Kodari Hot Springs

Kodari Hot Springs are natural geothermal springs near the Kodari border crossing in Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal, situated on the Araniko Highway that connects Kathmandu to Tibet along the ancient trade route through the Bhote Koshi River gorge — one of the most spectacular Himalayan river canyons, where the gorge cuts dramatically through the Great Himalayan Range at the Nepal-Tibet border. The bicarbonate thermal waters emerge from the deep metamorphic and granitic geology of the High Himalaya at the base of sheer canyon walls, providing natural bathing opportunities amid a landscape of raw Himalayan grandeur where the turbulent glacial waters of the Bhote Koshi rush far below. The area was severely affected by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake and subsequent flooding, which destroyed infrastructure along the Araniko Highway, making the hot springs part of Nepal's ongoing story of natural disaster, resilience, and reconstruction in one of the world's most geologically dynamic mountain landscapes.