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Begnas Lake

Second lake, fewer menus. Boats, fish, a ridge walk, and a weekend crowd from town. Stay out here if Lakeside is too much street.

Begnas is the large lake east of town, in what used to be Lekhnath, now inside Pokhara metropolitan city. It is quieter than Phewa: fewer menus, more fishing boats, a ridge walk, and a weekend crowd from the city rather than from trekking agencies. It is part of the Lake Cluster of Pokhara Valley, listed as a Ramsar wetland in 2016.

Count on a taxi or local bus — it is on the order of 15 km from Lakeside, not a stroll. Boats run. Homestays and small resorts sit on the shore. If the assignment is rest rather than restaurants, this is the other lake people mean.

Closed now

Neighborhood
Begnas & Rupa
Hours
Daylight · Boats in daylight
Price
Low
Map
28.173°, 84.090°

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