Unbelievable Devi's Falls (Patale Chhango)

Back from Sarangkot at 7:00 Am, the Lodge treated us to a complimentary breakfast.
Excellent view from the restaurant looking onto the Fishtail reflected on the Phewa lake, we gobbled down fried eggs and toast. A must-take back from Nepal is their tea. Lovely liquor tea, similar to the Darjeeling variety if you are a tea buff.



Gurung Takes us to the Devi's Falls after a short nap, actually i collapsed and lay dead for an hour while Pashu laughed his head off reading a book he bought the day before! Pokhara is the only city in Nepal which is famous for waterfalls. As we drive by the river sides below the hills we can see several beautiful and dashing waterfalls flowing downhill and finally flowing to the rivers.
As he drove towards the Tibetan camp area, one could be fooled that there was a waterfall tucked away behind rows of souvenir shops! It was quite a sight as you walk behind these shacks into the waterfall area gate.
At first the noise is deafening, and i mean it. The river is full and the dam has been opened, this is September and the monsoon is still on, hence the waterfall which is seasonal is actually in its full glory. As you approach the main area, all you can see is this weird mist and no water but loads of noise. As we walked on we could see the full fall. But it is not the height that is captivating, it is the depth...
This waterfall goes underground and disappears quite mysteriously and then joins the main Seti Gandaki river. The fall touches down below and has a depth of 4500 feet, can you beat that??!! no wonder so much noise and so much mist! We kept peeking to see the end of it but you cant, apparently it can be seen during dry seasons from the near by underground caves, but for now the caves were closed for the rains, no wonder, who wants to drown. The volume is shocking for such a small fall.

Devi's Fall

Devi's Fall (also known as Devin's and David's) is a lovely waterfall lying about 2-Km south-west of the Pokhara airport on the Siddhartha Highway. Legend has it that a trekker (Devin, David) was washed away by the Pardi Khola and mysteriously disappeared down into an underground passage beneath the fall.

Seti Gandaki River

Another of Pokhara's natural wonders is the Seti Gandaki river. Flowing right through the city, the lively river runs completely underground at places. At certain points, amazingly, the river appears hardly two meters wide. But its depth is quite beyond imagination - over 135 feet !