Best Time to Visit Nepal

TravelTips

When traveling to Nepal, it would be wise to check what season is best for the sport that you are interested in. Due to some severe weather conditions, mainly the monsoon, some sports are not available during the rainy season. One such sport is paragliding, if this is the sport you are intent on experience, the best time of year to do so would be between November and January. If there are strong rains during the monsoon or other times of the year canyon swinging and bungee jumping are not available.

If you are in Nepal during the monsoons, white water rafting and canyoning is at its adrenaline-producing peak when water levels are higher and stronger. If you, however, would rather experience rafting without raging waters or canyoning without massive waterfalls, the best time for these activities would be October through mid-December and March through early May. Similarly, the best time for rock climbing is around September to May.

If the water sports or activities involving heights aren’t for you, Nepal is home to some of the most beautiful trails for mountain biking. To optimize your ride, the best time of year to enjoy the trails would be after the summer through October when the weather is much more pleasant.

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* You are entitled for a complimentry flight on each 15+ flight you book with as within a period of 30 days or 1 month.

* We also offer tandem paragliding videos for our passanger for an extra of RS 1000/-

* Besides Tandem flights we also offer various other services on paragliding like courses. para- treks and para tours.

Please remember that as paragliding is a weather dependent sport, If the condition are not suitable sunrise reserves the right to cancel flight at any time. If you will have not on the same days due to bad weather, we will have a refund. All the above price are fixed and includes transport from the starting point and ending point. booking should be made a few days in advance and must pre-inform.

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Active Adventure

Paragliding is a foot-launched, ram-air, airfoil canopy which flies with the energy of wind, gravity and pilot's power to steer. It descends due to gravity and ascends due to air pressure. With the help of air pressure, pilot decides when and where to fly, soar, dive and eventually land it safely. Adventure seekers seek depths and space where ever they can find. In Nepal, you have breathtaking depth of 700 meter or higher for the unparalleled Shangri-La that lies beneath the Himalayan range offering a scenic ecstasy of the valleys and lush green jungles combined with an infinitive visibility of the crisp clear Himalayas all around you,all ready to add another dimension in your flight adrenals. November, December and January are the best three months for Paragliding in Nepal. Superb weather and excellent mountain visibility can be expected during those months. Annapurna region, also known as the arms of Pokhara valley, is the best location for paragliding in Nepal. Sites around the Phewa Lake are popular, one such is the Sarangkot hill which provides a breathtaking view point of 700m above the Pokhara heaven !
Tandem Flights: Tandem flying involves flying with a passanger: both have separate harnesses that are attached to each other and the wing. Paragliding harnesses are very comfortable and safe which feel like an armchair allowing the passangers to sit back, relax, enjoy the scenery and even take picture.

Acro - Nepal Air Show Paragliding Championship, Pokhara

Acro - Nepal Air Show Paragliding Championship, Pokhara

Nepal

Monday 16 November 2009 by webmaster

Acro - Nepal Air Show Paragliding Championship

25th - 27th February 2010, Pokhara.

1st day

• 09:00 am - Safety selection
• 11:00 am - First run
• 13:00 am - Second run

2nd day

• 09:00 am - Third run
• 11:00 am - Forth run
• 13:00 am - Free run

3rd day

• 09:00 am - Third run
• 11:00 am - Free run
• 13:00 am - Final run & Big acro show
• 17:00 am - Price money & Celebration concert

SIDEBOX:

David Barish at the St Hilaire FestivalGuest of honour and president of the jury of the film festival, David Barish delighted everybody he met with his modesty, his kindness and his limitless curiosity. He plunged into many passionate discussions with Gin Seok Song (Gin Gliders), Xavier Demoury (Nervures) and Jean-Louis Darlet (The Cage). When flying tandem with Sandie he immediately asked to fly it himself and was eager to fly again the following day and play with some thermals. Sandie commented "I was very flattered to fly with him. He flew the tandem until the last turn of our approach. On the drive back back up again we talked about skiing in Chamonix, where I am from. One day, he got lost in the fog skiing the Vallée Blanche!" Ever available, he gave interviews and press conferences, and had even brought his high aspect ratio prototype for a few inflations and to ask the opinion of other manufacturers. Xavier Demoury knew the pedigree of David Barish and his Sailwing: "I didn’t think it could fly. It seemed crazy. But David, he made it fly 20 years in advance of everybody else. The long lines, ripstop material, the deformation of the material under the pressure between interior and exterior; his work enabled us to arrive to where we are today. He is a true inventor. As for us, we are only improvers! When I see him, I tell myself that I still have 30 good years ahead of me. It’s reassuring! Outside, David and Gin opened up their gliders. Gin admired David’s incredible wing, with an aspect ratio of 8, and its two rows of lines with pyramid cascades. On the brand new Boomerang prototype, David studied the little plastic rods which reinforce the leading edge, designed for high speed using the accelerator

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David has a daughter from his first marriage. When Johanna met David, she warned Johanna straightaway; 'My father does a lot of mad things, you don’t have to follow him!' Thousands of paraglider pilots, without knowing it, have followed David Barish in their quest to fly like a bird. And it’s Johanna again who has the last word on her many years living with David: 'We laughed a lot!' One of the secrets of life!
But the story cannot be closed here. It is David himself who says: "I wouldn’t be surprised if one day someone finds a Russian or a Japanese engineer who did the same thing before I did!"

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David Barish reports, "higher aspect ratio is one way to increase performance. I would not say it’s the easy way. But it is obvious that the result is a rather sensitive machine." Always discreet, David Barish has never promoted his discoveries. Philippe Renaudin, the Sup’Air importer for the USA, had met him many times with his wing and "homemade" harness, before learning that this amazing old gentleman had invented paragliding 35 years ago! And paramotoring too! And he still has things to teach us. When Phillipe told him that his paramotor mysteriously climbs less well when facing into wind, David replied straightaway that it was to be expected, because the angle of the propeller has been designed for a single pitch angle. The same problem existed for small propeller aircraft during the thirties, and was resolved by variable pitch propellers.