Travel and Photography | The Photographer and The Mountain at Sarangkot | Pokhara Nepal

© 2014 Wazari Wazir | The Photographer and The Mountain at Sarangkot | Pokhara Nepal

“The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I’m searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningful as possible.”

– Galen Rowell –

Sarangkot lies at the altitude of 1592 m above sea level,  is the small hilltop which is famous for its breath taking view of sunrise and Annapurna range and Fishtail (Machapuchare). From here, you can see a panoramic sweep of Himalayan peaks, from Dhaulagiri (8167 m) in the west to the perfect pyramid that is Machhapuchhare (6997 m) and the rounded peak of Annapurna II (7937 m) in the east. Most people come here at dawn as early as 5:30 am, when the sun picks out the peaks in brilliant colours. It is also great place to watch a sunset  if the weather is good.

To those of you who have visited Nepal, should at least make a point to visit Pokhara and watch the sunrise from Sarangkot. You don’t really need to trekking to get here, most of the cars can drive you up here but to get a better view, you need to climb a little bit steep hill around ten to fifteen minutes to get  better view.

When I came here in November 2012, there were none of those beautiful yellow mustard flower. So now, we have a beautiful mustard field for our foreground and I think it gives much more interesting picture against a great sweep of Himalayan peaks. We are almost speechless when we  reach up here, almost don’t know what to do but just stood still and admire the grandeur of this place.