Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Sikkim

— Trekking in the mighty, mighty Himalayan Range, the
world’s highest

— Stay in simple retreats to luxury spa resorts, set high in the mountains

— Home to many Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and Tibetans in exile, including the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala

— Remote valleys deep in Ladakh, where people subsist on barley and Buddhism

— Houseboats on Dal Lake in beautiful Kashmir, and skiing in the nearby mountains

—    Sikkim, a Himalayan melting pot, squashed between Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal.