One of the secrets of Himalayan travel is that when you discover a great experience that you enjoy, grab it wholeheartedly. Therefore if you have a few days in the Sarangkot-Pokhara region, it is a good idea to glide early in your stay so that if you want to repeat the experience you have time to do so.  There are several grades of flight available here providing for graduated flying. 

Sunrise Paragliding was the first to break through with a Himalayan paragliding operation in the Annapurna.   Five years latter such is the excitement over the quality of paragliding here that there are now three new organisations developing operations at other local sites in a rapidly expanding paragliding industry.    

Sunrise Paragliding has an edge in that they established the industry here.    It took very many years of negotiation and planning before they could open their doors. But the pay off for Sunrise was that by battling through the planning and regulations, they would be first, and in the bigger picture of Paragliding that meant they were free to choose from the best operating sites and strategies. 

To some extent Paragliding is always subject to the weather.  From Sarangkot most weather is suitable for Paragliding and even in cloudy weather it is a rewarding experience.  This is largely  due to the powerful diversity, mammoth scale, and strong living culture of the landscape.    In this location even the weather patterns themselves  are quite exhilarating. 

Thankfully, in the Sarangkot part of the  Annapurna Himalaya, clear sunshine filled days are plentiful.  Then there are the exceptional days, where visibility is crystal clear for as far as the eye can see.  Those are are astounding. 

The Tandem Paragliding services detailed in sarangkot.com.np's  on-line reservation forms are  specially negotiated for an extended flight and a high ground landing back in Sarangkot.  This means after flying you will remain in the landscape.