Phewa Lake helped to put Pokhara ||

 

Phewa Lake helped to put Pokhara on the tourist map, but it is now crowded by an ever-growing number of hotels, restaurants, bars and shops. Just 15km to the east, however, are two equally beautiful, under-visited lakes, with little of the overdevelopment that threatens to overwhelm Pokhara. According to local legend, Begnas Tal and Rupa Tal are husband and wife, and if you throw something into one of them, it will eventually appear in the other. The former, the larger of the two, is framed by impossibly steep, terraced hills, while the latter is hidden away in a lush valley just to the south. Both lakes have the majestic snow-capped, tent-shaped peak of Annapurna II