SHIMLA & MANALI – CLASSIC HIMACHAL PACKAGE ✨❄️🏔️

Pickup from Chandigarh (~90 km, 2.5 hrs via NH5) OR Toy Train option: Kalka → Shimla (UNESCO; 5 hrs; departs 5 AM Kalka) 🏛 The Ridge & Christ Church; Mall Road promenade 🏰 Viceregal Lodge (1888) – former British summer capital; Indo-Saracenic grandeur 🌅 Sunset at Jakhu Hill (cable car / short walk)

• Pickup from Chandigarh (~90 km, 2.5 hrs via NH5)
• OR Toy Train option: Kalka → Shimla (UNESCO; 5 hrs; departs 5 AM Kalka)
• The Ridge & Christ Church; Mall Road promenade
• Viceregal Lodge (1888) – former British summer capital; Indo-Saracenic grandeur
• Sunset at Jakhu Hill (cable car / short walk)
• Check-in & Overnight stay in Shimla

Breakfast at hotel 🐒 Jakhu Temple – 108-ft Hanuman statue; hilltop panorama (early morning, fewer monkeys) 🌿 Kufri (16 km) – Himalayan Nature Park; yak rides; snow in winter ⛳ Naldehra (23 km) – India's oldest golf course; deodar cedar meadow 🌅 Chail (45 km, optional detour) – world's highest cricket ground; Palace Hotel

• Breakfast at hotel
• Jakhu Temple – 108-ft Hanuman statue; hilltop panorama (early morning, fewer monkeys)
• Kufri (16 km) – Himalayan Nature Park; yak rides; snow in winter
• Naldehra (23 km) – India's oldest golf course; deodar cedar meadow
• Chail (45 km, optional detour) – world's highest cricket ground; Palace Hotel
• Overnight stay in Shimla

Breakfast & check-out 🚗 Drive Shimla → Manali (~270 km, 8–9 hrs via Mandi – one of India's most scenic highway drives) ➤ Tattapani hot springs (1 hr from Shimla) – roadside Sutlej River sulphur springs ➤ Mandi (4 hrs) – "Varanasi of Hills"; 81 stone temples; Beas River confluence; optional Shiv temples visit ➤ Kullu Valley (6 hrs) – apple orchards; Kullu Dussehra grounds; shawl factory

• Breakfast & check-out
• Drive Shimla → Manali (~270 km, 8–9 hrs via Mandi – one of India's most scenic highway drives)
• Tattapani hot springs (1 hr from Shimla) – roadside Sutlej River sulphur springs
• Mandi (4 hrs) – "Varanasi of Hills"; 81 stone temples; Beas River confluence; optional Shiv temples visit
• Kullu Valley (6 hrs) – apple orchards; Kullu Dussehra grounds; shawl factory
• Pandoh Dam & Pandoh Lake – deep blue waters; dramatic gorge
• Check-in & Overnight stay in Manali

Breakfast at hotel 🛕 Hadimba Devi Temple (1553 AD) – pagoda cedar shrine; deodar forest 🏘 Old Manali – orchards, cafés; Manu Rishi Temple 🌿 Vashisht hot springs – ancient Rishi ashram; sulphur baths 🌊 Beas River – short walk along the banks; adventure activity point

• Breakfast at hotel
• Hadimba Devi Temple (1553 AD) – pagoda cedar shrine; deodar forest
• Old Manali – orchards, cafés; Manu Rishi Temple
• Vashisht hot springs – ancient Rishi ashram; sulphur baths
• Beas River – short walk along the banks; adventure activity point
• Overnight stay in Manali

Breakfast at hotel 🚡 Solang Valley (14 km) – gondola cable car; snow; paragliding; zorbing ❄ Rohtang Pass (51 km, 3,978 m) – subject to NGT permit; year-round snow; dramatic Himalayan scenery; Atal Tunnel (alternative year-round) 🌅 Return via Kothi viewpoint (picturesque Beas gorge with Rohtang in background) 🏨 Overnight stay in Manali

• Breakfast at hotel
• Solang Valley (14 km) – gondola cable car; snow; paragliding; zorbing
• Rohtang Pass (51 km, 3,978 m) – subject to NGT permit; year-round snow; dramatic Himalayan scenery; Atal Tunnel (alternative year-round)
• Return via Kothi viewpoint (picturesque Beas gorge with Rohtang in background)
• Overnight stay in Manali

Breakfast & check-out 🏰 Naggar Castle (20 km) – 15th-century Kullu Rajput fort; Roerich Gallery; valley views 🚗 Transfer to Bhuntar Airport (~50 km) or Chandigarh (~310 km) for departure

• Breakfast & check-out
• Naggar Castle (20 km) – 15th-century Kullu Rajput fort; Roerich Gallery; valley views
• Transfer to Bhuntar Airport (~50 km) or Chandigarh (~310 km) for departure