Spiti Valley

“Booked solo. Left with a whole squad.”

What’s in

• The circuit as written: Manali acclimatisation, Kaza, Chandratal camp, Shimla drop
• Stay on the route, including a campsite night around 14,100 ft
• Transport for the planned circuit back toward Delhi

Read this before you pay

• Fine print on meals and tickets varies — confirm on WhatsApp before you pay the advance

The days

1. 1

   The overnight escape

   Delhi → Manali

   Kashmere Gate, 10:00–11:00 PM

   You meet the trip captain and the group before the sun is even up over Manali.

   • Board at Kashmere Gate between 10 and 11 PM
   • Plains turn into pine while you sleep
2. 2

   Acclimatise

   Manali, on purpose

   Cafés · Mall Road · Old Manali

   A lazy day with a job. The higher you are headed, the more this slow morning matters.

   • Hotel check-in
   • Something warm in an Old Manali café
   • Mall Road wander, then let the body catch up
3. 3

   Into the moonscape

   Manali → Kaza

   Chicham Bridge · Key Monastery · Kaza market

   Green valleys melt into stark mountains. This is the day the map changes genre.

   • Chicham Bridge, one of Asia’s highest suspension bridges
   • Centuries-old Key Monastery
   • Roll into Kaza as the market turns gold
4. 4

   World records

   Kaza sightseeing

   Langza · Komic · Hikkim · Key

   A day that reads like a list of superlatives, and somehow all of them are real.

   • Langza and the giant Buddha over golden hills
   • Komic, the highest motorable village
   • Hikkim post office — send a postcard from higher than most flights feel
   • Lunch at the world’s highest café, ice cream included in the story if not the bill
5. 5

   Sleep under stars

   Kaza → Chandratal

   Moon Lake · camp at 14,100 ft

   No wifi worth chasing. The water shifts colour all afternoon. At night there are more stars than names.

   • Drive to Chandratal, the Moon Lake
   • Camp by the shore
   • Just the mountains and your people
6. 6

   One last view

   Chandratal → Shimla → Delhi

   Colonial Shimla · overnight Volvo

   Barren peaks trade back for pine. One walk through Shimla, then the night bus home.

   • Pack the camp and descend
   • Evening in Shimla — churches, colour, one last walk
   • Overnight Volvo to Delhi