Travel Nepa

Para –trekking kicks off in Pokhara
While the government prepares to celebrate Tourism Year in 2011, Pokhara , one of the most favorite tourist destinations in the country has launched a strange yet adventurous event –Para-trekking.
Para-trekking a combined of ‘Paragliding ‘and ‘Trekking’ which means paragliding upwards the sky and again soaring down to the starting point.
The Paragliding company ,Pyonova Nepal formally launched this adventurous game since last Thursday.According to Yogesh Bhattarai , president of the company ,tourists are flown in sky up to Tanahu’s Bandipur , Kaski’s Korchon and Syangja;s Sirubari and again taken back to Pokhara .
Not only Pyonova but there are other forur such companies catering the needs of the tourists from home and abroad. According to a pilot , Rajesh Bamjan , annually 400 to 500 Para pilot come to Pokhara for Paragliding and a few choose to take part in Para –trekking.
Indian national Debu Chaudhary who has been paragliding for 11 years said, “For Paragliding, pokhara is safer than India because one can also land in Fewa lake .Pokhara is one of the best five destinations for Paragliding in the world. International paragliding competitions have been held in Pokhara for the last ten years. The concept of Para- Trekking was brought to pokhara after more than ten glorious years of Paragliding. According to French pilot, Pokhara was not only destination for paragliding but is could be a good spot for training too.