Chhairo gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

Name: Chhairo gompa
Address: Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

#6 among attractions in Annapurna Conservation Area

Monastery, Buddhist architecture

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Chhairo gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

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Facts and practical information

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. ()

Coordinates: 28°44'17"N, 83°40'58"E

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

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

3.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Kali Gandaki Gorge, Annapurna Conservation Area
80 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.
3 miSW
Monastery
Sambha gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area
76 min walk • Kamtsang Dargye Choekhorling Monastery, known locally as Sambha gompa, is situated in Mustang district, Tukuche Village development committee, 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.
6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nilgiri Himal, Annapurna Conservation Area
157 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.
4 miNE
Village
Jomsom, Annapurna Conservation Area
103 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.
3.8 miW
Village
Tukuche, Annapurna Conservation Area
98 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.

Chhairo gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

Facts and practical information

Annapurna Conservation Area plan & book

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

Kali Gandaki Gorge, Annapurna Conservation Area

Sambha gompa, Annapurna Conservation Area

Nilgiri Himal, Annapurna Conservation Area

Jomsom, Annapurna Conservation Area

Tukuche, Annapurna Conservation Area