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At over 4,500 metres on Ladakh's Changthang plateau, Tso Moriri draws far fewer visitors than Pangong Tso, but pairs a 400-year-old monastery, migratory birdlife and Changpa nomad culture with some of the region's most dramatic high-altitude scenery.
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Twenty kilometres from Kohima, Khonoma turned a 19th-century Angami warrior stronghold into India's first officially recognised Green Village, with terraced fields, a tragopan sanctuary and stone forts standing in for its headhunting past.
India
A deodar-forested hill station roughly two hours beyond Mussoorie, Dhanaulti trades that town's crowds for eco-park walks, a Shakti Peeth temple climb and wide Himalayan views, at a fraction of the footfall.
India
A small village in Himachal's Banjar valley, once known mainly to trout anglers, has become a favourite low-key escape thanks to a three-tiered waterfall, a fort-topped ridge nearby and a growing cluster of riverside cafés.
India
A high-altitude village in eastern Ladakh, home to one of Asia's highest astronomical observatories, has become India's only officially designated Dark Sky Reserve, with strict lighting rules that keep its night skies genuinely black.
India
North Sikkim's Yumthang Valley sits at close to 3,600 metres, ringed by snow peaks and known for a rhododendron sanctuary that blooms briefly each spring, natural hot springs and a rough track on to Zero Point near the Chinese border.
India
Often called the Khajuraho of Rajasthan for its carved 8th- to 12th-century temples, Osian pairs a working pilgrimage town with camel safaris into dunes that see a fraction of Jaisalmer's crowds.
India
A rare stretch of laterite cliff running straight above the Arabian Sea, a temple believed to wash away sins and a pilgrimage site tied to social reformer Sri Narayana Guru give this Kerala beach town a mix few of its coastal rivals can match.
India
A 13th-century fort and a red-rock gorge cut by the Pennar River have earned this small Andhra Pradesh village the nickname the Grand Canyon of India, with adventure sports now drawing visitors alongside the views.
India
North Goa's original hippie-trail village has grown into a mix of flea market, cliffside cafes and long-running beach shacks, without losing all of the loose, unhurried character that first drew travellers here.
India
Smaller and quieter than Havelock, Neil Island, officially renamed Shaheed Dweep, packs coral-fringed beaches, a natural rock bridge and easy cycling distances into a compact stretch of the Andamans.
India
Established in 1936 as India's first national park and later the first reserve under Project Tiger, Corbett spreads across Ramganga river valleys and grassland in Uttarakhand's Kumaon foothills.
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