Road trip · Shimla → Kaza → Manali
Spiti Valley Circuit
A high-desert road journey past thousand-year-old monasteries.
- Duration
- 8 days
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Best season
- May – Oct
- Max altitude
- 4,590 m
Starting from our home in Shimla, follow the Sutlej and Spiti rivers on one of the world's great mountain roads. Stay in homestays, visit Key, Tabo and Dhankar monasteries, spot fossils at Langza and drive the highest motorable villages on earth.
Highlights
- Key, Tabo & Dhankar monasteries
- Night at Komic and Hikkim post office
- Local homestays with Spitian families
- Experienced mountain drivers
Itinerary
Day 1
Shimla → Sarahan
Apple orchards and the Bhimakali temple.
Day 2
Sarahan → Kalpa
Views of Kinner Kailash at sunrise.
Day 3
Kalpa → Tabo
Enter Spiti via Nako lake and Gue mummy.
Day 4
Tabo → Kaza
Dhankar fort-monastery on the way.
Day 5
Kaza villages
Langza, Hikkim, Komic and Key Monastery.
Day 6
Kaza → Chandratal
Over Kunzum La to the moon lake.
Day 7
Chandratal → Manali
Through Batal and the Atal Tunnel.
Day 8
Departure
Drop at Manali or onward to Shimla/Chandigarh.
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