Snow Leopard Expedition in 9 Days — Winter in Kibber, Spiti
9D · 8NSarahan 1N → Kalpa 1N → Tabo 1N → Kibber 4N → Kalpa 1NStay · food · travel included Itinerary PDF
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Pickup & drop included
Stay included
Breakfast included
Sightseeing included
Local host included
Local Kit included
Starts & ends at Kaza bus stand, or a pickup from Manali/Shimla arranged in advance. Arriving by bus or road? We pick you up anywhere in the city.
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Stay
Hotels & homestays, included — Heated hotels in Sarahan and Kalpa, and Spitian village homestays in Tabo and Kibber with bukhari stoves; twin sharing.
Food
•All meals
•Packed lunch and hot tea in the field on tracking days
Trip highlights
- Three full days tracking snow leopards with local Kibber spotters
- Ibex, blue sheep, red fox and Himalayan wolf in their winter range
- Winter Spiti and Kinnaur by 4×4 — snow-bound monasteries and villages
- Warm village homestays heated with bukharis
- Season: January to March, when the cats come down to the valleys
- Sightings are likely but never guaranteed — it's wild nature
Included
- 8 nights in heated hotels and village homestays (twin sharing)
- All meals from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 9
- 4×4 SUV with snow chains and an experienced mountain driver, Shimla to Shimla
- Local snow leopard spotters and their scopes for three full tracking days
- Expedition leader trained in first aid; oxygen cylinder and pulse oximeter
- Inner line and wildlife permits
Not included
- ✕Travel to Shimla and back
- ✕Camera gear and long lenses
- ✕Personal winter gear
- ✕Extra nights if snow closes the road
- ✕Travel insurance (strongly advised)
- ✕Anything personal
Things to carry
- Down jacket rated to −20 °C and windproof outer layer
- Thermals, fleece, woollen cap, balaclava, warm gloves and liner gloves
- Snow boots or insulated waterproof shoes
- Binoculars (spotting scopes are provided)
- Camera with a long lens if you shoot wildlife, plus spare batteries (they drain fast in the cold)
- Sunglasses, sunscreen, lip balm
- Personal medicines; ask your doctor about Diamox
- Government photo ID
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