Sambha gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

Name: Sambha gompa
Address: Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

#18 among attractions in Annapurna Conservation Area

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Sambha gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

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Kamtsang Dargye Choekhorling Monastery, known locally as Sambha (Samba, Sampa) gompa (goenpa), is situated in Mustang district, Tukuche Village development committee (VDC), in the Western Development Region, Nepal. It is about within Tukuche town on the Annapurna trekking route/ gravel road from Pokhara to Jomsom in the Dhaulagiri zone. In 2013 the local higher secondary school, Shree Yogendra HSS was being expanded, and the entrance to the gompa is within the school site; off the main Beni Jomson road, west of the Kali Gandaki river. ()

Coordinates: 28°42'40"N, 83°38'41"E

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Sambha gompa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chhairo gompa, Kali Gandaki Gorge, Nilgiri Himal, Jomsom.

3 miNE
Monastery, Buddhist architecture
Chhairo gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area
76 min walk • Chhairo Monastery was the first monastery of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism founded in Upper Mustang. It was established in the 16th century and is part of present-day Mustang District, Nepal.
~1550 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Kali Gandaki Gorge, Annapurna Conservation Area
8 min walk • The Kali Gandaki Gorge or Andha Galchi is the gorge of the Kali Gandaki in the Himalayas in Nepal. By some definitions, it may be one of the deepest gorges in the world.
6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nilgiri Himal, Annapurna Conservation Area
156 min walk • The Nilgiri Himal is a range of three peaks in the Annapurna massif in Nepal. It is composed of Nilgiri North, Nilgiri Central and Nilgiri South.
7 miNE
Village
Jomsom, Annapurna Conservation Area
178 min walk • Jomsom, also known as Dzongsam is the centre of Gharapjhong rural municipality in Mustang district and a former independent village development committee situated at an altitude of about 2,700 metres in Gandaki Province of western Nepal.
2.5 miNW
Village
Tukuche, Annapurna Conservation Area
64 min walk • Tukuche, sometimes spelt Tukche, is a village development committee in Mustang District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 652 people living in 166 individual households. The village is located in the Kali Gandaki Gorge. It is a center of the Thakali people.

Sambha gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

Facts and practical information

Annapurna Conservation Area plan & book

Sambha gompa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Chhairo gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

Kali Gandaki Gorge, Annapurna Conservation Area

Nilgiri Himal, Annapurna Conservation Area

Jomsom, Annapurna Conservation Area

Tukuche, Annapurna Conservation Area