दुई घण्टाको डुङ्गा भाडामा कति पर्छ?
How much to rent a rowboat for two hours?
Dui ghaṇṭāko ḍuṅgā bhāḍāmā kati parchha?
For lakeside travelers
Nepali for Pokhara — Phewa Lake, Sarangkot, paragliding
Pokhara is Nepal's second-largest tourist city — a lakeside town that runs on rowboats, sunrise jeeps, and paraglider launches. English is good in Lakeside but the ten Nepali phrases on this page are the ones that get you a boat at the posted rate, a harness checked twice, and a Sarangkot taxi at 4:30 am.
Featured dialogue: hiring a rowboat to Barahi Temple
The Boat Operators Association fixed rate, the Barahi Temple stop, the life jacket, and the late-return rule. The full lakeside exchange that gets you a fair price and the temple visit you came for.
Read the dialogueFeatured dialogue: paragliding pre-flight briefing
Sarangkot tandem launch, the RUN-LEGS-UP-STOP sequence, the harness check, the abort procedure, and the mid-flight "fly lower" request. The conversation that decides whether your first ten seconds go well.
Read the dialogueSarangkot sunrise: the practical playbook
The Annapurna sunrise from Sarangkot (1,592 m) is one of Nepal's great cheap pleasures. Pre-dawn jeep departs Lakeside 4:30–5:00 am, 30 minutes up. Sunrise roughly 5:45–6:15 am. Total trip 2–3 hours including the wait at the summit viewpoint.
Critical: book the jeep the night before with your hotel desk. Lakeside is otherwise empty at 4:30 am. Round-trip NPR 1,500–2,500. Bring a fleece — it is genuinely cold at the summit even in summer.
World Peace Pagoda & Devi's Falls
The World Peace Pagoda (Shanti Stupa) sits on the south shore of Phewa Lake — 45–60 minutes' hike up from a boat-drop, or 30 minutes from the road. Best at sunrise or in afternoon light. Devi's Falls (Patale Chhango) is a 15-minute taxi ride south of Lakeside; the waterfall is monsoon-dependent, dramatic Jul–Sep, a trickle Jan–Apr. Entry NPR 50.
Pokhara phrases
The lakeside Nepali phrasebook — boat hire, paragliding signals, Sarangkot timing, and the small queries that come up at every Lakeside cafe.
मलाई बाराही मन्दिर लैजानुस् र पर्खनुस्
Please take me to Barahi Temple and wait
Malāī Barāhī mandir laijānus ra parkhanus
सराङ्कोट सूर्योदय यात्रा कति बजे हो?
What time is the Sarangkot sunrise tour?
Sāraṅkoṭ sūryoday yātrā kati baje ho?
कृपया मेरो ह्यार्नेस कस्नुहोस्
Please tighten my harness
Kripayā mero harness kasnuhos
मलाई अवतरण गर्नुपर्यो भने के संकेत हो?
What is the signal if I want to land?
Malāī avataraṇ garnuparyo bhane ke saṅket ho?
विश्व शान्ति स्तूपसम्म कति घण्टा हिँड्नुपर्छ?
How long is the hike to the World Peace Pagoda?
Vishwa Shānti Stūpasamma kati ghaṇṭā hi̱ḍnuparchha?
के आज देवीको झरना खुलेको छ?
Is Devi's Falls open today?
Ke āja Devīko jharanā khuleko chha?
तालको नजिक एउटा टेबल दिनुहोस्
A table near the lake, please
Tālko najik euṭā ṭebal dinuhos
के म डुङ्गा बीस मिनेट ढिलो फर्काउन सक्छु?
Can I return the boat twenty minutes late?
Ke ma ḍuṅgā bīs minet ḍhilo pharkāuna sakchhu?
मलाई डर लाग्यो — के हामी तल उड्न सक्छौं?
I am afraid — can we fly lower?
Malāī ḍar lāgyo — ke hāmī tala uḍna sakchhau̱?
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