11-Day Spiti Valley Biking Trip (Ex-Manali)

Wake up early morning and embark on the first day of your motorcycling expedition. Your destination of Banjar Valley, also known as the Valley of Tranquillity, is renowned for sparkling natural streams, thick meadows of pine and deodar and huge apple orchards. Overnight at Banjar Valley in home stays or tents.

Overnight at Banjar in home stays or tents.

Spend your night in Banjar in a cosy home stay or tent on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Banjar.

Today, you will ride to Saharan. Begin the journey with a ride to Kinnaur, also known as the land of fairy tales. The town of Kinnaur is well known for its enchanting beauty with snow-clad peaks and cold, grey mountains. As you get closer towards Saharan, you will ride alongside apple orchards and gardens of medicinal herbs. After a stop at the Bhimakali Temple to admire its wealth of ancient sculptures, you will reach Sarahan. Overnight at Saharan in home stays or tents.

Overnight at Saharan in home stays or tents.

Spend your night in Saharan in a cosy home stay or tent on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Saharan.

Today's journey will take you to Chitkul, the last inhabited village closest to the Indo-Tibetan border. Riding through the valley of Sangla, you will drive through dense forests, apple orchards and towering mountains. This tiny village of Chitkul is known for its houses with slate or wooden roofs, its famous Buddhist monastery and tower. Overnight at Chitkul in home stays or tents.

Overnight at Chitkul in home stays or tents.

Spend your night in Chitkul in a cosy home stay or tent on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Chitkul.

Your adventure continues as you ride on roads with views of the majestic Kinnaur Kailash mountains to visit Kalpa. The village serves as a great vantage point to catch a crimson coloured sunrise coming up behind the snow-clad mountain peaks. Overnight at Kalpa in home stays or tents.

Overnight at Kalpa in home stays or tents.

Spend your night in Kalpa in a cosy home stay or tent on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Kalpa.

Today, you will travel to the rural community of Tabo. As you begin your journey, the scenery will change from lush, green valleys to cold, grey deserts. Make a pit stop at Nako to visit its 10th century temple and the Nako holy lake. Proceed to Tabo where you will visit the Tabo Monastery, a key part of Buddhist influence over Spiti. Overnight at Tabo in home stays or tents.

Overnight at Tabo in home stays or tents.

Spend your night in Tabo in a cosy home stay or tent on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Tabo.

Today's journey will take you to Kaza, the capital of Spiti Valley. As the monsoon rains rarely visit this area, you will ride through dry mountains and cold deserts with only an occasional stretch of greenery. Overnight at Kaza in home stays or tents.

Overnight at Kaza in home stays or tents.

Spend your night in Kaza in a cosy home stay or tent on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Kaza.

You will spend the day at Kaza with a day trip to surrounding sights. You will visit the 1000-year old Key Monastery that features Buddhist scrolls and paintings. You will stop at the village of Langza to see the colourful Buddha statue. While ridding back to Kaza, you will also stop at the small villages of Kibber and Komic. Overnight at Kaza in home stays or tents.

Overnight at Kaza in home stays or tents.

After a spending a whole day visiting Kibber, Komic and the Langza Village, return to you twin sharing home stay or camp tent in Kaza. Today's package includes meals of breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your day visit.

Today, you will ride to another one of Spiti's breathtaking wonders, the Chandratal Lake, a moon-shaped lake that is only open to travellers in summer. Camp under the starry skies and admire the mountain peaks of the Chandra Bhaga ranges that surround the lake. Overnight at Chandratal Lake in tents.

Overnight at Chandratal Lake in tents.

Spend your night at Chandratal Lake in cosy tent on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Chandratal Lake.

Today, you will loop back to Manali from the campsite at Chandratal Lake. Drive through a diverse terrain of mountains, valleys, rivers and tiny villages and reach the city of Manali. Overnight at Manali in hotel rooms.

Overnight at Manali in hotel rooms.

Spend your night at Manali in cosy hotel rooms on a twin-sharing basis. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner. You can spend extra to have lunch at eateries along your route to Manali.

On the last day of your Ladakh expedition, wake up late and spend the day at leisure. You can visit the marketplaces of Manali in the morning for some souvenir shopping and say farewell to the rest of the group. You will be dropped to the Kullu-Manali Airport or bus station. Your trip ends here.

Your trip ends before nightfall.

Today's package only includes breakfast before you leave for the Kullu-Airport or bus station.