Pokhara Hiking

Pokhara Hiking as a day trip in surrounding mid hills

The contrast land setting with the plains, hills and hillocks on the shadow of towering mighty Himalaya range is the great virtue of Mother Nature in Pokhara.

The entire valley is rich with lakes, caves, rivers and gorges. There are several hills in the adjacent areas of Pokhara valley which are interesting hiking points for the adventure-seeking tourists. Sarangkot (1591 m) hill is one of the most visited hiking points.

This is located half an hour drive or three hours trekking from the city centre. It is popular to have the close views of Pokhara city, Himalayan range and also eye catching sun rise.

The other such hiking points or hills are Kanhukot (1443m) and Thulakot (2000m) in the east, Armalakot (1430m), Dhampus (2155m) and Australian(1900m) camp in the north west, and Mattikhan (1543m), Nuwakot (1535m) and Pumdibhumdi hill (1520m) in the south west of Pokhara valley (Gurung 1980).   

The ridge line trekking from of Kristi Nirmal Pokhari to Bharat Pokhari hills is the other most fascinating aspect of hiking in Pokhara. Each of these hiking points is easily accessible up to the base of the hills by road transport.

It requires three to five hours of trekking to reach the top of hills. All these hiking destinations are more or less linked with rural tourism activities like home stay, farm tourism and cultural activities (ibid).