Day 01: Arrive in Chandigarh and Drive to Shimla.

Arrive on the train (Shatabadi Express) or the flight and we will drive you to Shimla. This charming journey to the hills takes around four hours to bring you to this former Summer Capital of British India.

Day 02: Shimla Heritage Walk

Learn the history and geography of this hill station, which was established originally as a retreat, then a sanatorium, and then the Summer Capital. Your guide is a well-educated local resident who knows the town by heart. His curiosity to share the stories of this place makes your visit more interesting.

Day 03: Shimla – Kotkhai

Drive to Kotkhai for 2 hours and we take you to an amazing village where a local girl and her British husband have opened their house for visitors. Built in the middle of their apple orchard, this ancestral house of Devanshi and Micheal offers beautifully made comfortable rooms with attached facilities. In addition to the main house, there are a few mud homes also which keep you intact with their old charm.  Go around with Micheal or just relax in the garden. Meals are prepared from the product of their farm around. 

Afternoon Walk around the Apple Orchards or just relax garden.

Day 04: Kotkhai – Kotgarh

Kotgarh is the place where apple fruit was introduced in these hills. Samual Stoke or later he became Satyanand Stoke, brought saplings from his mother’s orchards in California and planted them here. Today Kotgarh is one of the richest villages in Asia, only due to apples and other stone fruits. Here we are going to stay with Kartik and Anuradha who have made their house in the hills. The couple started making jams from the fruit grown around, which made them famous in the area. Later they built a house and started hosting people.  In the afternoon visit some of the orchards, and a church and meet locals.

Day 05: Kotgarh

Let us walk through the hills of Kotgarh and enjoy the views of the orchards, Himalayan ranges, and the remote hamlets. This forest trail leads you through some of the breathtaking views of the hills and the habitats of wildlife

Day 06: Kotgarh - Chandigarh

After breakfast, drive to this new modern city of free India which was established after the Independence. The effects of the designs of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier can be seen everywhere in Chandigarh. We are going to stay with Dan Dhanoa, a villain from Bollywood. After leaving Bollywood in the late nineties, Dan became a sailor and had ample chances to travel across the world. Wherever he went he collected artifacts and placed them in his house which he has named Anchorage42. Interaction with Dan is subject to his availability in Chandigarh. Later a tour of the city is scheduled.

Day 07: Chandigarh Departure

An architectural tour of Chandigarh is scheduled in the first half of the day.

In the afternoon, we drive you to Airport/ Railway Station to catch flight/train for your onwards journey.