by Shimla Walks | Aug 8, 2014 | Nature Walks, Trekking
As you enter the hills from Kalka, to drive towards Shimla, after about 30 kilometres, comes a place called Kumarhatti. A number of roads branch off in different directions. The road that forms a hairpin bend to its right, winds up to Dagshai. Although the village...
by Shimla Walks | Aug 7, 2014 | Apple, Apple Orchard, Featured, General News, Himalayan Trips, Stories
Kalpa a small village surrounded by apple orchards in the lap of the Himalayas is a place that offers you nature on a platter. During summer, here, you don’t have to go around finding a cool breeze. In winter you remain engulfed by the chillness and during...
by Shimla Walks | Aug 1, 2014 | Day Hikes, Featured, General News, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Nature Walks
Mahu Nag the Serpent God in the hills of Himachal Pradesh is the chief deity of district Mandi. His seat is in the area of Karsog of district Mandi with His own temple. People of the area worship here and hold a great faith in the deity. Mahu Nag is the chief of the...
by Shimla Walks | Jul 29, 2014 | Heritage Walks, Stories
Shimla Heritage Walk Shimla Heritage Walk makes you go through the lovely history of Shimla and introduces you to its pleasant past. When the British officers decided to carve a resort from a lovely spur, perhaps they were aware of the future of this place that lay in...
by Shimla Walks | Jul 26, 2014 | Apple, Apple Orchard, Featured, Himalayan Trips, HIstory, Nature Walks, Stories
Alexander Coutts How much do we know about Alexander Coutts, the tailor to the Viceroy – Lord Dufferin? Coutts, perhaps or perhaps not from the Coutts family in England who runs Coutts Bank but he left a mark of his presence in Shimla Hills by establishing a fruit...
