Places to visit in Koshi, Nepal
14 places to visit in Koshi, Nepal, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Sagarmatha National Park, Gokyo Lakes, Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Koshi volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 3 Heritage sites · 2 Famous places to visit · 8 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Koshi (1)
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Sagarmatha National Park
The Khumbu's protected heartland, set up in 1976 and climbing from 2,845 metres to the 8,848 metre top of Everest itself. Sherpa villages, monasteries and glaciers fill its 1,148 square kilometres, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Heritage sites in Koshi (3)
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Gokyo Lakes
A chain of turquoise glacial lakes strung between 4,700 and 5,000 metres beside the Ngozumpa Glacier in Sagarmatha National Park. The lakes and their wetlands were named a Ramsar site in 2007, and the lodges of Gokyo village sit on the shore of the third lake.
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Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
Reed beds and freshwater marshes on the floodplain of the Kosi River, spread over 176 square kilometres of the eastern Terai. Protected since 1976 and a Ramsar site since 1987, it shelters Nepal's last herd of wild water buffalo and great flocks of water birds.
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Mai Pokhari
An emerald lake about a kilometre around, in the tea hills of Ilam, held sacred by both Hindus and Buddhists. The surrounding wetland became a Ramsar site in 2008, and a botanical garden on the shore keeps orchids and plants from across eastern Nepal.
Famous places to visit in Koshi (2)
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Kala Patthar
A dark rocky knob on the south ridge of Pumori, above Gorak Shep, with a prominence of barely 10 metres. Trekkers climb it anyway, because it gives the closest easy view of Everest's summit, which Nuptse hides from most of the valley below.
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Pathibhara Devi Temple
A hilltop shrine high in the mountains above Taplejung, counted among the most important Shakti Peethas in Nepal. Pilgrims from across Nepal and India make the steep climb, believing that the goddess grants the wishes of those who reach her.
Hidden gems in Koshi (8)
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Barahachhetra
An ancient pilgrimage site where the Koka meets the Koshi, sacred to Hindus and Kirat alike. Here Vishnu is worshipped as Varaha, the boar, and the shrine is praised in the Puranas and the Mahabharata. It is one of the four dhams of Nepal.
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Dantakali Temple
A hill temple at Bijayapur above Dharan, dedicated to the goddess Kali. Its name means the teeth of Kali: the shrine is believed to be where the teeth of Sati fell.
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Gokyo Ri
A 5,357 metre peak rising above Gokyo village and its lakes, on the west side of the Ngozumpa, the largest glacier in Nepal. From the top, about three hours' climb, four 8,000 metre peaks are in view at once: Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Cho Oyu.
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Halesi Maratika Caves
A cave temple in the hills of Khotang, holy to three faiths at once. Hindus worship Shiva here as Halesi Mahadev, Buddhists honour it as the cave of Padmasambhava, and the Kirati Rai regard it as the home of their ancestors.
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Imja Tsho
A glacial lake that only began to form in the 1950s, as meltwater pooled at the foot of the Imja Glacier behind a wall of moraine. It lies high in the Imja valley above Chhukung, and has grown into one of the fastest-growing lakes in the Himalaya.
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Kanchenjunga Conservation Area
A protected stretch of far eastern Nepal, set up in 1997 and covering 2,035 square kilometres of Taplejung District, including two of Kanchenjunga's peaks. It runs up to the borders of Tibet to the north and Sikkim's Khangchendzonga National Park to the east.
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Makalu Barun National Park
Set up in 1992 as the eastern extension of Sagarmatha National Park, it covers 1,500 square kilometres around Makalu. It is the only protected area in the world to rise more than 8,000 metres, from tropical forest in the valleys to snow peaks above.
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Tengboche Monastery
The largest gompa in the Khumbu, sitting at 3,867 metres on a ridge facing Ama Dablam and Everest. Lama Gulu founded it in 1916 as an offshoot of Rongbuk in Tibet, and the Sherpa community has rebuilt it twice since, after an earthquake in 1934 and a fire in 1989.
Collecting in Koshi
What are the best places to visit in Koshi?
LOQAH lists 14 places in Koshi. The best known include Sagarmatha National Park, Gokyo Lakes, Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Mai Pokhari and Kala Patthar. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Koshi?
14, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Koshi?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Koshi before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Koshi and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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