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Hii jaquiline, I'll be happy to answer your travel queries from my experience ☺️. *congratulations,you are planning your trip to himachal and specifically famous Destinations like shimla,manali , Kasol and kheerganga for first time .Whichever season you visit here , it will be heavily cold and if you are first time , avoid winters initially. *your backpack must contain extra dry tshirts and yoga pants , light weight clothes, mountains sickness medicines ,torch ,water bottle , warm woolen inners and preferably rent warm clothes .you can easily rent them in most of places . *best transportation in Himalayas is either our own car/tempo traveller or government buses .they are cheap and cover Destinations safely too . *if you are travelling solo,you can stay at zostel or any other such type of travellers hostel for less cost and meeting new travellers. *you can find amazing suggestions for best places to visit in himachal in your tour here https://www.tripoto.com/himachal/places-to-visit *if you haven't booked anything yet, I have a small suggestion for you, I just checked online and found that there are some great travel deals for himachal available at tripoto itself, do check out this link https://www.tripoto.com/himachal-pradesh/tour-pakages HAPPY TRAVELLING 💕
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Hi - I have done my first solo trip in Himachal as well. What I would suggest is to start with places that are easier to reach and are slightly mainstream. This will make you get some confidence on your ability to do solo trips too. Since you haven't mentioned how many days you want to travel - I am suggesting a 8-10 days of travel. That being said - I would suggest you start with the Parvati valley. It has a series of good places like - Kasol, Malana, Tosh being the more popular ones. You can spend 4-5 days total in these places. You can find multiple cheap stay options here. No need to fret too much about the rooms as you would anyway spend your time in the cafes and the mountains. From here, you can try and visit Manali (would recommend staying in Zostel, Manali for about 2 days). And if you have time then go for Bir (2 days) as it has amazing paragliding places. Transportation - To travel to Himachal, you can take a bus from Delhi. Post which, local travel between the towns can be done in local buses. They are generally a shorter journey and local buses, although crowded, but are part of the experience too. Preparation wise - I think you can definitely take with you a jacket, windcheater, thermal inners, sport shoes (So you can trek if you want to), music in phone or ipod, standard first-aid kit (as it is a solo trip), a good camera. Hope this is helpful! Good luck!
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A very valuable ND quick information.. Thanks for the suggestion
Always prefer to travel in buses. I would suggest you to go to Mcleodganj, Kasol and Manali. Do not stay at a place for more than 2 nights, as you can cover all the main places in 2-3 days. Stay in hostels, and they are cheaper and when you're travelling solo, you meet fellow solo travellers in hostels who might help you with different stuff. I would suggest do not take much luggage with you, just take the essentials, and woollens, and you can buy clothes from there also.
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For preparation part - take one jacket with you and good shoes if you are up for a trek. Transportation preferably private vehicle if budget is not the issue. Clothes- one or two pair of woolen. 4-5 days and these many places dude see for the main attractions that you will easily get to know as soon you reach there.
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Did you reached there
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