This excellent trans-Himalayan tour takes you over the two high mountain passes of the 13,050 feet high Rohtang La and the 14950 feet Kunzum La into the mountain desert land of Spiti, with its wide river basin and dramatically located monasteries of Ki, Dhankar, Kungri, and Tabo. Tabo is also known as the Ajanta - Ellora of the Himalayas famous for its frescoes and wall paintings still amazingly well preserved for over a 1000 years. Your tour goes through this stunning landscape into the verdant valley of Kinnaur and ends at the capital city of Himachal Pradesh - Shimla. This town is known for its heritage buildings, which were built in the late 19 th century when Shimla was the summer capital of India of British India.