Spiti & Lahaul · 7 experiences
Culture in Spiti & Lahaul
Gompas, dzongs, old bazaars and the people who keep them
Guided walks, festival days and evenings with music: the history of each valley told on site.
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Inside the cliff-top gompa of Dhankar
Climb through the narrow rooms of Spiti's old capital monastery, perched 300 m above two rivers, and see why conservati…
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Old Kaza and Sakya Tangyud morning walk
An easy first-morning walk through the mud-walled lanes of Kaza Khas to the Sakya Tangyud monastery, perfect for acclim…
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Shashur Gompa and the Bhaga view
Climb or drive about 3 km above Keylong to Shashur, a 17th-century gompa looking over the Bhaga valley, where monks per…
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Post a card from Hikkim post office
Write a postcard at one of the highest post offices in the world, a one-room office at about 4,400 m that has served Hi…
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Nako's 11th-century temple halls
Step into the dim halls of Nako's temple complex, founded in 1025 CE and named for the translator Rinchen Zangpo, to se…
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The thousand-year-old halls of Tabo
Walk through the mud-walled temples of Tabo, founded in 996 CE, to see painted walls and clay deities that have survive…
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The mummy of Gue, a detour from Tabo
In the small village of Gue, a shrine holds the seated mummy of a monk thought to have died in the 1500s. A half-day si…
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