Spiti Valley Group tour with Chandratal 6N 7D

• Your Spiti Valley tour begins at the boarding point in Delhi or Chandigarh, where you meet your trip leader for a quick briefing before boarding an AC Volvo bus to Manali.
• The overnight journey covers roughly 500 km along NH-3, climbing steadily north through the Shivalik foothills and into the Kullu Valley.
• Sleep through the plains and wake up to the Beas River and the first Himalayan ridgelines outside your window.

Stay: Overnight Volvo bus | Meals: None

• Arrive in Manali (2,050m / 6,726 ft) by morning, check in, and take it slow — this acclimatisation day is important before ascending to Spiti's high-altitude cold desert.
• After breakfast and rest, explore the town at your own pace. Visit the 16th-century Hadimba Devi Temple set within a deodar forest, walk the apple orchards and cafes of Old Manali, or browse the gear shops on Mall Road.
• Light activity, good hydration, and an early dinner are strongly recommended. The mountains start tomorrow.

Stay: Hotel in Manali | Meals: Dinner

• The most dramatic drive of the trip — roughly 200km over 7 to 8 hours. After an early breakfast, head to the south portal of the Atal Tunnel at 3,060m. At 9.2 km, this is the world's longest high-altitude road tunnel, cutting under the Rohtang Pass and emerging at Sissu in the Lahaul Valley.
• The landscape change is immediate — pine forests vanish and the stark Chandra River gorge takes over. Continue through Gramphu and Batal, then begin the climb to Kunzum Pass (4,551 meters / 14,931 feet), the sacred gateway to Spiti, marked with prayer flags, butter lamps, and a Devi temple. Stop, acclimatise, and take it in.
• The descent drops into Losar, the first village of the Spiti Valley, before the road follows the Spiti River south to Kaza (3,800 meters / 12,467 feet), the district headquarters and the heart of the valley. Dinner and rest.

Stay: Hotel Kaza | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

• A full day out of Kaza covering Spiti's most iconic landmarks — plan for an early start. First stop is Ki Monastery (Key Gompa), an 11th-century Tibetan Buddhist monastery at 4,166m perched on a rocky hilltop above the Spiti River, home to over 300 monks.
• The view from the top across the valley is one of the defining images of Spiti. Continue to Komic (4,587m / 15,027 ft), one of Asia's highest motorable villages, where the ancient Tangyud Monastery sits surrounded by empty plateau.
• Drive to Hikkim (4,440m / 14,567 ft) — location of the world's highest post office. Send a postcard and collect the postmark as proof of altitude. The final stop is Langza (4,400m / 14,500 ft), a quiet fossil village where 500-million-year-old marine fossils erode out of the hillside — evidence that this desert was once a seabed.
• The large Buddha statue here, silhouetted against the peaks, is one of Spiti's most photographed spots. Return to Kaza for dinner.

Stay: Hotel in Kaza | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

• Depart Kaza after breakfast for the 90km drive to Chandratal Lake (4,300m / 14,100 ft). The first major stop is Chicham Bridge — the highest motorable suspension bridge in Asia, hanging 150m above the Spiti River gorge and connecting the remote village of Chicham to the main valley road.
• Continue through Losar and climb back up to Kunzum Pass before the final 14km descent to Chandratal. The crescent-shaped glacial lake — named "Moon Lake" for its shape — sits in an open bowl surrounded by high ridges and shifts from jade green to deep cobalt as the light changes through the afternoon.
• Short walks around the lake perimeter are possible from camp. After sunset at this altitude, the sky is unobstructed — expect a full Milky Way on clear nights.

Stay: Tents near Chandratal Lake | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

• Set an alarm for dawn — the golden hour at Chandratal, when the still lake reflects the surrounding snowfields, is worth losing sleep for.
• After a lakeside breakfast, pack up camp and begin the return drive over Kunzum Pass and down through Lahaul to Manali (approx. 4 to 5 hours).
• Arrive by early afternoon — time for a hot meal, a shower, and last-minute shopping on Mall Road. Board the overnight Volvo from Manali to Delhi or Chandigarh in the evening.

Stay: Overnight Volvo bus | Meals: Breakfast

Reach Delhi or Chandigarh between 7 and 9 AM depending on road and traffic conditions. We recommend keeping any onward flights or trains after 12 noon. Trip ends.

Stay: — | Meals: None