Kinnaur to Spiti
To Ladakh - Treks Tour Program
Day 1:
Delhi:- Flight:
Arrive
Delhi. Met on arrival and transfer to hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2:
Delhi/ Chandigarh/ Shimla:-
Shatabdi/ Coach: Early morning transfer to railway station to
board train for Chandigarh. Arrive Chandigarh and drive to
Shimla ( 2030m ). Met on arrival in Shimla and transfer to hotel
for overnight stay.
Day 3:
Shimla/ Sarahan:- Jeep:
Morning after breakfast start jeep safari to reach Sarahan (1920
m) via Narkanda (2690 m). Sarahan is a beautifully located
township amid mountains with Shrikhand Mahadev Peak (5155 m)
looming as a backdrop. Visit Bhimkali temple, a rare combination
of Buddhist and Hindu architecture. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 4:
Sarahan/ Sangla:- Jeep:
Morning
after breakfast start safari to reach Sangla (2680 m). Arrive
and camp on the bank of river Baspa. Sangla has houses on a
slope built one on another with Kinner Kailash peak (6600 m)
dominantly situated in the background. Overnight stay in tents.
Day 5:
Sangla/ Chitkul Pass/ Puh:- Jeep:
Morning
after breakfast start safari to reach Sangla (2680 m). Arrive
and spend some time over the Sangla Pass to have panoramatic
view of the surroundings. This pass opens routes to Garhwal
Himalayas. After lunch drive to Puh (3200 m). Close to Tibetan
border Puh lies in the rain shadow region. Overnight stay in
tents.
Day 6:
Puh/ Kaza:- Jeep:
Morning after breakfast start safari to reach Kaza (3450 m). En
route visit Tabo Monastery (3200 m). It is an ordinary mud
structure but inside it has beautiful frescoes which earned Tabo
the epithet of "Ajanta of Himalayas". Reach Kaza in evening.
Overnight stay in the hotel.
Day 7:
Kaza/ Kibber/ Batal:- Jeep:
Morning after breakfast visit Kyi Monastery (4116 m/ 11 kms).
This monastery of Spiti has rare paintings and scriptures. The
scriptures are written in Bhoti language, the mother tongue of
Bhotias who came from Tibet to Spiti to spread Buddhism in the
area. Further drive to Kibber village (4400 m/ 9 kms) the
highest village in the world. After lunch drive to Batal (3960
m) via Kunzum Pass(4551 m). Arrive Batal in evening. Overnight
stay in tents.
Day 8:
Batal/ Darcha:- Jeep:
Morning
after breakfast start safari to reach Darcha (3400 m) Stop just
after Batal to photograph Bara Shingri Glacier (3657 m). En
route visit Khardong Monastery at Keylong (3350 m). Keylong is
an "oasis of green fields". Reach Darcha in the evening and camp
beside river Bhaga for overnight stay.
Day 9:
Darcha/ Pang:- Jeep:
Morning
after breakfast continue the jeep safari to reach Pang (4630 m)
via Baralacha Pass (4885 m). The world Baralacha means "a pass
with cross roads". The pass has roads coming from Zanskar,
Ladhakh, Spiti and Lahaul. Reach Pang in the evening for
overnight stay in the tents.
Day 10:
Pang/Leh:- Jeep:
Morning after breakfast start safari to reach Leh (3523 m) via
Kyungshu Plains for 45 kms. Enroute stop for a while at Tanglang-la
(5360 m), the highest pass in the world with metalled road.
Arrive and check into hotel for overnight stay.
Day 11:
Leh:- Jeep:
Morning
after breakfast city sightseeing of Leh. Visit Sankar Gompa,
King's Palace, Bazaar.
Day 12:
Leh/ Delhi:-
IC
Flight: Morning after breakfast transfer to airport to board
flight for Delhi. Met upon arrival and transfer to international
airport in time to board flight for onward destination.
