There is much more to the Himalayas than scaling its peaks. The wonders of these lofty heights often fall short of thinner air or the snow-covered apexes.
In fact, they are somewhere below, in remote districts like Kinnaur and Spiti and the region of Ladakh. Among marvelous pagodas and monasteries, these ridges are the very picture of peace and serenity far removed from the plains.
There has got to be one India Adventure Safari for
such a place.
As promoted by Adventure Tourism India, a jeep is the perfect conveyance for such rugged and exciting ascent through the mighty heights of the Himalayas and its bounty of secluded sites. I
ndia Adventure Safaris utilizing them best transpire
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Often included in any India Adventure Travel is a hill station
known as Mcleodganj or Dharamsala, which offers a sweeping
view of the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas.
Above all, it
is the seat of His Holiness, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, whose
main temple houses giant stucco statues of the Buddha.
The community as a whole swarms with
Tibetan refugees and monks in their flowing maroon
robes.
Jeeps are also apt to turn up at Manali, but en route
to this hill station, one can see the Tea Gardens at
Palampur and also visit the Shiva Temple at Baijnath.
In the midst of pinewood and cedar foliage, Manali is
known as the "Queen of hill Stations”.
Here
one can stand in reverence at the four-tiered, pagoda
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Adventure Safari tours India cannot miss Keylong, an evocatively idyllic hill station of green fields, willow-planted watercourses and mighty brown mountains. Three kilometers away, the famous Shashur gompa stands, dedicated to the Zanskari lama.
When in the town of Leh, one may step down the jeep and marvel at Shankar Gompa, Leh Palace and Namgyal Tsemo.
Monasteries in the area include the Thikse Monastery and Hemis monastery, the most important and the richest monastery in Ladakh.
In all, the experience of India Adventure Tours on jeep safaris across the Himalayas should sink under one's skin for time to come.
Only an Adventure Tour India on a jeep can one befriend mountain sherpas, drink at mountain rivers, camp near crystal brooks, build bonfires and see the Himalayas in all its glory not from afar.
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