The small print, in plain language
The figure on this site is indicative. Days, the machine, the month, the room, and how many of you there are all move it. We confirm a number in writing after we speak.
Nothing is held — a bike, a Thar, a Kaza room in August — until we say it is, and a token has arrived. The token is usually 30% of the confirmed plan, by UPI or bank transfer. This website does not take cards or wallets.
The person riding needs a permanent driving licence with a motorcycle (gear) endorsement. We look at it at the yard. If it doesn’t match the bike, the bike stays here. That feels strict until you’ve seen the alternative.
Pillion riders need a government photo ID. Riders should be 18 or over. Tell us about anything that matters at altitude — asthma, a recent surgery, a pregnancy — before you pay a token, not on the morning of Kunzum.
Spiti is a Border Roads road in a high desert that also snows. Landslides, a closed pass, a local restriction, or a sick guest can change the order of days. On a guided trip we decide, and we explain. The spirit of the trip stays; the Tuesday night might not.
Chandratal nights happen only when the camp and the spur road are open. If they aren’t, you still see the villages, and the camp night becomes a night in Kaza or Manali.
More than 30 days before the start: the token moves to another date in the same season, or we return it minus anything already paid to a stay that won’t refund us.
15 to 30 days: half the confirmed plan is kept.
7 to 14 days: three quarters.
Inside 7 days, or a no-show at the yard: the plan is kept. We have already turned other people away for those bikes and those rooms.
If we cancel because we can’t run the departure safely, you get the money back for the days we didn’t operate. Getting yourself to Shimla is still your journey.
Travel insurance with a high-altitude medical clause is your responsibility. We will remind you and we will not pretend to be the insurer.
Helmets stay on. Drinking and riding ends the trip. So does riding past the marshal into a closed section because the light was nice. We have hosted a lot of good guests. We don’t negotiate this part.
Quotes are in Indian rupees, before 5% GST where that tax applies. Fuel is extra on bikes. Lunch is extra. A single room is extra unless the plan already says single.
The numbers describe the current season’s way of working. A quote we confirm in writing is the quote, even if this page changes next month.
The form builds a note and keeps a copy in your browser so you can send it. We don’t run a checkout, and we don’t sell the enquiry to a marketplace. When you message the desk, you get the desk.
Because a Spiti week is not a hotel night. We read the plan, check the road and the bikes, then tell you the real number. A token — usually 30% — is collected by UPI or transfer after that, not on this page. You should be able to ask a question before money moves.
Guided means our marshal, mechanic, backup, stays, and the permits paperwork. A fixed date is that same ride, leaving on a published morning so a solo guest can join other people. Independent means we hand you a checked bike or car in Shimla. You handle the beds, the food, and the pace. Roadside assistance can be added. It is not a disguised tour.
Yes. The mountain plan doesn’t change. You add an overnight Volvo, or a flight plus a taxi, to Shimla, Manali, or Chandigarh — whichever city that route actually starts from. The Volvo pair is in the estimate. Flights stay yours to book, because prices move around more than the pass does.
Count on it from June through September, treat May and October as a conversation, and assume it is shut from November to April. Winter trips stay on the Kinnaur road and return the way they came. We will not sell you Chandratal in January.
Indian guests usually need nothing dramatic for the main Spiti circuit, and where a check-post wants a paper we already know the drill. Foreign guests need the protected-area formalities sorted before the trip, not at Nako. Tell us your passport country when you enquire.
On a guided summer plan, on a 350 or a Himalayan, with the Shimla-side start — yes, if you already ride a motorcycle on the highway and you have a permanent gear licence. Not as your first fortnight on two wheels. In winter, first-timers sit in a car. We are happy to say no. It’s cheaper than a rescue.
Yes. Choose a shared ride and the bike line is split. The pillion needs an ID, not a licence, and a second helmet — add one, or bring one you trust. An odd number of people means one solo bike. We’ll sort that on the call rather than pretend.
The plan changes. That’s the job. A guided trip waits, reroutes via the open side, or sits a day in Kalpa. Extra nights and fuel are at cost — we don’t invoice a landslide as if we’d invented it, and we don’t pretend it was included. Independent riders get a phone call and our best local read, not a marshal.
Thar, Jimny, Scorpio N, Isuzu, Camper. Innova and Ertiga when the road is a road. A Dzire is for the gateway and a good highway day, and we will tell you to change it rather than let you find out at the first shelf. In winter, tall cars. Tempos for groups.