Spiti Valley Trip From Chandigarh - Manali Edition

Overview

Bordering with Tibet and home to some of the oldest Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, Spiti is a cold desert mountain valley, sparsely populated region whose beauty unveils after a challenging and tricky ride through the most treacherous roads of the mighty Himalayas. The term ‘Spiti’ means ‘The Middle Land’ - land between the lush green valleys and the cold mountain deserts of the Himalayas. Thanks to the thrilling roadways, rustic landscapes and beautiful clear skies, road trip to Himachal’s Spiti Valley is a once in a lifetime experience. Decorated with beautiful villages, welcoming locals and their 1000 year old culture, Spiti is an ancient Himalayan kingdom so unique that it was kept a secret for centuries. Come and experience with us as we travel to Himachal’s cold desert.

Things To Pack

Know Before You Go

• The major locations you’ll be visiting in your trip mainly lie in trans-Himalayan region and higher Himalayas. Due to offbeat locations, some regions do not have star category accommodations. Therefore we expect you to prepare your mindset accordingly and don’t expect luxurious amenities and at times, even basic amenities like 24x7 electricity supply, running hot water & wifi services at these properties. Don’t worry we ensure basic hygiene and heart warming hospitality.
• In case of large groups, all rooms may or may not be available in the same property for all the travelers. To accommodate such large groups, we select two or more hotels on the same trip batch. Please note identical facilities and services may not be available between different rooms or accommodations. However, we try our best to maintain similarities in quality services but still we expect you to adjust to these rare conditions.
• In the triple sharing room occupancy, an extra mattress is provided. This is not to be confused with an extra bed. For any kind of room upgradation request, please directly get in touch with the property reception or staff.
• The camp accommodations at various places especially like Jispa, Sarchu, Nubra Valley, Pangong Lake, Chitkul, Chandratal etc. are very basic even though they are distinguished into various categories. Reason being, their offbeat locations with minimal amenities. However, we give our best while selecting the best quality properties for your comfortable stay experience on our trips.
• In hilly areas and high-altitude locations, shortage of water and electricity supply is a natural phenomenon. To overcome the water crisis, certain hotels have fixed schedules for supplying hot and cold water. We strongly regret the inconvenience but do look forward to your cooperation.
• Special facilities such as room with view, early check-in, smoking or non-smoking rooms, same floor, adjacent or interconnected rooms, etc. are truly subject to availability upon arrival at the accommodation, never pre-allotted or cannot be guaranteed prior. Any expenses arising out of this is to be borne by the traveler themselves.
• On our trips, we follow MAP meal plan in which the menu will be on a buffet basis and not on A-la-Carte basis. This fixed menu plan does not include evening snacks and cold drinks/liquor, soups or desserts. If the traveler wants to order beyond a fixed meal plan i.e. on A-la-Carte basis, they are requested to make direct payment for additional items.
• Consumption and serving of alcohol in some properties/rooms is subject to accommodation's rules and regulations. We respect their decisions and request our travelers also to adhere to such rules.
• In hilly regions, no AC will be operational in vehicles like Tempo Traveler / Innova / Ertiga / Xylo / Scorpio or any similar category.
• The vehicle used for your trip will be exclusively used as per the itinerary only (on point-to-point basis) and will not go beyond the specified itinerary to Trip Captain & drivers.
• The nature of group trip departures is very dynamic and varies from month to month or weekend to weekend. Thus, trip prices are also subject to change as per the occupancy on that particular trip batch.
• The Volvo buses from Delhi to Manali/Shimla & back to Delhi are a third party mode of transportation provided by our regular and verified vendors. Kindly note that these are regular running buses on the above mentioned routes and we cannot keep a proper check on them. However, in case of a technical breakdown a new vehicle or alternate option is arranged but at times it takes a little while for the on-ground operations to do so. Therefore, your cooperation and patience is required in such adverse situations.
• The Volvo bus takes pitstop for lunch/dinner/tea wherever required are predefined by the vendor and cannot be modified by us or any traveler as per our convenience.
• Due to unforeseen situations (force majeure/ traffic jams / traffic halts/ diversions/ curfew, Union strike, VVIP movement, etc.) the vehicle reporting may get delayed and in such case, we request you to bear with us and show your cooperation.