Root bridges, Krang Suri and a night in Shnongpdeng. Six days, one small group, zero rushing.
Nine days through Kaza, Chandratal and Key Monastery. Ride it or sit back — both batches run together.
A WhatsApp group opens ten days out. Nobody arrives to a bus full of strangers.
Full-time Backpacker Tours staff who have run the same route dozens of times.
Stay, transfers and listed meals are in. What's excluded is printed on every page.
Oxygen cylinders, oximeters and a rest day built into every high-altitude route.
Dates that are already running. Pick a batch, pay 25%, and you're on it.
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Leh · Nubra · Pangong · Hanle
8 days · 7 nights
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Guaranteed
Shimla · Kaza · Chandratal · Manali
9 days · 8 nights
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Shillong · Cherrapunji · Dawki
6 days · 5 nights
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Fast filling
Srinagar · Pahalgam · Gulmarg
6 days · 5 nights
Snow trek
Dehradun · Sankri · Juda Ka Talab
5 days · 4 nights
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Passport trip
Seminyak · Gili · Ubud
8 days · 7 nights
Each one has its own page with packages, group departures and what's actually worth seeing.
Six countries we run fixed departures to, with the paperwork handled before you fly.
We are not the cheapest operator on the internet, and we don't try to be. What you're paying for is the person leading your batch, the vehicle you're sitting in, and someone answering the phone at 2am when the pass shuts.
Talk to a trip expertEvery itinerary is re-run by our own team before each season opens.
14 to 22 people. Beyond that a trip becomes a tour, and we're not doing that.
One number, staffed from 8am to midnight, plus a captain on the ground.
Oximeters, oxygen, first-aid trained captains and a documented evacuation plan.
Did the Umling La batch in June. Our captain Tenzin rerouted us around a landslide near Hanle without any drama and we still made it for sunset. The oxygen check every evening sounded excessive until two people in our group actually needed it. Worth every rupee.
Solo female traveller, first group trip, and I was nervous about it. The WhatsApp group before departure made a huge difference — by day one I already knew who I was travelling with. Homestays in Spiti were basic but spotless.
Kedarkantha in late December, minus nine at the campsite, and the tents held up fine. Rented the jacket and gaiters from them instead of buying — saved me about eight thousand rupees for one trek.
Meghalaya in peak monsoon means you will get wet, and they say so upfront, which I appreciated. Only gripe: the Dawki boat ride felt rushed. Everything else was better than the price suggested.
Booked eleven days before departure and they still sorted the permits. Payment link, invoice, GST — all of it came through properly, which is not something I can say about the last operator I used.
We started as three friends who kept getting asked to plan everyone else's Himalaya trips. Nine years on, it's a full-time team of captains, drivers and a support desk that actually picks up — still doing exactly what we started with.
No white-labelled itineraries and no routes we haven't driven ourselves. If a batch runs under the Backpacker Tours name, someone on our team has led it before.
Six more batches with dates already locked in.
Weekend friendly
Delhi · Kasol · Kheerganga
4 days · 3 nights
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Try-dive included
Port Blair · Havelock · Neil
6 days · 5 nights
Jodhpur · Jaisalmer · Sam dunes
4 days · 3 nights
Hanoi · Halong Bay · Da Nang
7 days · 6 nights
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No flight needed
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Strenuous
Notes from our captains and travellers, not marketing copy.
Trip planning
Permits, fuel, oxygen, the lot — where the price of an 8-day batch really goes, and where it doesn't.
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Packing
Not a generic checklist — what our captains have seen people regret bringing, and regret leaving behind.
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Trip report
We send batches out when it's actually raining. Here's what that trip looks like, hour by hour.
Read MoreTell us roughly where you want to go and when — a trip expert gets back to you within two working hours, usually faster on WhatsApp.
A quick preview before the full list — every destination page has the packages, group departures and attractions worth building a trip around.
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A handful of frames from recent batches — tap any of them to look closer.
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Tell us where you're headed and we'll send dates, price and what's included — no call unless you want one.
