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Bir Billing Paragliding

Bir, Himachal Pradesh, India

4.8 (0)

Overview

The world's second-best paragliding site — 2,400-m Billing launch, half-hour thermals over tea gardens and a landing zone ringed by cafés and monasteries.

Why visit: India's flying capital — tandem heaven, world-cup skies.

Things to do

›Billing launch
›Landing-site cafés
›Chokling monastery
›Sherab Ling gompa

ParaglidingCafé CultureMonastery Visits

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Nov & Mar–Jun

Entry fee

Tandem ₹2,500–4,000

Est. budget

₹3,000–6,000

Duration

1–2 days

Nearby attractions

Within

7.2 km

🛕 Religious

4.5

Baijnath Temple

Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh

The 1204 CE Shiva-as-healer temple — Nagara stonework intact through eight centuries, where Ravana's penance legend forbids Dussehra effigies to this day.

Year-round; Shivaratri1–2 hrsExplore

11.8 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

4.5

Barot Valley

Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

A 1920s hydel outpost turned trout-and-deodar hideout on the Uhl — funicular-trolley history, hanging bridges and the Rajgundha trek to Billing.

Mar–Jun & Sep–Dec2 daysExplore

13.6 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Cultural

4.3

Andretta Artists' Village

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

Norah Richards' century-old arts colony — slip-glazed pottery studios, Sobha Singh's gallery of Punjab's most beloved paintings, mud-house theatre lore.

Year-roundHalf dayExplore

19.3 km

📍 Nature

4.4

Palampur Tea Gardens

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

The Kangra tea bowl — emerald plucking rows under Dhauladhar snow, factory tours at the co-operative and colonial bungalow stays.

Mar–Jun & Sep–Dec1–2 daysExplore