Essential Kinnaur & Spiti Jeep Safari

Morning board Shatabdi Express train at Delhi for Chandigarh. On arrival, meet our representative and drive to Nalagarh, known for its lush greenery, serenity and the panoramic view of the Shivalik hills. On arrival, check-in at the hotel. Evening free to explore the surroundings and enjoy the nature at its best. Overnight at Nalagarh.

After breakfast, proceed for Narkanda via Shimla and Kufri. You will drive through the pretty smooth hilly terrain with beautiful views around. Reach Shimla, which was once the summer capital of the country. Explore the Viceroy Lodge, The Mall Road and Christ Church. Later, drive further to Kufri – a small picturesque hill station near Shimla, known for its pleasing climate and scenic beauty. Take a short break here and then continue further to Narkanda. Reach Narkanda and check-in at the hotel. Overnight at Narkanda.

Morning, drive to Sarahan via Rampur Bushahr. The road continues to snake down the hills until Sainj from where you drive on the road moving further along the Sutlej River. Reach Rampur Bushahr and take a break for lunch. Thereafter, continue the drive for Sarahan. Reach Jeori, from where you will take a diversion uphill for Sarahan. After a few hairpin uphill patch of 11 kms reach Sarahan and check-in at the hotel. Visit Bhimakali Temple and Rajbari in Sarahan. Overnight at Sarahan.

Post breakfast, drive from Sarahan to Sangla. Throughout the route to Karcham, you can see the heavy constructions and maintenance of Dams built on Sutlej river. Today, you enter the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh. From Karcham, the narrow and adventurous road diverts for Sangla Valley. Reach Sangla and check-in at the hotel. The whole Sangla valley is famous for its scenic beauty and cultivation of apples, walnuts, pears etc. Enjoy the nature and the beauty of lush green Sangla valley surrounded by mountains. Overnight at Sangla.

After breakfast, proceed for an excursion to Chitkul, the last inhabited Indian village before Indo-China border. The drive to Chitkul is the most scenic one with amazing views of the Baspa valley. Reach Chitkul and visit Mathi Mata Temple, view the traditional houses and interact with the friendly people of this beautiful hamlet. After spending some time in Chitkul, drive to Kalpa. It is believed that Kalpa was the home of Lord Shiva during winters. Reach Kalpa and check-in at the hotel for overnight stay.

This morning start the drive for Nako on time. Today you will drive through the famous Hindustan – Tibet highway considered as one of the most treacherous roads of the world. Drive through the spectacular lush green Kinnaur valley that offers splendid views of the mountains, river and valleys. Reach Nako and check-in at the camp. Nako is a small village in Kinnaur district and popular for Nako Lake, Nako Monastery and Padamsambhava temple of Lord Buddha. Overnight at Nako.

After breakfast, we drive to Tabo which is the second largest village in Spiti Valley and is also known for its 1000 year old Tabo Monastery. Tabo Monastery is UNESCO World heritage site also and is very famous among the tourists from India and abroad. It has the beautiful and most precious paintings of Buddhism. Reach Tabo for overnight stay.

Today we drive further towards Kaza – the commercial capital of Spiti Valley. Enroute visit Dhankar village known for the Dhankar Monastery or Gompa hanging on a rocky cliff, overlooking the confluence of the Spiti and Pin Rivers. Thereafter, continue the drive further and visit Pin Valley – the cold desert National Park. It is an enormous throng of nature and wildlife flourishing at their best. After spending some quality time at Pin Valley, drive back to Tabo-Kaza highway and continue towards Kaza. Overnight at Kaza.

Morning, start a bit early and drive to Komik which is Asia’s highest village that remains cut from rest of the world for most of the months. Later, visit Hikkim, known for the world’s highest post office. Thereafter, drive to Langza – another beautiful village which belongs to the Sakyapa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Then drive down to Kaza road and take a diversion to Kibber – one of the most picturesque village, followed by a visit to the world famous Ki Monastery, the prominent centre of learning for Tibetan Buddhist.

This will be a long day, where you will be passing through two high altitude motorable mountain passes, Kunzum La – the pass connecting Lahaul and Spiti Valley, stop here to offer prayers at Kunzum Mata Temple. Another pass will be Rohtang La – the pass connecting Lahaul and Spiti Valley to Kullu Valley. The road patch is a rough one with some small streams on the way, so it may take long hours to complete this stretch. Reach Manali and check-in at the hotel. Overnight at Manali.

This day take some rest and late morning, proceed for a local sightseeing of Manali. Visit Hadimba Temple, located in dense forest, this temple is dedicated to Hadimba Mata, wife of Bheema from the epic of Mahabharata. Vashisht Temple dedicated to sage Vashisht is another spot known for the hot natural sulphur spring water where one can take bath. Visit Tibetan Monastery also followed by a walk around the Mall road in evening. Overnight at Manali.

Morning after breakfast, check-out and drive to Chandigarh. On arrival, check-in at the hotel. If you get time you can visit Rock Garden – a sculpture garden, completely built of industrial and home waste and thrown-away items. Also, visit Sukhna Lake, an artificial beautiful lake on the foothills of the Shiwalik hills. Overnight in Chandigarh.

Morning, transfer to Chandigarh Railway Station to board the Shatabdi Express train for Delhi for your flight to onward destination.

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