Travel Information of Pokhara/How to get?

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GETTING TO/ FROM POKHARA TO KATHMANDU

 1. Tourist Buses:

Depart every morning at 7 a.m. from the bus station outside thamel,Kathmandu. Prices range from Nrs.500 -1000 for basic buses and around Us$20 for luxury buses. The drive takes 6-8 hours depending on the traffic and road conditions and includes two main stops for breakfast and lunch at tourist roadside restaurants. The tourist bus stop in Pokhara is located in South Lakeside just around the corner of the main police and administation buildings, a few minutes drive from central Lakeside.
 

2.Local & Micro Buses:

Depart every half an hour from kalanki Bus park in Kathmandu from 5 am until late afternoon (travelling at night is not recommended ). The micro Buses( white Toyato vans) take 5-6 hours and cost approx. Nrs500 while the local buses take 6-8 hours and cost approx Nrs400 -500. Both stop only once for main at a local roadside restaurant. These buses stop at Prithivi Chowk in Pokhara which is a 5-10 minutes taxi drive from Lakeside.

3.Plane:

Here are  daily flights operated by several Nepali domestic airlines to Pokhara airport from Kathmandu Domestic Airport, which can be easily and quickly arranged by local tourist agents in Tamil or Lakeside. It is best to fly early in the morning when you can catch the spectacular view of the Himalayas as you fly into Pokhara from the right side of the plane. prices are now fixed at $119 one way and the flight takes 25 minutes. The  Nrs.200 domestic airport departure taxi is now included in the ticket. To Lakeside from Pokhara Airport is a 5-minute taxi drive. 

4.Car:

It is possible to hire a car with/without a driver to travel from Kathmandu to Pokhara. If you have never driven  in Nepal before then it is advisable to hire a driver as the Prithivi Highway is dangerous Road with many bands, narrow sections and incoming traffic on your side of the road. There can always be traffic jams on roadblocks along the way and so it is also takes  5-6 hour to reach Pokhara. Small cars cost from Nrs4500  per day to hire  not including the driver or petrol which due to bolder supply may be at an inflated price

 TO/FROM CHITWAN

The best way to travel between Pokhara and  Sauhara, the tourist village just outside Chitwan National Park is by tourist Buses leave daily from the tourist bus station at 7am, take 6-7 hours and cost  Nrs400-600 one way.

TO /FROM TREKKING ROUTES

1.Local Bus:

Crowded local Buses leave every one and half an hour from 5:30am until 3pm. Most trekking routes in the Annapurna region start along the Baglung Highway at places such as Phedi,Khade,Lumle and Nayapul. The annapurna circuit however  starts from Besisahar east of Pokhara. Two buses leave early each morning from Prithivi Chowk, taking 5 hours cost Nrs250 rupees. Or you can catch any bus going to Kathmandu and change to Dhubri

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2. Taxi:

From Lakeside is a small taxi cost Nrs1000 to Phedi and Nrs1800 to Nyapul, taking 2 hours. whereas from Bangalung bus park they  cost Nrs900-1500.

3.Jeep/Mini Van:

Jeep and Minivans are available to hire in Lakeside along with your 
 a driver and they are particularly useful if you have a large trekking group.

TO/FROM INDIAN BORDER 

The closest Indian border crossing to Pokhara is at Sunauli and while no tourist buses are going there are daily buses is leaving from Prithivi Chowk to  Bhairawa near Sunauli. Buses go either via  Mogling (on the way to Kathmandu) or directly South past Tansen and Butwal along the domestic and beautiful Siddhartha Highway, Other border crossings to Birganj, Nepalganj &  Mahendranagar can be reached by day/night buses from Pokhara.
 

BUS PARKS

1.Tourist Bus Park:

The main tourist bus park is located in South Lakeside 50m past Raster Bank Chowk on the left-hand side tourist buses request you to register 30 minutes before departures to Kathmnadu, Chitwan, and Lumbini.

2.Bagling Bus Park:

This local bus park is the terminus for all buese going to the north and North-west of Pokhara along the  Baglung Highway. If you are traveling to Phedi, Nayapul or Beni  for the start of you trek get here early in the morning. Taxis can take you from Lakeside 5-10 minutes or to get nearby local bus take the Chipledunga bus from Lakeside  to Zero Kilometer where you can change  buses to go left ( north)to Baglung Bus Park.

3.Prithivi Chowk Bus Park:

This is Pokhara's main Local Bus Station. where buses depart to the east, south, and South-West, including Kathmandu,Gurkha, Tansen, Butwal ans Sunauli. Local buses stop here on the way to Chipledung get off at the bottom of New Road and Prithivi Chowk its just 50m further  along the main road. The large buses are parked on the left side of the main road while you need to get trun left & go up the  street a little from the microbus stop.