Himalayas · India
Spiti Valley
The cold desert between India and Tibet
Why Spiti Valley
Spiti is the trip people come back changed from. A thousand-year-old monastery at Tabo, Dhankar hanging off a cliff, Key at sunset, Hikkim's post office at 14,400 ft and Chandratal under the Milky Way. We run it two ways — the full Shimla-in, Manali-out circuit for people who want the whole arc, and a shorter Manali-in, Manali-out loop for tighter calendars. Oxygen on board, careful acclimatisation, and captains who have driven these roads for years.
Choose your pace
3 ways to do Spiti Valley
Same destination, different lengths and budgets. Every option can also be run privately on your own dates.
Option 1FlagshipSpiti Full Circuit — Shimla to Manali
The complete arc: Kinnaur's green gorges into Spiti's moonscape, out over Kunzum Pass. Eight days, one unforgettable loop.
- ✦Key Monastery at sunset and Chicham, Asia's highest suspension bridge
- ✦A night at Tabo, home to a 1,000-year-old monastery
- ✦Post a letter from Hikkim, the world's highest post office
- ✦Stargazing at Langza beneath the giant Buddha
Option 2Short loopSpiti Short Loop — Manali In & Out
Six days, the Kunzum route both ways. Everything essential in Spiti for people who cannot spare a full week plus travel.
- ✦Kunzum Pass crossing in both directions
- ✦Key Monastery, Kibber and Chicham bridge
- ✦Hikkim, Komic and Langza in one day
- ✦A night camping at Chandratal
Option 3Winter specialWinter Spiti Expedition
Minus twenty, frozen waterfalls and a valley with no other tourists. The hardest and most rewarding way to see Spiti.
- ✦Kaza under snow with almost no other travellers
- ✦Snow leopard tracking around Kibber with local spotters
- ✦Frozen waterfalls on the Pin river
- ✦Homestay nights with a bukhari and Spitian kitchen
From past batches
Nothing quite right?
We'll rebuild any Spiti Valley route around your dates.
Different length, a private vehicle, a family with grandparents, a corporate offsite — tell us the constraints and we send back a plan within a day.
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