Friends & Tata Safaris: Delhi - Prashar Lake - Jalori Pass - Sainj - Shimla A driving trip was planned by group of Safari friends for Good Friday weekend. Hotel booking and other logistics was planned by MilesAhead Adventure Solutions owned by one of the group member. Day-1 Delhi - Mandi
Delhi - Ambala - Dharampur - (Sh9) - Sabathu - Arki - Piplughat - Bilaspur - Sundarnagar - Mandi
Pit stops : Zhilmil Dhaba - Break fast
Hotel Sagar View, Bilaspur - Lunch
Night Stay : Hotel River Bank , Mandi
Hotels - River Bank - is an average hotel with parking for 8 to 10 cars. Ok for one night stays or budget stay. Road Condition :
Delhi - Dharampur - Good and fast
Dharampur - Bilaspur - Patchy , Winding & Slow but very less traffic. Very scenic drive.
Bilaspur - Mandi - Very bad. Road widening in progress. It was worst due to rain.
We started by 0630 am on Friday. It was raining and progress was slow. Reached Karnal by 9am. Zhilmil was as usual awesome. Zirakpur to Dharampur had high traffic and reached by 1230pm. After Dharampur detour the progress was slow, every one enjoying the serene drive and reached Bilaspur by 4 pm and Mandi by 830 post lunch break.
Last edited by v&v : 11th April 2015 at 18:56.
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