annapurna circuit throng la pass

The Annapurna Circuit (Around the Annapurna) Trek has been highly praised and is a spectacular trekking route in the Annapurna region since it opened to foreign trekkers in 1977. This three week trek starts right from Besisahar which goes along the Marshyangdi River, with great views of Manaslu and Himal Chuli to the east. This magnificent trek leads you to the fine village inhabited by a wide diversity of people from different ethnic groups, offering spectacular and majestic views of the white Himalayas. It continues to the north of the main Himalayan range to the high and dry Tibetan Plateau, the scenery is equally breathtaking.

The highest point of the trek is Thorung La pass at the top of the valley at 5416 meters high. Due to the difficulties of crossing the pass, the circuit is usually walked in a counter clockwise direction. Traveling clockwise the longer ascent and shorter descent from west to east is too much for many people to manage in one day.

As we descend to the west at Muktinath from pass, we continue to the barren Tibetan like village of the Kali Gandaki - the world's deepest gorge passes between the giant Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountains. After you cross the Thorung La pass from Manang to Muktinath the final seven days of the circuit trek are the same as the Jomsom Trek from Pokhara, but in reverse

annapurna basecamp trekking nepal

Trekking in Annapurna Base Camp combines some of the most spectacular mountain scenery providing a fascinating insight into the modern hill life of Nepal. This unique trek along local trails, through forests, villages and terraced farmland treats you to unparalleled mountain scenery, surrounded by enormous glaciers giving you an inside experience into the Nepalese life and culture.

This trek starts and ends in Pokhara or it can be tailored as part of the Annapurna Circuit or the Jomsom/Miktinath trek by trekking from Tatopani through Ghorepani and Tadapani and joining the main Sanctuary trails at Chommrong.

The trail on the first days follows up to the Modi River and passes through dense stands of rhododendron and bamboo. By the time you reach the large rock over hanging, known as Hinku Cave, you will have noticed that the vegetation has thinned and the gorge narrowed to be only a few hundred meters wide. Steep, snow-clad ridges falling from Hiunchuli on the left and Machhapuchhre on the right from the entrance to the Sanctuary. As we pass through the “gate” and enter to the Sanctuary you find yourself in a huge amphitheatre enclosed by a solid wall of snow capped peaks.

Pokhara Local Events

There are numerous festivals, cultural celebrations, and events in Pokhara throughout the year that you can enjoy. Religious rituals are a part of daily life in Nepal and so it often feels like there is always something happening. Check below for the latest Pokhara events, festivals and news so you can plan your Pokhara holiday accordingly.

Bandipur Dashain

Place: Lamjung, Kaski and Tanahu Districts (6 Oct 2010)
Bandipur Dashain is actually a 3 nights/4 days program organized as part of the promotional campaign by Annapurna Village Tourism Development Committee (AVTDC) for Nepal Tourism Year 2011.


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Deepawali (Tihar)

Place: All over Nepal (3 Nov 2010 - 7 Nov 2010)
Just a fortnight after conclusion of Bada Dashain, the festivities of Deepawali (or Tihar) fill the air once again throughout Nepal. Do not miss the spectacular displays of traditional oil-lamps, candles and electrical lamps prepared especially to mark the cheerful celebrations of this festival in the Lakeside area as well as other places in Pokhara.


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Bandipur Tihar

Place: Lamjung, Kaski and Tanahu Districts (4 Nov 2010)
Bandipur Tihar is yet another event (4 nights/5 days program) organized by Annapurna Village Tourism Development Committee (AVTDC) in order to promote Lamjung, Kaski and Tanahu Districts as tourism destinations.

This year, it is scheduled to start on November 4 and again on November 28.


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Shivaratri

Place: Gupteshwor Mahadev Temple and all over Pokhara (3 Mar 2011)

Shivaratri in Sanskrit stands for 'the Night of Lord Shiva' and one of the most sacred occasions for Lord Shiva's devotees. Hindu mythology describes Shiva as the god of all gods.

This festival is celebrated by Hindus all over Nepal and abroad at all the temples of Shiva.



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Ram Nawami

Place: Temples of Lord Ram (12 Apr 2011)
Ram Nawami is celebrated by Hindus all over Nepal as a commemoration of the victory of Ram (an incarnation of Lord Vishnu) in the fierce battle with the mighty army of Lanka (then ruled by Rawan), between Rawan.


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Ropain Festival

Place: Lakeside (29 Jun 2011)

Ropain Festival, also known as Asar 15, is celebrated mostly by farmers of the Terai and Inner-Terai regions of Nepal to mark the day they plant new seedlings of rice crop of the year in their paddies. In Pokhara they also invite tourists to join the celebrations of the day. Ropain in Nepali means rice plantation.



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Haritalika (Teej)

(11 Sep 2011)

Haritalika is a Hindu festival, celebrated exclusively by Nepalese women (of Brahmin and Chhetri ethnicities). Most people call it by its popular name, Teej. Women essentially dressed in bright red are seen flocking in the streets, on their way to nearby temples of Lord Shiva.

Pokhara Weather and When to Go

the most important thing for Pokhara visitors to know about the weather in the area is that this is one of the rainiest places throughout the entire region. Even during the dry seasons, there is quite a bit of precipitation in this area so visitors should plan and pack accordingly.

Summers can get quite hot in Pokhara, because the temperatures are high and this combines with the high levels of precipitation to create a humid, heated climate. The average summer temperature is in the high nineties. The heaviest rain season is the monsoon season which starts in the middle of June and continues through September. Travelers should avoid the area during this time.

Just after the monsoons, however, is an excellent time to head to the area. October marks the beginning of the driest season in the area. The weather is also nice at this time of year. The coldest winter months have average temperatures of just below sixty degrees, but it can get colder in the mountainous regions.

Travelers can obtain more information about the weather in Pokhara at

How is the climate in Pokhara

Pokhara is situated at an altitude of around 800 meters, which is 400 meters lower than Kathmandu. Thus, the autumn and winter temperatures are more favorable. The summer temperatures average between 25 to 35 degree Celcius and the winter temperatures average around 5 to 15 degree Celcius. The valley also receives the highest amount of rainfall in the country (over 4000 millimeters per year).

If you want to know about the weather situation of Pokhara in particular and Nepal.

All Nepalese pride Pokhara

All Nepalese pride Pokhara
By romanta, 18th Sep 2010 Follow this author RSS Feed Short URL http://nut.bz/1v9lvcb./
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Pokhara is the most beautiful city of the Nepal as well as whole Asia. millions of people travels pokhara from several parts of the world.

All Nepalese pride Pokhara

Phewa and fishtailPokhara is one of the beautiful place of the earth. It is in the lap of the mountain. It is also known as a town of lake. It is 200 kms far from the capital city (Kathmandu). Pokhara is situated at an altitude of 827 meters from sea level. It is linked by Air and by road from Kathmandu and the Indian border Sunauli. Pokhara can be reached in 6 hours bus ride and just 30 minutes by Airplane from Kathmandu. From pokhara we can see the several mountains such as Dhaulagiri, Machhapuchher(Fishtail), Manaslu, Annapurna and others. Fishtail is just 30 kms far from pokhara and we can see the shadow in the phewa lack.in this way there is beautiful views of hills also they are Sarankot, Kaskikot, Kalikasthan, Bharat Pokhari and the Pumdi Bhumdi Hills.

Pokhara has suitable climate for visit. People can visit every time in the year. At the time of winter the average temperature is 6degree Celsius and at summer 30-32 celsius.

There are severall lakes and rivers in pokhara. Fewa, Bernas Rupa are the famous lakes of the pokhara. In the same way the seti river flows through the heart of the pokhara. In pokhara there are many caves. They are Mehendra cave, Gupteshwot mahadev, chamera cave and others. In pokhara near Gupteshwot mahadev there is davis fall.

There are several temples of Hindu’s people and Buddhist’s people. One is Baharai temple which is almost center of the Fewa Lake and surrounded by the water. Other temples are Bindabashini,Buddhist monastery and so on.

One interesting thingis that in pokhara the seti river goes completely underground in certain places.

Pokhara- the city of Monopoly

This is it finally. Never wanted to write about this. Never wanted to let people outside Pokhara know that this is the city of monopoly after all they all know Pokhara the famous tourist destination in spite of other backside stories. Only those surviving and typical of this small unplanned, unmanaged and pathetic city dwellers could find few drops of choices in many aspects.

This is totally what I mean by- my personal feeling of inside Pokhara.

Syndication, privatization and monopolistic approach of all private sectors. After all, unawared public…

■ISP Monopoly – Ever thought how much a per hour internet of 28kbps costs in Pokhara? No matter which cyber cafe you go, it’s the same Rs 30. They got a cyber cafe owners organization which will determine works like letting other to open cafe or not, how much to charge (during loadshedding and regular hour),— seems like there is no government in Nepal, huh and ….. Just a few FewaNet, WLink, BuddhaNet and Pokhara i-Net, (not talking NTC, Mero mobile and UTL the nameshake wireless net) are local ISPs in Pokhara which have nodal points in Kathmandu to broadcast here. The cost is devastatingly high. General people can’t purchase, even if they purchase they get bandwidth of frustations (yes, absolutely my point and my experience).
■Cable TV Monopoly- Can you believe no two cable operators exist in Pokhara? You can’t open another Cable operation in Pokhara. Even if you, you’ll get merged sooner or later. Hence, the obvious monopoly. You must pay increased lumsum amount to these elephants for just 35 or few more channels (and repeatingly list goes to 65 around).
■Public Vehicle Monopoly- You can’t buy new vehicle and queue it to new route as permitted by local government and police. There are very strong (yes, stronger than another force in this country) force of taxi drivers, bus drivers, helpers and so on. The older the vehicle, the more expensive it becomes. A micro-bus purchased 5 years before for 18 lakhs now costs 37lacks here. What do you say?
■Hotels/Restaurants Monopoly
■Phewa/Begnas Lake Boating Monopoly
■Parking Lot Monopoly
■And … monopoly of monopoly