Manali & Solang

Old Manali's wooden cafés and the Hadimba temple's cedar forest sit below snow peaks. Solang offers paragliding and ropeways, the Atal Tunnel opens the cold desert of Lahaul, and river rafting runs in Kullu below.

Places we love here

• Viewpoints

  Atal Tunnel to Sissu

  Drive through the 9 km tunnel to Sissu's waterfall and Lahaul's stark landscape.

• Experiences

  Beas river rafting

  A 7–14 km rafting stretch near Kullu, about ₹800–1,200.

• Culture

  Hadimba Devi temple

  A 16th-century pagoda temple in a cedar grove.

• Nature · lesser-known

  Jogini waterfall walk

  A 3 km walk from Vashisht through orchards to a tall waterfall.

• Food

  Old Manali cafés

  Riverside cafés with trout, wood-fired pizza and live music.

• Experiences

  Solang valley paragliding

  Tandem paragliding, ropeway and snow activities in winter.

• Experiences

  Vashisht hot springs

  Public hot-water baths at the village temple.