Himachal - Himachal Tours - Himachal Tour Packages

About Himachal Pradesh
History of Himachal || Geography of Himachal || People of Himachal || Festivals of Himachal || Adventure in Himachal || Camping in Himachal || Hill Stations in Himachal || Wildlife Sanctuaries in Himachal || How to reach Himachal

Cities in Himachal
Chamba || Dharamshala || Kangra || Kullu || Lahaul & Spiti || Manali || Palampur  || Shimla || Solan

Distances from Cities in Himachal
Shimla

Himachal Festivals
Lohri Festival || Gochi Festival || Holi Festival || Gugga Fair || International Himalayan Festival || Dusherra Festival

Wildlife Sanctuaries in Himachal
Simbalbara Sanctuary || Renuka Sanctuary || Churdhar Sanctuary || Chail Sanctuary || Majathal Sanctuary ||  Maharana Pratap Sagar Sanctuary

Important Information for traveller to Himachal Pardesh

• On all the above rates service tax is included

• Services subject to advance payments

• Paragliding & rafting are adventure activities and the rates do not cover any insurance, risk cover, damages, claims etc. A person coming on adventure tour has to be covered for adventure travel & activities apart from normal travel insurance. The company or any of its service providers would not be liable in any case for any mishap/ loss etc 

• For journey from Manali to Leh a person should be covered under travel insurance and the insurance should also include adventure travel and repatriation by a helicopter. Our transfer rates for Manali to Leh or vice versa do not include any travel insurance/ repatriation charges/ damages/ claims etc incase of any eventuality 

• Transfers rates do not include services of a transfer rep and if required would be charged extra as per above mentioned transfer rep services rates.

• Also note that for any airport transfers in Kullu/ Shimla/ Dharamshala, if on day of operation of flight, flight is cancelled the same day, charges as for transfer would be charged as cancellation charges. Our vehicles report at airport before any such announcements are made by airline.

• Portage if to be included in transfer cost would be charged @ USD 3 per person per transfer. If guests are to be transferred to/from Hotel Oberoi Clarkes or Willow Banks in Shimla portage would be charged @ USD 08 per person per transfer.

• Also note that sight seeing tours do not include local guide, entrance fees to places of visit, portage at hotels/ railway station/ airport. If these are payable by us, would be charged as extra.

• Incase transport is not from our end and we have to provide local guide services or assistance at hotel in Shimla/ Manali/ Dharamsala we would charge Rs USD 12 per day extra on guide/ assistance cost as commuting charges for the guide

The Trans Himalayan regions

The Trans Himalayan regions of the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are a moonscape land- an arid high altitude desert unlike any other part of the Indian subcontinent. The stark landscape is a panorama of high snow-capped peaks and bare multi-hued hills sculpted by the forces of nature. The high dusty valleys spotted with lunar rock have altitudes ranging from 2500 m to 4500 m

The climate is extreme with long snow bound winters and a brief 3 month summer: Cut off from the water laden monsoon clouds by the Great Himalayan Range, rainfall is a mere 2 inches per year and it is the melting snow flowing swiftly down the rocky streams and rivers that sustain habitation and meager cops of barley, wheat, fruit trees and vegetables. During the short summer season the villages are splashes of green providing relief to this stark grandeur with their patchwork of fields, groves of tall polars and willows and little whitewashed flat-roofed houses.

Within this area falls the division of Ladakh with its Leh and Kargil districts in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and the adjacent district of Lahaul Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. For centuries these trans Himalayan tracts remained locked behind formidable mountain walls linked to the outside world by barely penetrable passes and narrow mountain paths. Despite this isolation and the harshness of the climate and environment, the people are endowed with a hardiness of character and natural gaiety.

 For the visitor this region is a dramatic escape into an unfamiliar world with marvelous opportunities for an unusual holiday. An ideal place for trekking, mountaineering, camping or white water rafting; for discovering the treasures of Buddhist monasteries (Gompas); for shopping in romantic bazaars; for participation in the excitement of a local festival or for simply experiencing the highs of this lunar landscape! Since the best time to visit this area is form early June to end September it is an ideal destination for the monsoons- especially as it does not rain here!

Distances of Himachal Pradesh Cities from main near by Cities