Keylong, Darcha and Spiti tour from Kangra

Completely. Keylong used to mean crossing Rohtang, which was seasonal, slow and permit-bound. The tunnel puts Sissu about 45 minutes from Manali and keeps Lahaul reachable through most of the year, so a Lahaul trip no longer depends on one pass being clear.

Lahaul is lower, wetter and greener, glacier-fed rivers, willows and poplars, real villages with fields. Spiti is a true cold desert: barren, ochre, and higher throughout. Lahaul is much the gentler introduction, and you can see it in six days where Spiti needs eight.

The Manali–Leh highway runs on from Darcha over Baralacha La and is usually open from June to mid-October. We take people as far as Darcha comfortably; a full run to Leh is a separate, much longer trip and needs planning around the pass openings. Tell us if that is what you have in mind.

The Kardang and Shashur gompas above the town — Kardang is the larger, across the Bhaga, with a fine view back over the valley. Jispa and the Bhaga riverside are an easy run north, and Sissu waterfall is on the way in. Keylong itself is a small administrative town rather than a sight.

If your dates fall between about mid-June and mid-October and you have the extra days, yes. It turns an out-and-back into a proper circuit and puts Chandratal on the route. Outside that window the pass is shut and there is no way through, so the trip stays a Lahaul one.

Roughly June to October. The Atal Tunnel keeps Keylong reachable far longer than the old Rohtang road did, but the Kunzum side into Spiti closes with the first heavy snow and reopens around mid-June once the BRO has cleared it. If your dates fall outside that we will tell you straight rather than set off and turn back.

This one goes up the Manali side into Lahaul (Keylong and Darcha), and touches Spiti from the north. The eight-day Spiti Valley tour goes the other way round, up through Shimla, Kinnaur and Kalpa, which gains height far more gradually. If altitude worries you, the Spiti circuit is the gentler introduction.