If you wanted to go to Pokhara to see and photo mountains (forget the trekking), when would you go?
If you had to choose between March and April, which would you choose?
Pokhara %26ndash; best time?
I wanted to do the same. October November are the best times. After that the dust kicks up a little. But the higher you go, the less dust and the better the photos.
Without trekking you won%26#39;t get anything to great. Though you will pick up a few good vistas.
There%26#39;s not much difference between March and April. Both can have heavy cloud and rain. If they break, you%26#39;ll get a great shot. If not...
You can check out www.thelongestwayhome.com for some more info on Nepal.
Hope this helps
Dave
Pokhara %26ndash; best time?
Agree with most of Dave%26#39;s comments, except that the view from Sanarkot, a relatively short taxi-ride away to the north of the city, is fantastic, offering a great panorama of the Annapurnas even to non-trekkers !
Thanks iamontheroad and Alanyeti. Your advice is pretty much what we feared. Looks like we%26#39;ll have to put it off till autumn.
We recognize we%26#39;d do better if we made a trek. But being oldish and lazy, we figure a taxi ride to Sarangkot will have to do the job.
No problems.
In Pokhara if you can make it to the World Peace Stupa 45 mins uphill, you can also get a great panorama, weather pending. If all that fails. Then when there, and facing the lake. Turn right. Follow the trail and you will get to a cafe over looking the lake and Annapurna range. Rest up a while. Then keep going 15 minutes more, you%26#39;ll be in an area filled with colourful prayer flags that will make a great photo. I think you can see some on the link I gave above.
Hope it works out!
Dave
I read different things. Lonely planet says:
';From June to September the skies open and the views vanish behind blankets of grey cloud; bring a brolly and be prepared to wade when the streets are flooded.';
I believe March/April are dry, it will be spring time in the mountains. The rains will probably start around june...
We went to Pokhara for 3 days in April 2008 and were afforded many hours, each day, of fantastic views of the mountains, including a majestic sunrise at Sarangkot. There was cloud cover some of the time, and some rain, but not a big deal.
I plan to return April 2009.
My wife and I are also planning to visit Nepal early April, after a tour of the Golden Triangle in India. My dilemma right now is picking between 2 tour agencies, one which offers 4 days in Kathmandu and the other 2 days in Kat. and 2 days in Pokhara. The latter tour is considerably more expensive and I%26#39;m trying to determine if it%26#39;s worth the extra money. Any advice that would help me choose would be appreciated.
If you will be there at same time, contact me directly to exchange details (if interested).
Bob
Chicago IL
Personally, i would recommend seeing both, but it really depends what you want to see. Kathmandu is a big, bustling noisy city, full of temples (Hindu and Buddhist), historic sites (like the 3 Durbar Squares of old palaces), ancient buildings as well as more shopping opportunities (both old bazaars and newer department stores). The Buddhist temples are a bit out of the city and at Swayambunath you get a good view of the city and the mountains if weather is clear, but in April with haze and pollution probably not likely to see them from Kathmandu. From KTM you can travel an hour or two out to nagarkot or Dhulikhel to see sunrise over Himalayas, but I have been several times and never yet seen it in April (Oct and Nov are much clearer from KTM).
Pokhara is much smaller, cleaner, greener, quieter without a lot of temples or historic sites, but plenty of natural beauty. Tourist area is in Lakeside (a long road stretching along the lakefront of Phewa Tal filled with hotels, restaurants and shops), if weather is clear view of Himalayas from Pokhara is amazing and if you take a boat ride across the lake early on a clear morning or walk to the top of hill on other side of lake see Himalayan range reflected in water. from Pokhara you can walk to top of Sarangkot for a view over city, lake and mountains, paraglide from the top (or walk or take taxi down). There is a Tibetan refugee camp with monastery and Hindu temple at northern end of town, Devi%26#39;s falls and caves at south, Mountain Museum etc
the flight from KTM to PKR is only about 30 minutes and accomodation in PKR is plentiful with everything from budget to luxury resort. It would actually be quite easy to stay in KTM 2 days on the tour and arrange yourselves to go to PKR for 2 days - any travel agent in KTM could book return airfares and hotel accomodation for you.
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