The Dharamkot cafés
A hillside of small kitchens, Hebrew menu boards and workable wifi: the village's other reason for existing.
- Distance
- On the doorstep
- Effort
- None
- Best time
- All year, though the village thins out in winter
Dharamkot has an unusual character for a Himachali village. It has been a fixture on the Israeli travel circuit for decades (enough that Hebrew signage is normal and the food leans Levantine as often as Indian), and it has quietly become a place people come to work remotely for a season.
What that means in practice is a lot of small cafés with good coffee, slow service in the best sense, and wifi that mostly holds up. It is also why the village empties and refills on a rhythm that has nothing to do with the usual Indian tourist season.
We are the calm end of it. If you want the late nights, they are up at Shiva Café above the waterfall, not here.
While you're here
The Triund trek
The ridge walk everyone comes to Dharamkot for: about six kilometres up from the Gallu trailhead, with the Dhauladhar on one side and the Kangra valley on the other.
Gallu Devi temple
A small ridge temple among the cedars, the Triund trailhead, and the best short sunset walk from the village.
Bhagsu waterfall and temple
A twenty-metre fall behind the old Bhagsunag temple, with the café terraces of Upper Bhagsu stacked above it.