Sach Pass – Pangi Valley – Most Common Itinerary

In July, I finally got a chance to visit one of the most beautiful and unforgiving places of Himachal Pradesh

on my trip to Sach Pass – Pangi Valley. Today I will be sharing the most common itinerary which you

can plan to visit this beautiful part of Himachal Pradesh but yet quite unforgiving and full of adventures.

As usual, this article is the first step towards the comprehensive travel guide for Sach Pass and Pangi

Valley which I will be publishing as a series of articles in weeks to come. Quoting from my experience of

Sach Pass – Pangi Valley in terms of what you can expect from it…

Numerous water crossings, endless waterfalls, snow walls as high as 40 feet, roads as if the pathway to

hell, picking up an XUV to cross the landslide, clearing the landslide on your own, driving through the ever

violent gushing streams and waterfalls, running through the live landslides, taking an open wild waterfall

bath, getting stuck in no mans land, crossing over mighty passes of Rohtang Pass and Jalori Pass in the

middle of night… Uff… Can you ask of anything more?? :D… All in all an F-amazing drive to daddy of

all the mountain passes – Sach Pass in Pangi Valley which conclude with an exhilarating WTF kind of

experience last week…

Adventure?? Now beat that – Sach Pass Quest

Amazing weather in Pangi Valley

As of now in order to maintain the brevity of the article I will quickly jump upon the most common itinerary

for making a trip to Sach Pass and Pangi Valley

Most Common Itinerary of Sach Pass – Pangi Valley for 7 – 8 Days

Day 1 | Delhi – Pathankot – Chamba / Bairagarh

This day you will be just driving out from Delhi without much sightseeing apart from what comes on the

road. You can stop for food at Chamera Lake that comes on the route

It will take about 3.5 Hrs to reach Bairagarh from Chamba, so early start from Delhi is mandatory

Follow the route alongside Chamera Lake, in case you need to go to Bairagarh then on short route Chamba

will not come. So, look for directions

About 12-16 Hrs drive to Chamba (12 Hrs) / Bairagarh (16 Hrs)

Overnight at Chamba / Bairagarh, which ever suits your timings

Day 2 | Chamba / Bairagarh – Sach Pass – Killar

Leave very early, if from Chamba and enjoy the vistas en route

Leaving early is mandatory because else there will be too much water in nallas that can strand you in

between no where

You can plan for lunch at BagotuNalladhabha after crossing Sach Pass towards Killar or have food at

Bairagarh

About 8 – 9 Hrs of in case from Chamba else will take about 5 – 6 Hrs to reach Killar from Bairagarh

Overnight at Killar

Day 3 & Day 4 | Stay at Killar and explore beautiful villages of Pangi Valley

Spend couple of days at Killar to explore the beautiful villages in Pangi Valley around Killar are Dharwas,

Luj, Sural, Hundan, Findroo, Findar, Mindhal, Parmar, etc.. to name a few. The entire Pangi Valley offer

many picturesque villages and there is a PWD rest house in Cherry where you can stay in peace too along

with hotels or guest houses in Killar.

About 6 – 7 Hrs of total drive on these days as all these villages are not that far from each other

Overnight at Killar on both the days or may be Sural village can be one place to stay

Day 5 | Killar – Cherry – Purthi – Udaipur

Start your day early else at time Madgramnalla near Udaipur will be flooded and you will not be able to

cross it

Easy drive to Udaipur exploring the beauty on the route. You can have lunch at PurthiDhabha if required

About 5 Hrs drive, depending upon the breaks you take in between

Day 6 | Udaipur – Tandi – Sissu / Jispa / Manali

Visit Trilokinath Temple while going towards Tandi

You can stay either at Keylong / Sissu / Jispa depending upon the choice if you want to visit Baralacha La /

Surajtal or not

In case you want to return, better stay at Sissu else for Baralacha La go over to Jispa and stay there. In case

you are short on time, you can directly reach Manali from Udaipur and save a day for you

About 5 Hrs of drive in the day. Manali will take around 4 Hrs from Sissu

Overnight at Sissu / Jispa / Manali in Lahaul Valley

Day 7 | Sissu – Rohtang Pass – Manali / Mandi

In case you are at Jispa, you can do Baralacha La and Surajtal on this day else from Sissu you can head to

Manali or Mandi

Have lunch at Manali and continue to Mandi or enjoy in Manali

About 4 – 5 Hrs of drive in the day to reach Manali. Mandi is another 3 Hrs from Manali.

Overnight at Manali / Mandi

Day 8 | Manali/Mandi – Delhi

If there is time explore Manali, that is if going by overnight Volvo which starts around 5.30 PM

Manali Local sightseeing which includes Hadimba Temple, Manu Temple, Mall Road, Local Monastery,

Old Manali, Vashisth Hot Water Springs (never found it interesting) etc.

About 12-14 Hrs drive, depending upon the breaks you take in between

Back Home

Splash time at Manali – Leh Highway

In the land of Waterfalls – Pangi Valley

Petrol Pumps AfterPathankot

Couple of petrol pumps there on the way to Banikhet

Near Chamba or Banikhet Do Top Up Here

Tandi Do Top Up Here

Manali

Conclusion

I am sure the above itinerary if not help you 100% with planning a trip to Sach Pass – Pangi Valley but

can certainly act as a starting point for your upcoming Sach Pass – Pangi Valley trip. Do share your

valuable thoughts or queries or doubts you have and we can discuss more about your upcoming Travel

Plans for Pangi Valley