Spiti in Summer – 2022 6 Days & 5 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 NH22 (the old Hindustan-Tibet 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 05:30pm (Day 0) and reach Manali next morning (Day 1).
On arrival transfer to hotel check into the hotel.
After having breakfast explore Manali. Places to visit – Hadimba Temple, Old Manali, Mall Road.
Dinner and overnight stay in Manali.
We wake up early in the morning and start our journey to the valley of Gods – Lahaul & Spiti.
Crossover to Lahaul by passing through the adventure heaven Atal tunnel, and watch the terrain shift from lush green valleys to brown arid deserts.
At 14931ft we cross to another high- altitude pass & the gateway to Spiti valley Kunzum la.
We continue our drive through the stunning landscape to reach Kaza by the evening, overnight stay at camps/hotel.
Wake up early in the morning, have breakfast and head for Spiti sightseeing day.
Today we visit a world famous – Key Monastery followed by Chicham Bridge (Asia’s Highest Bridge).
Later drive to Komik situated at 4513m – world’s highest village connected by road and then moving on to langza
Finally, we’ll be visiting Langza (the most beautiful village in Spiti valley and has the famous Buddha statue and is known as the Fossil village due to the presence of the same in abundance).
In the evening return back to Kaza, take dinner & sleep overnight.
Wake up early morning, have breakfast and head for sightseeing Visit beautiful Pin Valley – this national park forms a natural habbitat for Snow Leopards, Ibex, Baral etc & birds like Golden eagle, Pika, Griffon etc
After the visit Kungri monastery and then the beautiful hamlet of Mudh.
In the evening return back to Kaza, take dinner & sleep overnight
Wake up early morning and after having breakfast & check-out.
Depart for ChandraTaal lake. However, make one more stop at another Spitian wonder- Chandratal lake. The Chandratal lake is situated at the height of 14000 ft.
The Chandra baga mountain range forms a striking backdrop for the lake, which changes appearance according to the pictures painted in the sky.
Dinner and stay at the tents under the gaze of millions of stars and the milky way galaxy.
Today we commence our way back on Manali-Kaza road.
We pass through some more stunning landscapes and cross the Rohtang pass or Atal tunnel
Reach Manali by afternoon to board your Volvo back to Delhi with lifetime memories
Reach Delhi next morning, (Day 7) around 8:00am