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 10 day backpacker road trip around Spiti Valley which covers everything in a nutsell without you having to break the bank or the need to plead with your HR team for too much leave.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh or
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi
Chandigarh ISBT/Airport/train Station
– Arrive at Chandigarh (arrival time is flexible as per traveller)
– Pick up from Chandigarh (ISBT/train/Airport)
– Leave for Yolo Manali (300 km=7 HRS)
– Reach Yolo Manali & check in.
– Freshen up & relax it’s a day to acclimatise
– Spend the rest of the day relaxing on the banks of the River Beas..
– Leave early in the morning by 08:30 HRS
– Drive through Atal Tunnel & Reach Chandratal.
– Reach Chandra Tal by 11:00 HRS.
– Hike the last 2.5km to the lake.
– Return back to the parking lot by 14:00 HRS.
– Drive to Lossar for lunch.
– Reach the town of Kaza by 18:00 HRS.
– Post Breakfast Visit Key Monastery.
– Drive to Tabo for our night stay.
– Reach Tabo by 16:00 HRS & check into our Guest house for the night.
– Rest of the evening at leisure.
– Visit the Tabo Monastery & pack up post breakfast.
– At 10:00 HRS leave for the cliff village of Dhankar 32km drive.
– Reach Dhankar and check into a guest house.
– Visit the cliff monastery and the Dhankar village.
– Hike to the breathtaking Dhankar Lake – 2 hr hike
– Return back to the Guest house by sun down.
– Post breakfast drive to the village of Mud in Pin Valley national Park. (90km = 80 mins)
– Reach Mud & check into our home stay.
– spend the evening walking through the fields, talking to your host or
– Join the villagers in a evening game of Cricket or Vollyball.
– All meals will be provided by the home stay family & will cost ₹500/person (all meals)
– Post breakfast say good by to your family and drive to Komic.
– Reach Komic the worlds highest village with a road in 60 minutes.
– Wander around the monastery & drive to the village of Hikkim.
– Hikkim houses the highest post office in the world at 14,440 ft.
– Post your tlow post cards & drive to the village of Langza.
– Reach Langza & check into our home stay for the night.
– Spend evening playing with the village children in the farm.
– Remember to watch the sky in the night. You’ll see a million stars.
– Post breakfast, head back to the town of Manali.
– Refuel at Kaza worlds highest refunding station.
– Drive back the same road to Manali.
– Lunch at Lossar.
– Network will return once you start to decline from Rohtang La.
– Reach Old Manali by 17:00 HRS.
– Rest of the evening at leisure.
– Last day in the Himalayas.
– Visit old and new Manali
– Spend first half of the day wandering through the flea market or
– Chill in one of the numerous cafes.
– Pack up & leave for Chandigarh 22:00 hrs
– Arrive at Chandigarhi by 07:00 HRS.
