Manali is a pleasant hillstation in Himachal Pradesh. It becomes very crowded and quite commercial during the peak seasons. You can do white water rafting at Manali which is highly recommended. It is situated at an altitude of 2,050 m (6,726 ft) in the Beas River Valley. Its is usually known as Kullu Manali due to the proximity of the 2 places. You can Google for Manali and you will find many blogs and information on Manali.
We did not take a day to explore Manali, as most of us have already been here. We instead chose to head to Chandigarh / Ambala and eventually to Delhi, which would complete our journey!
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| Manali to Ambala 335kms |
There are 2 routes you can take to reach Chandigarh or Ambala from Manali. Coming down from Manali head towards Mandi then Bilaspur. Just a little ahead at Swarghat there will be a fork on the road. One will take you on the Rupnagar->kharar->Chandigarh/Ambala and the other from Nalagarh-> Baddi -> Chandigarh/Ambala. You can take either one of them. The entire route is highway and pretty well maintained.
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| Towering coniferous tress at Manali |
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| Manali |
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| Buying apples and plums on route |
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| Taking photos of huge waterfalls |
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| Confluence of Beas and Parvati rivers |
You can choose to stay at Chandigarh or head a little further to Ambala. Since we had time on hand, we headed to Ambala and spent the night there. Just before checking into the hotel, we stopped at a roadside dhaba and had a huge dinner with enormous glasses of lassi!
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| Huge glasses of lassi at Ambala |
