Hampta Pass trek and Chandratal Lake.

Day 01: Arrival in Manali

Arrive in Manali in the morning. Walk around town and orient yourself to your surroundings. The group meets for a trip orientation in the evening by the trip leader at the hotel. Overnight in a hotel - meals and stay not included in the trip cost.

Day 02: Drive Manali to Jobra via Panduropa, Setan (2700m) and Hampta villages and then trek to Chikka.
Duration: 1 hr drive + 2 hours trek.

A very scenic drive. It passes through apple orchards and forests of blue pine, cedar, oak, fir and chestnut. The villages that the trail passes through - Chhalet, Hampta and Ghoratbari. Legend is that when people die and are on the way to heaven, their souls have to pass these villages. It is said that people here hear sounds of crying if the soul is condemned to hell and sounds of a trumpet if it is ascending to heaven.

Day 03: Chikka - Bhalu Ka Ghera (3730m)
Duration: 5 hours

The path to Bhalu ka ghera is from Chhika. The trek passes through some spectacular landscape to just below the Hamta Pass, on a grassy bank sloping down from the cliffs. The impressive grandeur of immediate surroundings, the nearness of the Tokru-Shakru peaks, the wonderful coloring of the rocks and mountainside, all make this one of the best campsite on the route. Chikka also has the river, Alain Nullah, which has its snout in the Hamta Pass.

Day 04: Bhalu Ka Ghera - Shea Gahru (3200m) via Hampta Pass (4270m)
Duration: 8 - 9 hours

The trail now begins to ascend towards Hamta Pass and one can have close views of Deo Tibba and Indrasan peaks. After that, it is a descent all the way right to the campsite at Shea Gahru. "Shea Gahru" means a very cold place in the Spiti dialect because it is adjacent to a glacier snout. During summer, it's a grazing pasture or halting place for the shepherds on the way to the Lahaul valley.

Day 05: Shea Gahru - Chhatru (3360m)
Duration: 3 hours

The fourth day's walk is quite easy, along the river up to a boulder field, which is hard to cross during the monsoons. The river has to be forded at one point from where one can see the valleys of Lahaul and Spiti. The massive mountains of the Pir Panjal and Spiti ranges dominate the entire landscape till the campsite at Chhatru. Chhatru is a confluence point of paths from Rohtang Pass, Hamta Pass and Spiti.

Day 06: Chhatru - Batal (3960m) - Chandetal Lake (4250m) and drive back to Manali by Evening.
Duration: 10 hours

We will have SUV's pick us up from Chatru to Chandertal and return to Manali. Tempo Traveller will be sent specially from Manali it will meet us at Chatru and drive us to the Chandertal Lake. We will spend sometime by the lake and then drive back to Manali via Batal. Our meal plan ends with breakfast today. We will stop enroute for lunch at a Dhaba and people can choose to eat meals at their own expense. We will drop you off in Manali at the main Market in the evening. Trip ends!!