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| July 13-21, 2007 |
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| Highlights |










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| Surrounded
by the Kullu Valley in the south, Ladakh in the north and
Tibet in the east, the twin valleys of Lahaul and Spiti is
a region of nature at its wildest. This land duplicates, possibly
exceeds in many ways, the magical ambience of Leh, Nubra an
d Zanskar valleys. This region remains cut off from the rest
of the world for much of the year. Apart from geographical
barriers, this area was closed, till recently, to visitors
because of military and political reasons. These valleys encompass
glaciers, high ridges, broad valleys, pastures and has a minimum
elevation exceeding 3000m. This area is more of a high altitude
cold desert dotted with famous monasteries, villages like
little green oasis in a stark, brown and dry landscape, miles
of rolling pastures, 6000m peaks and swollen rivers which
turn into mere trickles in winter. Between the Shivaliks and
the Greater Himalayas is found another of India's last unexplored
posts, Kinnaur. Situated on the Old World trade route, its
only link with the outside world is by way of the Hindustan
-Tibet road through Shimla.
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| Trip
Plan |
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| Day
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| An early morning
drive in a comfortable car to Manali (570 kms; 10-11 hours).
Manali is a picturesque hill town at the head of the Kullu
valley. Overnight hotel. |
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| Day 02 |
| Relaxed day to
visit the town, its mall and the Hadimba temple. Visit
the Tibetan market and take in the sights. Overnight hotel.
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| Day 03 |
| Today is an early
start. We drive over the Rohtang pass (separating Kullu
from the Lahaul valley), and descend into the valley of
the Chandra river and continue past Chhattru, Batal
and over the Kunzum la (pass), which divides Lahaul and
Spiti. We spend some time taking in fabulous views of
the Chandrabhaga range of mountains, visit the Buddhist
shrine and get into our waiting jeeps, to reach Kaza by
evening. Overnight Camp/hotel. |
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| Day 04 |
| Today, we visit
the Kye village and the Kye gompa, the largest monastery
in Spiti. We drive upto Kibber village, which at 14,000
feet above sea level, is the road head for the trade route
into Ladakh over the Parang La. We continue to the village
of Gette and Tashigang high up in the mountains - this
is the area where the famous Spiti horses are bred for
trade with the nomadic "changpas" of Ladakh
in exchange for the valuable Pashmina wool. If time permits,
on return we could walk down a steep path to Kye gompa,
where our jeeps pick us up for the drive back to the camp.
We return to our camp/hotel by late afternoon. |
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| Day 05 |
Today, first
we drive to Dhankar village and visit the gompa. (If
time permits -we also walk an hour above the monastery
to Dhankar lake, a blue-green lake amidst pink-brown
hills). We return back to the main road and drive on
to Tabo monastery, a monastery 1004 years old. In 1996,
the Tabo monastery celebrated its thousand years with
a Kalachakra ceremony, which was presided by His Holiness
the Dalai Lama. We spend the day exploring the numerous
temples at the monastery, before continuing back to
our camp/hotel at Tabo. |
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| Day 06 |
| After breakfast,
we drive to Langza village, located in a large high mountain
meadow with a beautiful mountain, Chau Chau Kang Nilda,
towering above this village. Here we find evidence of
the Tethy's sea before the Indian mainland collided with
the Tibetan plateau and formed the Himalayas, which are
still rising today. Sea fossils can be found at this village
- a day spent here provides a fascinating insight to the
Spiti way of life. We continue to the villages of Hikkim
and Comic, where we visit the monasteries. We could walk
down the steep path to Kaza where the jeeps would be waiting
for us or drive back to camp from Comic. Overnight at
Camp/hotel. |
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| Day 07
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| Today we drive
back over the Kunzum pass and trek 4 hours to the lake
of the moon, "Chandratal". Overnight Camp. |
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| Day 08
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| At Chandratal.
Many walks in the surrounding area. Camp. |
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| Day 09
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| Drive back to Manali.
Hotel. |
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| Day 10
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| Today, after breakfast,
we drive back to Delhi (10-11 hours). |
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| Trip Ends |
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