Backpacking with a Purpose
₹10,000.00
Carry back everlasting memories as you backpack lightly (and meaningfully) across surreal Spiti, making a difference to the people & the place.
What if you could add purpose to your backpacking and experience the “real” destination rather than a packaged one?
- Trek along the World’s highest villages, over majestic highlands and surreal valleys
- Explore Spitian life as an insider
- Engage in activities that impact the lives of these hardy mountain folk
- Help reduce the impacts of climate change, creating access to water – essential to lives and livelihoods.
- Visit unique and ancient Buddhist monasteries and temples dating back to over 1000 years encased in legend and folklore.
- Experience the warmth of Spitian hospitality at cozy homestay accommodations
Go from back-packer to change-maker this season, and make your travel memorable and meaningful not just for you but for the place and people you visit.
Kaza – Dhankhar – Tabo – Demul – Komic – Hikkim – Langza – Kee - Kaza
Day 1Arrive in Kaza
Meet us in Kaza today! Please make your own way to Kaza today. It will take you 1 day from Manali and 2 days from Shimla.
Day 2Kaza to Dhankhar to Tabo to Kaza
Glimpses of the days to come and the impact you will be making.
Make a difference – Get involved with Ecosphere’s I Love Spiti initiative to reduce plastic waste in the Valley.
Dhankhar – the erstwhile capital of Spiti.
Travel back in time at the ancient Dhankhar Monastery & Fort.
Tabo and its over 1000-year-old monastery – popularly referred to as the Ajanta of the Himalayas.
Day 3Kaza to Demul
Scenic Demul Village – Spiti’s model sustainable village, also famous for its Arak (local brew) and Folk performances.
Immerse yourself in the simple joys of mountain village life at Demul.
Interact, share stories and aspirations or just be!
Experience living in one of the remotest parts of the World – far from any form of connectivity.
Get a taste of the best Arak in Spiti.
Hike to a spectacular vantage point.
Day 4Demul
Make a difference – Volunteer on Ecosphere’s initiative to reduce impacts of Climate Change and create access to water.
Help build artificial glaciers or trenches to store water.
Spectacular Spitian night skies – a photographer’s delight.
Day 5Demul to Komic to Hikkim to Langza to Kee to Kaza
Trek to Komic – World’s Highest Village.
Hikkim – World’s Highest Post Office. Send postcards to your loved ones back home.
Picture perfect Langza Village – famous for its Buddha Statue and mud craft.
The iconic Kee Monastery for spectacular travel and photographic memories.
- All accommodation Day 1 to Day 5 on a sharing basis
- Guide Day 2 to Day 5
- Meals Day 3 lunch to Day 5 lunch (lunches will be packed) Meals left open on the rest of the days to enable greater flexibility on meal options and places to eat.
- Transfers Day 2 (Dhankhar & Tabo), Day 3 (Demul), Day 5 ( Komic pick up, Hikkim, Langza, Kee, Kaza)
- Monastery fees while in Spiti
- I Love Spiti Bottle
- First aid kit
- GST @ 5%
- Mineral water and beverages (other than those provided)
- Tips & Insurance
- Visa & Inner Line Permit (For Foreign Nationals only)
- Expenses arising out of unforeseen circumstances, road blocks or medical emergencies
- (*) activities entail an additional charge
Add Day Trips
Short but culturally-vibrant experiences that are windows to Spitian life.
Enjoy these experiences as stand-alone programs or add them onto an existing Ecosphere trip.
Cook Like as Local
- January To December
- 1 to 2 Hours
- 600 pp
Folk Expressions
- May to October
- 1 to 2 Hours
- 10000
Bhuchen Performance
- May to October
- 1 to 2 Hours
- 15000
Throw a Pot!
- May to October
- 1 Hour
- 600 pp
Mountain Biking
- May to October
- 1 Day
- 1500 pp
Yak-Back Safari
- May to October
- 2 to 5 Hours
- 2000 pp (min 2 yaks)
Spin Yak Rope
- January to December
- 30 Mins to 1 Hour
- 600 pp
Say Yak Cheese!
- May to October
- 30 Mins to 1 Hour
- 600 pp
Session with Amchi
- May to October
- 30 Mins to 1 Hour
- 600 pp
Nun for a Day
- May to October
- 1 Day
- 2500 pp
NO ONE KNOWS SPITI LIKE US
We are local and we are passionate. With us you will experience the hidden gems of Spiti like an insider.
GOOD KARMA
What you pay for your trip goes directly towards creating local livelihoods and supporting various development & conservation projects in Spiti.
YOU’RE IN SAFE HANDS
Your safety is our utmost priority. We ensure our trips and staff follow highest safety standards and protocols. Our guides are all first aid trained and air ambulance services are just a call away.
WE CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Traveling with us means you leave ZERO carbon footprint – all your emissions + more is offset by our award winning solar projects. We provide you reusable water bottles to ensure you don’t need to buy bottled water.
AWARDED & FEATURED
Internationally recognized as a leader in responsible travel and recommended by leading travel guides, magazines and blogs.
Dont just take our word for it!
The experience with ‘Spiti Ecosphere’ was one of its kind, as it not only provided my wife and me with an experience of a lifetime, but also opened our minds to the hidden world of Spiti. Ecosphere ensured that it was a safe, clean, scenic and educative journey for us. Most importantly, it was humbling to see how Spiti Ecosphere, especially Ishita has changed the lives of the people of Spiti, by the untiring energy, that Ecosphere dedicates for the better upliftment of the local people. I would sincerely advise anyone to only use Spiti Ecosphere, if one plans Spiti as their destination.
A genuine responsible travel agency led by warm and sincere people. If you are looking for a real experience of Spiti in a way that supports the locals and protects their environment, Ecosphere must be your choice.
Spiti has left an unimaginable impressions on our minds and souls. Kudos to Ecosphere for organizing a very memorable trip and introducing us to the wonderful world of spiti with its magnificent peaks.A big thank you and warm hugs to the entire team of Ecosphere for doing such wonderful projects.!! Hoping to be back in spiti very soon. Once again thank you team Ecosphere for making our holidays so memorable and taking care of us like a family. Took care of us like family.
Spiti with Ecosphere was a life changing experience for me. I grew up as a person while 'living like a local' in this wonderland. Understanding the local way of life, its merits, its struggle and its sanctity had a profound effect on me. I've never traveled with an itinerary, so I was apprehensive doing the same here, but Ecosphere has done a wonderful job, not only in managing this programme for us but good work done by this organization is visible everywhere which somehow makes me feel extremely proud that I was tiny part of their efforts to do something good for real and not just for show. This was travelling redefined for me and I looking forward to be a part of the good work again, for sure.
This was the most rewarding experience of my life. . Spiti Ecosphere gave me an amazing volunteering opportunity that allowed me to help build a greenhouse in a small village in Spiti Valley, a mountain desert where nothing grows. I signed up for Ecosphere’s 2-week voluntourism program that combines volunteer work with the opportunity to explore the beauty of the valley without the negative side effects of commercial tourism. . What Ishita and Ecosphere are doing in Spiti is remarkable. Ecosphere is helping local communities create sustainable means of living through its many projects, volunteerism being just one of them.
Spiti with Ecosphere was a life changing experience for me. I grew up as a person while 'living like a local' in this wonderland. Understanding the local way of life, its merits, its struggle and its sanctity had a profound effect on me. I've never traveled with an itinerary, so I was apprehensive doing the same here, but Ecosphere has done a wonderful job, not only in managing this programme for us but good work done by this organization is visible everywhere which somehow makes me feel extremely proud that I was tiny part of their efforts to do something good for real and not just for show. This was travelling redefined for me and I looking forward to be a part of the good work again, for sure.
Outlook
World Travel and Tourism Council
Virgin Holidays & Responsible Travel
Wild Asia
Travel+Leisure
The Ashden Awards For Sustainable Energy
The Sierra Club
L’Oréal Paris
CNN IBN & Reliance Foundation
CNN-IBN
The IIPTI Global Awards
Economic Times
