shimla sarahan sangla chitkul kalpa and manali trip May 2017

we were a team of 8 including my parents who are 72 years old and kids who are 12 and 6 yrs old. we planned our shimla -kinnaur- manali trip for 12 nights. as it was a peak season we were very cautious while planning. after thorough search and visit in different travel forums we made our itinerary for those days. keeping in mind the gradual increment of heights in the mountain so that we dont face any difficulties physically. from senior fellow travellers from IM and TA we finalised our tour schedule in the following route

22 may 2017
day 1 Shimla
Day 2 shimla
day 3 sarahan
day 4 sangla
day 5 chitkul
day 6 kalpa
day 7 kalpa
day 8 rampur buisheir
day 8 ,9,10 manali
day 11 chandigarh

as it was our first trip in haimachal so we decided to stay 2 nights at shimla and manali for 3 nights. main concern was Jalori Pass which we would have to pass while going to manali from kalpa.

we decided to stay a night between kalpa and manali which as along stretch , and selected Rampur as a night halt.

as the May month is a peak season in mountains and summer vacation was just started we knew that there will be a rush in hotels and there might be a demand for cars. so we started pre booking of hotels and car.

our car