From the lush birch forests of the Baspa Valley to the cold desert plateaus of the Hangrang Valley — eleven villages, eleven worlds, one extraordinary district.
The Baspa Valley — green, dramatic, and deeply beautiful — is where most travellers fall in love with Kinnaur.
The most beautiful valley in Kinnaur — ancient Kamru Fort, apple orchards, the Baspa River, and the Fulaich festival. The perfect base camp for the valley.
Full Sangla Guide →The village everyone drives through. Ancient temples, traditional Kath-Kuni houses, apple orchards — stop here.
Explore →The edge of everything. India's last inhabited village before Tibet. The road stops here — and the mountains begin.
Explore →The Satluj corridor connects lower Kinnaur to the high valleys — dramatic gorges, administrative centres, and the region's finest sunrise views.
Nowhere in Kinnaur — perhaps nowhere in the Himalayas — offers a dawn like this. Kinner Kailash peak at 6,050 metres, burning orange at eye level as you wake. This is the Kalpa sunrise, and it is everything.
Full Kalpa Guide →The beating heart of Kinnaur. Get your permit, stock up on cash, and launch into the mountains from here.
Explore →Ancient fort ruins, traditional stone houses, and the Moorang Kanda ridge for panoramic valley views.
Explore →Beyond the Khab bridge, Inner Line Permit in hand, lies a landscape that shifts from Himalayan to Tibetan. These are Kinnaur's most dramatic — and most remote — destinations.
A glacial lake surrounded by ancient willows, an 11th-century Buddhist monastery with murals attributed to Rinchen Zangpo's era, and a silence so complete it becomes a kind of music. Nako is Kinnaur's spiritual centrepiece.
Full Nako Guide →The last significant town before Tibet. Stock up on fuel and supplies — the landscape beyond is extraordinary and unforgiving.
Explore →Kinnaur's apple heartland — terraced orchards, ancient temples, and views of the Satluj Valley. Off the beaten path.
Explore →Lower Kinnaur's forest village — off the tourist circuit, warm hospitality, ancient Narayan temple.
Explore Nichar →The lower Satluj corridor — entry point to Kinnaur and home to the district's most dramatic gorge scenery.
Explore Pangi →Use our curated itineraries to connect the villages into a perfect Kinnaur circuit — 3, 5, or 7 days.
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