Spiti in Spring – 2022 7 Days & 6 Nights | Customizable
Itinerary overview
Welcome to Spiti
Long winding roads and valleys that present unforgettable glimpses of cold desert and snow-crowned mountains welcome you when you set foot into Spiti Valley. Bordered on all sides by the Himalayas, Spiti gets just around 250 days of sunshine in the year, making it one of the coldest places in the country. With the thick Himalayan snow cutting Spiti off from the rest of the country for around 6 months a year, the summer months are the only time Spiti is directly accessible via motorway. It takes certain amount of madness to do this.
Spiti Valley is a cold desert mountain valley located high in the Himalayas, is full of barren hills, bare mountainsides, rough terrain, and more like a dry desert. Spiti, which loosely translates as ‘the middle land’. In certain stretches NH5 (the old HindustanTibet Road) is amazing, but what makes up for this is the gorgeous landscape that changes as one drives through the lush mountains of Kinnaur Valley and crosses into the rugged moonscape of Spiti valley. It just takes one thing to get going for this trip – passion for travelling – and we have that in abundance.
Tour highlights
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Itinerary idea in detail
Leave from Delhi at 8:30pm (Day 0) reach Shimla next morning.
Transfer to Hotel- fresh up & breakfast.
Drive through Kufri & Narkanda on the way to Kinnaur valley.
Reach Sangla by evening check into hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.
Wake up to a beautiful morning have breakfast
After that, embark on the journey to Chitkul – the last village on the Indo-China border.
The journey is accompanied by the awe-inspiring landscapes of Kinnaur
Valley, creating a panorama grandeur, running parallel to the mighty Satluj River
After chitkul transfer to Kalpa and check into hotel.
Have dinner and rest for the day
Wake up early morning & after breakfast start journey to Spiti Valley
Enroot visit – Narayan Nagini Temple & 1020 years old – Tabo Monastery.
Reach Dhankar/Tabo by evening. Check in to the hotel/homestay.
Dinner & stay overnight under the gaze of a million stars in Dhankar.
Freshen up and before breakfast.
Proceed for Dhankar lake – short trek of approx. 45 min.
After breakfast start your adventurous arip by visiting the Dhankar Village. Do visit the Gompa perched high above the valley
Reach Kaza By evening and Check-in to the homestay/hotel. You may explore, The Kaza market and try out the local cuisine.
Have dinner under the Aegean night sky and rest for the day.
Wake up to a beautiful morning have breakfast – drive to some of the highest inhabited regions of the world
Today we visit world famous – Key monastery located @ 13,668 ft, then
Drive to Hikkim & do not forget to send postcards from the world’s highest post office.
Later drive to Komik situated at 4513m – world’s highest village connected with road.
Enjoy a sunset at Langza and explore a land very rich with fossils of marine animals and plants.
Return kaza, take dinner & overnight at hotel/campsite
Today we start tracing our steps back toward Kalpa.
Enroute visit Nako lake – surrounded by willow and poplar trees.
Reach Kalpa by night, Check into the hotel.
Dinner and overnight rest.
Today, we commence our way back on the famous Hindustan – Tibet Highway
Reach Shimla by evening.
Board volvo and depart for Delhi
Reach Delhi next morning, (Day 8) around 8:00 am.
