Places to visit in Spiti
Fourteen places in and around Spiti Valley, each with its altitude, its distance from Kaza and from Spiti Villa in Key, and the months when it is easiest to reach. The highest you can drive to is Komic, at about 4,520 m; the lowest is Tabo, at about 3,050 m.
Around Key and Kibber
The high villages above Kaza
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Langza 4,400 mFossils, the Buddha statue and a half-day loop with Hikkim and Komic.
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Hikkim 4,400 mThe post office billed as the world’s highest. Send a postcard home.
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Komic 4,520 mTangyud Monastery at about 4,520 m, one of the highest villages you can drive to.
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Kaza 3,650 mSpiti’s main town and its last big market, about 12 km below Key.
Down the valley, towards Kinnaur
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Dhankar 3,894 mA cliff-top gompa where the Spiti and Pin rivers meet. Once Spiti’s capital.
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Tabo 3,050 mFounded in 996 CE: mud halls, old murals and caves in the cliff above.
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Pin Valley 3,500 m to 6,000 m+A green side valley and national park, with Mudh village at the road’s end.
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Nako 3,625 mA lake and an old monastery in upper Kinnaur, the classic night before Spiti.
Spiti places by altitude
| Place | Altitude | From Kaza | From Spiti Villa | Best months |
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| Kunzum Pass | About 4,551 m | 79 km | About 90 km, via Kaza | Jun – Sep |
| Komic | About 4,520 m | About 16–19 km | About 22–26 km | Jun – Sep |
| Langza | About 4,400 m | About 15 km | About 22 km | Jun – Sep |
| Hikkim | About 4,400 m | About 14 km | About 20 km | Jun – Sep |
| Chandratal | About 4,300 m | About 95–100 km | About 110 km, via Kaza | Jun – early Oct |
| Kibber | About 4,270 m | 19 km | About 8 km | Jun – Sep; Jan – Mar for snow leopards |
| Key Monastery | About 4,166 m | About 12–14 km | About 4 km by road | Jun – Sep |
| Chicham Bridge | About 4,145 m | About 20 km | About 9 km | Jun – Sep |
| Losar | About 4,076 m | About 57 km | About 70 km, via Kaza | Jun – Sep |
| Dhankar | About 3,894 m | About 30 km | About 40 km | May – Oct |
| Kaza | About 3,650 m | In town | About 12 km | May – Oct |
| Nako | About 3,625 m | About 110 km | About 120 km | Apr – Oct |
| Pin Valley | 3,500 m to 6,000 m+ | About 50 km to Mudh | About 60 km | Jun – Sep |
| Tabo | About 3,050 m | About 47 km | About 58 km | May – Oct |
Road distances are from OpenStreetMap, rounded. Each place page lists its sources.
Stay in the middle of it
Spiti Villa is on Kibber Village Road, just below Key Monastery and 12 km from Kaza: 32 rooms, a glass-walled restaurant, and oxygen on site if the altitude catches up with you. Open all year.