Sirubari Village Tour
Village tourism, a recent
innovation, is successfully
demonstrated at Sirubari in
Syangja a half day s
distance from Pokhara. It is
a three hour walk from the
road-head just 30 kilometers
from Pokhara. A management
committee takes
responsibility for visitors,
their welcome,
accommodation, sightseeing
and guiding. The village
consists of 60 households of
which many are offering
guest accommodation. It is a
very neat and clean village,
the accommodation is simple,
but comfortable, with good
bedding, as well as clean
toilet facilities. Meals of
daily fresh food are eaten
with the family, and each
evening there is
entertainment provided by
the community, which is
usually Gurung dancing and
singing.
There is a Buddhist
monastery/Gompa in the core
of the village; it has a
vibrant Gurung culture, and
they are a mixture of
Buddhist, Hindu or Shaman.
The region abounds with
flora and fauna, with two
hills nearby providing
stunning views of Nepal s
western Himalayas. Trails
and steps are formed and
paved, and many shrines and
pilgrimage sites dot the
landscape. The season is
September to June, and while
staying there visitors can
visit cottage industries
such as traditional
handicrafts and paper
making; and a plant nursery
covering 380 hectares of
flora, including one million
trees and plants. There are
two small lakes nearby and
bird watching and wildlife
observation are possible.
Sirubari won the PATA Gold
Award 2001 in the Heritage &
Culture - Heritage Category.
In the Gorkha District of
Nepal a community tourist
program is in its third year
of operation. The area is
full of natural beauty,
panoramic views, green
mid-hill trekking, unspoilt
jungle areas, lakes, caves,
waterfalls and flora
(medicinal, scented and
edible plants).
Accessible from Kathmandu
and Pokhara, there is a one
day walk to the model
tourism village . Village
treks can be undertaken
while experiencing village
and rural life, as well as
visiting the majestic
hill-top palace of Gorkha
Bazar. Accommodation is in
individual guestrooms with
host families, or in between
villages, in tents. During
trekking meals are provided
by professional teams, and
in the villages visitors can
try a delicious,
hygienically prepared Nepali
Daalbhaat consisting of
locally produced rice,
lentils and garden fresh
organically grown
vegetables. The guestrooms
are simple, but clean and
cosy, with latrines
available and a water tap
close by. (Electricity, hot
showers and separate
bathrooms are not available
so far).
In the mid-west of Nepal in
the Shyangja District,
another model tourism
village project is underway.
This is an agricultural and
animal husbandry based
community with no other
income source; the intention
is to carry out
infrastructure development,
heritage conservation and
renovation, plus training
and development of the
villagers in the region.
Located to the north east is
Dahare Deurali, a famous
religious site, and a
beautiful location for
viewing Himalayan peaks like
Annapurna, Dhaulagiri and
Machhapuchhare. It is at an
altitude of 3,900 feet with
a population of more than
6,500 people in the village
and surrounding area.
Sirubari is without one of
the most attractive village
in Nepal. The village is
neat and clean very colorful
and warm, while the people
are friendly, well education
and are enthusiastic about
toursim. Sirubari is a
compact farming community
village. The Unique
attraction of Sirubari is
the fact that is the model
for a growing new trend in
tourism in Nepal – a trend
takes the visitor within,
Experience stemming for the
observations from ; without
have always attracted
visitor to Nepal. For the
adventurous, Nepal has been
synonymous with trekking,
mountaineering expiations,
jungle safari, and river
rafting. For those seeking
spirituality for the
visitors have always been
the people and the culture.
Sirubari, a village in
Syangja district southwest a
short drive from Pokhara,
followed by the comfortable
walk. The village is on a
south facing slope at 1,700m
above seeing label. The
climate is ideals at all
times of the years with no
show ever falling in the
village itself. However, the
ideal time to visit between
September to June. The
houses are mostly built from
the local materials and are
well constructed and
comfortable. The
overwhelming impression of
the village is one of the
odder and classiness but
with a warm and welcoming
feel to it. Foot trails
though the villages are all
stone paved.
The villagers love, for
flowers is shown in an all
year around riot of colors.
Being oh the southern slopes
of the ridge the village
enjoying long sunny day and
is ideal for agriculture. In
may 2001. Sirubari in
conjunction wit the Nepal
truism board was awarded the
PATA Gold award in
recognitions of its efforts
to preserver the culture and
heritage of nepali total
life.
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