Esscence of Spiti (6N-7D Manali-Spiti-Manali)

After months of preparation and years of planning time has arrived to go on trip of lifetime. Arrive in Manali one of the most beautiful hill station in North India and a gateway for trekking, skiing, backpacking. Unpack and soak in this beauty of this hustling and bustling hill station. Our Team will meet you in the evening so that we get to know each other and rules for the trip will be explained.

The time arrives to answer the call of the mountains and with that we start our journey to Mighty Rohtang Pass. After spending sometime at Rohtang Pass we gradually descend to tiny settlements of Gramphu, Chattru and Batal.All along we will witness the vast valleys. From here we start ascend to Kunzum La and feel the chill there. The jumpy ride with non-existent road which started from Gramphoo will end in Losar the 1st village of Spiti valley. We continue our journey through this magical landscape and reach Kaza in the evening. Unpack and sleep tight at Kaza hotel.

Start early as today will be driving through some of the highest and most beautiful villages of the world. We start our day by visiting the majestic Key monastery. Today’s journey will take you to highest inhabited village of Asia to highest post office in world, to a village which is connected to mainstream village by 100 mts wide rope way, to a village where you will find fossils everywhere. This is going to be an adventure filled day where we will be driving in absolute wild terrain moving from village to village finally settling at a home stay in Langza. Staying with a local family in home stay at such a remote place will give you insights about lives of these beautiful people.

Yesterday we drove through some of the most remote villages today we will be visiting some of the most ancient monasteries in the world. Starting our journey from Langza we will reach Dhankar Monastery. Dhankar monastery, claimed to be 1000 years old, is on the cliff of a mountain over-looking the confluence of Pin and Spiti river. Due to the loose soil that is prevalent in cold deserts, Dhankar monastery is an endangered site. We will do a short hike to Dhankar Lake and after spending sometime at lake we will head back. After that we will start our journey to Tabo. Also known as the ‘Ajanta of the Himalayas’, Tabo houses the 1010 year-old Tabo Monastery – which is a UNESCO world heritage site and is famous for its ancient paintings that depict the life of The Buddha, and intricate portraits of gods and demons along with life-size statues of bodhisattvas. We will be staying at Tabo for the night.

Today we will drive to another remote village Mud which is at the start of pin Valley National Park. Mud is last motor able village of Pin Valley. We will be staying at a local home stay. You can roam around the village and check out the beauty of this little village.

Today we will start our journey to Chandratal which is a shining Jewel in Spiti Valley. After passing Kaza, Losar, Kunzum Pass we take diversion to Chandratal. The mystical and beautiful Chandratal Lake, which translates to Moon Lake, is located at a height of 14,100 feet. The Chandra Bhaga mountain range forms a striking backdrop for the lake. This place is photographer’s paradise who can click photographs of the lake which changes color with passing of every hour. Camping at Chandratal with all the basic necessities will be a life time experience.

After waking up in total wilderness and having breakfast we start our journey to Manali via Batal, Chattru, Gramphoo and Rohtang Pass. We will try to reach Manali by afternoon so that you can go for souvenir hunting for your friends and family. We will bid farewell to the Himalayas and travel to further destinations. . It’s time for final chat with the fellow nomads and bid adieu to this trip. Saying goodbye is always hard but we promise we will meet back for more such journeys and living in your memories for life.

Note: We only provide a brief itinerary of the trip along with major halt points of the trip. All the detailed activities are told once guest arrive at the destination in order to build the excitement factor.