Spiti Valley Bus Service
Hrtc is undoubtedly the backbone of the transportation throughout Spiti valley.Be it connecting SPiti to the rest of the nation or interconnecting the villages of spiti atleast during summertime.The Hrtc staff selflessly serves in these treacherous yet picturesque roads round the clock braving the cold.If you are on a budget trip then taking a bus to spiti valley makes all the sense in the world.It’s cheap,timely,relatively safer,dependable and you get to understand how much Spitians rely on these buses for transportation.As a matter of fact these b uses bring in the mail from Kinnaur to Spiti so the first seat is reserved for the indian postal department, these buses also bring in newspaper from the previous day into the valley.The road to Spiti passes through Lahaul and Kinnaur,these regions are frequent to blasting by the Border roads Organisation on selective days for road maintainance and widening so if you are stuck in a jam don’t start cursing, everybody else is, and this is a part of the harsh lifestyle here.One unique thing I noticed about the buses towards Spiti is that the driver and the conductor carry heavy duty -20C sleeping bags with themselves.
Buses within Spiti
These buses are active before snow hits the valley around the month of December.After which travelling within Spiti valley can be done through shared taxis or even hitch hiking is also a good idea.
- Kaza to Kullu Bus – 5:00 AM
- Chango to Kaza Bus – 6:00 AM
- Kaza to Shimla Bus – 7:30 AM
- Mud Village to Kaza Bus – 6:00 AM
- Komik to Kaza Bus – 7:30 AM
- Chicham to Kaza Bus – 8:00 AM
- Kaza to Chango Bus – 2:30 PM
- Lhalung to Kaza Bus – 7:30 AM
- Kaza to Mud Village Bus – 4:00 PM
- Kaza to Losar Bus – 4:30 PM
- Losar to Kaza Bus – 7:00 AM
- Kaza to Komik Bus – 5:00 PM
- Kaza to Demul Bus – 5:00 PM
- Demul to Kaza Bus – 7:30 AM
- Kaza to Chicham Bus – 5:00 PM
- Kaza to Lhalung Bus – 5:15 PM
Shimla to Kaza Bus
There is a Bus from Shimla that leaves for Kaza at 6:30 PM. This Bus is a direct Bus from Shimla to Kaza. It travels all night and reaches Reckong Peo sometime at 6 AM. At Peo, the conductor would ask the passengers for for anyone who wants to continue traveling to Kaza and give out tickets to whoever is continuing and assings a seat number as well. The Bus here may or may not change but the driver and conductor definitely will.
At 5:30 AM, this bus would again start from Reckong Peo for Kaza with new passngers who boarded from Peo. It arrives at Kaza sometime in the evening at around 5 PM. Below is a breakdown of fares per person.
- Delhi to Shimla: Rs. 420
- Shimla to Reckong Peo: Rs. 436
- Reckong Peo to Tabo: Rs. 312
- Tabo to Kaza: Rs. 88
Buses for Spiti Valley ,Kinnaur Valley ,Sangla Valley
The text in the image above may not be clear so let me word the schedule above. These are the buses that you can board for visiting Spiti Valley, Sangla Valley or Kinnaur Valley.
- Shimla to Kaza Bus – 6:30 PM Daily
- Shimla to Pooh Bus – 4:00 AM; Daily
- Shimla to Reckong Peo Bus – 5:00 AM Daily
- Shimla to Rampur Bus – 3:10 PM, 4:10 PM; Daily
- Shimla to Tapri Bus – 11:15 AM Daily
- Reckong Peo to Tabo Bus – 9:00 AM Daily
- Rampur to Tabo Bus – 5:00 AM Daily
- Tabo to Rampur via Reckong Peo Bus – 5:00 AM Daily
- Delhi to Reckong Peo Bus – 6:00, 7:15 AM Daily
- Delhi to Rampur Bus – 4:30 AM, 5:30 AM, 11:40 AM, 11:00 PM, 11:30 PM Daily
- Chandigarh to Sangla Bus – 10:30 AM Daily
- Chandigarh to Reckong Peo Bus – 9:00 AM, 10:20 AM; 10:00 PM Daily
- Chandigarh to Kafnu Bus – 8:30 AM Daily
- Chandigarh to Anni Bus – 8:15 AM Daily
- Kalka to Sarahan Bus – 9:30 AM Daily
- Ambala to Rampur Bus – 01:30 PM Daily
- Haridwar to Reckong Peo Bus – 5:15 AM Daily
- Haridwar to Sarahan Bus – 9:10 AM Daily
- Dharamshala to Thangi Bus – 4:30 AM Daily
- Solan to Lippa Bus – 6:15 AM Daily
- Nalagarh to Reckong Peo Bus – 10:00 AM Daily
- Hamirpur to Reckong Peo Bus – 10:40 AM, 8:00 PM Daily
- Hamirpur to Rampur Bus – 10:30 PM Daily
- Jammu to Rampur Bus – 7:00 AM Daily
- Devra to Premnagar Bus – 9:00 AM Daily
Other Buses En Route
- Kaza to Chandratal Bus – No Direct Bus available. You will have to board the Manali bus, get down at Batal and then hitchhike or walk to Chandratal.
- Reckong Peo to Chandigarh Bus – Daily Bus at 1:30 PM
- Kaza to Dhankar Bus – No direct Bus available. You can board either of the buses going towards Peo or Chango for this journey. You will have to however get down at Shishling and walk uphill to Dhankar.
- Manali to Chandratal Bus – No Direct Bus available. You will have to board the Kaza bus, get down at Batal and then hitchhike or walk to Chandratal.
- Kaza to Reckong Peo Bus – Daily Bus at 7.30 AM
Winter travel in Spiti
I happened to visit Spiti on a winter once and it’s all fun and games till you reach Kaza. After that there might be some black ice on the road or too much snow most of the times it’s just ice in the parts which are in the shade.I’ve seen a lot of people who had taken their swanky SUV’s to spiti valley chickening out at the first sight of ice,which is usually after Kee Monastry ! There are a lot of shared cabs available on weekdays because a lot of people come from distant villages to Kaza for their jobs.To travel seamlessly in winters understanding how this system works is important.While you might find a few cabs near the bus stand in the morning outbound from Kaza. Most cabs will carry people inbound to Kaza in the morning. In the evening when their work is over they will be going back,that is precisely when you get your ride out of Kaza at cheap prices.For hitchiking weekdays are the best because again people go to work and are happy to give you a ride.In weekends the traffic reduces so does the probability of getting a lift.I hitchhiked Kaza-Kee-Kibber-Hikkim circuit on a Sunday in peak winters,so it is doable but you just have to be a bit patient and shameless to be honest.
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Spiti valley bus service
Hrtc is undoubtedly the backbone of the transportation throughout Spiti valley.Be it connecting SPiti to the rest of the nation or interconnecting the villages of spiti atleast during summertime.The Hrtc staff selflessly serves in these treacherous yet picturesque roads round the clock braving the cold.If you are on a budget trip then taking a bus to spiti valley makes all the sense in the world.It’s cheap,timely,relatively safer,dependable and you get to understand how much Spitians rely on these buses for transportation.As a matter of fact these b uses bring in the mail from Kinnaur to Spiti so the first seat is reserved for the indian postal department, these buses also bring in newspaper from the previous day into the valley.The road to Spiti passes through Lahaul and Kinnaur,these regions are frequent to blasting by the Border roads Organisation on selective days for road maintainance and widening so if you are stuck in a jam don’t start cursing, everybody else is, and this is a part of the harsh lifestyle here.One unique thing I noticed about the buses towards Spiti is that the driver and the conductor carry heavy duty -20C sleeping bags with themselves.
Buses within Spiti
These buses are active before snow hits the valley around the month of December.After which travelling within Spiti valley can be done through shared taxis or even hitch hiking is also a good idea.
- Kaza to Kullu Bus – 5:00 AM
- Chango to Kaza Bus – 6:00 AM
- Kaza to Shimla Bus – 7:30 AM
- Mud Village to Kaza Bus – 6:00 AM
- Komik to Kaza Bus – 7:30 AM
- Chicham to Kaza Bus – 8:00 AM
- Kaza to Chango Bus – 2:30 PM
- Lhalung to Kaza Bus – 7:30 AM
- Kaza to Mud Village Bus – 4:00 PM
- Kaza to Losar Bus – 4:30 PM
- Losar to Kaza Bus – 7:00 AM
- Kaza to Komik Bus – 5:00 PM
- Kaza to Demul Bus – 5:00 PM
- Demul to Kaza Bus – 7:30 AM
- Kaza to Chicham Bus – 5:00 PM
- Kaza to Lhalung Bus – 5:15 PM
Shimla to Kaza bus
There is a Bus from Shimla that leaves for Kaza at 6:30 PM. This Bus is a direct Bus from Shimla to Kaza. It travels all night and reaches Reckong Peo sometime at 6 AM. At Peo, the conductor would ask the passengers for for anyone who wants to continue traveling to Kaza and give out tickets to whoever is continuing and assings a seat number as well. The Bus here may or may not change but the driver and conductor definitely will.
At 5:30 AM, this bus would again start from Reckong Peo for Kaza with new passngers who boarded from Peo. It arrives at Kaza sometime in the evening at around 5 PM. Below is a breakdown of fares per person.
- Delhi to Shimla: Rs. 420
- Shimla to Reckong Peo: Rs. 436
- Reckong Peo to Tabo: Rs. 312
- Tabo to Kaza: Rs. 88
Buses to Spiti ,Kinnaur,Sangla
The text in the image above may not be clear so let me word the schedule above. These are the buses that you can board for visiting Spiti Valley, Sangla Valley or Kinnaur Valley.
- Shimla to Kaza Bus – 6:30 PM Daily
- Shimla to Pooh Bus – 4:00 AM; Daily
- Shimla to Reckong Peo Bus – 5:00 AM Daily
- Shimla to Rampur Bus – 3:10 PM, 4:10 PM; Daily
- Shimla to Tapri Bus – 11:15 AM Daily
- Reckong Peo to Tabo Bus – 9:00 AM Daily
- Rampur to Tabo Bus – 5:00 AM Daily
- Tabo to Rampur via Reckong Peo Bus – 5:00 AM Daily
- Delhi to Reckong Peo Bus – 6:00, 7:15 AM Daily
- Delhi to Rampur Bus – 4:30 AM, 5:30 AM, 11:40 AM, 11:00 PM, 11:30 PM Daily
- Chandigarh to Sangla Bus – 10:30 AM Daily
- Chandigarh to Reckong Peo Bus – 9:00 AM, 10:20 AM; 10:00 PM Daily
- Chandigarh to Kafnu Bus – 8:30 AM Daily
- Chandigarh to Anni Bus – 8:15 AM Daily
- Kalka to Sarahan Bus – 9:30 AM Daily
- Ambala to Rampur Bus – 01:30 PM Daily
- Haridwar to Reckong Peo Bus – 5:15 AM Daily
- Haridwar to Sarahan Bus – 9:10 AM Daily
- Dharamshala to Thangi Bus – 4:30 AM Daily
- Solan to Lippa Bus – 6:15 AM Daily
- Nalagarh to Reckong Peo Bus – 10:00 AM Daily
- Hamirpur to Reckong Peo Bus – 10:40 AM, 8:00 PM Daily
- Hamirpur to Rampur Bus – 10:30 PM Daily
- Jammu to Rampur Bus – 7:00 AM Daily
- Devra to Premnagar Bus – 9:00 AM Daily
Other Bus Routes
- Kaza to Chandratal Bus – No Direct Bus available. You will have to board the Manali bus, get down at Batal and then hitchhike or walk to Chandratal.
- Reckong Peo to Chandigarh Bus – Daily Bus at 1:30 PM
- Kaza to Dhankar Bus – No direct Bus available. You can board either of the buses going towards Peo or Chango for this journey. You will have to however get down at Shishling and walk uphill to Dhankar.
- Manali to Chandratal Bus – No Direct Bus available. You will have to board the Kaza bus, get down at Batal and then hitchhike or walk to Chandratal.
- Kaza to Reckong Peo Bus – Daily Bus at 7.30 AM
Winter travel in Spiti
I happened to visit Spiti on a winter once and it’s all fun and games till you reach Kaza. After that there might be some black ice on the road or too much snow most of the times it’s just ice in the parts which are in the shade.I’ve seen a lot of people who had taken their swanky SUV’s to spiti valley chickening out at the first sight of ice,which is usually after Kee Monastry ! There are a lot of shared cabs available on weekdays because a lot of people come from distant villages to Kaza for their jobs.To travel seamlessly in winters understanding how this system works is important.While you might find a few cabs near the bus stand in the morning outbound from Kaza. Most cabs will carry people inbound to Kaza in the morning. In the evening when their work is over they will be going back,that is precisely when you get your ride out of Kaza at cheap prices.For hitchiking weekdays are the best because again people go to work and are happy to give you a ride.In weekends the traffic reduces so does the probability of getting a lift.I hitch hiked Kaza-Kee-Kibber-Hikkim circuit on a Sunday in peak winters,so it is doable but you just have to be a bit patient and shameless to be honest.
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