Package summary
This is the trip most families from Sirsa ask for first, and it works because the driving is split sensibly. You reach Shimla on the first evening rather than pushing straight through to Manali, which means the children are not in the car for fourteen hours.
Manali is the base for the second half. Solang Valley and the Atal Tunnel are both comfortable day trips from there. If the passes are open and you want to go further towards Rohtang, tell us in advance and we will arrange the permit.
Everything here can be reshaped. Add a night in Kasol, swap Shimla for Chail if you want somewhere quieter, or upgrade the vehicle if there are more than six of you.
Day by day
1 Sirsa to Shimla
An early start from your door. We break at Chandigarh for lunch and climb to Shimla through Solan in the afternoon. Evening free on the Mall Road and the Ridge.
2 Shimla at your own pace
Kufri, Jakhoo temple and the Christ Church, with enough gaps in the day that it does not feel like a checklist. The toy train to Barog is an option if you would rather sit still.
3 Shimla to Manali
The long leg, along the Beas through Mandi and Kullu. We stop at Pandoh and at the Vaishno Devi temple near Kullu. You reach Manali by evening.
4 Solang Valley and the Atal Tunnel
Up to Solang in the morning for the snow point and the ropeway, then through the Atal Tunnel towards Sissu if the road is clear. Back in Manali for the evening.
5 Old Manali and the valley
Hadimba temple, the Vashisht hot springs and Old Manali. The afternoon is deliberately open, because by day five most people want one.
6 Manali back to Sirsa
A morning departure so the mountain section is done in daylight, with a lunch stop on the way. You are home the same night.
What the price covers
Included
- Air conditioned vehicle for the whole trip
- All road tolls, state taxes and parking
- Driver allowance and night charges
- Five nights of hotel accommodation on twin sharing
- Breakfast and dinner at the hotels
- Solang Valley and Atal Tunnel sightseeing
- A phone number that reaches us while you travel
Not included
- Lunches and anything ordered outside the hotel meal plan
- Entry tickets at monuments and adventure activities
- Rohtang Pass permit, if the pass is open
- Anything of a personal nature such as shopping or laundry
- Travel insurance
