Heading east towards Chamba, the road descends through deodar forests to the meadow of Khajjiar where the small twelfth-century temple of Khajjinag looks down over a vast rolling green with a small lake cupped in the centre. Khajjiar is a popular day-trip from Dalhousie for Indian tourists who come to take pony rides. It is also possible to make a stop at Kalatop Wildlife Sanctuary, 10km before Khajjiar, a thickly forested area that is home to barking deer, Himalayan bear and rich birdlife. The road beyond Khajjiar dips across denuded and terraced hillsides down towards Chamba. * * * * * * #lionheartexpeditions #chamba #khajiar #himachalpradesh #travellingnomad #travller #hiking #trekking #paragliding #riverrafting #rivercrossing #bicycletour #biketour #manali #oldmanali #bouldering #trekkinglovers (at Khajjiar)