There's a whole lot of places those are worth a visit once in a lifetime, if not for all but for the Himachalis . We all know about the famous hill towns of Shimla/Manali/Dalhousie/Dharamshala and if we dig a little deeper we may come out with some less significant but equally famous places like Kufri/Khajjiyar/Manikarn/Rohtang/Lahul&Spiti etc . But my intent here is to pen down introduction about some very rarely known places in Himachal . I will categorise those district wise below.
Shimla :
Well Shimla being the capital city of the state and an old British designed city , it does presents the visitor a unique blend of soothing weather, a savour of hill top and architectural bliss of the old northern european structures .
Chander Naun (4260m) -- This is a high altitude lake situated in the Rohru region of Shimla Distt and is the source of Pabbar river.
route to Manali via Narkanda(Shimla) :
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Solan :
Bon Monastry--
Dagshai-- A small cantonment town in Solan district that provides a spectacular view of Chamdigarh city glittering in the night . The place has quite a few old cottages and churches . (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagshai) .
Karol Tibba--
Sirmaur :
NauraDhaar--
Rajgarh--
Habban valley--
Kullu :
Bijli Mahadev--
Bhrigu Lake-- 4 day trek from Manali
Sereoulsar Lake -- 3 hours trek from Manali
Kinnaur :
Chitkul -- The last inhabited village beyond Sangla Valley . The village is situated on the banks of Baspa ( a Sutlej tributary ) river and is the end point of the annual Kinnar Kailash parikrama , a trek leads to the Gangotri from here passing over the high mountain passes . Not to say the place is scenic enough to leave you spell bound . (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitkul) .
Chamba :
Tissa--
Pangi--
Kugti Village--
Bharmaur--
SachPass -- (4890 m ) ---Below is the rough Itinerary of one of the Trek options crossing Sach Pass .
Chamba to Tarella(2500m) 145 km by Bus Via Tissa
Tarella to Satrundi (2900m) 16km Trek (steady climb)
Satrundi to Sach pass to Bindrabani(2750m)
Bindrabani to Killar (2400m)
Killar to Purthi (2200m) ---a 24 km trek takes about 7 hours
Purthi to Raoli (2000m) -- 14 km trek
Raoli to Manali ----Drive via Keylong covering 240 km
Ghadasru Lake(11500 ft ) -- This is a high altitude lake situated in the Tissa region of the Chamba. Below is the rough Itinerary of one of the Trek options crossing Ghadasru
Chamba-- 72km(Motorable)---Tissa
Tissa ---42km(Motorable)--DevKotti
DevKotti---4km Chandru Village ( Last human settlement)
Chandru Village --- 4 to 5 hours of trek ---Bhratta Killon (Camp Site)
Bhratta Killon ---4 to 5 hours of trek --Gauri Kund
Gauri Kund -- 1 hour trek --- Ghadasru Lake
Ghadasru Lake ---Bandar Ghati (pastures for camp site )-- Nausra Dhar ( 8 to 10 hours of trek)
Nausra Dhar --- Tissa ( 8 to 10 hours of trek)
Lama Dal (3960m ) -- This is another high altitude lake situated in the Bharmaur region of the Chamba. The total Lake distance from Chamba is 45kms . Held sacred to Lord Shiva, this lake lies amidst bare rock. ‘Lama Dal’ means a long lake. It is in the inner slopes of Dhauladhar range. This is a group of seven lakes, the largest of all is Lama Dal. It is said to have unknown depth
Below is the rough Itinerary for the trek to the Lake from the Mcleodganj :
From Dharamshala Via ( Ghera --- Kareri Lake ) ---- Drakund ---20 km --- Lam Dal
Mahakali Dal (4080m ) -- This lake lies between Sano and Gudial .
Kareri Lake -- This lake lies 3 km southwest of the Lam dal .
Chaurasi ka Dal (4500m) -- This lake lies in the route Chamba -- Chanju -- Datuin -- Chaurasi ke dal
Mandi :
Shikari Devi-- Situated at the top of a hill, Shikari Devi temple is an antique roofless shrine. Its the highest peak in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh and is around 3300 meters above sea level.Shikari Devi can be reached from Karsog, Janjehli and Jahl. Distance of Shikari Devi Peak from Chindi (in Karsog Valley, Mandi) is around 18 kilometers. Karsog – Shikari Devi trek is one of its kinds with splendid views of pine and deodar woods, apple orchards and small villages on the way.
Janjehli Valley --
Kangra :
Upari Chamunda--
Triund--
Lahul and Spiti :
Dhankar Lake--
Neelkanth--
Darcha--
Baralacha Pass
Kunzum La--
Hamirpur, Bilaspur and Una : No offense intended but since these three district forms the main plains of Himachal Pradesh I somehow donot find any mountain-ously intimidating attraction in these districts . This is pretty much very personal prespective otherwise we do have couple of quite famous places here like Nainadevi, Govind Sagar , Old Bilaspur Temples (these remain submerged in Govind sagar lake for most part of the year ) , vyas goofa, NIT Hamirpur , etc . But none of these district present that striking prespective of a Himachali life in them thats so closely associated with being situated in the core of the Himalayas . None the less the cultural and religious similarity does exist amongst all the districts in more then one way .
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