Snow city - Shimla manali Trip during Winter

Climate was very cool around 7c. Night it used to get more colder and difficult to roam around . So we decided to take rest the first day by having some hot soup. This resort is actually around 3km out from the shimla town.

Once we entered the shimla town , full town was covered with snow but luckily roads were open and it took almost 2.5 hours to reach kufri which is 15 km from shimla .We had decided to do skiing so once we entered kufri driver stopped us to buy some snow shoes and dress for rent .This kind of shoes is must to buy to walk on snow and dress is also needed so that your expensive jackets dont get spoiled. total package for one person ( including dress ,shoes and skiing ,tube ride 2k per person) Prices were bit on higher side but we did not have choice and no one seemed to reduce or bargain

After skiing and tube ride , we had to take horse ride to reach top of kufri pont . Horse ride costs 500 per person .the place was too crowded and too many horses around

Horse ride took us to some one the best views one could ever get .The ride was bit scary but somehow managed to reach the top of kufri.

You can have maagi and some snacks at this place. after spending around one hour at this kufri fun world we had to wait for our house to come . The horse ride took 30 min one way . After we came back we came back to shimla town and decided to visit shimla mall road. We had heard a lot about the mall round and wanted to do some shopping here. You get good quality woolen shawls and clothes.

There are plenty of good restaurants here at mall road. you can spend at least 2 to 3 hours here . After shopping and eating we decided to come back to hotel and take rest

On the way we stopped at this vaishno devi temple .

We reached manali at around 6.30 pm . checked in to the hotel quality inn and suites.(highly recommend this place for couples and family travel) They upgraded our room for free to duplex and view from the room was awesome

We wanted to visit solang valley in the noon but due to snowfall the valley was closed for visitors. We were disappointed

We got to experience snow fall for the first time and it was amazing . Our checkout got delayed due to road blocks . Driver was not able to reach our hotel so we had to stay till 12 pm in the hotel and enjoyed every moment with the snowfall . It was like dream come true

Finally it took around 10 hours to reach chandigarh at around 8.30 pm in the evening . We took rest at the hotel

Day 7- Last day of the trip