Help ! Chandigarh Narkanda - Sangla-Kalpa-chitkul-Chandigarh 7 days

[raj_ambalia]

We are 6 adults and 4 kids. We will leave ahmedabad on 19th and will reach chandigarh on 20th later afternoon.

We have 7 days from chandigarh to chandigarh. (20th to 28th Evening back to Chandigarh)

We want to do Narkanda, Kalpa, Sangla, Chitkul.

What itinerary i have thought is

day 1. Chandigarh to Midway to narkanda to save time n money as chandigarh would be costly accommodation (hotels)?
day 2. Midway to narkanda and narkanda to Sangla
Day 3 Sangla to Kalpa
Day 4 Kalpa
Day 5 Kalpa Chitkul
Day 6 Chiktul to sarahan
Day 7 Sarahan to Chandigarh
One day spare in case of roadblocks and unforseen

Seniors suggestions please:

Accommodation in Kalpa, Sangla and Chitkul, have checked with HPTDC hotels but all sold out for these dates at least thats what shows online.

Another query is for 10 ppl Tempo Traveller TT is better or two xylos? any reliable and highly recommended operators for Chandigarh to Chandigarh 7 day rental of TT ?

Thank you in advance

 

[arunkumar19]

Hi

You can easily get accommodation in Kalpa, there are many budgeted hotels, same in Chitkul you dn't need to made pre booking but try if you can reach Chitkul till afternoon. Please check attached doc. You will get all details of hotels and home stay with address and contact no. It will definitely help you.

 

[Chetan Kulkarni]

I will suggest some changes based on my experience and geography. Sharing Rajiv's map for reference from http://yellowpeaks.com/spiti

Assumption for most part the journey will be as beautiful as the destination. So I assume you will leave early and drive at leisure with some stops planned.
Day 1. Chandigarh to Narkanda
Day 2. Narkanda to Sangla
Day 3 Sangla to Chhitkul and back (if you look at the map Chhitkul is closer to Sangla and a day trip should be fine)
Day 4 Sangla to Kalpa
Day 5 Kalpa
Day 6 Kalpa to Sarahan
Day 7 Sarahan to Chandigarh

On the vehicle part two SUVs will be better in my opinion from a comfort and speed of travel perspective. But then you will sacrifice the fun of traveling together.

I had booked my vehicle from Manmahesh Tours when I went to Kinnaur in 2011. I had a good experience. Detailed log of my Kinnaur trip in my signature.

Last but not the least see if you can spare some more time and visit Spiti as well. Till date I regret not extending my trip to see Spiti.

 

[vikram.jeet]

We are 6 adults and 4 kids. We will leave ahmedabad on 19th and will reach chandigarh on 20th later afternoon.

We have 7 days from chandigarh to chandigarh. (20th to 28th Evening back to Chandigarh)

We want to do Narkanda, Kalpa, Sangla, Chitkul.

What itinerary i have thought is

day 1. Chandigarh to Midway to narkanda to save time n money as chandigarh would be costly accommodation (hotels)?
day 2. Midway to narkanda and narkanda to Sangla
Day 3 Sangla to Kalpa
Day 4 Kalpa
Day 5 Kalpa Chitkul
Day 6 Chiktul to sarahan
Day 7 Sarahan to Chandigarh
One day spare in case of roadblocks and unforseen

Seniors suggestions please:

Accommodation in Kalpa, Sangla and Chitkul, have checked with HPTDC hotels but all sold out for these dates at least thats what shows online.

Another query is for 10 ppl Tempo Traveller TT is better or two xylos? any reliable and highly recommended operators for Chandigarh to Chandigarh 7 day rental of TT ?

Thank you in advance

Ist :


day 2. Midway to narkanda and narkanda to Sangla
Day 3 Sangla to Kalpa
Day 4 Kalpa
Day 5 Kalpa Chitkul
Dnt understand day3 to 5 : Why would you go to sangla and then kalpa and then chitkul...Kalpa is one way from karcham and sangla-chitkul are on the same way from karcham.please check map.

Accomodation : Try Soghi ist day.
2nd day Kalpa has a lot of options available.try a hotel that gives you a good view of kinner kailash in the morning.
Sangla-chitkul too have many budget options available.No worries for accomodations for sure.


Day 6 Chiktul to sarahan : easily doable and lot of accomodation available near temple.In budget and good
Day 7 Sarahan to Chandigarh


Sorry cant help with travel mode as i have always rode on my bull RE.did the route last week and plan followed was :

Day 1 : Chd - kalpa
Day 2 : Kalpa - chitkul - sarahan
Day 3: sarahan - chd

more : http://www.bcmtouring.com/forums/threads/ride-through-hell-to-see-the-heaven.67278/

 

[anupmathur]

Raj, I presume your plan is for April. You have not mentioned the month!
Your itinerary has just a little error about Chitkul and Kalpa. You would logically do Sangla, then Chitkul and then backtrack to Karcham and proceed to Kalpa.
A Tempo Traveller would be the ideal vehicle for you.

If you are indeed travelling in April there are rooms available at all the HPTDC properties during the period of your travel. Sangla and Chitkul do not have HPTDC hotels. But rooms are available at HPTDC hotels at Narkanda, Kalpa (opt for Kinner Kailash) and Sarahan. The Sangla Valley has many hotels at Sangla/Kamru, Rakcham and Chitkul; you will surely find one that suits you. There is also the option to stay in tented campsites; luxury tents.

As for your first day of travel - Chandigarh to Narkanda - I would say go right up to Narkanda instead of trying to stay somewhere enroute. If you can leave Chandigarh by about four in the evening you can expect to be at Narkanda by ten at night at the latest. Else, you could break journey at Kiarighat, about 20 kms before Shimla, at the HPTDC Apple Cart Inn. They have rooms available on 20th April, and also on all the days of your travel duration.

 

[raj_ambalia]

Raj, I presume your plan is for April. You have not mentioned the month!
Your itinerary has just a little error about Chitkul and Kalpa. You would logically do Sangla, then Chitkul and then backtrack to Karcham and proceed to Kalpa.
A Tempo Traveller would be the ideal vehicle for you.

If you are indeed travelling in April there are rooms available at all the HPTDC properties during the period of your travel. Sangla and Chitkul do not have HPTDC hotels. But rooms are available at HPTDC hotels at Narkanda, Kalpa (opt for Kinner Kailash) and Sarahan. The Sangla Valley has many hotels at Sangla/Kamru, Rakcham and Chitkul; you will surely find one that suits you. There is also the option to stay in tented campsites; luxury tents.

As for your first day of travel - Chandigarh to Narkanda - I would say go right up to Narkanda instead of trying to stay somewhere enroute. If you can leave Chandigarh by about four in the evening you can expect to be at Narkanda by ten at night at the latest. Else, you could break journey at Kiarighat, about 20 kms before Shimla, at the HPTDC Apple Cart Inn. They have rooms available on 20th April, and also on all the days of your travel duration.

Sorry sir i completely missed the month, no we are not traveling in April its May 20th onward.

Thank you

 

[anupmathur]

Well, that makes it far more difficult to find hotel rooms. But, barring Sarahan, there are rooms available at Narkanda and Kalpa. You should book these on line right away to be sure you've got a place to check in to. Of course I'm only talking about the HPTDC hotels. In Sangla Valley you will have to take your chances. What usually happens is that you have to accept more expensive properties but you should manage to find rooms.

 

[raj_ambalia]

Well, that makes it far more difficult to find hotel rooms. But, barring Sarahan, there are rooms available at Narkanda and Kalpa. You should book these on line right away to be sure you've got a place to check in to. Of course I'm only talking about the HPTDC hotels. In Sangla Valley you will have to take your chances. What usually happens is that you have to accept more expensive properties but you should manage to find rooms.

Sir I have checked on 21st May at Narkanda only one room is available where as we require 3 rooms.

 

[raj_ambalia]

For hotel bookings i need urgent help on the following queries ;

1. Since we would be travelling from Ahmedabad and reach chandigarh around 4 dont want to travel all the way to Narkanda we would stay at Apple Cart Inn at Kiarighat as suggested by Anup Mathur sir now our query is

Can we go straight up to Kalpa or before any place as on 22nd HPTDC hotel is avaibale for Kalpa then upto 24 not available

Is narkanda worth spending one full day and night? or it is worth for breaking journey only?

If we decide to go to Sangla from Kiarighat straight how many hours of travel by Tempo Traveller?
And if we reach sangala by evening, any good hotels in Sangala valley where can stay there for two nights? that is 21st night check in, 22nd day full day for valley, 23rd full day for valley, and 24th proceed to chitkul and spend one day n night at chitkul?

Please help so that we can book Kalpa hotel n then accordingly sarahan.

We wont to travel at leisure .

Thank you

 

[raj_ambalia]

Hi

You can easily get accommodation in Kalpa, there are many budgeted hotels, same in Chitkul you dn't need to made pre booking but try if you can reach Chitkul till afternoon. Please check attached doc. You will get all details of hotels and home stay with address and contact no. It will definitely help you.

Thank you very much for the response especially list of home stays, i have a query regarding homestays;
Does these homestays have attached toilets with WC? and hot water?