 
WALK AROUND THE TOWN
WOODS-N'-VALLEYS
SHIMLA FROM DAWN-TO-DUSK
RIVER VALLEY
HIMALAYAN HEIGHTS
MISTY MEADOWS
SHIMLA-ON-WHEELS
OTHER RECREATIONS
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GREEN VALLEY (11 Kms.)
Halt at Green Valley on national highway, having panoramic view of Asia’s thickest pine forest. Ideal for photography. |
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KALYANI HELIPAD (14 Kms.)
At a height of
8000 ft. near Chhrabra, level ground giving excellent views from three sides. Seasonal flower nursery. |
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KUFRI (16 Kms.)
On Hindustan Tibet Road (NH-22), Kufri is a small village. Excellent view of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Pirpanjal and Shiwalik ranges from a height. Valley dotted with hamlets, orchards and snowy slopes in winter. Kufri has the oldest and one of the finest ski-slopes in the country. Trek or pony ride to Fagu Valley, Mahasu Peak and small temple of Lord Shiva.
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CHINI BUNGALOW / INDIRA TOURIST PARK (18 Kms.)
Mini zoo. Bhojpatra trees on which Ramanaya was written. Yak and pony rides. |
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FAGU (22 Kms.)
View of two valleys opposite each other, having orchards.
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NARKANDA (64 Kms.)
Gurkhas had once built a fortress here in nineteenth century. In Pirpanjal range, Narkanda derived from ‘Nagkanda’ offers a splendid view of snow-scapped mountains of inner Himalayas. Trekker’s delight is summer and skier’s paradise in winter. Trek or pony ride on meadows called domdi locally. Narkanda is Himachal’s answer to Kashmir’s Gulmarg. Himalayan horse chestnuts (Aesculus indica) locally called Khanor, are grown.
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