-still lake, the Annapurnas floating above the morning mist, and lakeside cafés that make it very hard to leave.
✦Sunrise over the Annapurnas from Sarangkot
✦Rowing to Tal Barahi island temple
✦World Peace Pagoda forest walk
✦Optional tandem paragliding
From $520
per person
Day by Day
Day 1Arrive by tourist bus or short flight; settle into a lakeside guesthouse and watch the sun set over Phewa Tal.
Day 2Pre-dawn drive to Sarangkot for sunrise on Machhapuchhre, then a slow wooden-boat morning on the lake.
Day 3Hike up to the World Peace Pagoda, visit Devi's Falls and the Gupteshwor cave, café evening in Lakeside.
Day 4Optional paragliding from Sarangkot or a bicycle loop of the lake before your journey onward.
What's Included
✓Lakeside boutique guesthouse
✓Breakfasts and one Thakali dinner
✓Private Sarangkot sunrise transfer
✓Boat hire and entrance fees