Kinnaur sits between Shimla and Spiti, running up to the Indo-Tibetan border. Two of our trips go through it: the four-day Sangla, Chitkul and Kalpa trip, which stays in Kinnaur the whole time, and the Spiti Circuit, which crosses it on the way in and on the way back.
The Sangla trip leaves Delhi overnight and arrives at a riverside stay in Sangla. The first day covers Kamru Fort, home to the Kamakhya Devi Temple, and Kamru Monastery, with a bonfire in the evening. The next day stops at Rakshak village and then reaches Chitkul, the last inhabited village on the Indo-Tibetan border, for its village lanes and riverside trails.
After a morning in Chitkul the group moves to Kalpa for Suicide Point (Roghi Cliff) and an authentic Himachali thali. The last morning starts with sunrise over Kinner Kailash, then the Chandika Devi Temple, the Hu-Bu-Lan-Kar Monastery and a walk through the apple orchards before the drive back to Delhi.
On the Spiti Circuit, Kinnaur is where the trip spends its first and last nights in the hills: Kalpa on the way in, via Narkanda and Rampur, then the Kinnaur Caves, Moorang Fort and Khab Bridge. On the way back the circuit stops at Nako and its lake, then goes through Karcham and the Sangla Valley to Chitkul.
Kinnaur trips at a glance
Sangla · Chitkul · Kalpa
3 nights / 4 days, Delhi → Sangla → Chitkul → Kalpa → Delhi. Chitkul is the last inhabited village on the Indo-Tibetan border. Two days later you wake to sunrise over Kinner Kailash. Booking takes a 35% advance, with the balance due on arrival.
Spiti Circuit
6 nights / 7 days, Delhi → Shimla → Kalpa → Tabo → Kaza → Nako → Chitkul → Shimla → Delhi. The full loop. A UNESCO monastery at Tabo, the world's highest post office at Hikkim, and Komik, the highest motorable village anywhere. Booking takes a 35% advance, with the balance due on arrival.
