A homestay on a forested ridge at Shoghi, about 13 km before Shimla on the highway from Chandigarh. It's a quiet, cheaper alternative to staying in crowded Shimla itself, with fresh air, mountain views and forest walks for trekking and birdwatching right from the door.
Shimla's Mall Road and the Ridge are about half an hour away by taxi, and the Kalka-Shimla toy train (a UNESCO World Heritage railway) stops at Shoghi station.
A holy town on the Ganges at the foot of the Himalayas, the 'yoga capital of the world', with ashrams, yoga courses and the evening Ganga Aarti at Tr…
The main temple of the Tibetan community in exile, next to the residence of the Dalai Lama, in McLeod Ganj above Dharamsala.
A waterfall in the hills above the village of Bhagsu, about 2 km from McLeod Ganj.
A popular day hike from McLeod Ganj up through oak and rhododendron forest to the grassy ridge of Triund at 2,850 m.
The holiest shrine of Sikhism, a gold-covered temple in the middle of a sacred pool, open to all.
A high Himalayan valley in Uttarakhand carpeted with wildflowers in the monsoon, part of a UNESCO site with Nanda Devi National Park.
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