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Spiti Snow Leopard Expedition

Lahaul & Spiti
Duration
10 Days · 9 Nights
The route
Lahaul & Spiti
Style
Snow leopard tracking
Best season
Jan–Mar · winter tracking
The route

9 nights, 1 stop — snow leopard tracking.

From Spiti to Spiti, the route is built around the snow leopard and the high cold desert.

Lahaul & Spiti
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Snow leopard
Snow leopard
Spiti's quieter tracking.
Ibex
Ibex
On the cliffs.
Himalayan wolf
Himalayan wolf
In the cold desert.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Shimla → Spiti

Into Spiti

Cold air, clear ridges.

Travel into the high Spiti valley and settle in among the monasteries and cold desert.

02Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

Glassing the high slopes.

Snow-leopard tracking around the Pin Valley and Kibber with local spotters, with ibex, blue sheep and Himalayan wolf.

03Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

Up before the light.

Glassing the high valleys for the snow leopard, in a quieter, remoter setting than Ladakh.

04Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

Patience at altitude.

Snow-leopard tracking around the Pin Valley and Kibber with local spotters, with ibex, blue sheep and Himalayan wolf.

05Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

The peaks on the skyline.

Glassing the high valleys for the snow leopard, in a quieter, remoter setting than Ladakh.

06Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

Cold air, clear ridges.

Snow-leopard tracking around the Pin Valley and Kibber with local spotters, with ibex, blue sheep and Himalayan wolf.

07Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

Glassing the high slopes.

Glassing the high valleys for the snow leopard, in a quieter, remoter setting than Ladakh.

08Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

Up before the light.

Snow-leopard tracking around the Pin Valley and Kibber with local spotters, with ibex, blue sheep and Himalayan wolf.

09Spiti

Spiti snow leopard

Patience at altitude.

Glassing the high valleys for the snow leopard, in a quieter, remoter setting than Ladakh.

10Spiti → onward

Departure

A last morning, then the road home.

A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

Jan – Mar

Winter tracking

The cat comes lower to hunt — cold, demanding, the prime chance.

Oct & Apr

Shoulder

Cold and quiet at the edges of the season.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Snow Leopard

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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