Kalpa - Highest Peak of Himachal Pradesh




Kalpa is the attractive destination of 
Himachal Pradesh popular for wonderful hills and beautiful scenery. It is a town that relaxes the visitors with cool climate. Kalpa town is having countless tourist destinations. The surrounding area is also covered with hills that means voyagers are getting complete hilly areas to enjoy their vacations. However, Kalpa is turned as most demanding peak among other nearby hills. People are using this town as base to visit other locations of the state.

If you visit to Kalpa then you can also attain to Rekong Peo that is positioned at only gap of 13 kms. This attractive place (Rekong Peo) is so stunning and able to provide best views of green valleys. The altitude of Rekong Peo is 2670 mts. 

Another closer tourist spot of Kalpa is Kothi located at 3 kms distance from Rekong Peo. Kothi is popular for shrines devoted to Goddess Chanadika. The perfect view and magnificent scenery of Puh, Nako and Jangi hills are closer spots of Kalpa. 

Major Attractions of Kalpa: 
Kothi: initial tourist place for voyagers in Kalpa region is Kothi located at 3 kms distance from Reckong Peo. Reaching Kothi will take around 30 mins through car. Here the shrine is first place to visit as the structural design of temple is amazing. The golden image of Goddess Chanadika is wonderful. 



Chaka: a spot famous as Chaka is next destination for visitors. A long trekking is the way to reach peak of Chaka. Local guide is available to guide about the trek of Chaka. The altitude of this peak is approximately 15000 feet from the sea level. During the day trips are managed towards lake and the valley. It is best thing to do in the town so don’t miss the trip of lake and valley as Chaka. 



Kinner Kailash: another tourist place of Kalpa is Kinnaur Kailash also known as “Kinner Kailash”. It is the peak with 6500 meter height popular as sacred hill for Buddhist. 



Sangla Valley: a green valley of Kalpa is one more location for visitors. Bapsa River is flowing from this region and the altitude of valley is 8900 feet from the sea level. Some amazing spots in this region are Kilba, Sapni, Kamru Fort, Rackchham, etc. 



Batseri: a small bug impressive village known as Batseri is next destination for voyagers. It is closer to Baspa River and only accessible by walk. During the village route there are some typical streams which are able to take your breath away. 



Kamru Fort: if you like to attain historical places of Kalpa than Kamru Fort is best destination for you. Built at the good height of 2600 meter from the sea level and easily reachable from Sangla Valley. Distance between Sangal and Fort is only 2 kms, however if reaching from Shimla then you have to cover the distance of 229 kms. Numerous gates are specialty of the fort and Lord Buddha picture is special thing to watch. 



Roghi village: Kalpa is having numerous locations for voyagers and Roghi is one of the villages of Kalpa region positioned at 8 kms from the town. The place is famous for apple orchards, though voyagers can also take pleasure of tribal village living standard in Roghi. Suicide Point is the closer tourist attraction from Roghi village and its just 5 minutes distance to reach. 



Suicide Point: a spot known as Suicide Point positioned at 10 minutes distance from village Kalpa. Long time back lots of suicides being occurred from this spot because of poverty. Hence the spot is named as suicide point. It is the dangerous spot but famous for apple gardens. 



Sapni Fort: a last known destination of Kalpa is Sapni Fort placed closer to Sapni village. This unique structural place is having two buildings. A shrine of Goddess Kali is positioned in 5th storey of the building. Sources say King Padam Singh from Rampur constructed this fort for his queen. 



Attaining to Kalpa:
Reaching Kalpa is little difficult task but if you are reaching from Chandigarh then you have to cover the distance of 291 kms. However, if your route is from New Delhi then it is 557 kms away, if Kufri then 164 kms away, if Shimla than 178 kms far and if Kasauli then you have to travel for 246 kms distance. 

Journey towards Kalpa is little difficult because of high hills surrounding. There is no specific railway station and airport in Kalpa. Road is the only best method to reach Kalpa and private taxis are available from nearest big spots of the town. 

By Air: closest air base for Kalpa is Shimla connected with many cities of India. Direct domestic flights are available for Shimla from New DelhiBangaloreChennaiHyderabadKullu and many other cities. 

By Bus: reaching Kalpa by road is finest method and frequent bus services are available from Shimla. Bus service is available from Kullu as well. State transport is having better service from various parts of the state for Kalpa.