Manali: Himachal Pradesh India
The place of wonderful valley the nature has blessed this place with beautiful locations snow cladded mountains, flower valley and Rohtang Pass
Following activities you can indulge in Manali:
Snow skiing best time from Jan to June you will find lot snow and you will be able to indulge in the skiing and other winter sports
Kite flying well this is a activity you will never forget you go on top of the solang valley on a horse back and come down on a kite and that you are 10000ft above sea level and what you see down? Snow, valley, river and natures wonder.
Rohtang Pass or Rohtang La at 3978mtrs this place is only accessible in summer time but it is breath taking, beyond rohtang pass is the Lahual and Spiti valley called Switzerland of India.
The ice walls on both sides of Rohtang pass will take away your breath. From Manali you have to take a 4 wheeler jeep which has special permissions from Army to go till Rohtang la. If you wish to go beyond then this road reaches to Leh Ladakh. Rohtang La is the best road route to Leh ladakh very scenic and full of adventures.
River Rafting: white water river Rafting this is a must do activity for all except small kids don’t miss it for your life.
Stay in Manali:
We had stayed in Club Mahindra but then there are many options to stay in Manali economy as well as luxury
Reaching Manali:
There is direct flight to Kulu from New Delhi or one can take by road route from Shimla, I prefer the by road route as it gives you the opportunity to see the scenic Beas River and the granite mountains.
One place I liked in manali the most was the Hidimba Temple, this is an ancient Temple which will take you back in time to 2000Bc when Pandavs and Mahabharata happened. Hidimba was Bhims demon wife.
Come enjoys the majestic Himalaya
Auli: Uttarakhand India
Auli is a Himalayan Ski Resort and hill Station in the north indian state of Uttarakhand surrounded by coniferous and oak forests plus the Nanda Devi Ranges, beyond Auli in the north are the colourful Badrinath Temple and the valley of flowers National park and the alpine flora and snow leopards and the rare red foxes.
What will you find in Auli? At 2800M what can you find? Beautiful nature, Snow everywhere and Purest form of air. When we reached Auli it was night already and what we saw took our breath away the sky was clear, no clouds that day and the moon looked so much reachable as if it is night bulb just turned on shining and showing off all its glory. After seeing this we knew the trip is going to change our ideas of mountain and the Himalayas.
If you know skiing come here with your skiing gears or simply hire them.
If you are in best of your health then do the hiking to Nanda Devi Ranges one you will find the china border across and the dare devil ITBP soldiers.
Best time to come here is between November to March.
How to reach here very simple from Delhi you can hire a car to your trip this is best option although little expensive but an experienced driver and dedicated car is what you need to enjoy the Himalayas, alternatively you can take a bus till Rishikesh and then hire a car till Joshimath, from Joshimath take the cable car to Auli, be careful about the timing though because cable car does not operate in the late evenings.
Where should you stay the best option to stay is Cliff Top resort Auli , although there are cheaper options but Cliff Top Auli is a very beautiful place.
Can’t describe the beauty any more you have to come here to see it.
Sonmarg & Gulmarg Kashmir:
Well here is the heaven don’t wait to die come to Kashmir first visit Srinagar stay in a House boat or any Good hotels you should stay for atleast one week In Kashmir Srinagar, Gulmarg Sonmarg, Pahalgam and the Heaven itself,
The city of Srinagar is surrounded by the Himalayas and the Dal Lake in-between then there are beautiful gardens, if you come to Srinagar in April you can visit the beautiful Tulip Gardens and the Mughal Gardens with all it flora and Fiona and of course the Snow to top it.
Sonmarg: is named so because the tips of the mountains here shine like gold in the day time as the reflection of the sun fall on the tips of the mountain then you have beautiful glaciers around also Sonmarg is route to reach Leh Ladakh by road via Kashmir, what you will get at Sonmarg it’s the snow claded mountains and the fun of snow sports. It’s a day trip from Srinagar leave early from Srinagar to Sonmarg enroute you will see a beautiful garden called Betaab Garden because a Bollywood movie called Betaab was filmed here, the mountains surrounded the sonmarg are snow cladded for most of the year and the glaciers are full of snow which when melts goes to the zhelum River, the picture you can see here is breath-taking beautiful the nature is at its best, you can indulge snow sport snow sledged etc.
Gulmarg: The Horse rides, the Gondola rides the snow mountains and the snow skiing you can keep taking about it one can go on and on but one needs to come here stay for at least 2 days and just experience the beautiful nature have Kawa the famous Kashmiri Tea which will take care of all the toxins in the body, and of course the pure air, the air around will give the oxygen your lungs requires if you come from a big Metro city. Take the Gandola for skiing you can hire the ski equipment’s the first timers can learn skiing from a local guide, but more important is the beauty of the mountains here I promise it will blow your mind off, between the snow one feels like we have already reached Heaven. Come to Gulmarg and experience the love of life.
Places to stay:
In Srinagar we stayed at Grand Mumtaz and for one in a beautiful house boat on Dal Lake, but there are many options here the best hotel is the Lalit Palace of Srinagar the erstwhile kings seat, then there are many economy options too.
In Gulmarg also we stayed at Grand Mumtaz but the better option is the Heevan Retreat and the best is the Khyber Himalayan Resort.
In Pahalgam the best option is welcome hotel Pine and peak.
