Paragliding in Nepal (Pokhara)
- Trip Code: ATH3579
- Duration: 1 Days
- Trip Level: EasyJust about anyone can participate in one of these holidays. Minimum walking time is 2 hours and maximum walking time is approximately 5 hours a day. By the time you walk around a number of historical sites you’ll be surprised at how quickly the time passes. You do have the chance to take your time and there are plenty of places where you can rest if needed.
Trip Highlights
- Aerial view of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Range.
- Best scenery on earth, as you share airspace with Himalayan griffin vultures, eagles and kites
Trip Information
Paragliding in Nepal gives an opportunity for aerial view of the Himalayan ranges. This trip will take you over some of the best scenery on earth, as you share airspace with Himalayan griffin vultures, eagles, kites and float over villages, monasteries, temples, lakes and jungle, with a fantastic view of the majestic Himalayas. Pokhara, the beautiful lakeside town at the foot of the Annapurna Mountains offers paragliding services. Best season is from October through April. There are various deals for the paragliding veterans and novices. Three-day introduction course is offered to beginners while tandem flights where one can fly with instructor are also offered. Nepal forms a rectangle on the southern slopes of the Himalayas and is without exception, the most stunning country imaginable.
Ace the Himalaya offers one of the best Paragliding packages from Pokhara City.
Activities
You will be driven in a private tourist vehicle to the site at Sarangkot from where you can see three of the highest mountains in the world, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and Manasalu, all over 8000m. Then you will be ready to fly in the sky with the qualified pilot. Your Pilot will guide you to the thermals during your flight. Along the way you can also notice and enjoy the wild birds of prey, including the huge Himalayan Griffon Vulture, Egyptian Vultures, Golden Eagles, many species of falcon and numerous kites, who will join you in your flight.
The Paragliding trip goes for 30 mins and 1 hr (you can choose as per your interest)
Flight Cost
For 30 mins fly: USD 170 per person
For 1 hour fly: USD 240 per person
Price Includes
Pick up & drops by tourist vehicle
All permits and entrance fees
All our government taxes.
Tourist service charges.
Price Does not Include
Items of Personal Interest
Any items not mentioned in include items.
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What makes this trip different ?
Ace the Himalaya works closely with and is one of the main supporters of local NGO Sambhav Nepal. We support them in a number of ways.
Donation
Ace the Himalaya donates up to 10% of its annual revenue to Sambhav Nepal’s projects which cover regular maintenance of school buildings, constructing toilets, rebuilding earthquake-affected houses and schools, and so on.
Sponsorship
One of the major activities of Sambhav Nepal is the children sponsorship program, which is conducted with full collaboration with Ace the Himalaya and its sister organizations, Ace Holidays and Ace Xpeditions.
Partnership (Volunteering Program)
The Volunteering Program, devised by Ace the Himalaya and Sambhav Nepal, aims to mobilize teams of experts and interested individuals as an effective and economic measure in providing the human capital for education, health and community development in the villages of northern Gorkha district, western Nepal.
After the Earthquake of April 25, 2015, the Volunteering Program’s focus has been mobilizing the volunteers in various school and house rebuilding projects in the hard-hit Gorkha district.
For more details, visit Sambhav Nepal’s website www.sambhavnepal.org