The stay
A family-run camp (brothers Rajesh & Vijay Chand) beside the Keylong highway at Sissu, Goldrop is the easiest first night in Lahaul to reach — barely twenty minutes past the north portal of the Atal Tunnel, with the Sissu waterfall across the river.
Tents come with beds, warm quilts and an attached toilet, hot-water bags at night, and buffet breakfast and dinner. Because it's so quick from Manali, it suits travellers who want one foot in Lahaul without a long drive.
- 20 minutes from the Atal Tunnel's north portal
- Tents face the Sissu waterfall across the Chandra
- Buffet breakfast & dinner, bonfire evenings
- Easy, low-effort introduction to Lahaul
Rooms & rates
Riverside Tent
2 adults · Attached toilet, hot-water bags at night
Indicative around ₹1,400–2,500 per tent per night with breakfast and dinner (older review figures; rates have since moved). Confirmed with the camp on enquiry.
What's here
- Home-cooked meals
- Running hot water
- Free parking
- Evening bonfire
- Power backup
- Riverside
- Mountain views
- Garden / lawn
- Transport / driver
Buffet breakfast and dinner included — hearty dal, rice, sabzi, roti and chai, cooked fresh. Tea and Maggi on tap, as everywhere in the hills.
Around the stay
Sissu waterfall
~1 kmA tall waterfall across the river, lovely in the morning light.
Sissu lake & Ghepan Ghat
~2 kmA calm lake by the highway with the sacred Ghepan peak behind.
Atal Tunnel
~12 kmThe 9.02 km tunnel back towards Manali — an easy outing.
Gondhla fort
~18 kmThe seven-storey wooden tower-house of the Lahauli thakurs.
Getting there & season
- — 1From Manali, it's about 1–1.5 hours / ~40 km: up the Manali–Leh road and through the Atal Tunnel.
- — 2Sissu is the first major village after the tunnel's north portal; the camp is a short drive off the highway toward the river.
- — 3A driver from Manali can be arranged for the day or the trip; mention it in your request.
Roughly April/May to October. Lower and close to the tunnel, Sissu opens earlier than the camps further north. Note Sissu village pauses tourism for winter rituals (around late Jan–Feb).
Good to know
- The quickest taste of Lahaul from Manali — good for a single night.
- Sissu now has reasonable mobile coverage.
- Afternoons can be windy on the meadow; evenings are cold.
- The tunnel occasionally closes in bad weather — keep dates a little flexible.
12:00 noon
10:00 am
Flexible — confirmed with the camp on booking.
No payment until the camp confirms your dates and rate.
Also listed on TripAdvisor, Direct. Request through us and we confirm the property's own dates and rate directly — no mark-up.
Location
Map shows Sissu (Lahaul · Himachal Pradesh). Exact pins are shared once your dates are confirmed.
