Sarangkot Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Taxi drivers in Lakeside offer dawn rides up to the ridge to catch the morning sunrise for around Rs 500, but you must walk the final 1km along a pitted motorcycle track. The taxi fare is the same whether the driver waits to drive you back or you walk down.

By motorcycle or mountain bike, follow the road that branches off the Baglung Hwy near the Bindhya Basini Temple. When the road levels out below the ridge, look for the Sarangkot turning on the right, opposite a large group of tin-roofed school buildings.

A more challenging option is the three- to four-hour walk from Pokhara. The most popular path begins on the highway opposite the Baglung bus park. The obvious trail runs west across the fields and up the side of Gyarjati Hill, meeting the dirt road at Silangabot, about 1km east of the Sarangkot turning.

There's also a scenic route from Phewa Tal but the trail is hard to follow and there have been muggings along this path. The trail begins near the village of Khapeudi on the road to Pame Bazaar (look for the signpost about 50m after the Green Peace Lodge), meeting the road just west of the turn-off to Sarangkot. It's usually easier to follow this trail on the way down.