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HOW TO GO THERE

From Delhi the are busses to Manali every day.

All travel agencies book tickets to Manali

The bus ride takes 12 hours to Manali a very nice village situated at 2200m in a beautiful valley. From Manali you have to hire a 4WD taxi (there are a lot in Manali) to take you after a 4 hour bumpy ride to Chattru in Spiti valley (the first bouldering area) or a bit further to Chotta Dhara. There is also a local bus that leaves Manali everyday but this is an adventure itself. Once you get to either of these two places you can free camp in one one of the beautiful medows by the river among the boulders. At chattru there is Lalu's Dhaba (kind of an inn) where you can have some basic but very nice food.