view of mountain from pokhara  

Posted by rajiv shrestha

beautiful mountain

The mountains you step into any part of pokhara th first things that takes you takes you to a spontaneous delight is the gorgeous view of the mountains.
Pokhara is the first and foremost convienent point for mountain-oriented sightseeing.Mt.Annapurna,literally meaning the goddess of abudant harvest,lies at ahorizontal distance of 40 kilometres from the valley of pokhara which remains at an elevation of just 900 metres above
the mean sea-level.Here is a clear clue for the identification of mountain peaks visible from pokhata.at the extreme left isolated from the massif is visible the peak of Mt.dhaulagiri(8,167m)in order to have a clear view of this peak.However it is advised to proceed to the south-east direction of the valley past past the airport.On the extreme left of massif,the bumpy peak in the foreground is Annapurna south(7,219m).A little beyond the south peak in the background lies Annapurna(8,091m).The most imposing pyramidal peak is almost central foreground is Mt.Machhapuchhre(fish tail 6,077m).Slightly east and back of this lies Annapurna III which almost looks like the back of a camel.
Between AnnapurnaIII(7,556m)and the next mountain with the characteristics rocky right flank which is Annapurna II(7,937m) lies Annapurna IV(7,535m).Seperated from the main massif of the Annapurna,one mighty mountain appears on the right.Lamjung himal(6,983m).Finally the east manaslu
ans himalchuli can be well spotted.For a long panoramic view of the mountain from dhaulagiri in the west to Ganesh himal in thedistanat east,you can drive as far as tistunga behind the institute of forestry.Ram bazar in the south-eastern part of the pokhara valley.this view point can also be approached from pokhara air-port by heading south-east parallel to the narrow gorge off the seti river and finally crossing the river over a natural stone bridge called dhungesanghu on the left side of the mahal gaunda village.

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