Spiti Valley Tour Guide | Shimla to Kaza Road Trip | Lahaul Spiti Tour | Manali to Kaza

Spiti Valley Tour Guide | Shimla to Kaza Road Trip | Lahaul Spiti Tour | Manali to Kaza

Kaza, also spelled Kaze, Karze, Karzey, is a town and the subdivisional headquarters of the remote Spiti Valley in the western Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Spiti is a high altitude or cold desert having close similarities to the neighbouring Tibet and Ladakh regions in terms of terrain, climate and the Buddhist culture. Kaza, situated along the Spiti River at an elevation of 3,650 m (11,980 ft) above mean sea level, is the largest township and commercial center of the Spiti valley.

The town is divided into the old, as Kaza Khas and new as Kaza Soma sections. The new town contains the administrative buildings. Approaching Kaza from the south, one sees Kyu-ling (Skyid-gling), the stately palace of the Nono (king) on the other side of the river.

The Tangyud (Tang-rGyud) Gompa of village Komik dates to the early 14th century and is built like a fortified castle with massive slanted mud walls and battlements with vertical red ochre and white vertical stripes. It is on the edge of a deep canyon and overlooking the town of Kaza, 4 km from the town. Kaza hosts a branch of the Tangyud Gompa.

Timeline
0:00 - Introduction to Kaza Himachal Pradesh
1:59 - Kaza Spiti Valley Himachal Pradesh Description
2:07 - Tabo to Dhankar Monastery
4:29 - How the Himalayas were formed
5:45 - Tabo to Dhankar Monastery
7:39 - Dhankar Monastery
9:22 - Dhankar Monastery to Kaza
11:02 - Chicham Bridge
12:03 - Kibber Village Himachal
13:04 - Key Monastery
15:03 - Kaza Hotel
16:18 - Sakya Tangyud Monastery, Kaza
16:44 - Kaza to Kalpa
18:22 - Kaza end

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