Hello again,
We have 8 days in Himachal Pradesh -- are planning to arrive in Shimla in early June. What would be a great itinerary in and around the hill stations? We need to be back in Delhi 9 days after we arrive in Shimla.
Many thanks!
anonymous
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tinoo
Hi
In 8 days - you can spend Shimla - 2 nights, Manali - 3 nights and than head to Dharamsala for 2 to 3 nights and travel to Delhi by night train from Pathankot which is around 4 hours bus ride from Dharamsala.
happy traveling
tinoo
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kamathstci
Hi....
To supplement the schedule suggested by tinoo, I would suggest you to consider visiting Rohatang Pass, weather permitting, which is a day trip from Manali. Also visit Dalhousie - a hill station on your way from Dharamsala to Pathankot.
Happy Journey,
kamathstci
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molodets
Avoid dharamsala in june! seriously, don't bother. you will not see anything but cloud and rain and thats the truth, i was there for a week june 1st - june 7th last year and it was damp, cloudy and pretty depressing really, the view is incredible, i saw it for about twenty minutes once when i got up at 6am to get the bus to leave, by 7am when i was looking back at dharamsala it was already covered in cloud.
I would say if you want to see views (anything) you should go from shimla - sarahan - sangla valley (with time) - kalpa - pin valley (with time) - kaza - manali.
These places (spiti valley) aren't affected by the monsoon and are also very beautiful. it takes a little bit more planning than a simple manali - dalhousie - dharamshala trip, but it would be incomprably better and you get to see something other than cloud.
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willemspie
I should recommend you to go to Kalpa and Sangla, Chitkul. That's not too far away from Shimla. Of course, the full Kinnaur Spiti circuit is fantastic, but in 8 days ?
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worthyquest
yeah, you can't do the full kinnaur-spiti circuit in 8 days! sarahan-kalpa would be lovely, but even that in 8 days... i mean, you'd be traevlling by bus 4 days out of the 8. i would either do just sarahan or direct to kalpa from shimla. sarahan is less travel, but kalpa is much more spectacular.
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molodets
yeah you're right... kinnaur spiti is definitely do-able in days, but it would probably be better to enjoy kinnaur at a more leisurely pace.
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abs1224
how long should i leave to travel up himchal pradesh up to leh and where do you think i should stop?
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molodets
It all depends on how long you want to spend there, you could travel around himachal for months, and plenty of people do.
The trip from manali - leh takes two days, and delhi to manali is a bit less than a day, so minimum 3 days, maximum 3 months, there are plenty of beautiful places in himachal, but if its monsoon you could give yourself 2-3 weeks for kinnaur/pin valley/spiti. Then go kaza - keylong - leh, which isn't too complicated, a travel agent in kaza should be able to arrange it for you.
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