Trip to East Himachal

bijondhanbad

We propose to visit the eastern side of Himachal Pradesh during the first week of October 2008. The total details of our program are as follows:

Start of journey from Kolkata/Dhanbad

04/10/2008: Start by Air/Rajdhani Exp & reach New Delhi on 05/10/08 at 10.45 am.
05/10/2008: New Delhi to Shimla
06/10/2008: Local sight seeing trip in Shimla (Places to be seen- Fagu, Khufri, Kasauli, Mall, Chail)
07/10/2008: Start at 5.00am for Sarahan. Sightseeing on way. Night halt at Sarahan in Hotel/Guest House (Places to be seen- Padam praashad, Monastery, BhimKali Mandir, Raghunath mandir, Lanka Rabir mandir, Old King Palace, Bird Sanctuary)
08/10/2008: Start at 5.00 am for Kalpa. Night halt at Recong Peo in Hotel/Guest House (Places to visit – Sangla valley, Kamroo Fort(wooden), Bhagwati, Badrinarayan & Nag temple, fisheries, Chitkul)
09/10/2008: (Places to see at Recong Peo Shiv ling view point, apple, apricot, khobani, grapes orchard, chilgoza orchards, Kinnar local dance, chandika devi mandir, hot spring, Bhairav mandir, Buddhist temple, Kalpa Valley) Night halt at Recong Peo in Hotel/Guest House
10/10/2008: Start at 5.00am for Nako lake & Kaza. Night halt at Kaza in Hotel/Guest House
11/10/2008: Start for Recong Peo at 5.00 am.
12/10/2008: Start for Kalka at 5.00am

Please send comments on how this tour is scheduled.
Also please let us know names of a few good hotels/guest house at the places marked for night halt.

regards
bijon

bijondhanbad

I have contacted M/s Diamond Tours & Travels, Kolkata for my trip to Himachal this October 2008. Can anyone give the credentials of this firm,how good they are in arranging such tours,etc.

bijon

brownboy66

Hi Bijon. I've merged your two threads here so that any answers that come back are all in one place (it helps to avoid confusion for members if the answers can be confined to a single thread instead of spread out over two or more threads). Also, if you haven't already, check out some of the related threads at the bottom of the page.

good luck.

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puchoo

You want to see all these places in 1 day???? Other than being very very rushed i dont think it possible...

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nayan

1. instead of recong peo try to stay in kalpa.
2. going all the way to kaza just for a night stay may not be worth it. you should stay atleast one full day in kaza/tabo to do the amazing place justice.

i have done this trip early this month. you can read my trip report
Trip report : kinnaur spiti tour - april 2008

rishabh6296

My friend,
this rush rush trip wouldnt give you the oppurtunity to savour the beaty of these Himalayan wonders.

bijondhanbad

dear rishabh
In this fast world who has the time to spare so many days?
bijon

puchoo

I think we all have that problem. The idea is to strike a balance between the time you have , the places you want to see and enjoyment.

For example on 6th , as i mentioned earlier as well, there are just too many places. Going to Kasauli and back from Shimla means 3 hours in driving time in itself plus say you spend another hour and a half..thats 4.5 hours for one place alone...

A casual stroll through the mall can take upto i.5 hours as well.

Theres just not enough time, plus keep in mind that unlike Delhi/ Mumbai etc Shimla shuts early..there's not much of a night life from any perspective..

Khak

Bijon
your schedule will be very hectic and you will not be able to enjoy..........

1) you have planned to start journey at 5:00 am everyday for continuous 6-7 days - if you are going with family and children it may be very tiring

2) local drivers may not agree to your schedule as they have better idea of what can be covered in a day....... also keep into mind fatigue of driver

3)you won't be able to enjoy and appreciate places if you just pass by giving a halt for 30-60 mins .......... you need to spend more time .... in our trip initially we had planned to start from sarahan in morning, see sangla-chikul in a day and halt for night at kalpa.......... but after getting feedback from driver we changed our plan, spend one night at sangla and we are glad we did that

4) if time is a constraint and this is your first trip to this region, leave kaza-tabo for another time and spend more time in shimla-sarahan-sangla-kalpa.........

BOTTOM LINE: SPEND MORE TIME AT EACH PLACE, EVEN IF THAT MEANS VISITING FEWER PLACES

during out trip we saw many bengali tourist coiming thru Diamond Tours....... they seem to have good presence in the region...... however i have no idea of quality of service......

if you can book a whole Qualis it is better to travel on your own and just do the hotel bookings thru Diamond tours

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capt_mahajan

Joining the chorus: too rushed an itinerary.

The Himalaya is like cognac, has to be sipped slowly.

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bijondhanbad

I have seen too much of eastern himalayas.. now is the time to see the western side.
I love tea as long as it is hot. I sip it up fast

gekko

You might have to sip tea faster, thats true literally and otherwise. Septempber is quite cold as far as Chitkul is concerned. The trip can be done but you cant stray too far from the vehicle

Sarahan to jeori-30 minutes
Jeori to Wangtu - Around 2 hours
Wangtu to sangla - Around 40 minutes
Sangla to chitkul - 30 to 45 minutes

Back to chitkul
Wangtu to Rekong Peo - 45 minute to an hour
Rough estimate, considering its empty roads and small vehicle with experienced driver on these roads.

rishabh6296

Gekko forget about september even november isnt very cold for Chitkul or Sangla valley,i have been there in mid nov. it usually snows december onwards.

Dilliwala

How not cold "isn't very cold"? It wud be helpful to provide temps and let people decide for themselves whether it's cold, not cold or not very cold. Capt and I might be seen in a t-shirt when it's 9 C - everyone isn't built the same way.

rishabh6296

Well it was between 20-25 C in daytime and 2-5 C in nighttime in Sangla.