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The Kali Gandaki cuts a canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon between two 8,000-metre peaks, and the black stones its current uncovers are worshipped…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 29, 2026
Stand in the village of Kagbeni or Tatopani and look up. On one side is Annapurna I, 8,091 metres. On the other is Dhaulagiri, 8,167 metres. Between them runs a river valley that, measured one way, is the deepest gorge on Earth — deeper than the Grand Canyon…
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The gorge is not only a geological record. Along the riverbed between Damodar Kund and the village of Kagbeni, the Kali Gandaki uncovers black, coiled fossils called shaligrams, the remains of ammonites, spiral-shelled sea creatures that lived in the Tethys…
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What this means for trekkers This exact valley is not a detour to reach a viewpoint, it is the trail. Our Jomsom to Muktinath , Upper Mustang and Annapurna Circuit routes all walk the floor of the world's deepest gorge for multiple days, with Annapurna I on…
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