Authentic on-the-ground intelligence from our Kolkata tour captains. Practical advice on permits, altitude pacing, weather patterns, and regional secrets.
Altitude, not distance, is what makes Spiti difficult. Here is the honest version of the route, including the day we tell you to do nothing.
By Sonam Wangchuk (Trip leader, Himachal & Spiti)
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Munnar, Thekkady, Fort Kochi and the backwaters — how to put them in an order that does not feel like a checklist.
April to October is dry. That is the marketing. Here is the month that is actually better and the month that is genuinely bad.
Not a packing list. The four things people forget, and the three things they bring that they should not.
Five questions that separate people who run trips from people who resell them. Ask these before you pay anyone anything.
The wrong trip is not a bad trip, it is just the wrong one. A short framework for working out which you want.
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