Suggest refrences for Rented Vehicle n Hotels for Shimla - Kalpa - Spiti Manali Trip |
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Jul 8th, 2009, 15:51
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| Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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| Suggest refrences for Rented Vehicle n Hotels for Shimla - Kalpa - Spiti Manali Trip Hi Guys, We are planning a trip to spiti, group of six persons. Itenirary is as follows : Day 01 (7th August 2009) : Mumbai - Chnadigarh - Rampur Day 02: (8th August 2009) Rampur – Sarahan – Sangala Day 03: (9th August 2009) Sangla - Chitkul – Kalpa Day 04: (10th August 2009) Kalpa Day 05: (11th August 2009) Kalpa to Chango – Sumdo - Tabo Day 06: (12th August 2009)Tabo to Kaza Day 07: (13th August 2009) kaza Day 08: (14th August 200 9) Kaza to Chandratal Day 09 – (15th August 2009) Chandertal to Mandi Day 10 – (16th August 2009) Mandi to Chnadigarh to Mumbai Can anyone suggest any constact nos. for rented vehicle n what should be the cost. We have few other querries as well, would really appreciate, if anyone can comment on these. 1) Where to take a halt Chango, Sumdo or Tabo?? 2) Is there any place to stay at Chandratal or we need to carry tents with us?? 3) Condition of Road from Kaza to Chandrtal and within how many hours can one reach there?? 4) Chandratal to Manali , how many hours it will take?? 5) Condition of Maling nallah, is it fine now?? 6) Suggest hotels for stay, as of now we are cosidering only HPTDC properties?? 7) Is it advisable to book in advance or is it fine to go directly in the month of August?? Regards, Anand |
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Jul 13th, 2009, 15:19
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| Wanderlust - but bills bug!  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kolkata
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| ABN999, Trip report : kinnaur spiti tour - april 2008 is also a very informative article/thread. And I found that you are already looking at many other related threads, and getting reposnses, so I'm sure, you'll shortly be able to finalize your plan!
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Jul 13th, 2009, 21:55
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| Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New Delhi
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| Last month i have completed this circuit with my friends on Enfeild as there were no rains so the road condition was OK, i always suggest you to carry all the spares of the bike along with you as in some parts there are no roads.. and specially after the rains the road condition comes to the worst, sometimes it might take 3-4 hours to cover 7-8km of distance in such a conditions. It will be good if you carry your own tents on the places like this but always take an overview of a place before pitching it, better not to book the hotels in advance if you carry your own tents. You can easily get some cheap hotel at these places . As you are going to ride on some of the worlds toughest roads your plan should be systematic and be ready for the worst... well that's a fun of it ;-) Best of luck..... For any help or pics you can write me on guruasish@gmail.com |
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Jul 14th, 2009, 00:38
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: India
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| [QUOTE/]Hi Guys, We are planning a trip to spiti, group of six persons. Itenirary is as follows : Day 01 (7th August 2009) : Mumbai - Chnadigarh - Rampur Day 02: (8th August 2009) Rampur – Sarahan – Sangala Day 03: (9th August 2009) Sangla - Chitkul – Kalpa Day 04: (10th August 2009) Kalpa Day 05: (11th August 2009) Kalpa to Chango – Sumdo - Tabo Day 06: (12th August 2009)Tabo to Kaza Day 07: (13th August 2009) kaza Day 08: (14th August 200 9) Kaza to Chandratal Day 09 – (15th August 2009) Chandertal to Mandi Day 10 – (16th August 2009) Mandi to Chnadigarh to Mumbai Can anyone suggest any constact nos. for rented vehicle n what should be the cost. We have few other querries as well, would really appreciate, if anyone can comment on these. 1) Where to take a halt Chango, Sumdo or Tabo?? 2) Is there any place to stay at Chandratal or we need to carry tents with us?? 3) Condition of Road from Kaza to Chandrtal and within how many hours can one reach there?? 4) Chandratal to Manali , how many hours it will take?? 5) Condition of Maling nallah, is it fine now?? 6) Suggest hotels for stay, as of now we are cosidering only HPTDC properties?? 7) Is it advisable to book in advance or is it fine to go directly in the month of August?? Regards, Anand[/QUOTE] Hi, As mentioned in the post by Indra above, Nayan's trip report and its subsequent posts would help you a lot. Just to add a couple of pointers, being back home not even a week, some response to your queries: 1. Tabo - you would find a couple of quite decent hotel - Chango and Sumdo, I have my doubts, hotels not apparent. Nako is another option of stay (around 3hrs from Tabo). 2. Some camping available on hire - although limited. Better carry your gear (just in case all tents are occupied). 3. Kaza to Losar - road condition relatively good and you can make it in around 2hrs time. From Losar onwards to Chandratal, the road condition progressively worsens. It took us (4 + driver in a Tavera) around 2.5hrs to reach ChandraTal from Losar. 4. This stretch the road condition is aweful till (say) Kothi, which is near Manali (I am talking abt last to last Sunday, i.e. experience 8days ago). It took us almost 8hrs to do this trip, with intermittent breaks (take 2hrs out, at a max). So, around 6hrs. 5. Malling was fine - needed just very careful driving. 6. The places where you indicate night stay in your itinerary, your would get HPTDC properties at Rampur, Kalpa, Kaza and Mandi. So, for the rest you anyway have to look for private hotels. Hunt around this site, would get quite a few recos. I stayed at HPTDC at all places apart for Baspa valley, wherever I halted. 7. Cant say - all pre-booked. My idea for car rental would be around INR 2300 per day for Chandigarh to Chandigarh. Add some extra for ChandraTal. Ballpark 25K. HTH, Regards |
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Jul 14th, 2009, 14:19
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| Wanderlust - but bills bug! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kolkata
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What are the present options @ Nako? Did you happen to stay in there? | |
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Jul 14th, 2009, 16:47
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| hi indra, reo purgil (hope thts how they spell it) and kinner camps (on bank on nako lake) are the most apparent ones. November being close season, probably everything was closed. However quite a few guest houses as options. and no, didnt stay there. regards p.s I think lavon guesthouse and galaxy guesthouse - those were some GHs just opposite RP. Had breakfast at RP, nice food though - extensive menu. Last edited by apputim; Jul 14th, 2009 at 16:53.. Reason: gotcha - names of hotels |
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Jul 14th, 2009, 17:10
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| Member  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Australia
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| Hi Anand, may I suggest getting in contact with a man called Sanjay Saigal. He is based in Delhi and he was very helpful to me on my first trip to India, and my Dad has used his help on quite a few Indian holidays. He has a lot of contacts, gets cheap car rental and has great hotel recommendations. And he is a lovely man to boot. Tell him that Robyn Jarman referred you as he has become somewhat a long distance family friend since my fathers and my last trips. His email address is indiaexpeditions@hotmail.com Good luck, I am sure he will be of help to you. Robbiej |
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