SHIMLA – QUEEN OF HILLS PACKAGE ✨🏔️

Pickup from Chandigarh Airport / Railway Station (~90 km, 2.5 hrs via NH5 mountain road) OR scenic option: Kalka–Shimla Toy Train (UNESCO Heritage Railway) – 96-km narrow gauge; 102 tunnels, 864 bridges, 919 curves; departs Kalka; 5–6 hrs; scenic Himalayan foothills 🛍 Mall Road – 1-km colonial-era promenade; no vehicles; shops, bakeries, cafés; all-season activity hub 🏛 The Ridge & Christ Church (1857) – open esplanade with Himalayan views; Neo-Gothic church with stained-glass windows 🏛 Viceregal Lodge (now IIAS, 1888) – former summer capital of British India; imposing Indo-Saracenic building; museum inside; sweeping Shimla valley view

• Pickup from Chandigarh Airport / Railway Station (~90 km, 2.5 hrs via NH5 mountain road)
• OR scenic option: Kalka–Shimla Toy Train (UNESCO Heritage Railway) – 96-km narrow gauge; 102 tunnels, 864 bridges, 919 curves; departs Kalka; 5–6 hrs; scenic Himalayan foothills
• Mall Road – 1-km colonial-era promenade; no vehicles; shops, bakeries, cafés; all-season activity hub
• The Ridge & Christ Church (1857) – open esplanade with Himalayan views; Neo-Gothic church with stained-glass windows
• Viceregal Lodge (now IIAS, 1888) – former summer capital of British India; imposing Indo-Saracenic building; museum inside; sweeping Shimla valley view
• Sunset walk on Mall Road
• Check-in & Overnight stay in Shimla

Breakfast at hotel 🐒 Jakhu Temple (2 km from Mall Road, 2,455 m) – 108-ft Hanuman statue; hilltop; panoramic Shimla & Himalayan views; monkeys along the path (carry no food) 🚗 Kufri (16 km) – 2,622 m; mini zoo (Himalayan Nature Park – snow leopard, red panda, deer); potato cultivation fields; yak rides; spectacular snow in winter (Dec–Feb) 🏔 Chail (45 km) – highest cricket ground in the world (1893, Maharaja of Patiala); Chail Palace (heritage hotel); dense Himalayan cedar forest; walking trails 🌅 Return to Shimla for sunset at The Ridge

• Breakfast at hotel
• Jakhu Temple (2 km from Mall Road, 2,455 m) – 108-ft Hanuman statue; hilltop; panoramic Shimla & Himalayan views; monkeys along the path (carry no food)
• Kufri (16 km) – 2,622 m; mini zoo (Himalayan Nature Park – snow leopard, red panda, deer); potato cultivation fields; yak rides; spectacular snow in winter (Dec–Feb)
• Chail (45 km) – highest cricket ground in the world (1893, Maharaja of Patiala); Chail Palace (heritage hotel); dense Himalayan cedar forest; walking trails
• Return to Shimla for sunset at The Ridge
• Overnight stay in Shimla

Breakfast & check-out ⛳ Naldehra (23 km) – India's oldest 9-hole golf course (1905, laid by Lord Curzon); picturesque meadow surrounded by deodar cedars; Naldehra Fair in June 🌿 Tattapani (51 km) – Sutlej River; natural sulphur hot springs; river rafting (Grade 2–3, seasonal) 🚗 Transfer to Chandigarh Airport / Railway Station for departure

• Breakfast & check-out
• Naldehra (23 km) – India's oldest 9-hole golf course (1905, laid by Lord Curzon); picturesque meadow surrounded by deodar cedars; Naldehra Fair in June
• Tattapani (51 km) – Sutlej River; natural sulphur hot springs; river rafting (Grade 2–3, seasonal)
• Transfer to Chandigarh Airport / Railway Station for departure