Gandaki / Lumbini · Nepal
Siddhartha Highway
NH47Pokhara to Butwal
One of Nepal’s most exciting mountain highways descends from Pokhara through the Lower Himalayan ridges in a relentless sequence of hairpins past jungle slopes, rice terraces and the Newari town of Tansen.
Leaving Pokhara the highway plunges into the green hills of the Mahabharata Range, winding south through Syangja to the historic walled town of Tansen (Palpa). The Butwal-Palpa section is the most testing, rocky, rockfall-prone, tight, before the Ramdi bridge over the Kali Gandaki and the final descent to Butwal.
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Siddhartha Highway on the map89.9 mi · point to point
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Character
More hairpins than 9 in 10 roads in the catalogue.
Corners
busiest around mile 13Elevation
under 4%4–8%over 8%185.5 – 1,555.6 mPoints of interest3 stops
- padam dada view pointViewpoint28 mi in
- Hill Park Top StationViewpoint88 mi in
- Newari KhajaLandmark1.2 mi in
Hazards
- Hairpin bends
- Narrow curves
- Rockfall on the Butwal-Palpa section
- Monsoon landslides
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“Siddhartha Highway is one of the most exciting Nepalese roads, offering mountain ridges overgrown with lush jungles, impressive rice fields on steep mountain slopes, and deep valleys.”
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