Trip report : kinnaur spiti tour - april 2008

Dilliwala

Congrats, nayan!

nayan

Thanks Dilli.... for your recommendation.

Am now proud member of article writers club. Sending Indiamike links to all friends and relatives

shubho

this is the basis of my family trip later this month (hopefully). thanks so much.

SudiptaRoy

Hi,

I am planning to do the trip of lahul, spiti, kinnur in november.
Costing of the tour will be helpful.

Sudipta

kandankkumar

Hi Friends
I am planning to travel to Manali along with my wife and five yr old son from 02Oct to 09 oct
Planning by car from delhi to travel to manali in 2 days(Flexible plan)
Could some one suggest me about weather,if I can find some snow,which all places to visit
Any information is welcomed
Thanx

Dilliwala

There are plenty of threads on Manali. Take a look around.

nayan

sudipto,
A rough costing
1. return tickets(flight/train)Kolkata-delhi-kolkata - 7000-8000per head(for flights)approx

2. return trip Volvo bus (delhi-shimla-delhi)-650*2 =1300 per head approx

3. chevrolet tavera hire for 10 days = 2000*10 = 20000 total

4. 1 db bed hotel room per night = 500 (can be more during peak season)approx

5. food = 100 per head per day

rumasan

Nayan,

Thanks a ton to you. Based on your article and also the information provided, I have already reached out to Ramchandra for my trip in Oct. When I started a thread recently titled "Travelling in Himachal" for my travel, people referred me to your thread. I have updated my thread with my latest plan. Pls do give me your feedback on my thread when you get sometime.

Thanks again for the solid report. Suits me a lot more because even I am starting my trip from Hyd.

nayan

rumasan... glad to know my triplog helped.
I will definitely go through your thread and comment.

bijondhanbad

nayan

Thanks ur travelogue helped us a lot. We are making the same trip in the second/third week of October. Everything has been booked- hotels, tickets,ramchander with two taveras,etc.

please help me with the approx distances of the following places and also the expected time taken for the travel:

SIMLA TO SARAHAN
SARAHAN TO SANGLA
SANGLA TO KALPA
KALPA TO TABO
TABO TO KIBBER & BACK
TABO TO RAMPUR
RAMPUR TO SHIMLA
SHIMLA TO KALKA

also please let me know about the food at these places and the expected expenditure on food per person per day.

Thanks in advance
bijon

nayan

I dont have the distances handy with me.
the times include lunch stops and lots of photo stops. we had expressly wished for a slow pace of driving.

SIMLA TO SARAHAN - 5hrs
SARAHAN TO SANGLA 4 hrs
SANGLA TO KALPA 4 hrs
KALPA TO TABO 8 hrs
TABO TO KIBBER & BACK - depends on the time you want to spend at kaza/kye/kibber - we started at 8am and came back to tabo by 3:30 pm
TABO TO RAMPUR - 10 - 11 hrs by ramchandras normal speed.
RAMPUR TO SHIMLA - 3 hrs
SHIMLA TO KALKA - dont know

As you are going during peak season time food availability will not be an issue at all. till kalpa you will get all the vareity of food that you get in any normal restaurant in other parts of the country.
In tabo/kaza variety may be slightly less bu you will still get rice, chapatty, alu parathas, vegetables, dal, momo, chowmein, fried rice etc.

we had a budget of 200 per day per person and had managed to exceed that on most days.... but then we are not normal

you will get by in 100 per day per person if group size is large.

bijondhanbad

Thanks nayan.
The variety of food, it seems, will not be a problem for us.
Yes, we are a group of 8 adults & 5 teens. I think food for each one will cost about Rs 150/ per day.
Can u pl suggest some sites from which i can download route maps?

bijon

Khak

http://www.masterlyinactivity.com/spiti/zoom.html


for more details on the region get the following book

A Ready Beckoner For Baspa Kinnaur Spiti And Lahaul by Nest & Wings

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nayan

we had mainly used the physical tourist map of HP - taken courtsey the stopover hotel in shimla.

there is an excellent map in indiamike......i will try to find the thread and post it here

zerostress

you are AMAZING.
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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