With the zeal to discover new places on the rise and the ever reducing leave situation for young cooperates who want to explore but can never get more than a week away from the desk job, we at tlow have come up with a nine day backpacker road trip around Spiti Valley which covers everything in […]
Six kilometers further up from the town of Diskit is the charming village of Hunder in Nubra Valley. The village of Hunder is located amidst the broad Shyok Valley. The small lanes and roads along the village are lined with tall willow and poplar trees. Hunder is located approximately around 160 km from the town […]
The town of Diskit is located in the Himalayas state of Jammu and Kashmiri is famous for its 14th century monastery. The Diskit monastery is believed to be the largest and the oldest monastery in Nubra Valley. Diskit monastery belongs to Gelugpa order of the yellow hat sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded by […]
Famous for its sulphur hot springs, Panamik is a village that is nestled very close to the Siachen glacier, the highest battlefield in the world. Located around 150 km from the town of Leh, the village of Panamik in Nubra Valley attracts travellers from all over the world who come to take a dip in […]
A one hour drive from the town of Kaza on steep winding roads and one will reach the village of Kibber in Spiti Valley which many consider the highest inhabited village in the world with a motorable road at a monstrous height of 14,110 feet above sea level. The village of Kibber is only accessible […]
A three-hour drive from Kaza along NH21 and one will reach the hill monastery of Key which has a very unique location. The monastery being situated on a hill is easily visible from the town of Kaza. Key monastery is at a height of 13,668 feet above sea level and is a place worth visiting […]
The town of Kaza in Himachal Pradesh is at a height 11,990 feet above sea level (3,650 m). Kaza is the sub-divisional headquarters of the Spiti Valley. It is the largest town and a commercial centre in the valley. Kaza has the Spiti River flowing all along with the town and the Trans Himalayas surround […]
A place not to miss while in Spiti Valley is the beautiful village of Dhankar. A four-hour drive from Tabo along the steep, winding roads of Himachal Pradesh leads one to Dhankar. At a towering height of 12, 774 feet above sea level (3,894 m)lies this village inhabited by 44 people. The first thing one […]
Tabo, the first village in Spiti from the Kinnaur side in Himachal Pradesh is located at a height of 10, 760 feet above sea-level (3,280 m). The entry to the village is flanked by the Spiti River and the epic Trans-Himalayan range. As one enters the village the first thing they notice is the massive […]
The cold desert of Himachal Pradesh, Spiti is a world within a world. The breath-taking landscape of the valley is a delight for all those who visit the scenic place. At a height that ranges from 4270 meters to 6000 meters above sea level, the Spiti Valley is accessible from June to October via the […]