Today to start with your Spiti Valley Budget Trip,, you will be met from your train / flight at Chandigarh by our driver, and we will drive you to Shimla (4 hrs) via Barog, Solan. Enroute you will stop for lunch break and comfort breaks. Depending on the time Visit the Mall road of Shimla in the evening with its heritage building like Christ Church, Scandal point, Gaiety Theater, Lower bazaar, Lakkar bazaar and the Tibetan market. Later transfer to the hotel in Shimla for 1 night.

Meals Plan: Dinner is included.

Please Note: This day even we can pick you up from New Delhi railway station / airport which is going to cost extra. You can even travel with an overnight or day A/C luxury Volvo coach from New Delhi to Shimla to start with your tour and we can arrange those tickets for you.

On the day 2 of the pocket friendly Tour to Spiti in summers, have breakfast at the hotel and check out to start your exciting road journey to Sangla Valley. We drive through the beautiful villages of Fagu, Theog, Matiana, Narkanda, and Rampur famous for apple, apricot and cherry orchards. We will stop for lunch after Rampur and reach Sangla valley by evening where we will drive to Chitkul 3,450 metres / 11,318 feet (22 kms / 1 hrs) the Last Indian Village on the Indo Tibet Border in Baspa Sangla valley. The village of Chitkul is like something from a fairy tale. On arrival check into your hotel and evening is free to relax and walk around Chitkul. This Land between Heaven and Earth is Kinnaur and is known as the Baspa Sangla valley, after river Baspa which flows through the valley. Here you will enjoy the unspoiled beauty of the mountains, rivers and nature full of Himalayan cedar trees, fruit orchards, barley fields and picturesque hamlets. Overnight in hotel in Chitkul or Sangla for 1 night overlooking the stunning mountain landscapes.

Meals Plan: Breakfast + Dinner are included.

Day 3 of your Spiti valley Budget Trip after breakfast at your hotel at 09:00 AM and drive to visit Rakcham 2,900 metres / 9,510 feet - a hidden paradise of Sangla valley famous for mountain views and a great place to enjoy nature walks. Have your time to take a relaxing nature walk across the Baspa River. The landscapes are stunning, and you will have plenty of time to walk around and enjoy them. Later drive to Sangla and walk through Kamru village famous for the beautifully carved ancient temple, Buddhist monastery and the Tower like Kamru Fort. Later we continue drive you to Kalpa village 2,960 metres / 9,711 feet (40 kms/ 2-3 hrs). Enroute we will stop at Reckong Peo the district headquarters of Kinnaur district and will have a walking tour around the local market.

Continue drive to Kalpa (7 kms), where we will visit the So Called Suicide Point near Roghi village – Surprisingly which has been converted into a beautiful photo place saying "I Love Kinnaur" and is famous for its cliffs and Himalayan Mountain views. Later Check into the Hotel In Kalpa overlooking the village and the magnificent Kinner Kailash Mountain Ranges. The finest view of the Mt. Kinner Kailash Mountain (6,050 metres / 19,850 feet) can be had from Kalpa. This is a spectacular sight early in the morning as the rising sun touches the snowy peaks with crimson and gold light. The Kalpa village is covered with thick pine forests and is famous for fruit orchards of plums, apricots and apples. Overnight stay in Kalpa for 1 night.

Meals Plan: Breakfast + Dinner are included

After early breakfast we check out at 08:00 AM and continue on the day 4 of Chandigarh to Spiti Valley 7 Nights / 8 Days Budget Tour Package, to Dhankar village 3,890 metres / 12,780 feet, (240 kms / 9 hrs). Enroute we will stop at Khab the meeting point of Sutlej and Spiti Rivers. Today the mountain views changes from green to brown as we arrive at the beautiful Nako village with traditional houses, where you can have your lunch and enjoy the spectacular views of the Nako Lake, village and the Himalayas in the backdrop. You will take a walking tour around the village which will provide you chances to interact with the local tribal community. The village of Nako in the upper Kinnaur valley is famous for the Nako lake and the Buddhist monastery related to guru Padma Sambhava. (a great Buddhist scholar, whose teachings spread to Tibet from India).

Today at Sumdo Check post we will be entering the beautiful Spiti valley the Land between Tibet and Ladakh is the best offbeat Tourism Destination in Himalayas. In Spiti you will experience the wonders and natural beauty that will keep you spell bound for a long time.

We will also visit the Gue village in Spiti Valley which is famous for its naturally preserved Mummy of a Buddhist monk (Sangha Tenzin). The 15thcentury old, mummified body, in a sitting meditation pose of the Buddhist monk is naturally preserved due to the cold, dry and harsh weather of Spiti valley. The mummy of Gue village is believed to be around 600 years old, which was discovered here from a Stupa after the earth quake in 1975, while the Indo Tibet Border Force was clearing the area and building the road. Very clearly you can see the teeth, hairs and the well preserved skin on the bones of the Mummy of Gue in the Himalayas.

Later we continue to Tabo where on arrival we will visit the Tabo monastery which is the oldest monastery in the Himalayas founded in 996 AD. Tabo Monastery is famous for its art and History and is the oldest continuously functioning Buddhist monument in the World and the Himalayas with its original decorations, iconographic and wall paintings. The Tabo monastery compound have 9 chapels and the 32 life size clay sculptures in the main Assembly hall are the major highlights to experience.

Later we continue to Dhankar village where we will stay 1 night in a hotel overlooking the village and the valley.

Meals Plan: Breakfast + Dinner are included.

Today morning after breakfast check out from the hotel and visit the famous Dhankar village – set up in the most dramatic settings of Spiti, famous fort (in ruins) and monastery. It is a small pretty village on a hill with an open view of valley down the side. Views are majestic from the top of the fort and monastery and one can see vast expanses of the Spiti valley. The setting is so beautiful and dramatic that this monastery should not be missed. If interested you can even walk uphill to the Dhankar Lake (1 hrs each side).

Today we will also visit the Kungri monastery in the famous Pin valley, which is a side valley in Spiti and famous for the Pin valley National Park- home to a variety of rare animals like the snow Leopard, snow ibex, the Himalayan blue sheep and the thar.

Depending on the road condition we do visit the last village Mudh in Pin Valley. Later we continue our drive to Kaza where you will check in to the hotel / tented camp for 1 night. Evening is free to explore the local market in Kaza.

Meals Plan: Breakfast + Dinner are included.

Today after breakfast check out you will leave for the full day sightseeing tour to explore the World’s highest Himalayan villages and monasteries around Kaza. On Spiti Valley Road trip in a reasonable cost budget we will drive you to Hikkim village where you visit the World’ highest Post office located (4,400 metres / 14,436 feet). You can write and send the post cards to your loved ones from here.

Later we will drive you to Komic village (4,587 metres / 15,050 feet) which is now the world’s highest village joined to a motorable road. We will visit the Komic monastery (women are not allowed inside the monastery.) The village provides magnificent Himalayan Mountain views.

Later we will drive you to visit the Langza village where you will visit the village monastery and the statue of the Buddha overlooking the snow capped mountain peaks. Langza village is the part of the most fossil rich areas in the world by the Geological Survey of India and the Geological Society of America.

Later we will drive you to visit Key Monastery which is the largest monastery in Spiti valley. The monastery is an irregular jumble of low rooms and narrow corridors on a conical hill. The prayer chambers are interconnected by dark passages, tortuous staircases and small doors. Hundreds of monks receive their religious training in the monastery.

We will also visit the Kibber village which is the part of Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary. Here you have an option to walk to the nearby mountains where there are chances to search the big herds of Himalayan blue sheep and snow ibex, which can be seen in the nearby mountains. We will also visit the Suspension bridge on a gorge. Tonight you will stay overnight at Chicham in a home stay with a local family for 1 night. This will provide you a change to interact with the locals and have a deep insight to the day to day life of the people living in these remote regions of the Himalayas in Spiti valley.

Meals Plan: Breakfast + Dinner are included

Today after breakfast check out from the home stay at 07:00 AM and continue your Spiti Valley Budget Road Trip, you will be driven to Manali through Chandrataal Lake. Today you will drive over the Mountain Pass, Kunzum La 4,551 metres / 14,932 feet, which provides beautiful views of CB ranges and Himalayan Glaciers. Kunzum Pass is the Gateway from Spiti to Lahaul Valley or to Manali from Spiti Valley. The Bara Shigri glacier can be seen in front of the pass. Snow covered mountains and glaciers can be seen throughout the year from the Kunzum Pass which is open in early June to mid October depending on the snowfall. There is a temple dedicated to Goddess Kunzum, where each vehicle stops and takes blessing of the Goddess for their safe journey.

We will arrive Chandrataal Lake, 4270 metres / 14,100 feet (100 kms/ 5 hrs) by late afternoon. You have to walk the last 1 kilometers to visit the Chandrataal Lake also known as the "Lake of the Moon", as on full moon night it appears as if the moon and the stars have come down to the lake. At full moon night the reflection of the moon and stars can be seen in lake water. It is the largest and broadest lake in the region (1 km. in length). This clear blue water lake lies in a broad grassy plain with a presence of rugged mountains, snow covered peaks and it presents a picturesque beauty of nature to the visitors. Spend some time walking and relaxing around while admiring the natural beauty of Chandrataal Lake.

Later continue rive to Manali through Batal, Chatru, Khoksar and the newly built Atal Tunnel, below Rohtang Pass in Lahaul Valley, which with a length of 9.02 kms., and is the longest tunnel above 10,000 feet in the world. The road stretch from Chandrataal lake to Gramphoo over Kunzum Pass (65 kms), is a quiet rough, bumpy road and we cross couple of water streams this day. Our experienced and expert driver drives carefully and takes care of your comfort and safety on the Himalayan roads. On arrival at Manali check into the hotel and later evening is free to explore the Mall road of Manali / Old Manali where you can finish up your final shopping before returning back home. Overnight at Manali for 1 night.

Meals Plan: Breakfast + Dinner are included.

Today early morning 7:00 A.M after breakfast check out from the hotel, on the last day of Spiti Budget trip full of adventure and fun, we will drive you to Chandigarh (290 kms/ 9 hrs). Our driver will drop you in the evening around 5:00 PM at Chandigarh railway station / airport from you will board your train/flight back home or for onward journey.

Meals Plan: Breakfast is included.

Please Note: This day or at the night of Day 7, you can even travel with an overnight A/C Luxury Volvo coach from Manali to New Delhi at the end of the tour, which is going to cost extra and we can arrange those tickets for you.

End Of The tour and the services....!

It is a private tour not a group tour, means it will be organised for you, your family, and friends or for your group only - No other people will be clubbed to travel with you. The Car and the driver will be provided exclusively for you, your family or friends.

E-Permits (e-Aagman) are required for All tourists to visit Chandrataal Lake or Atal Tunnel Rohtang-Koksar-Chandertal circuit to travel from Manali or from Kaza side. Applicants travelling with a taxi/ private vehicles who want to enter District Lahaul & Spiti have to apply for E-Pass. E-Permit per vehicle is required for Atal Tunnel Rohtang-Koksar-Chandertal circuit and without it you would not be allowed to Visit Chandratal Lake or travel on the above route. We will arrange e Permits for you.

Foreign tourists require an Inner Line permit to visit some of the areas which are close to the Tibetan border. These inner line permits can be obtained for this tour from the district magistrate at Shimla or Reckong Peo in Kinnaur valley and takes around 2-3 hrs depending on the availability of the signing authority for the inner line permits. We will assist you to the government office and help you completing the formalities to obtain the Inner Line permits.

Permits needs to be applied in the morning around 10:30 AM, on working days, from Monday to Saturday. Permits are not processed on Second Saturday and other public holidays.

This is the tour itinerary for the Spiti Valley Budget Trip which we run regularly. It can be altered & customized as we like to discuss plans with clients and can make suggestions about special places to visit depending on our clients’ interests, and available time. You can get an idea of your holidays from the mentioned tour. The itinerary is planned in such a way that while travelling you get a good time to experience India and see the real life of Indian people from much closer.

Whether you choose to be on a privately guided tour to India or set off on a more independent trip, with local guides available wherever required, you can travel reassured, knowing our vast experience and provide you with around-the-clock support to smooth out anything unexpected. The safety and well-being of our guests is paramount.

The above cost and tour is for Indian Nationals, can be altered for Inbound clients.