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Duration -15 Nights / 16 Days

Destination – Delhi – Shimla – Sarahan – Sangla – Kalpa – Tabo – Kaza – Jispa – Sarchu – Leh – Delhi

Day 01:

ARRIVE DELHI AIRPORT MEETING AND GREETING ON ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

Day 02:

DELHI – Full day Delhi sight seeing. Lunch and dinner in local restaurant. Overnight at hotel.

Day 03:

DELHI – KALKA by Shatabdi (Dep N.Delhi at 07.40 Hrs – Arr Kalka at 1200) hours OR Himalayan Exp (Dep N.Delhi at 0600 Hrs – Arr Kalka at 1120) KALKA-SHIMLA by surface drive Drive from Kalka – Shimla (100 Kms 03 Hrs) and Lunch on the way. Arrive Shimla. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 04:

SHIMLA – SARAHAN 183 KMS – 6 HOURS MORNING DRIVE TO SARAHAN VIA NARKANDA AND RAMPUR. REACH SARAHAN WHICH COMMANDS A VIEW OF SRIKHAN MAHADEV PEAK. SARAHAN IS A MIXTURE OF HINDUS AND BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE. Lunch at Rampur. CHECK IN AT HOTEL . DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL

Day 05:

SARAHAN – SANGLA 99 KMS – 4 HOURS TODAY YOU VISIT 800 YEARS OLD BHIMAKALI TEMPLE COMPLEX – ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF HILL ARCHITECTURE. DRIVE TO SANGLA . THE BASPA VALLEY IS THE PRETTIEST VALLEY IN HIMACHAL DRIVE VIA KARCHHAM 32 KMS AND REACH SANGLA BUILT ON A SLOPE WITH THE HOUSES RISING ONE ABOVE THE OTHER WITH GIGANTIC KINNAR KAILASH PEAK DOMINATING THE SCENE. CHECK IN CAMP. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT AT CAMP The Camp is an ideal setting for total relaxation with cosy Swiss-style tents that have attached bathrooms, a well-equipped kitchen and evening bonfires (depends on the weather) that keep the chill away.

Day 06:

SANGLA – KALPA 69 KMS – 2 HOURS BREAKFAST AT CAMP. VISIT CHITKUL ( 3450 m) – 20 KMS FROM CAMP. THIS IS THE LAST VILLAGE ON THE OLD IND0 – TIBETAN TRADE ROUTE. DRIVE FROM SANGLA TO KALPA 2759 METERS WHICH IS THE DISTRICT HEADQUARTER OF KINNAUR ONCE A FAVOURITE HAUNT OF LORD DALHOUSIE. IN FRONT OF KALPA IS AN IMPRESSIVE VIEW OF RALDANG KAILASH MASSIF ACROSS THE SUTLEJ RIVER. LUNCH ALONG THE GLACIER FED MOUNTAIN STREAM. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT AT CAMP.

Day 07:

KALPA – TABO 165 KMS – 6 HOURS DRIVE TO YANGTHANG WHICH IS 86 KMS AND ARRIVE AT TABO AFTER 27 KMS DRIVE FROM SUMDO. THE ANCIENT VILLAGE OF TABO AT 3050 METERS SITUATED ON THE LEFT BANK OF RIVER SPITI. IT IS THE SEAT OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS BUDDHIST MONASTERY REGARDED NEXT TO THE THOLONG GOMPA IN TIBET. THE MONASTERY IS 1004 YEARS OLD AND CONTAINS LARGE NUMBER OF SCRIPTURES AND PIECES OF ART , WALL PAINTING AND STUCCO. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS AJANTA OF HIMALAYAS. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT IN TENTS.

Day 08:

TABO – KAZA 42 KMS – 2 HOURS DRIVE FOR ONE AND HALF HOURS AND REACH DANKAR GOMPA. VISIT THE GOMPA AND CONTINUE DRIVE TO KAZA SITUATED AT 3600 METERS AT THE FOOT OF STEEP RIDGES AND ON THE LEFT BANK OF RIVER SPITI IS THE KI MONASTERY WHICH IS THE BIGGEST MONASTERY IN SPITI AND IS LOCATED BETWEEN KIBBER AND KAZA. HUNDREDS OF LAMAS RECEIVE THEIR RELIGIOUS TRAINING IN THIS MONASTERY AND IS FAMOUS FOR ITS MURALS AND BOOKS. THIS AFTERNOON VISIT THE MONASTERY OF KI AND GETE – ONE OF THE HIGHEST MOTORABLE VILLAGE IN THE WORLD. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT IN TENTS.

Day 09:

KAZA – CHOTA DHARA 120 KMS -5 HOURS DRIVE OVER 4551 M HIGH KUNZUM PASS. CHECK INTO CAMP. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT AT CAMP.

Day 10:

CHOTA DARA – JISPA 120 KMS – 6 HOURS DRIVE TO JISPA VIA KEYLONG OVER THE BARALACHA PASS AT 4830 METERS.JISPA LIES BETWEEN MANALI AND LEH, AMONG THE SHEER BLISS OF MOUTAINS – SNOW CAPPED, GREEN OR ROCKY. THE BHAGA RIVE FLOWS BY ITS GARDEN, TO THEN MEET THE CHANDRA AND BECOME THE WORLD’S FASTEST RIVER, THE CHENAB. BY THE CLEAR WATERS, ON A SAND BEACH, LIES THE DARING ANCIENT SETTLEMENT OF JISPA. HERE, ON THE PATH OF THE MOUNTAIN GOATS WITH CURVED HORNS, YOU CAN BECOME A PART OF NATURE. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

Day 11:

JISPA – SARCHU 55 KMS – 2 HOURS DRIVE ON THE LEH ROUTE AND THE ROAD WINDS THROUGH EXTENSIVE FIELDS AND LONG RIVER OF BHAGA ON THE WAY WE STOP AT DARCHA FOR PASSPORT CHECK. DARCHA IS THE BASE POINT FOR MANY DIFFERENT TREKKING ROUTES. CONTINUE DRIVE TO BARALACHA PASS 4883 METERS. THERE IS A LAKE KNOWN AS SURAJTAL AND IT IS WORTH TO STOP HERE. FINALLY WE REACH SARCHU WHICH IS THE BOUNDAY LINE BETWEEN HIMACHAL AND JAMMU & KASHMIR STATE. TONIGHT YOUR CAMP WILL BE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4200 METERS AND IT WILL BE THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE WHOLE TOUR. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

Day 12:

SARCHU – LEH 255 KMS – 8 HOURS TODAY YOU DRIVE EARLY IN THE MORNING THROUGH LACHUNGLA PASS AT 5065 METERS RUGGED IN THE MIDDLE OF MOUNTAINS. AT LUNCH TIME WE STOP AT PANG. FROM HERE THERE ARE CHANCES TO SEE TINY COLONIES OF MARMOTS ON THE MOREA PLAINS A STRETCH OF 45 KMS. FINALLY WE REACH THE SECOND HIGHEST ROAD TANGLANGLA PASS AT 5350 METERS. EVENING ARRIVE LEH AND CHECK IN AT HOTEL. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

Day 13:

LEH MORNING AT LEISURE. AFT ERNONO VISIT SPITUK, PHYANG AND SHANKAR GOMPA. MEALS AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL

Day 14:

LEH FULL DAY TOUR OF SHEY, THIKSEY AND HEMIS MONASTERY. IT IS INTERESTING TO START EARLY MORNING TO SEE THE PRAYING CEREMONY AT THIKSEY. PACK LUNCH. RETURN TO LEH IN THE EVENING.DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

Day 15:

LEH – DELHI TRANSFER TO AIRPORT TO BOARD FLIGHT FOR DELHI MEETING AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL. REST OF THE DAY FREE DINNER in restaurant AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

Day 16:

DELHI DEPARTURE : Morning some Delhi sight seeing. Lunch in local restaurant. Evening transfer to airport for onward journey.