The Kumaon Himalayas (Uttarakhand state, on the Nepal-India border) sit between Rishikesh and the Tibetan plateau and have almost no hospitality stock at this level. Shakti Prana is seven suites at 7,000 ft, each glass-walled over the valley, run as a base camp for day-trekking. Slow travel in a region that mostly sees pilgrimage circuit traffic.