Destinations

A 1,000-year-old mud-brick monastery often called the 'Ajanta of the Himalayas'.

Where the Ganga leaves the mountains — Har Ki Pauri, the evening aarti, and the gateway to Char Dham.

A high-altitude gurudwara beside a glacial lake at 4,329 m, reached by a steep 6 km climb from Ghangaria.

A cluster of over 100 ancient stone temples inside a deodar forest, dating to the 8th–12th century.

One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, reached by a 16 km walk (or pony, palki or helicopter).

The ancestral seat of the Shah dynasty, with the hilltop Gorkha Durbar and Gorakhnath temple.

Pashupatinath, Boudhanath, Durbar Squares, and a Himalayan sunrise from Nagarkot.

The birthplace of the Buddha, with the Maya Devi Temple, the Ashoka Pillar and a monastic zone of world temples.

A temple sacred to Hindus and Buddhists at 3,710 m in the Mustang rain-shadow.

The Kamakhya Shakti Peeth on Nilachal hill, Brahmaputra cruises and Umananda island.