Gorkha

Birthplace of unified Nepal: Gorkha Durbar, Manakamana and the Manaslu and Tsum valleys to the north.

Places in Gorkha

The hilltop palace-fort where Prithvi Narayan Shah was born and began the unification of Nepal.

A wish-fulfilling goddess temple on a ridge above the Trishuli, reached by Nepal's first passenger cable car.

The world's eighth-highest mountain and a wild two-week circuit around it over the Larkya La.

A sacred hidden valley on the Tibetan border where hunting is forbidden and ancient nunneries cling to the hillsides.

Large Gurung villages near the 2015 earthquake's epicentre, rebuilt and welcoming visitors on a new homestay trail.