Where the water leaving Phewa Lake drops into a sinkhole and vanishes underground, and a cave across the road lets you watch it from below.
The Pardi Khola, the stream that drains Phewa Lake, runs south past the dam and then simply drops into a narrow sinkhole in the rock. That's Davis Falls, known locally as Patale Chhango, the waterfall to the underworld.
The English name comes, the story goes, from a Swiss visitor swept into the gorge in 1961. A fenced garden runs along the top, and the falls are thin in the dry season and roaring in the monsoon.
Across the road, steps spiral down into the Gupteshwor Mahadev cave, a Hindu shrine with a Shiva lingam in its first chamber. Past it, a wet passage leads to an opening where you can see the same water crashing through the rock from inside.
It's a short visit on its own, and a good end to a gentle walk along the lake on a rest day.
A flat, low-effort walk for a rest day.
Walk south along the lake from the Lakeside strip.
Continue through the quieter Damside district to the end of the lake.
Cross the dam where the Pardi Khola leaves the lake.
Follow the road south to the falls and their garden.
Descend into the cave to see the falls from below, then take a bus or taxi back.
Walk from Lakeside, or take a local bus or taxi south to Chhorepatan.
The Peace Pagoda ridge walk can end here; see the pagoda loop.
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