5-Day Spiti Valley Road Trip (Ex-Manali)

Arrive at the Manali Club House in Old Manali by 11:00 hrs. Here, you'll board a Tempo Traveller or similar vehicle and begin your road trip to Spiti Valley. Along the route, you'll cross over from the Lahaul valley and enter Spiti via Rohtang Pass. The landscape will transform from green, rich forests to brown, arid mountains. After driving across the Kunzum La, you'll reach Kaza, the capital city of Spiti, by evening and check-in to a hotel. Overnight at Kaza in hotel rooms or luxury tents.

Overnight at Kaza in hotel rooms or luxury tents.

Travel from Manali to Kaza via the Rohtang and Kunzum-La Pass. You'll be accommodated either in hotel rooms or luxury tents. Your accommodation will include attached washroom, comfortable bed and blankets. Today's meal package includes dinner only. However, you may stop at restaurants and eateries en route to Kaza for lunch. Meals are usually vegetarian, with non-vegetarian items subject to availability.

Begin the day's itinerary by visiting the Key Monastery, one of the oldest and most famous centres of learning in Buddhism. By noon, you'll proceed to destinations in the Pin Valley, a national park known to house the Siberian Ibex, the Bharal and even the Red Fox. In the Pin Valley, you'll visit the Kungri Monastery and the hamlet of Mud, before returning to Kaza. Overnight at Kaza in hotel rooms or luxury tents.

Overnight at Kaza in hotel rooms or luxury tents.

Take a day trip around Kaza to visit the Key Monastery and Pin Valley. You'll be accommodated in the same hotel rooms or luxury tents as yesterday. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner only. However, you may stop at restaurants and eateries in Kaza for lunch. Meals are usually vegetarian, with non-vegetarian items subject to availability.

Travel to some of the highest inhabited villages of the world. Beginning with Komic, a small village that is the highest inhabited village of Asia, you'll also visit Hikkim, home to the highest post office in the world. You'll end the day at Langza, known as the fossil village of India due to the abundance of tiny fossils around the village. Return back to Kaza by evening. Overnight at Kaza in hotel rooms or luxury tents.

Overnight at Kaza in hotel rooms or luxury tents.

Take a day trip around Kaza to visit the Komic, Hikkim and Langza. You'll be accommodated in the same hotel rooms or luxury tents as yesterday. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner only. However, you may stop at restaurants and eateries in Kaza for lunch. Meals are usually vegetarian, with non-vegetarian items subject to availability.

Visit another of Spiti's wonders, the Chandratal Lake! Passing through the villages of Chicham and Losar, you'll cross the Kunzum-La Pass and arrive at the campsite near the lake. The moon-shaped lake's blue waters stand in an interesting contrast to the barren, sandy mountains of the Chandra Bhaga mountains that flank the lake. Overnight at Chandratal Lake in luxury tents.

Overnight at Chandratal Lake in tents.

Travel from Kaza to the Chandratal Lake. You'll be accommodated in tents. The tents will include attached washroom, comfortable bed and blankets. Today's meal package includes breakfast and dinner only. However, you may stop at restaurants and eateries en route to Chandratal Lake for lunch. Meals are usually vegetarian, with non-vegetarian items subject to availability.

Make your way back to Manali via the Rohtang Pass and arrive by late afternoon. Your trip ends here.

Your trip ends by late afternoon.

Travel back to Manali from Chandratal Lake. Today's meal package includes breakfast only. However, you may stop at restaurants and eateries en route to Manali for lunch. You'll arrive at Manali by late afternoon. Your trip ends here.