Mustang & Dolpo · Experiences
Spiritual in Mustang & Dolpo
Stupas, temples, gompas and ghats. Rituals at their own hours, explained by people who keep them, with the etiquette briefed before you go.
SpiritualThe cliff gompas of Garphu and Nyiphu
Visit two small monasteries built against the cliffs of the Chhoser valley, Garphu and Nyiphu, partly using the caves as …
SpiritualBon and Buddhist gompas of the Tarap valley
Spend a morning visiting the gompas of Dho Tarap, some Bon and some Tibetan Buddhist, with a guide who finds …
SpiritualLo Gekar, the old gompa of Guru Rinpoche
A full-day walk from Ghami via Dhakmar over a high ridge to Lo Gekar, also called Ghar Gompa, an old …
SpiritualShaligrams on the Kali Gandaki riverbed
Walk the gravel bed of the Kali Gandaki with a guide who knows the stones, learn why Hindus worship these …
SpiritualMorning puja at Kag Chode gompa
Visit Kagbeni's Sakya monastery, traditionally founded in 1429, at the hour of morning prayers. Sit at the back of the …
SpiritualAncestor rites at the Kagbeni confluence
For Hindu travellers, a chance to perform shraddha or pinda daan for departed parents and ancestors at the meeting of …
SpiritualWatch Tiji's masked dances in the palace square
Time your trip for Tiji, the three-day festival in May when the monks of Chhoede gompa perform masked dances in …
SpiritualVisit Lubra's Bon monastery with a local guide
Meet the old religion of Tibet in Lubra's monastery: Bon statues and paintings, a counter-clockwise kora and, if he is …
SpiritualChhairo gompa and the Tibetan settlement
Cross the Kali Gandaki south of Marpha to Chhairo, home to a Tibetan settlement founded after 1959 and to the …
SpiritualBathing under the 108 spouts at dawn
Walk up from Ranipauwa before sunrise and join the pilgrims who run beneath all 108 water spouts in front of …
SpiritualThe flame on water in Mharme Lhakhang
Visit the small Buddhist temple beside the Muktinath shrine where a blue flame of natural gas burns next to running …
SpiritualRingmo's Bon village and gompas
Spend an afternoon in Ringmo, the Bon village on the landslide dam at the foot of Phoksundo, visiting its gompa, …