Manali In December Month

My Latest Visit To Manali, HP, India In Dec. 2015

What to say about Manali ? i have't words. usually i travel Manali 3 or 4 time in year, and passing of time i feel Manali is going more beautiful by passing of time. When i travel from Chandigarh to Manali in Summer seasons i feel , wow it pass cool place and when i travel in Winter its looks very Beautiful place like a Mini Switzerland.

CHILLED LIKE WINTER IN THIS SUMMER

Have a Look , My Dec .2015 Visit to Manali.

Long journey in a Volvo from Chandigarh to Manali, it was a heavenly experience to reach Manali. Truly one of the best hill stations I have been to. Manali provides activities for all, ranging from skiing, river crossing and rafting to a bath in hot springs in Manikaran, many temples for religious minded, and a relaxing atmosphere for people not looking for any activity.Lots of preserved forest gardens in walking range to sit and relax. Or go to the banks of River Beas, put your feet in the water and experience heaven on earth. 

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Mall road had lots of restaurants, lot of them run by Tibetan families, offering Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese food at reasonable rates and ambience. Chopsticks was my favorite during the stay. Hidimba Temple, Ghatotkach temple, Vashist hot water springs are in near vicinity. Can plan a day long tour to Manikaran, which includes a break for rafting in Beas, which is very easy grade 1 kind of rapids. Manikaran in itself is a good destination where you see the power of nature tempered with religious beliefs of people. Many hot water springs abound where one can take bath, have langar in gurudwara and revel in the religious spirit. Beware of saffron dealers trying to sell Saffron and shilajit. 

Activities & things to do: Rafting, Skiing, River crossing, Bathing in Hot springs at Vashist and Manikaran, you name it and the activity was there. Also has a club house for those who don't want to leave malls in Delhi behind which has video games and badminton etc. etc..... 

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Took a volvo from Delhi overnight Journey, but you tend to miss the spectacular scenery on the way, including the Tunnel between Mandi and Kullu, the imposing Pandoh dam and the marvellous Beas Sutlej Link.

Found Mini Switzerland IN MANALI, HP

      

Hotel View  

Solang Velly's

Worthy place to visit in December. A picture perfect destination. My visit was in late December (Christmas week). It was none other than heaven. Perfect icy white mountain, -9deg. temperature at night. Perfect for my kind of snap-seeker, nature-lover and solemn like person. 

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Sight-seeings, I was lucky enough to see all, even Rohtang pass also for some extent. Main attractions are Rohtang Pass and Solang Valley. Others are Hidimba Temple, Manu Temple, Vashishth hot-springs, King's Palace, Museum, Thousands years old Shiv Temple and Mall-Road. Actually I was lucky to have had very good local driver who took me to the     small-small places which are not actually called attractions but really worth to see.

Do large bargain shopping from Mall-Road. They are very expensive. For, ex. for handgloves, he said Rs.375 first and finally gave me in Rs.100. 

Activities & things to do: One obvious activity is skiing at Rohtang Pass usually. They charge heavy for kit and instructor. Other activities are River crossing and other river adventure activities. 

                               

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Best way to reach is, drop yourself in Chandigarh first and then have a personal cab for whole tour. It takes time though (mostly 10 hours for safe driving).

Tips & warnings - 1) have cash in pocket cause very few ATMs that too on Mall-Road only.

2)Beware of road-side guides.Never ever hire them.

3)Have healthy breakfast, cause at sight-seeings, only eatable food you get is Maggi noodles.

 (its lovely, but, to eat hot Maggi in cool temp) 4)have hotel close to Mall-Road so you can enjoy night life at Manali.

Thanks for reaching.

Travelling to Manali , Himachal Paradesh, INDIA

Travelling to Manali , Himachal Paradesh, INDIA

Manali is a high-altitude Himalayan resort town in India’s northern Himachal Pradesh state. It has a reputation as a backpacking center and honeymoon destination. Set on the Beas River, it’s a gateway for skiing in the Solang Valley and trekking in Parvati Valley. It's also a jumping-off point for paragliding, rafting and mountaineering in the Pir Panjal mountains, home to 4,000m-high Rohtang Pass.

Get here everyday uses Notebook with 5 % off

Transport

From Delhi Airport ; Click here

Flights from New Delhi To Bhuntar Airport 

Air

The nearest airport Bhuntar Airport (IATA code KUU) is at Bhuntar town, situated on NH21 about 50 km (31 mi) south of Manali and 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Kullu town. The airport is also known as Kullu-Manali airport and has more than a kilometre long runway. Air India and some private airlines have regular flights to the airport. Recently Himalayan Bulls in collaboration with Deccan Charters have started flights on Kullu-Chandigarh-Kullu sector thrice a day http://himalayanbulls.com/ Daily flight service (except Tuesday) has been started by 15May 2013 at Bhunter airport by Air India from Delhi to Bhunter and vice versa. Chandigarh Airport is the nearest international airport.

Road

Manali can be reached from Delhi by national highway NH 1 up to Chandigarh and from there by national highway NH21 that passes through Bilaspur, Sundernagar, Mandi andKullu towns. The road distance from Chandigarh to Manali is 316 km (196 mi), and the total distance from Delhi to Manali is 566 km (352 mi). Buses (including Volvo and Mercedes Benz) on this route are available from all major bus terminals.

Rail

Manali is not easily approachable by rail. The nearest broad gauge railheads are at Chandigarh (275 km (171 mi)), Pathankot (325 km (202 mi)) and Kalka (310 km (193 mi)). The nearest narrow gauge railhead is at Joginder Nagar (135 kilometres (84 mi)).

See Bilaspur-Mandi-Leh Railway for the proposed railway line through this area.

Major Tourist Attractions

In manali

 Hadimba Devi Ji Temple

Hadimba Devi Temple is an ancient temple made of mudwashed stone and intricately carved wood with a four layered pyramidal top. The temple is dedicated to Hilimba, wife ofBhima and mother of Ghatotkacha. The temple encloses an enormous rock and a 3-inch brass idol of the goddess. A short distance from this temple is another temple dedicated to Ghatotkacha which features feet carved on a monolithic stone supposed to be of Hidimba Devi.


Near By Manali

Old Manali

Famous for beer cafes and international tourists favourite, old manali is situated at a distance of about 2.5kms from mall road,manali. View point cottage near people's cafe gives you the best view of the picturesque Himalayas. At night, various cafes organise parties for it's guests where live performances by international artists can be enjoyed with amazing food and beer.

Jogini Fall.

Jogini Falls

is a beautiful waterfall where one can reach by trekking from Vashisht Temple. It's only 2kms from the temple and a gorgeous place to spend quality time with your family and friends in the lap of nature.

Solang Valley

Solang Valley is a side valley 14 kilometers northwest of Manali on the way to Rohtang Pass. The giant lawn slopes of Solang Valley provide great opportunities for summer and winter sports like parachuting, paragliding, skating, zorbing and skiing.
Rohtang Pass[edit]

Rohtang Pass is a high mountain pass that connects Manali to the Lahaul and Spiti district and also to Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pass is an ancient trade route between the rest of India and the upper region of the Himalayas. Culturally it connects a predominantly Hindu region with a Buddhist one. Geographically it separates the wet and green lower lands from the arid high lands. The Rohtang Pass is blessed with abundant natural beauty which contradicts the meaning of its name. 'Rohtang' translates to "a pile of corpses".

ManiKaran Sahib

Manikaran is a pilgrimage centre for Hindus and Sikhs. The Hindus believe that Manu recreated human life in Manikaran after the flood, making it a sacred area. It has many temples and a gurudwara.[1] There are temples of the Hindu deities Rama, Krishna, and Vishnu.[2]The area is well known for its hot springs[3] and its beautiful landscape.

According to legend, when the Hindu God Shiva and his consort Parvati were walking in the valley, Parvati dropped one of her earrings. The jewel was seized by Shesha, the serpent deity, who then disappeared into the earth with it. Shesha only surrendered the jewel when Shiva performed the cosmic dance, the Tandava and shot the jewel up through the water. Apparently, jewels continued to be thrown up in the waters at Manikaran until the earthquake of 1905.


Beas River near Manali

Rohtang Pass

 (Hindi: रोहतांग दर्रा) (Bhoti: Rohtang , lit: pile of corpses,^[1] due to people dying in bad weather trying to cross the pass) (elevation 3,978 m (13,050 ft)),^[2][3][4][5] is a high mountain pass on the eastern Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas around 51 km (32 mi) from Manali. It connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahaul and Spiti Valleys of Himachal Pradesh, India. Manali-Leh Highway, a part of NH 21, transverses Rohtang Pass.

The river rises 4,361 metres (14,308 ft) above sea-level on the southern face of Rohtang Pass in Kullu. It traverses the Mandi District and enters the Kangra District at Sandhol, 590 metres (1,940 ft) above sea-level. During its lower course the Beas is crossed by numerous ferries, many of which consist of inflated skins (darais). Near Reh in Kangra District it divides into three channels, which reunite after passing Mirthal, 300 metres (980 ft) above sea-level. On meeting the Sivalik Hills in Hoshiarpur, the river sweeps sharply northward, forming the boundary with Kangra District. Then bending round the base of the Sivalik Hills, it takes the southerly direction, separating the districts of Gurdaspur and Hoshiapur. After touching the Jullundur district for a short distance, the river forms the boundary between Amritsar andKapurthala. Finally the Beas joins the river Sutlej at the south-western boundary of Kapurthala district ofPunjab after a total course of 470 kilometres (290 mi). The chief tributaries are Bain, Banganga, Luni and Uhal. The Sutlej continues into Pakistani Punjab and joins the Chenab River at Uch near Bahawalpur to form the Panjnad River; the latter in turn joins the Indus River at Mithankot. The waters of the Beas and Sutlej rivers are allocated to India under the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan.


Pandoh Dam

The Pandoh Dam is an embankment dam on the Beas River in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Under the Beas Project, the dam was completed in 1977 and its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation. Part of a run-of-the-river power scheme, it diverts the waters of the Beas to the southwest through a 38 km (24 mi) long system of tunnels and channels. The water is used for power generation at the Dehar Power House before being discharged into the Sutlej River, connecting both rivers

The Pandoh Dam is an embankment dam on the Beas River in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Under the Beas Project, the dam was completed in 1977 and its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation.

Bhrigu Lake

Bhrigu Lake is a picturesque mountain lake located at an elevation of around 4,300 metres and can be reached by trekking from the Vashisht Temple (famous for hot water springs) near Manali.

Great Himalayan National Park.Bhrigu Lake is a lake located at an elevation of around 4,300 metres in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is located to the east of Rohtang Pass and is around 6 kilometres from Gulaba village

The Great Himalayan National Park

The Great Himalayan National Park, is one of India's national parks, is located in Kullu region in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The park was established in 1984 and is spread over an area of 1,171 km² at an altitude of between 1500 to 6000m.
is home to numerous species of flora and fauna. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for an exceptional natural beauty and biological diversity. The dense coniferous forests framed by snowy Himalayan peaks shelter 375 different species from the animal kingdom.

Pin Valley National Park

Pin Valley National Park is a high altitude park located in the desert habitat of Lahaul and Spiti district in the cold upper reaches of the Himalayas. The Park preserves endangered species like Snow Leopard and Siberian Ibex surrounded by colossal snow-capped peaks and dry hills of impressive beauty. The area is heavily influenced by Tibetan Buddhism, therefore there are numerous monasteries and stupas dotting the region.

Manali Sanctuary

The Manali Sanctuary is located 2 km from Manali. Its dense vegetation sports some excellent opportunities for a nature walk, bird watching and observing hordes of the Ibexmigrate to glacial regions during summer.

To Get Best quote for Travelling in Himachal Pardesh Please fee free to contact us ;

tourortravelling@gmail.com                or              newsorfacts@gmail.com