01Parvati River
The valley's spine: glacier-fed and startlingly loud, it runs right past Kasol's cafes. Come at first light, when the peaks upstream catch the sun before the water does.
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Pine forests, hot springs and the roaring Parvati
Kasol
Kasol is one riverside street of bakeries and guesthouses, wedged between deodar forest and the milky-turquoise Parvati. Wake to the river's roar and walk half an hour through pines to Chalal for breakfast. Four kilometres upriver, Manikaran's springs boil hot enough to cook rice; a day further on, Kheerganga's hot spring steams in a high meadow.
Best timeMarch to June and late September to November — green valley, clear peaks, and no monsoon landslides
Ideal duration4-6 days
Great forBackpackers, young couples, trekkers and first-time Himalaya travellers
Trip highlights
Trek to Kheerganga's hot springLangar and hot springs, ManikaranRiverside cafes in ChalalSnow-peak sunrises from ToshPine forest walks beside Parvati
Top places in Kasol
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02Manikaran Sahib
A Sikh gurdwara and Hindu temples share a gorge four kilometres upriver, built over springs so hot that pilgrims cook rice in them. The free langar runs all day.
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03Tosh
The last village on the road, stacked on a slope above the Parvati. Guesthouse balconies face a wall of snow peaks that turns gold at sunset.
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04Kheerganga Trek
The valley's signature walk: a steady four-to-six-hour climb from Barshaini through pine and waterfall country to a natural hot spring at roughly 3,000 metres. Start early.
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05Chalal
A thirty-minute walk from Kasol along the Parvati, through pine forest and over boulder beds, to a quiet hamlet of riverside cafes and camps.
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