Chandratal, Kunzum La and the high villages
Representative photos of the region.
The classic Spiti loop in the season when every road is open. Go in over the Atal Tunnel and Kunzum La, spend three nights in Kaza for the monasteries and high villages, and come back the same way with a full day to enjoy Chandratal.
How high you sleep and travel through the trip. Gain height gradually and drink plenty of water.
Indicative plan. Road, weather and permit conditions can change the order or timing of days.
Check in, rest and join the evening briefing. Use the time to pick up any last warm layers.
Through the Atal Tunnel, past Sissu and Gramphu and along the Chandra river to Chatru. Gentle climbing helps your body get used to the height.
Via Batal to Chandratal for the lake, then over Kunzum La into the Spiti valley and down to Kaza. A long day with the best scenery of the trip.
Key Monastery, Kibber, the Chicham bridge, Langza's Buddha statue, Hikkim's post office and Komic, among the highest villages linked by road.
Day trip down the valley to the cliff-edge Dhankar monastery and lake, then Tabo's ancient monastery, and back to Kaza.
Return over Kunzum La, Batal and Chatru and through the Atal Tunnel. A long but spectacular road day.
Breakfast and a relaxed morning before onward travel from Manali.
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