discovery sacred places Himalayas

• Airport reception
• Transfer to Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir, The Ashram created by Ramchandra Das 33 years ago
• Discovery of ashramic life: yoga, karma vegetarian meals, meditation... gardens permaculture ... workshops of pashmina and cotton, incense, soap, bakery, school, sewing workshop and sharing meals with children ...
• Night in l'ashram (Ayurvedic massage and sauna possible)

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Day 2: Flight to Pokhara – Spiritual and natural discovery

• Morning flight Kathmandu → Pokhara (30 minutes).
• Visit to Devils Fall – underground waterfall – and Gupteshwor Cave, sacred sanctuary of Shiva.
• Walk to the Peace Pagoda (Peace Stupa): beautiful view of Lake Phewa
• Visit to Shiva Temple
• Night in Pokhara, shopping for hot clothes – very low price Nepal –

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Day 3: Flight to Jomsom – Dhumba Lake – Muktinath – Kagbeni

• Flight from Pokhara → Jomsom (20 min, spectacular view).
• Visit of Lake Dhumba, small sacred lake surrounded by mountains.
• Excursion to Muktinath (the sacred Hindu and Buddhist temple), ritual bath in the 108 sacred fountains, the Mecca of Nepal!
• Return and night in the charming village of Kagbeni, entrance door of the Superior Mustang.

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Day 4: Road to Lo Manthang – Exceptional views –

• Spectacular route: desert landscapes, colourful mountains, Tibetan villages.
• Arrival in Lo Manthang, the royal capital of Upper Mustang.
• Overnight in Lo Manthang

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Day 5: Discovery of unique monasteries and royal palace

• 14th century Royal Palace.
• Ancient monasteries: Thubchen, Jampa, Chode – dating from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
• Immersion in living Tibetan culture, shopping and museum
• Overnight in Lo Manthang.

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Day 6: Hiking to an abandoned village, a powerful vortex

• Walking or hiking on horseback to the mysterious village of Samdhozen, abandoned ancient village
• Installation in tent or in a traditional house
• yoga, meditation, sound bath with Tibetan bowls at sunset
• Night under the stars of this place and ... galactic...

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Day 7: Day of spiritual retreat in Samdhozen – the silence of the world –

• Walk, calm and contemplation
• Meditation against the multicolored mountains, practice of yoga in silence...
• Deep connection to nature and self.
• Night under the stars Mongolian tent or local home...

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Day 8 : Exploration of the secret cave – Conjaling Cave / splendid –

• Hiking to Conjaling Cave, a secret meditation cave, the gate of paradise, (considered as the gate of heaven by the locals)
• Time for meditation in this sacred place
• Return to Kagbeni via Ghar Gompa and other remarkable spiritual monasteries
• Night in Kagbeni

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Day 9 : Kagbeni – Jomsom – Flight to Pokhara

• Return to Jomsom – 1 hour of tracks –
• Morning flight to Pokhara
• Free time, shopping, massage...
• Last festive dinner by the lake.
• Overnight in Pokhara

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Day 10: Return to Kathmandu