Good Hotels or Accommodation options in Spiti Valley&Kinnaur Valley

In the effort towards completing the comprehensive guide to Spiti Valley, in this article, let me enlist some

of thepreferred places to stay in Spiti Valley and Kinnaur Valley. All these places of stay are in the range

from Rs 300 per person and goes well beyond Rs 1500 per person depending upon comfort, food and

facilities on offer in them. There is no dearth of options to stay in both Spiti Valley as well as Kinnaur

Valley but it is always good to know which of them travellers like and which of them travellers stay away

because at times it saves us a lot of hassles especially when we are traveling with families. Since, most of

the people start from Shimla side, enter Kinnaur Valley then visit Spiti Valley and finally exit from Manali

side, I will be covering the good places of stay on entire circuit from Shimla – Kinnaur to Spiti to Manali. In

time to come, I will keep on adding up on this list so that there could be a central place available to find

Good Hotels or Accommodation options in Spiti Valley and Kinnaur Valley.

Sagnam PWD Rest House, Pin Valley…

Spiti Valley is a remote place and though accommodation options are good in number but fairly limited

with facilities especially when it comes to home stays. Most of the home stays in Spiti Valley do not have

attached washrooms and some even have dry pits especially in the remote villages of Lhalung, Mane,

Komik, Demul, etc.. However, in the article we will talk about more or less the hotels and guest houses of

Spiti Valley rather focusing on Homestays, which I feel shall be covered under a separate article.

Most of these places are ideal to stay and offer decent comfort and facilities which a family may require

but as I said earlier you need to compromise on certain things if budget is a constraint in your travel. You

need to keep in mind that place like Spiti Valley is a remote place and one cannot expect all the luxury in

the world even after paying Rs 2000 per person per night. At times, in remote villages of Spiti Valley,

getting a place to stay with attached toilet is a luxury in itself ;)…

PWD Guest Houses in Spiti Valley or Kinnaur Valley

At any given day, if you can get hold of PWD Rest House in Himachal and can cook food yourself OR are

OK with just eatable quality food, then HP PWD Rest House are extreme value for money options of stay

in Himachal Pradesh. In these parts of Himachal right from Shimla to Kaza over Hindustan – Tibet

Highway or NH-22, you can also find many PWD Guest Houses which can be opted for stay especially in

small villages and on Chandratal to Manali / Gramphu road. In order to know the details on how to book a

PWD Guest House in Himachal, you can refer the article: How to Book HP PWD Rest Houses or FRHs.

Apart from them let me enlist some good places to stay in Spiti Valley or Kinnaur Valley.

Good accommodation options in Sarahan

Hotel Srikhand, HPTDC

Bhimkali Temple Lodge, first floor rooms.

PWD Rest House Sarahan

PWD Rest House Jeori. Nice place to stay, Pritamji is the caretaker and was very helpful to us on my stay up

there.

Good accommodation options in Kalpa / Sangla / Baspa Valley / Chitkul

Kailash View Camps, just beside the Baspa River at Rackcham. Mr. NareshNegi: 09805380746.

Rupin River View Guest House at Rakcham

Chitkul has some home stays and guest houses. Preferable to book on the spot for all including Panchali

Guest House in Chitkul

Prakash Guest House at Sangla: 9816283268, or 01786-242611, 01786-242218, 94182 75062. Mohan

Prakash is the contact person

Hotel Rakpa Regency, Kalpa – Ph: 01786-226587. Very decent place to stay, we stayed there at DoW Mega

Meet 2014.

Kinner Camps, Sangla – Ph: 094183 39866. Nice place to stay but a bit on costly side.

Grand Shangrila, a bit costly but very nice to stay in case it suits your budget.

Good accommodation options in Tabo

Kunzum Guest House, Tabo. Very nice place to stay in Tabo just behind Monastery. We stayed there at

DoW Mega Meet 2014 and it was a very nice experience.

Siddharth Guest House

Tow Dhey Guest House run by Anil Bodh: 09418271129, 09418537574

PWD Rest House, Tabo

Good accommodation options in Pin Valley (Mud Village)

Tara Guest House can be contacted at 08988062293, 9418365251/9418441453/9418571167/8991723015

There is Kunzum Cafe / Home stay too which you can check there.

Pin Parvati Guest House can be contacted at 9418571167/8991723015

Snow Valley Guest House can be contacted at 9418985242/8991723015

Good accommodation options in Kaza

None other than Tseringbhai at Sakya Abode or Snow Lion or Kumphen who received the Devil’s Den

Award and to be frank I always stay with him only :)… Detailed Review of Snow Lion Kaza can be found

at:Sakya Abode Kaza – An Enriching Experience in Spiti Valley

Some other good options of stay at Kaza:

Hotel SpitiSarai, Contact Ramesh Lotey 09418439247. If you not interested with Snow Lion or Sakya

Abode or Kumphen or Sakya Homestays even, then you can check with Ramesh ji of SpitiSarai too. Very

nice place to stay, about 7 KMs from Kaza.

There is an HPTDC hotel as well which is also good option to stay apart from the average quality food.

More economic can go with Circuit House or PWD Rest House. Call 01906-222202 and send fax 01906-

222215 or 01906222416.

Good accommodation options at Chandratal

There isn’t anything else here apart from temporary camps setup by local Bishan Thakur – Parasol Camps &

Retreats at Chandratal and few others. You can contact Bishan of Parasol Camps at 09418845817,

09459910098, Nawag: 09459073908, 01906-200204. You can write to them

at parasolcamps@gmail.com ,info@parasolcamps.com …. These camps at Chandratal are more spacious, have

mattresses & quilts and are very comfortable. He does have have dining area & covered washrooms, if required.

You can refer DoW or my name to Bishan and he will surely offer whatever best in his capacity. We did stay with

him at DoW Mega Meet and everything was managed very well by Bishan.

Well, there is all famous Batal Chandra Dhabha of Dorje Uncle which has room for 7-8 people on one side and

on the other side they may allow you to stay if there is space available. Most of the space where food is served is

occupied by workers and the Dhaba family itself, so if you are lucky you may get space to sleep there as well. They

charge Rs 100 per person for a night stay and provide quilts as well. You can take as many quilts as available with

them and if not in use by anyone. There is a PWD Rest House as well now at Batal and you can take rooms there

and eat at Chandra Dhabha with Dorje Uncle and Aunty ji. 08991722020 is the contact number of satellite phone at

Batal and you can inquire from him if Dorje uncle can book a PWD Rest House room for you or couple of igloo

type huts just in front of Bataldhabha that can save you from cold winds in the evening or night. As far as

accommodation at bank of Chandratal Lake is concerned, it has been banned by the GOVT. lately so you need to

pitch tents along side the parking site which is about 2.5 KMs from the lake from where you need to hike this

remaining distance. Please respect the rules and nature else one day it will punish in its own way.

Good accommodation options in Manali

There are loads of options here but my all timefavourite is Johnsons Lodge. You can read the review

here: Johnson Lodge | Manali

You can also go over and stay at Naggar Castle which is about 30 KMs from Manali

HPTDC, Kunzum or Beas or Hadimba Cottages are also decent options

Cheaper or economic ones can be found on Manali – Naggar Road

Khushbu Resorts

Conclusion

I hope you find the above list of hotels or accommodation options useful for your upcoming Spiti Valley or Kinnaur

Valley trip. If you happen to know any updated contact numbers or missing contact numbers of these hotels or any

other nice and good option of stay in Spiti Valley or Kinnaur Valley, kindly leave a comment as it will be helpful for

other fellow travellers as well looking for similar info… If you have ever stayed at any of these hotels, please share

your experience with us too either as comments below or in the DoW Community under forum Hotels, Guest

Houses & Home Stays in Himalayas