Itinerary

1. Day 1 - Delhi

   • Your tour leader will join you at hotel lobby today at 10:30 am. 
   • He will brief you about itinerary and introduce the other group members to each other.
   • After the welcome briefing, board the air-conditioned bus/car for the discovery of Delhi’s largest mosque , Hindu temple and Sikh temple. Today, you will learn about three different religions of India and discover the local, unique culture of the people of India.

2. Day 2 & 3 - Dharmshala

   • Check out & fly (1 hrs & 45 min) to Dharamshala.
   • Dharamshala has a small neighbourhood called little Tibet where lives Dalai lama. Tibetan Buddhism has survived in India because of efforts done by Dalai Lama and his followers since 1959. 
   • His holiness was only 24 years old when he escaped to India from Tibet. Most of Tibetan Buddhist teachers you meet in west are trained over here at Tushita meditation centre.
   • We will go for walk around the house of Dalai lama where Buddhist pilgrims perform rituals considering him incarnation of Buddha. We will meditate inside the main temple of Goddess tara devi & Kalchakra where Dalai lama teaches to his followers on occasions. 
   • Depart for discovery of Tushita meditation centre for practising meditation (optional) and learn about Tibetan architecture. This meditation centre is also great piece of architecture for photography. 
   • After this we will walk into jungle (1 hrs) to reach naddi village to see snow peak mountains.
     Back to the hotel
     Evening at leisure

3. Day 4 - Mandi

   • Check out & drive to Mandi (4 hrs).
   • Mandi is called small Varanasi of India. Hindu pilgrims visit the lord shiva temple on the bank of river Beas to take a dip.
   • Holy books claim this dip in holy river will purify the negative karmas of devotee and end the cycle of suffering & pain.

4. Day 5 & 6 - Manali

   • Manali is called Queen of Hills. Its beauty will surprise you. 
   • You will fall in love with the snow peak mountains of Manali. This was the home of first Hindu sage called Manu. 
   • Sage manu wrote the laws of Hindu social life 1700 BCE. He is worshipped in a temple by locals still in the Old Manali. 
   • We will walk into narrow lanes to talk & interact with devotees. 
   • We will trek and walk into the jungle to reach old Manali. We will visit sage Manu temple & interact with locals. We’ll practice meditation at temple to absorb the electromagnetic waves of ancient temple.
   • Depart to hidden village into the lapes of manali to see the snow peak mountains.
   • Walk along the clean river stream , cross the apple gardens and visit palace of Manali hindu king.

   Back to the hotel

   Evening at leisure or walk into the local market

5. Day 7 - Chandigarh

   • Checkout & drive to Chandigarh (6 hrs).
   • Chandigarh is first planed city of independent India after 1947. It is capital of two states of India.

6. Day 8- Delhi

   • Check out & drive to Delhi (4 hrs & 41 min) and catch your flight to your home country later or choose to extend your trip with our private india tours.