Lifetime trip to Spiti valley

Tripoto
3rd Oct 2018
Day 1

"LIFE AT STAKE"
If you ever would want to visit a remote and rugged mountain region with least amount of development then this is the place for you . As the road conditions are tough much tougher then Ladakh, Spiti road trip is ideal for travellers looking to challenge themselves in every way.
There are small villages interspersed along the gorgeous Spiti river and also on the many village roads that branches from the main highway. These villages are sparsely populated and still live in a traditional way untouched by the modern way of living.With its rough terrains, Spiti is definitely not for the weak-hearted. It faces extreme weather conditions where riding bike was very difficult drizzling made it worse, temperature ranging somewhat from 6°C to -4°C ,landslides,low oxygen,high altitude sickness and you need to pass through risky routes crossing waterfalls and melting glaciers  to reach the valley as some part has stone shooting area where landslides are common. Expect only basic facilities on the way as well as in the hotels you stay in. In some places, stay options will be limited to monasteries and homestays only.A trip to Spiti is not everyone’s cup of tea.

*Started at 8pm from Dehradun to Manali 476 km.
*Reached Manali at 9 am.

*visited mana temple,Manali club,lazy dog(Old Manali).Stayed in zostel

Day 2

Put 2-3 garlic cloves in 1 litre water for drinking to have blood circulation and helps on high altitude,increases oxygen.

*Manali to kaza we started at 5 in the morning 202km
had our breakfast in solang valley
*Via Rohtang pass we reached chhatru
*Batal was the place where we had our lunch at ChaCha Chachi Chandra dhaba   *Kunzum pass was at a height of 15,000 ft.Heighest point
*Reached Kaza,stayed at zostel
*Prefer to say in zostel you'll get amazing people and hospitality at its best

Photo of Zostel Spiti, Leo, Village Rd, Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Photo of Zostel Spiti, Leo, Village Rd, Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Photo of Zostel Spiti, Leo, Village Rd, Kaza, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Day 3

Rode from Kaza to key monastery,Langza,Hikkim and komic
These places can be done in one day easily from kaza.
*Prefer to eat local food
*Sleep well
*Don't eat heavy
*Stay hydrated,from water your body takes oxygen
*Have garlic soup
*Don't exert your body

*Rode from kaza to key monastry 14.6 km

Photo of Key Gompa, Key Monastery, Key, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Photo of Key Gompa, Key Monastery, Key, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Photo of Key Gompa, Key Monastery, Key, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Photo of Key Gompa, Key Monastery, Key, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma

*Heightest post office in the world(Hikkim)

World's highest motorable road connected to a village (Komic)

*Heighest village

Day 4

*Rode from kaza to Tabo,Nako,Dhankar valley
*Visited Tabo monastery
Must have the tea,served in Tabo monastry.
*Dhankar lake,small trek

Road conditions are not good specially from kaza to tabo and onwards.

Photo of Tabo, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Photo of Tabo, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma
Photo of Tabo, Himachal Pradesh, India by Abhinav Sharma