10 Days Spiti Valley Tour in India

Day 1 Chandigarh - Shimla - Narkanda (170 Kms / 5 hours drive approximately)

1. 1

   Viceregal Lodge

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   On route visit The Viceregal Lodge in Shimla - was the Viceroy's home from 1888 to 1946. The house was designed by Henry Irwin who is also known for having designed the Mysore Palace. The construction started in 1880 and the Viceroy of India

Day 2 Narkanda - Sangla - Chitkul (175 Kms / 5-6 hours drive approximately)

1. 1

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   Hatu Mata Temple - Legend has it that this temple is dedicated to Mandodari, beloved wife of Ravana and a revered Panchakanya. It is also believed that Draupadi breathed her last in this spot when she fell from the mountain in the Himalayas on the way to Swarga (Heaven). The temple was established after her demise.

2. 2

   Kamru Fort

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   Kamru Fort - Kamru fort is an ancient wooden fort located on a hill a few kilometers from Sangla town. It was the original seat of the Bushahr dynasty that ruled from here. The capital was later shifted to Sarahan and then to Rampur, from where the last king Padam Singh ruled

Day 3 Chitkul & Around sight-seeing

1. 1

   Chitkul

   6 hours

   Full day free to explore surrounding temples and beauty, car at disposal

2. 2

   Mathi Temple

   30 min Admission ticket included

   Mathi Mata Temple - The unusual wooden construction of Chitkul Mathi Temple is well-known. Devi Chhitkul Mata, commonly known as Shiromani Mata Devi, is the primary deity. There is a peacefulness about this place.

Day 4 Chitkul - Kalpa - Nako (150 Kms / 5 hours drive approximately)

1. 1

   Kalpa

   2 hours

   Visit Narayan- Nagini Temple - Narayan Nagini Temple is situated on the top of a hill at Chini Village in Kinnaur District. The Temple Located quite close to the Hu-Bu-Lan-Kar monastery. This temple is supposed to be 5000 yrs old and carries significant importance to Indian mythology of Mahabharata. According to the local folklore. Like most other villages of the Kinnaur, Hinduism had co-existed with Buddhism. People of Kalpa were no exception to the common tradition of the Kinnauri’s. The view of Kinnaur Kailash snow caped mountain is memorizing.

Day 5 Nako - Tabo - Kaza (115 Kms / 4 hours drive approximately)

1. 1

   Nako Lake

   45 min

   Morning visit Nao lake and around and drive further

2. 2

   Tabo Monastery

   1 hour

   Tabo Monastery is the oldest continuously operating Buddhist enclave in both India and the Himalayas. A large number of frescoes displayed on its walls depict tales from the Buddhist pantheon.

Day 6 Kaza and around

1. 1

   Komic Monastery

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   This is one of the highest monastery in world. Komic is the highest village inhabited in the world

2. 2

   Langza

   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   Langza is a small village It is set at the base of Chau Chau Kang Nilda mountain, also known as the Princess Mountain. The village has a population of 136 people only. The village is known as the "fossil village" of Spiti valley

3. 3

   Hikkim

   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   Hikkim village has a post office situated at an elevation of 4,400 m (14,400 ft) and this post office is the one of the highest post offices in the world

4. 4

   Key Monastery

   1 hour

   A paradise for historians, the Key Monastery houses an extensive collection of treasures. You can find valuable manuscripts, Thangkas, beautiful murals, stucco images and peculiar wind instruments within this monastery. Lamas still use these wind instruments during the annual festival of Key Monastery in the summer season

Day 7 Kaza - Kibbar - Kunzum Pass - Chandrataal (120 Kms / 3-4 hours drive approximately)

1. 1

   Kibber Village

   1 hour

   Kibber, also Kibber Khas and Khyipur, is a village high in the Spiti Valley in the Himalayas at 4,270 m in Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It contains a monastery and is a base for visiting the Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary

2. 2

   Kunzum Pass

   1 hour

   Kunzum Pass, is a high mountain pass in the eastern Kunzum Range of the Himalayas. It connects Lahaul valley and Spiti valley.

Day 8 Chandratal - Manali (115 Kms 4 hours approximately)

1. 1

   Manali

   5 hours

   Drive to Manali via Rohtang Top

Day 9 Manali

1. 1

   1 hour

   Visit Hadimba Temple. Rest of the day at leisure

Day 10 Manali - Chandigarh drop (280 Kms / 6 Hours approximately)

1. 1

   Chandigarh

   8 hours

   Drop Chandigarh hotel or airport