Dalhousie Travel

Dalhousie is located in Himachal Predesh, india. Above sea level with an average elevation of 6,410 ft. Lord Dalhousie founded the town because its fresh and peaceful atmosphere and healthy surroundings enchanted. The English visited this place for their summer vacations. The bungalows here are all made in the English style. Situated in the Dhauladhar mountain range on five mountains, Dalhousie has thick forests of pine and deodar trees.

Dalhousie is a calm hill station with little nightlife, best suited for people who want to de-stress, who like the quiet, serene atmosphere and for honeymooners, ideal for long walks picnics and treks. It is not recommended for people who want discos, malls and multiplexes. While there is plenty to do see and experience, Dalhousie exuberates an old-world charm and it seems like it hasn’t quite caught up with the rest of the world yet.

Dalhousie is one hill station in India, which is increasingly becoming popular among home and foreign tourists. Nestled on the spur at the western end of Dhauladhar, the British Viceroy Lord Dalhousie founded Dalhousie in 1854, It is an absolute delight for trekkers and nature lovers.

Beside its breath taking landscapes and lush green forests of pine, cedar and deodar the un-spoiled and raw natural beauty attracts the most. Set on five hills and facing the Pir Panjal range, one can view the earth & sky kissing on the horizon. Fold after fold of mountains, snow-capped and pristine, can be viewed from the jagged Pangi Valley. If your heart beats for Kashmir, head here, for this is the only part of Himachal Pradesh that juts into Kashmir. The place is remarkably crime free.

Delhousie is probably the only hill station that did not gain the kind of affection Shimla or Darjeeling did from the rest of India. In fact its abandones remains, disowned by Lahore due to the Partition, have unflatteringly been labeled Dull and Lousy. Yet a walk around its three malls and wooded loops such as potreyn road, Bakrota and Moti Tibba hills is anything but dull. It has for instance as many as five functioning churches, British-style country houses now converted into hotels, a cemetery spread over nine terraces a beer brewery now in ruins and several colourful rock frescoes painted by the first flood to Tibetan emigres.

Delhousie begs to be visited on foot. Terah better known as Moti Tibba and Potreyn hills form the central part of the town and this is where the bus and taxi stands and most of the eateries are situated.

Sacred Heart School: The chapel has an 18th century Mannborg piano.
Also check out St Andrew’s Church St Francis Church and St Patrick’s Church

Waterfall Walk

For most visitors to Dalhousie a trip to Satdhara and Panchpullah is de rigueur. While Satdhara is said to have dedicinal properties in the seven tiny streams that converge on this spot (1 km down from Gandhi Chowk) Panchpullah, 1 km further on offers two impressive waterfalls within touching distance. Panchpullah so named after five wooden bridges that existed in the past here, is also home to a monument erected in the memory of treedom fighter sardar Ajit Singh (Bhagat Singh’s chacha) who died of a hear attack here. If you care to climb a wee bit you can take a 2-half km trek by the stream to ahla Water Reservoir on Bakrota Hill and then walk back to town 2 km by a pucca road.

Around Dalhousie

Khajjiar 22 km

The British, originally developed Khajjiar at a height of 6,430 ft, as a golf course. Today however this expansive meadow near Dalhousie serves as a great picnic spot. A temple dedicated to Khajinag after which the place is named can also be found here. Adventurers can also take the 2-day trek from here to Dharamsala. Khajjiar’s deadow together with its lake, floating island and horse riding is a destination in its own right.