Meals during the trek starting dinner on Day 1 till breakfast on Day 8
Forest Permits/Camping Charges/Permits, Trek Permit Fee/IMF Permission (Upto the amount charged for Indian nationals)
Camping tents, Sleeping bags, mattress
Microspikes, gaiters, seat harness, carabiners, helmet as required
Mountaineering course certified Trek Leader with Wilderness Emergency Responder
Experienced Local guide, cook, helpers
Porters or mules for carrying common luggage
Meals during road journeys
Any kind of Insurance
Any expense of personal nature
Any expense not specified in the inclusion list
Carriage of personal rucksack
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Itinerary
We start our journey from Manali in the early hours and make our way through the Rohtang Pass to reach Udaipur in the Chandrabhaga valley.
At Udaipur, we head north into the breathtaking Miyar valley until we arrive at the tiny village of Changut. We spend the night in Changut.
We take a quick drive to Shukto village's roadhead. Here, we cross the Miyar nallah on a wobbly wooden bridge to begin our trek.
Khanjer, the last village in the Miyar valley, sits just beyond the bridge. The path climbs through the village to the local temple and chorten.
We pass through Khanjer's pea and cabbage fields before crossing a few streams. From this point, we walk across wide meadows for about two kilometers.
We reach our campsite at Thanpattan's grazing grounds and set up camp. You can visit a chorten on a nearby hill in the evening. We spend the night in Thanpattan.
Another short walk on easy trail today takes us to another picturesque site at Yolithang.
An initial steep section leads to the chorten with views of upper valley open after that. Massive rock cliffs flank either side of valley.
We will walk through Tharang grazing grounds whose pink Himalayan fleece and massive rock and ice faces of Tharang peak are on our right.
A short walk from Tharang to Yolithang will bring us to our campsite for today.
Although this day's walk is longer than the first two days, the trail is still fairly flat and easy.
We will cross a boulder field near our campsite and descend to a vast grassland that continues for 3 km.
On our right, another subsidiary valley offers views of a gigantic rock pyramid - a pass over this valley connects to Darcha on the Manali Leh highway.
From here the valley turns slightly eastward to Gompa, another campsite with a couple of small lakes that relfect the surrounding mountains.
From Gompa, we walk to Zardung. Zardung is a magnificent campsite with gigantic boulders, some of which are said to contain precious stones.
The evening is well spent exploring the boulder area. Overnight in Zardung.
Today is the most interesting day of all. The Miyar valley becomes even more beautiful as we walk towards the source of the Miyar river.
We will cross a glacial stream coming down from our right (true left) - the stream iscold and wide and fans a distance of almost half a kilometre.
From here, a short walk brings you to a section of the terminal moraine of the Miyar glacier, across which lies our campsite at Kesar Yon Chhaap - which literally means seven holy waters.
There are seven emerald green lakes near our campsite, which you can explore in the evening - see if you can find them all! Overnight in Kesar Yon Chhaap.
Today, we will retrace our steps halfway down the valley to the campsite at Gompa we passed on our way up. Overnight in Gompa.
We will walk down to Shukto today and board our vehicles for Changut.
Overnight in Changut.
We will drive back via Atal tunnel to Manali, which we will reach late in the evening (around 4PM).
The trip ends in Manali. Please keep a 2 hours gap in case you are booking a return bus from Manali on the same day.
