Begnas lake

Begnas Lake

A beautiful location with the views of Himalayan and the Begnas Lake.The second largest lake after Phewa lake ( among the eight lake in Pokhara valley ) - Begnas is located in the south east of the Pokhara City. It is one of the most popular visited and liked place by tourists. Some  part of the lake are used as the caged fisheries. We can hire a boat. Here are many good resorts and foods are superb. This place is hassle free and uncrowded place so every people love being there in their weekends and holidays.

Begnas Lake

The Highest Peak In The World

 Mount Everest

The official altitude of the world's highest peak is 29029 ft. above sea level. However, the national geographic has measured it 29035 ft. but the Nepali government has not yet been made this new altitude official.The famous mountain lays in the Himalayans along the border of Nepal and Tibet. Everest is also called Sagarmatha " Mother of Universe" in Nepal. Mount Everest has an extreme Climate.The best time to climb Mount Everest is in early May before the Monsoon season.
Seven weeks of climbing New Zealander Edmund Hiliary and Neplease Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest on May 29 1953. They were the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest successfully.
In 1924, before Hiliary and Tenzing successfully reached the summit, two other expeditions got too close. They were George Leigh Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine.Many people still wonder if Mallory and Irvine might have been the first to make it to the top of the Mount Everest. However, since the two man didn't make it down the mountain alive, perhaps we'll never know for sure.
Appa Sherpa has reached the top 11 times.
Ang Rita Sherpa has reached the summit 10 times, all without oxygen.

Lumbini

LIFE OF BUDDHA

Buddha light of Asia.Son of King Suddhodana and Queen Mayadevi.A very popular place, known as birth place of Lord Buddha-Lumbini. It lies in the Rupendehi district of Lumbini Zone of western Nepal.One night, Queen maya devi dreamt that white elephant entered her right side.And indicated on that very night she had conceived a child. Ten months later Siddhartha was born.As, Siddhartha grew up he mastered all the traditional arts and sciences.The prince would take every opportunity to convey spiritual meanings and to encourage others to follow spiritual paths.Sometime he would go to his father's kingdom. During his visit he saw many old people, sick people and once he saw a corpse.After seeing these, he had a deep impression on his mind. And realized that all the living beings have to experience the suffering of birth, sickness,aging and death.When king heard this, he was disturbed. He wished for his son to be great king.At the age of sixteen Prince Siddhartha married beautiful princess-Yasodhara.She gave birth to a son named Rahul.They enjoyed their days in palace and never thought about life outside the palace.Siddhartha then spent 29 years as a prince in Kapilvastu.Despite his father's effort to hide him from the sick, aged and suffering. He left the palace to meet his subjects.Siddhartha than made his way to a place near Bodh Gaya.He vowed never to arise until he had found the truth.During the night Mara, the evil one tried to tempt him away from his virtuous path.First he sent his beautiful daughters to lure Gautam. Next he sent bolt of lightening, wind and heavy rain.Last he sent his demonic armies with weapons and flaming rocks.One by one Siddhartha defeated the armies with his virtue.Siddhartha then continued with his meditation-when he attended the vajra-like concentration. With this concentration, which is the very last mind of a limited being he removed the final veils of ignorance from his mind and in the next moment became a Buddha, a fully enlightened being.

UNESCO lists Lumbini, Nepal, as a world heritage site

Pokhara City

Pokhara is very beautiful city with it's huge mountains, rivers & of course people with good company. It is the second largest city in Nepal. This city is ever known as real paradise in Earth. In 1996, Pokhara Municipality changed it's status to Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan city. It is situated at about 827 meter from the sea level and is located about 200 km west of Kathmandu.You can travel to pokhara from kathmandu by Plane or by bus. Pokhara is surrounded by beautiful snow-caped mountains, with a magnificent lake of crystal clear pure Himalayan  water.

Places you must visit while travelling Pokhara :

• Phewa lake : One of the Nepals most famous and beautiful place. The reflections in the mirror like water in the early mornings and even in the middle of the night, are something you must see before dying. And in the middle of Phewa lake Barahi Temple is situated. You can get there only by hiring boat.

• World peace pagoda : The stupa offers a great place to see the mountains and the sunset over Pokhara. It was built about 17 years ago atop hill looking Phewa tal.We can reach there by foot or by hiring a taxis.

• Devis Falls : Spectacular and unusual. Witness a unique water fall that lies 2km from central Pokhara city.
• Mahendra cave : is a famous cave located in Batulechour, 10 km North from central Pokhara. It is a natural site and very popular place to visit for picnickers.
• Sarangkot :  The perfect place for viewing Sun rise, natural beauty of Pokhara and many more. The road is tough and we can get there by hiring a vehicle otherwise by foot will be the best option for viewing the beautiful scenery of Pokhara.
• Other places to visit Pokhara are - International mountain museum, Bat cave, Gurkha memorial museum, Bindawasini temple, e.t.c..

Night View of Pokhara

Visit Pokhara 2012

Paragliding is very famous in Pokhara. As, we can para glide as well as we can see the nature very close to us. Sarangkot is the famous place for paragliding in pokhara. Many tourists including local, visit sarangkot not only to paraglide but also to see the beautiful sceneary of pokhara, Machhapuchhre, lake, mountains etc.