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Trekking
Region :
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Annapurna, North of
Pokhara |
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Culture
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Gurung,
Magars and Thakalis |
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Best
Season :
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October,
November & April,
May. |
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Type of trekking
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Camping and Teahouse
Trek |
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Himalayan
sights :
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All
Annapurna, Manaslu
Gaint Dhawalagiri
Himal, Nilgiri,
Tilicho peak, Throng
peak etc.
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Summary
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Treks
starts with a long
climb to Ghorepani
and then drops into
the world's deepest
gorge. Crosses the
main Himalayan range
to Tibet-like country
in Jomsom. |
untain
views, and the route actually
crosses to the other side of
the main Himalayan range for
views of the northern flanks.
From the Kali Gandaki valley
you can make excursions to either
the 1950 French Annapurna North
Face Base Camp or the Dhaulagiri
Base Camp. From Kagbeni a steep
climb reaches Muktinath, an
important place of pilgrimage
for both Hindus and Buddhists.
Well-to-do Indians fly in to
Jomsom and walk or ride horses
to Muktinath. The town is set
in a grove of the trees and
has a Buddhist Gompa and a pagoda-style
temple of Vishnu Mandir containing
an image of Vishnu. From the
temple wall a 108 waterspouts,
cast in the shape of cow heads,
pour forth sacred water. Even
more sacred is the water that
issues from a rock inside the
ancient Tibetan–style
Jwala Mai temple a short distance
below the pagoda.