Pokhara: 30-Minute Paragliding with Annapurna Views & Pickup

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Soar over Pokhara's lakes and mountains on a half-hour paragliding flight

You get picked up from your hotel, driven to Sarangkot, and flown for thirty minutes over Pokhara's lakes and the Annapurna range with a certified pilot. Photos and video are included, and the driver brings you back to your hotel afterward. Book it on a clear day for the best mountain views.

Step-by-step itinerary

Paragliding and sightseeing in Pokhara

Arrive at Pokhara lakeside city
Travel to Sarangkot viewpoint
Enjoy 30-minute paragliding flight
Fly over Phewa Lake
View Annapurna mountain range
See Machhapuchhre (Fishtail) mountain

The Experience

You're lifted off from Sarangkot, the ridge that overlooks everything — the Phewa Lake spreading below like a mirror, the valley floor quilted with fields and houses, and then the wall of peaks rising behind it all. Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Machhapuchhre: the names sound like a prayer when you're standing at the launch point, and they look even bigger once you're airborne. The 30-minute paragliding flight from Sarangkot is the reason thousands of people come to Pokhara each year, and once you're up there, you understand why.

The day starts with pickup from your hotel — the operator handles that — and the drive to Sarangkot takes maybe twenty minutes depending on where you're staying in Pokhara. You'll meet your pilot, get a quick safety rundown, and then it's time. The actual flight lasts half an hour, which sounds short until you're suspended in it, watching the Phewa Lake rotate beneath you and the Annapurna range filling the entire horizon. Your pilot has done this hundreds of times; they know the thermals, the wind patterns, the angles that show off the mountains best. If the day is clear — and that matters more than anything else — you'll see detail on the peaks that photographs never quite capture.

The operator includes photos and video of your flight, so you're not just remembering it later; you have proof of what it felt like to be up there. Transportation back to your hotel is part of it too, which means you don't have to figure out how to get down from Sarangkot on your own. The whole thing — pickup, flight, photos, drop-off — is one package, which is why it works as a morning or afternoon slot without eating your whole day.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Pokhara, thirty-minute paragliding flight from Sarangkot with a certified pilot, professional photos and video of your flight, and all taxes and tourist service charges.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Breakfree Adventures Pvt. Ltd.

Is this one for you?Right for travelers staying in Pokhara who want a high-altitude view of the Annapurna range without committing to a multi-day trek. The flight is thirty minutes, so it fits into a morning or afternoon without dominating your schedule, and pickup means you don't arrange transport yourself.