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Raniban Retreat

4.0 star property
Family-friendly hotel with a sauna and a rooftop terrace

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8.8 out of 10
Excellent

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  • Bar
  • Pool
  • Breakfast available
  • Room service
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping

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About the neighborhood

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Near World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara, 33700

What's nearby

  • World Peace Stupa - 5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • Phewa Lake - 14 min walk - 0.8 miles
  • Devi's Falls - 8 min drive - 1.5 miles
  • Pokhara International Mountain Museum - 12 min drive - 3.1 miles
  • Tal Barahi Temple - 14 min drive - 0.9 miles

Getting around

  • Pokhara Intl. Airport (PKR) - 25 min drive

Restaurants

  • โ€ชJasmine Thai & Chinese Cuisine - โ€ฌ16 min drive
  • โ€ชPotala Tibetan Restaurant - โ€ฌ11 min drive
  • โ€ชMoondance Restaurant Bar - โ€ฌ12 min drive
  • โ€ชHimalaya Java Coffee - โ€ฌ12 min drive
  • โ€ชByanjan Pokhara - โ€ฌ12 min drive

About this property

Raniban Retreat

Upscale family-friendly hotel in the mountains
At Raniban Retreat, you can look forward to a rooftop terrace, a garden, and a library. For some rest and relaxation, visit the sauna. Be sure to enjoy international cuisine at the on-site restaurant. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as dry cleaning/laundry services and a bar.
Additional perks include:
  • An outdoor pool
  • Free self parking and extended parking
  • Breakfast (surcharge), a roundtrip airport shuttle (surcharge), and express check-out
  • Express check-in, free newspapers, and tour/ticket assistance
Room features
All guestrooms are individually furnished, and include comforts such as laptop-friendly workspaces and separate sitting areas, as well as thoughtful touches like free WiFi and bathrobes.
Extra conveniences in all rooms include:
  • Heating and ceiling fans
  • Bathrooms with showers and hair dryers
  • Wardrobes/closets, separate sitting areas, and electric kettles

Languages

English, Hindi

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free extended parking on site
  • Limited onsite parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Breakfast available for a fee: NPR 900 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Children's club
  • Library
  • Outdoor pool
  • Sauna

Family friendly

  • Babysitting
  • Children's club
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Garden
  • In the mountains
  • Rooftop terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 1 floor
  • 10 buildings
  • Built in 2012
  • Traditional architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Room service

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Laptop workspace
  • Phone
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 6:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Breakfast fee: approximately NPR 900 per person
  • Airport shuttle fee: NPR 1000 per vehicle (one way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios, terraces which may not be suitable for children; if you have concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm they can accommodate you in a suitable room

Property is also known as

Raniban
Raniban Retreat
Raniban Retreat Hotel
Raniban Retreat Hotel Pokhara
Raniban Retreat Pokhara
Raniban Retreat Hotel
Raniban Retreat Pokhara
Raniban Retreat Hotel Pokhara

Frequently asked questions

Does Raniban Retreat have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Raniban Retreat pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Raniban Retreat?

Self parking and extended parking are free at this property.

What time is check-in at Raniban Retreat?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: 6:00 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at Raniban Retreat?

Check-out is at noon.

Does Raniban Retreat provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of NPR 1000 per vehicle applies.

Where is Raniban Retreat located?

This family-friendly Pokhara hotel is located near the airport, within 1 mi (2 km) of World Peace Stupa, Phewa Lake, and Tal Barahi Temple. Ratna Mandir and Gupteshwor Cave are also within 2 mi (3 km).

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Raniban Retreat Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 33 out of 54 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 54 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 54 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 54 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 54 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Tek Raj

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, nice place, good view and very helpful staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rocky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Wonderful place with amazing staff. View of the mountains was amazing and the infinity pool made for great photography. Totally recommend this place.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The most incredible place with great views and amazing staff. The food is also delicious.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aldo

Liked: Amenities
Amazing views, incredible hospitality from staff
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pascale

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The view and the confort are perfect.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Nandini

Liked: Staff & service
Access to the property was unpaved bumpy road for part of the way. Property is away from main town of Pokhara which is nice if looking for a quiet place although some of the guests were rather noisy.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

STEVEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a find! Please understand, this hotel is NOT close to the lake or shopping, at the top of the mountain on a windy climb up, then on another very rough road which you would never even notice...which is what makes it so incredible! Fantastic staff, impeccably clean, unbelievable views of the Annapurna and the MachuPuchre ranges from the mezanine, rooftop and my hot tub suite (especially at sunrise, you simply HAVE to get up to witness this). There was no better choice to decompress after a six day trek! Will never stay anywhere else on my next visit. Five stars!

8/10 Good

Lucille

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved this property and in the right season it would have the most amazing views. Unfortunately we were there during the wildfires, so we only were able to see the lake. Still beuatiful and reasonably priced with delicious food and service.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing views.

This hotel has the most amazing views. Its well worth waking early to see the sun light up the Annapurna mountains. And the night view of Pokhara and the lake is pretty nice. All the staff were lovely.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Beautiful lake view from the mountains

This place is very beautiful. Situated on top of the hill next to a cool Buddhist stupa and a big Shiva statue on the top of the mountain. The jacuzzi on the balcony is wonderful! Amazing location. Great staff. Good food. View not too great because of the smoke covering all of Nepal right now.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mohammad

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Improve wifi please. I couldnt even contact my family members.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jotika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A place made in heaven. My friend and i were greeted by a smiling face welcoming us to the resort as soon as we got there from the airport. He grabbed our luggage and directed us towards the reception area. You have to climb the stairs while you see the beautiful himalayas, the greenery the beauty of nepal. The reception area was nice and cozy and we were welcomed with so much love and affection in the voices of the staff. I asked for the best view room and they gave me the best. Room was very spacious, clean, hot/cold water with rainshower in the bathrooom. Bed was comfy and the balcony had seating with the view of shiv mandir and phewa lake. The hospitality of this resort is something you wont forget. The chef who made breakfast and all our meals was so amazing. We enjoyed every minute of our stay. My luggage was lost by the airline so the hotel staff helped me by taking me shopping to find clothes and basic essentials. I am so grateful for every staff member there because they guided me through my adventures in pokhra and even went with us at times making sure im safe. Helped take pics and showed me around on ky request. The walk around the resort is magical. You will forget all your stress and lifes issues while sipping masala chai from any place around the reaort while overlooking the beautiful nepal. Friendly people who go above and beyond for their guests. I will definitely go again. Inwas there for a week and loved mg stay. I will never forget the hospitality. Thank u

10/10 Excellent

takeru

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Mizumi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Satoshi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

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Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Hussain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ask Raniban to pick you up.

Great place, but the road is difficult to get through. Ask Raniban to pick you up or drop off, as local taxis can't go to the place itself. It's a little remote, but the morning view is amazing.the $12 fee makes sense for the trip, they aren't ripping you off.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Karla&Tamas, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A must stay ! You have such a beautiful view, its breath taking. You have an enjoyable hike up and its very much worth it. The staff is so friendly, the food is great, and its the best place to relax and take in the beauty of Pokhara and Annapurna.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Raniban really is such a special place. Itโ€™s away from all the hustle and bustle of Pokhara and is so high up, perfect for viewing the mountains! Food is great and not too overpriced. The room and bathroom was lovely and comfortable however all rooms are exactly the same, you only pay more for the rooms with the best views...but you can easily look at the views from the communal garden. Beware if the roads are bad you have to walk up a lot of steps to get here! Thereโ€™s not much to do up here in the day, but I think they are building a pool soon! Amazing time we had here.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Ishtiaque

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Picturesque Raniban

If I was aware that it is located so isolated, I wouldnโ€™t have chosen this for a family vacation. The views are extraordinary. Sunrise view was breathtaking. Food is average. Rooms are so so. It is an ideal place for complete leisure. Commuting to the township is expensive and uncomfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Abby

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Wonderful hotel in an amazing location

After several days trekking, we stayed at the Raniban Retreat. We chose Raniban because we preferred staying in a quiet location (compared to the busy Lakeside area which is very touristy). Getting to the Raniban is quite an experience and we would suggest an SUV type taxi due to the road condition. Our room was wonderful - simple but nice and clean. We chose a room with a mountain view and there is a nice garden area to sit outside the room as well. There is a restaurant with beautiful views but the food is very average. We were only staying for one night so it was fine. You could take a taxi to the Lakeside area for more dining options. We hiked to the World Peace Pagoda. It is an easy 25 minute hike and well worth going. There are some other hikes you can take as well. The staff is excellent - very friendly, helpful and attentive. We highly recommend a stay at the Raniban when in Pokhara.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

YEEMIN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

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์บ๋ฆฌ์–ด ๋•œ์— ์šฐ๋ คํ–ˆ๋˜ 525 ๊ณ„๋‹จ์€ ๊ฑฑ์ •์—†์ด ํƒ์‹œ๋กœ ๋Œ์•„๊ฐˆ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์—ˆ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. 525๊ณ„๋‹จ์€ ํ‰ํ™”์˜ํƒ‘ ์‚ฐ์ฑ…๊ฐˆ๋•Œ๋งŒ ์˜ค๋ฅด๋‚ด๋ ธ์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค. ์˜ค์ŠคํŠธ๋ ˆ์ผ๋ฆฌ์•ˆ ์บ ํ”„๋ณด๋‹ค ๋” ํŒŒ๋…ธ๋ผ๋งˆ ํžˆ๋ง๋ผ์•ผ ์ „๊ฒฝ์„ ๋ณผ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์–ด ์ข‹์•˜์Šต๋‹ˆ๋‹ค ์ˆ™๋ฐ•์€ ๋ฐ˜๋“œ์‹œ ๋งˆ์šดํ‹ด๋ทฐ๋ฃธ์„ ์ถ”์ฒœํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing place, the best view of pokhara! You definitely need to stay at this place!
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Kirsty, Cairns

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Perfect place to relax

Raniban was the perfect place to do nothing but take in the amazing view of Fewa Lake, the Annapurna range and Pokhara. There are 514 steps to climb once the taxi bounces you up a steep mountain road but staff will help with your bags. The food was great so we didn't feel the need to go elsewhere. It is quite remote but we walked down to the world peace pagoda and then the lake to take a boat into Pokhara one Day and caught a taxi back. A stunningly beautiful place to rest after our Everest Base Camp Trek with friendly, helpful staff who organised an in room massage and airport transfers. I will return.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018