“The National Geographic Travel Magazine”, one of the most popular in the field of travel has listed twelve top destinations around the world that are to be visited for the spring’2017. Amongst them, Pokhara, Nepal has also been featured as one of the destinations that is not to be missed.
Pokhara also referred as the city of lakes lies in the foothills of the majestic Mount Annapurna range. Located about 210 kms west of Kathmandu, Pokhara is the tourism capital of the country. Pokhara is also a gateway to the Nepal’s Annapurna region which is very popular amongst the trekkers around the world. Pokhara is the perfect place where various adventure activities are carried out. The popular adventure activities are: trekking, hiking, paragliding, ultra-light flights, mountain biking, bunjee jumping, zip flying etc. Besides the adventure activities, pokhara is also famous for the cultural tours which includes sightseeing to the various places such as Bindabasini temple, Tal Barahi Temple, Seti George, Davids’ Fall, Mahendra Cave, Chamero (Bat) Cave, Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave, a visit to Peace pagoda and boating at Phewa tal and Begnas tal.
Other destinations mentioned in the list area Cape Town of South Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Park, Olympic National Park, Philadelphia of USA, Suzhou of China, Great Barrier Reef of Australia. The other destinations that are able to make it to the list are Balloon Rally of Washington, USA, Los Glaciers National park of Argentina, Aogashima island of Japan and Bubble Lodges of France.
