Flying Tours in India

High in the Himalayas

Includes:

• All accommodation,
• Breakfast, lunch, plus dinner in Delhi and Bir
• All internal transport,
• Airport Transfers,
• Jeep to Take off, Retrieves etc.
• 2 Flying Guides – Adam Hill, Ajay Kumar

Excludes:

• International Flights (currently £426 return)
• Visa (Tourist Visa £30)
• Beverages
• Some dinners

Itinerary:

Day 1:	Arrive Delhi: Full Sleeper Bus overnight to Manali
Day 2:	Manali: Chill out and acclimatise in Manali, flying if you want
Day 3:	Above the Kullu Valley Fly Solang: Takeoff at 2500m this is the easiest site in the Kullu valley and base to a large tandem operation.. Located in a box valley this steep site is surrounded by spectacular peaks.
Day 4:	Fly Halan (2400m): Great site below Manali, offering huge height gains and stunning views.
Day 5:	Fly Halan: Our second day at this site, simply steep into the thermal elevator and ride as high as you want, top out float out over the valley and repeat, or try an exploratory XC up the valley towards Solang.
Day 6:	High above Gulaba. Fly Gulaba (3000m) This wonderful take off is set amongst tall spruce trees. We spend the day riding thermals, top landing in the high alpine meadows and end with a long ride down the valley towards Manali.
Day 7:	Fly Marhi (3700m). Further along the Rothang pass road from Gulaba we pass the tree line and walk a short way to this jewel of a flying site. Wide open grassy fields offer excellent high altitude dynamic soaring.
Day 8:	Fly Marhi: We try and fly around the valley today, linking the all the sites, and impressive XC.
Day 9:	Drive to Billing in the morning, if we arrive with good time, we will have a late afternoon flight.
Day 10:	Above Bir launch Fly Bir (2400m). One of the world’s premier XC sites. With large thermals, big height gains. This site is the text book xc site, with climbs in all the places you would expect, and ridges perfectly spaced an easy glide away, personal bests will be broken.
Day 11:	Fly Bir
Day 12:	Fly Bir
Day 13:	Fly Bir in morning, overnight sleeper bus to Delhi in the evening
Day 14:	Fly Home.

Whilst every effort is made to keep to the above itinerary, this is adventure travel in a mountain region. It is likely that there will be changes in the itinerary in terms of anything from the exact hotel used to the villages we may stop in for the night. Weather conditions, road conditions, vehicle breakdowns can all contribute to changes. The Tour Leader and guide will do everything to ensure that you are inconvenienced as little as possible in such circumstances. If problems do occur, an easy-going nature is a positive asset! This itinerary is not cast in stone and we may suggest other things of interest we have not mentioned here.

To make a booking or to find out more info please contact me.