Tour program for shimla

Tour program for shimla :

Shimla is called the “Queen of hills”, and it is true so. Shimla is a very beautiful place, if visit is planned smartly.  Now a days lot of tour programs and packages are offered by travel agents and companies. But it has been seen that in some cases it is marketed wrongly, and the tourist did not get true value of their money and time.

Shimla town has may faces which attracts the tourists from all over the world. It was the summer capital of British Raj. It is most nearest place in which you can see snow, it has a very scenic beauty, thick forests and various points of spiritual importance. Hence Shimla offers a complete package of all the blends for all kinds of visitors/ tourists.

There are various monuments and building in shimla, which show the typical british architecture.  Some of them are Geaty theater and town hall at mall road, church at ridge, viceroy  regal lodge (now indian institute of advance study) at summer hill, buildings at mall road, DC office, AG office, Aukland house etc. these all important places are within 5 KM radius from the center of town.

The important spiritual places in Shimla are kalibadi Mandir, Jakhu temple, sankat mochak temple and tara devi temple. All these places have great importance and some story associated with each place. These places are also very approachable from Shimla town.

The most important aspect for which Shimla is famous is its scenic beauty points. The popular ones are kufri, naldera, fagu, mashobra etc.. But these points are very crowdy now. If you want to really enjoy the scenic beauty of Shimla then there is one route from Mashobra to fagu through Bhalku road. Named after baba Bhalku ram, who is instrumental in laying of kalka Shimla rail line. It is a kuchha road, but the scenic beauty is exceptional. It goes parallel to the national highway, but truly in the lap of nature through jungle. Small stations like dak bagla, makhdol and bheklati are very beautiful. The quality of road is not good, but if you have good vehicle, the enjoy of tour can be tremendous. During the return from fagu, other places like kufri and hussan valley can be visited. In kufri, place of importance is the chini bangal and the restaurant of himachal tourism. If kids are accompanying you then the adjoining park will be added pleasure.

The 15-20 KM drive from kufri to chail koti road also add pleasure to your visit. It is a very beautiful jungle road.

So these are the places which tourists should visit during the visit of Shimla and not to become the crowd of tourists on some selected points as shown by the guide or the travel agent.

The toy train to Shimla is also one of the specialties of Shimla. One should enjoy the ride of same. It should be noted that you should have good health if you are visiting Shimla. In Shimla it requires lots of walking and the approach of transportation medium is not possible. Most of tourist points are on sealed or restricted roads.

Keeping in view following plan is suggested to enjoy the Shimla:

Day 1 : take the toy train from kalka to Shimla. it starts around 4.00 am. From kalka

             Have breakfast in Shimla, then visit advance study, kalibadi,

Have lunch then visit Geaty, church at ridge, and other places on mall and ridge.

In the evening visit Jakhu temple and after dinner have a walk on mall and ridge.

Day 2 : After breakfast take the taxi and visit Naldera then mashobra, take the route of balku road to fagu. Enjoy the scenic beauty at fagu, then move to kufri . Have lunch there then visit chini bangala, and 10-15 Km drive from kufri to shilon bagh to koti. Then move to chail. Visit the palace there and move to kandaghat via sadhupul.

Take your dinner at dharampur in Giani ka dhaba or modern dhaba, and then move to chandigarh and further to your destination.

In the above 2 day tour programe you can enjoy maximum of Shimla. You can extend the two day program in 3 days as well depending upon your energy level.

Shimla is a very cool place and weather changes here frequently. It is advice to keep woolen clothes throughout the year. Fluctuation in temperature is very rapid here after sunset.

It is requested not to litter in public places and use the dustbins provided. Donot use plastic bags as it is banned in himachal.