Razdan Holidays organises the first-ever ‘Atal Tunnel & beyond’ self-drive tour

Aconvoy of Delhi based twelve leading Inbound Tour Operators (DMC’s) travelled together to Shingo La, Himachal Pradesh which is 5091 metres above sea level in their 4×4 vehicles to explore the newly opened route that goes all the way from Darcha to Padum via Shingo La. The road further connects to Leh.

Another objective of the self-drive tour was to experience the newly opened engineering marvel, ‘Atal Tunnel’. The trip was organised by an adventure travel specialist company, Razdan Holidays and was led by its Director, Sanjay Razdan, who is also a professional car racer and cross country rally driver with over fifty podium wins under his belt.

The five-day itinerary started on October 23, 2020, and culminated on October 26, 2020, from Manali to Sissu via Atal Tunnel and further to Darcha

–Shingo La and back via Keylong

– Rohtang Pass – Manali

The trip was organised as a self-drive tour keeping in mind the prevailing conditions and the safety norms to be taken along with enjoying the adrenalin rush of driving in the mountains. The idea was also to educate the travel fraternity about new areas and routes which could also help in the promotion of the region.

The participants also met the President and other office-bearers of HPTAA (Himachal Pradesh Travel Agents Association) and discussed the future of Tourism and also discussed and suggested measures about how to keep the areas in and around Manali clean and litter-free.