Queen’s forest, or Raniban in Nepali, is where Raniban Retreat is located.  On the secluded hillock of Raniban hill forest in Pokhara resides a unique boutique hotel offering you an eco friendly environment tailor-made for you. You can call it the Queen’s Retreat!!  Visitors all say, Raniban is the best view and a most peaceful location in Pokhara – for magnificent view of the Himalayan panorama, the great Fewa Lake and Pokhara Valley. And it’s greatly peaceful because it’s on the hill top accessible through our own-made 500 stone steps through wild bushes.

10 clean and comfortable rooms, sumptuous food, spa, great views, traditional hospitality, and 24-hour solar power back up,   are what we offer you at Raniban Retreat – a small boutique hotel for spending your exclusive time.  Experience a complete retreat with your family and friends. In Raniban, you can come with a special purpose. We conduct free medical camps for the neighborhood villages.

Queen’s forest, or Raniban in Nepali, is where Raniban Retreat is located.  On the secluded hillock of Raniban hill forest in Pokhara resides a unique boutique hotel offering you an eco friendly environment tailor-made for you. You can call it the Queen’s Retreat!!

In Raniban, you can come with a special purpose. We conduct free medical camps for the neighborhood villages. Most recently, we conducted a free orientation and screening of cervical cancer (Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid) for local women. We have a year-long unique straw art exhibition and sales at Raniban aimed at saving funds for free cancer screening and staff medical welfare. You can be part of such a mission of Raniban.

Welcome to Raniban Retreat, merely 7 km near from the airport.

Facilities
> Spacious deluxe rooms with attached bathrooms
> Terraces and gardens withour birds-eye view of Lake Fewa, Pokhara Town and the Annapurna massif
> Panoramic restaurant serving Nepali, Indian, Chinese and European dishes
> A well stocked bar
> 24 hour water and electricity
> Unlimited free wi-fi
> Airport Transfers
> Peace & tranquility

Activities
Perhaps the best activity is getting here! Take a short ride across the calm waters of Fewa Lake and trek slowly up the dense Raniban, the Queen's Jungle. Watch out for Barking Deer, Langur and Jungle Chickens as you ascend to the Vishwa Shanti, The World Peace Stupa.

A final short climb up our 500 stone steps will reward you with awesome views of the Himalayan Peaks from Dhaulagiri to Ganesh Himal and that's the Raniban Retreat: Your luxury mountain hotel.

For the less active we offer airport transfers the short 7km distance to and from Pokhara airport, bus park and Lakeside.

On Site we offer:
> An early morning - watch the rising sun turn the high Himalayas pink with a warming tea or coffee
> A twilight campfire on the terrace as dark falls over the lake and mountains
> Themed evenings & menus
> Awe inspiring views, cloudscapes, sunrises and sunsets
> Monster thunderstorms - thunder, lightening & hailstones, then the calm after the storm

Off site, in Pokhara and around we can arrange:
> Visits to theWorld Peace Pagoda
> Ayurvedic Massage & spa treatments
> Guided village walks
>Mountain biking hire and rides on forest tracks and inding village roads
> Fishing on Lake Fewa
> Lake cruises and boat rides
> Paragliding lessons and tandem flights
> Parahawking - flying with birds of prey
> Short and longer treks