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 a nutshell without you having to break the bank or the need to plead with your HR team for too much leave.
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi
RK Ashram, New Delhi
A lot of travel to start with, so come prepared to be in the road for at least 5-8 hours a day. With just nine days it become virtually impossible to have a break day given the number of places that need to be covered. If you don’t mind the travel the this is a cooperates delight.
The trip is always clubbed with two weekends & the max you’ll need to take is a five day break from the city grind. This road trip is specially made for people who are looking to travel to Spiti Valley & at the same time can’t manage to squeeze more time in.
If Spiti Valley is on your mind & time is a constrain then this is your best option.
– Arrive at New Delhi by 14:00 HRS
– Reach RK Ashram Metro station gate no.3 by 17:00 HRS.
-Board a Volvo semi-sleeper bus to Manali at 18:00 HRS.
– Reach Manali by 11:00 HRS & check-in.
– Freshen up & relax it’s a day to acclimatise
– Spend the rest of the day relaxing.
– Post Breakfast by 9:00 AM leave for Chandrtal (101 km= 4-6 HRS)
– First cross Atal Tunnel
– Cross Kunzum La 15,059 ft.
– Reach Chandartal Lake by 14:00 HRS and check into campsite
– Hike to the beautiful Chandar Tal and return back in 2 hours.
– Rest of the evening at leisure.
– Post Breakfast leave from Chandratal
– Post lunch Visit Key Monastery.
– Drive to Tabo for our night stay.
– Reach Tabo by 15:00 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 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.
– All meals will be provided by the home stay family
– Post breakfast, head back to the town of Manali.
– Refuel at Kaza worlds highest fuel station.
– Drive back the same road to Manali.
– Lunch at Lossar.
– Cross Kunzum La & Rothan La + Atal Tunnal
– Reach Manali by 15:00 HRS.
– Rest of the evening at leisure.
– Wake up at your own sweet time.
– Unwind on the banks of the River Beas or
– Spend time reflecting on the week gone by.
– Pack up & leave Manali by 16:00 HRS.
– Reach Volvo bus stand by 17:00 HRS.
– Board an AC Volvo Semi sleeper bus to New Delhi by 18:00 HRS.
– Arrive at New Delhi by 09:00 HRS.
