{"id":6229,"date":"2011-06-20T08:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T02:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?p=6229"},"modified":"2012-03-29T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T08:51:50","slug":"photography-tour-lahaul-and-spiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/photography-tour-lahaul-and-spiti.html","title":{"rendered":"Heart of the Himalayas \u2013 A Photography Trek + Tour of Lahaul and Spiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our next grand tour is to the mountain lands and the Buddhist monasteries of Lahaul and Spiti. I will be leading this tour to see and photograph the most beautiful places you can ever see in the Himalayas and to Buddhist monastic centers that are nearly a millennium old.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"chandratal lake, lahaul and spiti\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/lahaul-spiti-chandratal.jpg\" alt=\"chandratal lake, lahaul and spiti\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Dates<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>July 14th to 21st, 2012<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>One of the still unexplored and insanely beautiful stretch of the Indian Himalayas, Lahaul and Spiti is a valley of stark landscapes and high snowy peaks stretching to the sky. Gurgling rivers and crystal clear lakes dot the highlands of Lahaul, while an ancient civilization has survived for nearly thousand years and has preserved its culture against the onslaught of modernity in Spiti. The faraway valley connected only through a narrow road that traverses through mountains over 10,000 feet high, this region offers vistas and heritage that can keep a travel photographer in a click-frenzy for months together.<\/p>\n<p>This photography tour is a unique combination of short &amp; easy treks, keeping photography in mind. The treks require only half a day\u2019s walking unlike usual trekking itineraries where one keeps walking non-stop for the whole day. This allows participants to walk in a leisurely pace without hurrying to reach the next settlement, stopping at will to shoot and explore. The trek spans for only three days of the itinerary, while we move around in vehicles in the remaining days. This offers an excellent option for photography enthusiasts to see many beautiful places, and at the same time visit exciting location that are not easily approached by road.<\/p>\n<p>See full details of our tour on <a title=\"Lahaul and Spiti\" href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/darter\/lahaul-spiti-photography-tour\">Lahaul and Spiti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darterphoto\">facebook page<\/a> to see all the upcoming tours and to stay updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our next grand tour is to the mountain lands and the Buddhist monasteries of Lahaul and Spiti. I will be leading this tour to see and photograph the most beautiful places you can ever see in the Himalayas and to Buddhist monastic centers that are nearly a millennium old. 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