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Pokhara

Pokhara
Pokhara · Utsab Raj Giri (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pokhara

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Phewa Lake

    Lake in Kaski District, Nepal

    6.2 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Davis Falls

    Waterfall

    8.6 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mahendra Cave

    Cave in Batulechaur, Kaski, Nepal

    1.2 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Tal Barahi Temple

    Hindu temple on an island in Phewa Lake, Nepal

    6.8 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bindhyabasini Temple

    Hindu temple in Pokhara, Nepal

    3.6 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Pokhara Rangasala

    Multi-purpose stadium in Nepal

    7.3 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave

    Cave in Nepal

    8.7 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    International Mountain Museum

    History Museum in Pokhara, Nepal Nepal

    8.7 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Bat Cave

    Cave system in Pokhara, Nepal

    700 m · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Ratna Mandir

    Building in Pokhara, Nepal

    6.8 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Pokhara

Airports
Pokhara (PHH), 10 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 101 km · Tribhuvan (KTM), 151 km
Stations
Pokhara Airport, 7.5 km · Pokhara International Airport, 9.7 km
  • Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Pokhara
    99 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · ₨690–910
  • Kathmandu → Pokhara
    147 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · ₨760–1,010
  • Varanasi → Pokhara
    342 km · quickest by road, 7h 45m · ₹3,130–3,920
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pokhara

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pokhara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inShared Tempo Rs 50 Indian on shared tempo/ bus from Siddharth Nagar rail station to Kakrahwa border approx 50 mins if no jam on road (Last bus around 6 pm all via Lumbini).
  • Get inRs 25/- per person by shared auto to Bhairahawa Bus Park.
  • Get aroundBuses and minivans operate on most of the popular routes.
  • Go nextAnnapurna is a mountainous region just outside of Pokhara, famous for trekking.
  • Go nextKathmandu is reachable from Pokhara by crowded local minibus (Rs400–600, 6–7 hours), tourist bus (Rs800–2000, 6–7 hours), and by plane (US$102-106, 40 minutes).

From Wikivoyage: Pokhara, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GhandrukNP

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    20 km
  2. 02
    MunsiyariIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    414 km
  3. 03
    ChitkulIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    634 km
  4. 04
    KazaIN

    7 ways of moving, 18 sources

    717 km
  5. 05
    Tirthan ValleyIN

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    733 km

If you know how people move in Pokhara – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Pokhara

  • Kaski Districtdistrict in Nepal8 km
  • Sarangkotward of Pokhara metropolitan city, Nepal2.8 km
  • Dhitalvillage development committee in Gandaki Zone, Nepal9.1 km
  • Kaskikotsubdivision of Pokhara metropolitan city in Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal6.6 km
  • Reevanvillage development committee in Gandaki Zone, Nepal9.9 km
  • Ghachokvillage development committee in Gandaki Zone, Nepal7.6 km