Adventure & OutdoorSouth Asia
Paragliding with the Himalaya behind you
Pokhara, Nepal
Photo by marco allasio on Unsplash
Thermals off Sarangkot, vultures flying the same lift as you, and Annapurna filling the horizon — the cheapest good place to learn.
- How long
- ~7 days
- Cost
- $500 – $1,100
- In rupees
- ₹0.5L – ₹1.1L
- Starting level
- Beginner
4–21 days
$114/day
₹10,900/day
moderate pace
Price covers: 1-week course, tuition + wing + transfers + lakeside room. Rough estimate. Treat it as an order of magnitude, not a quote. Flights and visas are never included, and nothing here is a quote.
The price includes
- Tuition
- Somewhere to sleep
- Kit & materials
Best months — Oct-Apr
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Annapurna viewscheapthermals
While you're in the region
Is this a good one?
- Against others of its kind
- At $114 a day this sits well below the $222 median for adventure & outdoor. It is cheaper than 15 of the 20 adventure & outdoor options mapped here.
- Other things to learn in Nepal
- 3 other options in Nepal, starting with ten-day vipassana in Kathmandu from free.
- When to go
- Workable across 7 months of the year — Oct-Apr. Outside that the season is against you, not the school.
- How long it really takes
- Most people give it 7 days, but the honest range is 4 to 21. That spread is wide because how far you take it is up to you.
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