“Spiti Valley is the land defined as God’s abode”, this place is as unique and spectacular as it’s name. Spiti is a desert mountain valley – the middle land between Tibet and India.
We did a road trip to this magical place in April 2016 with our 11 months old little love in tow. We covered the region in 10 – 11 days by our i10 Sportz 🙂
We took Shimla route (Firstly to keep ‘Acute Mountain Sickness’ at bay and secondly the Manali route was closed). Actually Shimla route helps the human body to acclimatize to the high altitudes in Spiti region. Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) can really disturb your vacation, no body likes falling sick on a holiday!!! Read ‘How to reach Spiti‘.
We have captured shots of roads till Spiti Valley, these awe-inspiring and formidable views will give our readers and fellow travelers a fair idea of scenic route via Kinnaur route; the National Highway 22 (NH -22) and the Hindustan Tibet Road.
The roads are known to have frequent landslides and patches with shooting stones. There are sign boards to inform the travelers at every dangerous place.These are managed by Border Roads Organization (BRO), hats off to BRO for doing a tremendous job. All the roads are two way roads it gets really scary when truck or huge bus crosses your vehicle. However, all the roads are mostly well maintained.
This series will continue to include more pictures of this amazing route from our recent Road Trip to Wonderland.
Happy Exploring!!!
The Road that leads to Spiti Valley (II)
The Road that leads to Spiti Valley (III)
World’s most dangerous road with 11 month toddler? That’s inspiring!
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Thanks Arv 🙂 Now we have done it, sometimes we feel how did we do it !!!
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It’s quite common when adrenaline wears off! 🙂
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Amazing!!! I am sure this must have been a thrilling journey! 😀
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Thanks Bushra 🙂 yeah it was as much thrilling as astonishing!!! Moreover traveling with a little baby was a different experience all together.
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Real scary road! It might have been a thrilling journey! Nice Pics!
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Yeah quite thrilling, the good part is roads are mostly well maintained by BRO however certain patches are quite bad also there are no fences!! Thanks for stopping by
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Wow what a place, would like to visit someday, Mind blowing. pics are very nice. Thanks a lot for sharing.
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Thanks friend. Oh absolutely you must visit this beautiful place 🙂 Glad you like the pictures.
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That must have been a very thrilling road trip.
Congratulations on the little traveller.
Great pics.
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Yeah quite thrilling as well as challenging!!! Little one has so much to boast about his travels already 🙂 🙂 Thanks for stopping by
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Wow! All pics are simply amazing. 🙂
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Hi Dipanwita!!! Thanks so much 🙂
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Your little one definitely got a perfect start to his travel life!! Great post guys and lovely captures :).
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He certainly did 🙂 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!! Look forward to your visit again………..
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scary roads..am planning since last few years but could not get the courage..Bravo
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Hi Sapna, indeed they are!! The route is quite challenging. One needs lot of patience to drive on these. I hope you are able to visit soon and share your experience.
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