Mustang

Muktinath, the Kali Gandaki gorge, apple-growing Marpha and the walled city of Lo Manthang.

Places in Mustang

A temple at 3,710 m sacred to Hindus and Buddhists, with 108 water spouts and an eternal natural gas flame.

Mustang's windy headquarters and, nearby, the whitewashed Thakali village famous for apples and apple brandy.

A fortress-like medieval village at the gateway to Upper Mustang, with a red monastery and a sacred river confluence.

The walled capital of the old Kingdom of Lo, in a desert of red cliffs and cave dwellings north of the Himalaya.

The old salt-trade capital of the Thakali, with grand merchant houses, a distillery and Dhaulagiri towering above.

By some measures the deepest gorge on earth, where the river runs between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I, both over 8,000 m.