Day 1

5H - 240 Km
Enjoy a drive to Chandigarh. Night in a hotel.
Day 2

120 Km - 4 hours drive
Drive to Shimla, formerly called Shyamala (one of the names of the goddess Kali), when this area was part of Nepal and the former summer residence of the British Raj. This city is perched on a ridge surrounded by hills and pine forests with a British charm and offers stunning views of the foothills of the Himalayas. En route, visit the royal palace of the Maharaja of Rampur. Night in the hotel.
Day 3

2150 m
Visit Shimla: The Mall, Shimla’s main promenade, Jakhoo Hill, the highest point in Shimla which offers panoramic views over the town. Night in the hotel.
Day 4

4H ½ - 143 Km
Road to Mandi- former commercial hub towards Tibet and Central Asia. Exploration of the valley of Sainj. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 5

2 H ½ - 120 Km
Road to Dharamsala, the city of residence of the Dalai Lama around which nearly 10,000 Tibetan refugees organize their lives. Overnight at hotel.
Day 6

Visit of Dharamsala and stay in the Tibetan market town of McLeod Ganj. Night in the hotel. In May 1949, the new Communist Chinese government signed a treaty extending China’s sovereignty to Tibet. That same year the Chinese People’s army marched into Lhasa, and installed a brutal regime which claimed the lives of more than 1.2 million Tibetan victims and sent countless others to labour camps. Since then, around 90% of the monasteries have been destroyed in the name of the cultural revolution and any pro-independance sentiment has been extinguished. Fearing for his life and that of the Tibetan people, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader of Tibet, decided to seek exile in India. This was in 1959. Since then hundreds of thousands of Tibetans have followed in his footsteps and settled in Dharamsala, Darjeeling, Kathmandu, and even the West. McLeod Ganj has become the capital of the Tibetan Government in Exile and the home of the Dalai Lama. Although Tenzin Gyatso, the current Dalai Lama, received the Nobel peace prize in 1989 for his efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the Tibetan issues, China continues to reject any attempt at dialogue on the Tibetan issue.
Day 7

6 H - 200 Km
Road to Amritsar, the religious center of the Sikhs. Visit the Golden Temple, site of exceptional beauty and serenity, as well as the old town. Overnight at hotel.
Day 8

6 hours by train
Continue your visit of Amritsar where there is one of the great wonders of the country: The Golden Temple. By late afternoon, transfer to the train station and take the train to Delhi. Late arrival in Delhi. Night in the hotel.
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