Destination Guides·21 min read
Things to Do in Bir Beyond Paragliding: Tibetan Monasteries, Trails, and the Andretta Side-Trip
Bir is a refugee village before it is anything else. The Tibetan colony, four working monasteries, Pahadee Coffee Roasters, the Andretta pottery side trip, the Kangra Valley Railway, and seventeen catalogued trails out of one valley. By a Kullu local who has watched Bir quietly become the most interesting non-paragliding stop in lower Himachal.
Rajesh Thakur·4/29/2026