Hello everyone, last year I did Spiti Valley Circuit Trip with a
group of 13 people. I chose Spiti because after doing two Himalayan treks I
wanted to do a road trip and Spiti Circuit was the best option.
I think many people know about Spiti Valley, a lot has be written
about its history, terrain, landscape, wildlife, culture & tradition but it
is best to experience it by yourself.
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| Stunning Mountain views from Chitkul Village |
Spiti Valley Circuit 2019 -13th to 23rd
September (9 Days)
Route: Shimla - Chitkul - Nako - Tabo -Pin Valley - Kaza - Kibber- Komic - Hikkim - Lanza - Kunzum pass - Chandratal – Manali
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| Spiti Circuit Route |
This was my itinerary of the epic adventurous road trip which I will blog in parts. In this photolog I am writing about initial part of our journey to Spiti through the Kinnaur Valley.
We gathered at Delhi Airport on 13th September and started our
overnight journey to Shimla.
Day 1 (14th September) : Shimla – Thoeg
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| Kalka - Shimla Toy Train |
The toy train ride had a twist, actually we missed the train at
Kalka station so we reached at another station where the train just arrived and not
knowing our seat numbers we just boarded the train. This was our small ‘Jab We
Met' movie about to miss the train incident.
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| Christ Church in Shimla |
In evening we went to Theog a small town which is 18 kms from
Shimla and rested for the day. Theog was very peaceful amidst
beautiful mountains and away from crowd. We had bonfire and music session where
the group got together and gelled along.
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| Woodvista Cottages in Theog |
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| Morning View |
Day 2 (15th September) – Shimla (Theog ) to Chitkul
We left early after breakfast to Chitkul. This was a long 8 to 9 hours journey of beautiful drive through Kinnaur Valley. Here many of us felt
motion sickness as we were gaining altitude.
We got a chance to traverse the Hindustan–Tibet Highway which is
one of the world’s most treacherous or adventurous or deadliest roads.
We reached at night to Raksham which around 11 km from Chitkul where had a very comfortable tent stay.
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| Tent Stay at Raksham |
Day 3 (16 September) – Raksham – Chitkul – Nako – Tabo
We woke up to a blissful morning. We went to Chitkul
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The last inhabited village near the Indo-China border with the Baspa River,which travels with you on your right as you mount the Chitkul valley.
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| Chitkul Village |
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| Baspa River |
As on previous day everyone was feeling
low due to motion sickness, today everyone was full of energy as we danced in
the traveler. Also we sat on top of the traveler for a small ride which brought out the small kid in us shouting,
laughing and enjoying the moment. It was pure happiness.
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| Our group posing for Photo |
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| Seating on top to traveler |
The journey continued and we could see the transformation in
landscape from lush green to Rocky Mountains.We also
saw Khab, confluence of Spiti and Satluj Rivers.
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| Curvy drive |
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| Khab confluence of Spiti and Satluj Rivers. |
Also as we
drove through these dangerous roads ,which are prone to accidents and also lot of
blasting activity is in process for widening work.BRO (Border Roads
Organisation) takes care of maintenance of the roads and also famous for their
witty signboards
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| BRO Boards - Spiti Expedition with Memories not Injuries |
In evening
we reached Nako village. It’s a quaint village with a beautiful lake.
Continuing we headed towards Tabo. Overnight at Tabo.
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| Nako Village |
That's it for now, will continue the journey in next photolog.
Photo Credits - Aditya, Adhithya , Pratik and Kaustubh.
