9 Day Road Trip
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JANUARY - MARCH 2024
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As winter arrives, with it comes the most elusive cat out there, the Snow Leopard.
Spiti being a high altitude region, experiences long winters, and during these months as the snow descends down the mountains, Snow Leopards start arriving in search of their prey. However, their shy nature keeps them hidden from the general public eye, which is better for both animal and the humans. The animals get to live undisturbed without any human interaction.
On this adventure, we’re not only going to get a glimpse of this animal with some of the best local spotting guides, but will be learning more about the life during winters in this part of the Himalayas.
We begin our trip from Chandigarh, from where we gradually ascend towards Spiti via Rampur, and on roads crossing through Kinnaur region and Hangrang valley, before we enter the high altitude region of Spiti, where snowclad mountains will be standing tall to welcome us into its secrets. In Spiti, we move towards the village of Chicham at a height of above 14000 feet, a little ahead of the famous Kibber village.
Chicham will be our primary stay during the trip, where we’ll be staying in local homestays, and during the day hours will be hiking in snow to camp at a distance, to try and get glimpses of the snow leopards.
The guides who’ll be taking us on this adventure will be local spotting guides, ensuring that at every time we are in harmony with nature, and we always act in a respectful manner towards the Snow Leopard and thus ensuring that the creature isn’t disturbed by our presence.
Lastly, this tour does not guarantee the spotting of a Snow Leopard. While we put in our genuine effort and hard work through our team of experienced staff, guides and spotters for the task, there are plenty of other parameters like the amount of snowfall, weather, mating season, movement of prey etc. that dictate their position.
View Full ItineraryWe start our day early, as we start with our journey to Spiti with the Chandigarh - Rampur leg.
Today, we’ll be leaving the city behind to move into the mountains, with great views of Churdhar peak, and Himalayas in the distance as we pass through Narkanda, and then move into the Satluj valley to reach Rampur. It is a town on the banks of Satluj river, 130 Kms from Shimla and also home to Padam Palace, standing in the capital of erstwhile Bushahr Kingdom.
Streets of Rampur still retain its old culture, while the palace is filled with history, and a glimpse into the past will be a great way to have a relaxing start to the trip.
This is going to be a long day, since we’ll be moving on towards Spiti, crossing Kinnaur on our way, and bidding goodbye to vegetation filled mountains, and saying hello to the barren landscapes of higher Himalayas.
We’ll be crossing Kinnaur region, Hangrang valley, bidding goodbye to Satluj river, and will eventually find ourselves journeying along the Spiti river.
Today is all about magnificent views on the way, and observing the changes in the landscape on the way as we move from lower ranges to the valleys along the highest of the Himachal Himalayas. We end the day in a homestay in Tabo, experiencing the comforts of a local life.
After the long drive yesterday, today we wake up in Tabo, amidst the tall cliffs and Spiti Valley's surreal landscape. After a relaxed breakfast, we visit the 1000 year old Tabo Monastery in the centre of the town, and then start our journey to Pin Valley.
While most of Pin Valley gets snow covered in the winters, we will go as far as the road allows. The views here are surreal, and some of the highest amounts of snow we would see.
We then drive to Kaza, the administrative capital of Spiti and check-in to our homestay by afternoon.
After an early breakfast, we will head to the Ki Monastery, the most iconic sight in Spiti Valley. We will then head to Kibber village, once the highest village connected with a motorable road. From here, we will head to the new Chicham bridge, and finally arrive at our homestay in Chicham village.
We meet our guide at the homestay in Chicham, and will learn more about what we have in store for the coming days, plus will get a chance to explore the village, learning a little about the local culture.
We begin the day early, with a 2-3 hour long walk.
Our walk in snow-clad Mountains will bring us close to the region where sighting snow leopards has higher probability.
We camp there for the day, observing and photographing the wildlife, and also some great landscapes. We’ll end this day at our homestay in Chicham.
We once again leave for Snow Leopard sighting, spending our time in the snowclad wildwerness of Spiti. We return to Chicham village to the warmth of our homestay by evening.
It's another day of sighting the elusive snow leopard. We once again leave for sighting with our spotters, and spend our time in the snowclad wilderness of Spiti. At the end of the day, we return to Chicham village for one last night in Spiti Valley.
We bid goodbye to Spiti, and begin our descend towards lower regions of Himachal.
It’ll again be a long day, ending at our hotel in Rampur, where a slightly warmer climate will welcome us.
The last leg of the trip, as we complete the journey from Rampur to Chandigarh. We’ll reach Chandigarh by evening, bringing this Spiti Valley sojourn to an end.
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Experiece the best of McLedoganj with this short weekend trek. Trek & camp overnight at Triund. With Pink House\'s state of the art camping gear, trek to 9500 feet to reach Triund and camp overnight with millions of Himalayanstars. Be it Paragliding, or touring around McLeodganj, or climbing mountains, amazing packages. Trek & camp overnight at Triund. With Pink House\'s state of the art camping gear, trek to 9500 feet to reach Triund and camp overnight.
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Drive from Chandigarh - Rampur
Drive from Rampur - Nako - Tabo
Drive from Tabo - Pin Valley - Kaza
Kaza - Ki Monastery - Kibber - Chicham
Sighting camp at Chicham
Sighting camp at Chicham
Sighting camp at Chicham
Drive from Chicham - Kaza - Rampur
Drive from Rampur - Chandigarh
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