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KULLA TO SIMLA

 
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TOUR CODE: HT- 2
Seasons: Mid April - Mid May. End Sep.- End Oct.

 
Day 01


Depart by F5 103 to Kullu.
Arrive Kullu - meet & transfer to Larjee.
OVERNIGHT : LARJEE RESTHOUSE
Day 02 In Larjee to acclimatise.
OVERNIGHT : LARJEE RESTHOUSE
Day 03 Early morning drive to Banjaar and start trek for Chani Temple. (6500 ft.) The Climb is steep and at times hot. You reach the 500 year old and 250 feet tall temple tower after about 3 hours. Relax in the shade of the mighty cedar trees and after packed lunch, walk down to Jibbe Camp (8000ft.). Lovely all round views from the camp.
OVERNIGHT : JIBBE
Day 04 Trek to Shoja (8000 ft) A short day but magnificent views of the distant Himalayas. Walk up to Old Jalori Pass in the afternoon, after lunch.
OVERNIGHT : SHOJA
Day 05 Walk up-to Jalori Pass (10,280 feet), through a very beautiful and flowery forest path. After 3 hours reach the top of the old Jalori pass, where you find the ruins of the old forts of the kings of this area. Walk down to a near by lake for lunch before trekking to Takrasi (7000 feet), The day is about 6 hours.
OVERNIGHT : TAKRASI
Day 06 Trek from Takrasi to Paneo where Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma used to go to escape the crowds of Shimla, the summer capital of the British Raj. The trek is very beautiful through the forests. The day is 6 hours.
OVERNIGHT : PANEO
Day 07 Trek from Paneo to Khanag (8000 Feet), walking 6-7 hours. The walk starts with a slight climb but otherwise levels through a forest. From the garden of the Khanag Rest House, the valley appears in all its splendours.
OVERNIGHT : KHANAG REST HOUSE
Day 08 A longish day of about 7/8 hrs. Climb up through Rhododendren forests and Birch woods a small 9200 feet Pass where the ruins of a fort still lie. Then down the valley and a not so steep climb to Taralla (7500 feet), one of the oldest rest-houses.
OVERNIGHT : TARALLA
Day 09 Trek from Taralla to Margi, about 6-7 hours climbing steeply out of the rest house and circumventing the top of the hill and down to Margi (8000 feet). Margi is situated in a dense Cedar forest.
OVERNIGHT : MARGI REST HOUSE
Day 10 Trek from Margi to Shilla, again about 5-6hrs. The walk is initially down through the Cedar forests and through thick deciduous woods, where clematis grows wild and Langoors spring from tree to tree. Bird life is plenty.
OVERNIGHT : SHILLA CAMP
Day 11 Drive to Shimla 6 hrs. the summer of the British Raj at 7500 ft.
On arrival check-in the Cecil/Chapslee, both are luxury hotels.
OVERNIGHT : CECIL/CHAPSLEE
Day 12 Wander around the Mall road, the main shopping promenade, visit the Gaiety, Asia's oldest theatre and in the evening cocktails at the Bishop Cotton School, a British public school founded in 1859. We also get to see the vice Regal Lodge, which was the seat of power when the summer capital shifted to Simla.
OVERNIGHT : CECIL/CHAPSLEE
Day 13 Drive down 3 hrs to the foot hills at Chandigarh where we board the Shatabdi Air-conditioned express, reaching Delhi in a little over 3 hrs.

On arrival transfer to hotel overnight Delhi.

Day 14 The day for sightseeing of Old and New Delhi along with shopping for the Souvenirs.
In the evening, farewell dinner in the hotel.
Late night departure to the International airport.Contact us for rates





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