Pong Dam Reservoir
Mobile Camping Holidays
October to March
Our CAMPT THAT CHANGES SPOTS (with caravan, campervan, motorhome, overland truck and camping trailers), offers extraordinary offbeat outdoor holidays on the banks of the reservoir of Pong Dam in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Caravan/ campervan motorhome holidays in Himachal Pradesh is the best way to enjoy family vacations. Taurus – India’s first unique RV (recreational vehicle) overland truck to offer caravan campervan as static camping on the Banks of Backwater of Pong Dam, at Dadasiba, Himachal Pradesh (H.P.). We also deploy our newly introduced ‘camping trailers’.
The Pong Dam reservoir or Pong Dam lake, studded with numerous villages along it’s banks, is one of the unknown and underexplored areas of Himachal Pradesh. Our roving camp operates around Dadasiba one of these villages is just about one hour from Gaggal Airport (Kangra). The roads are good and safe to drive on with extremely least possibility of weather related interruptions.
Our BESPOKE HOLIDAYS are completely different – which offer an “experience” and not a tour.
Static yet Nomadic, Rustic yet Aristocratic!
Camp That Changes Spots
Taurus is the best caravan/ campervan/ motorhome to enjoy family holidays in Himachal Pradesh. Best infrastrcture for photography workshops and photo tours/ expeditions, especially for flash photography on outdoors. Enjoy excursions to Kangra, Dharamshala, Mcleodganj, Palampur, and a lot more …
NEW ARRIVAL … “Camping Trailers”
We are pioneers for “mobile camping holidays” in India and we are the first one to build and offer Overland Truck in India for holidays. Recently. We have introduced Camping Trailers – totally new to India, though very well known and used in the West. These are compact trailers which are towed behind a mini-tractor to accommodate 2 to 5 persons to sleep with own kitchenette (well equipped).
Trailer, named Hornbill, deployed on the banks of the reservoir of Pong Dam in Himachal Pradesh, India to offer the most exciting outdoor holidays.
Our Tear Drop camping trailer named as “PRAYING MANTIS” is equipped to host a couple in wilderness. Its one of the most unique experiential holidays for those who love outdoors near Pong Dam reservoir in Himachal Pradesh.
Safari Trailer for fun trips to experience the life of rural Himachal and sunrise. And sometimes leopard safari.
Our Camp offers special care and facilities for single women/ solo girls to ensure its the safest holiday for single women.
Best Workation and Staycation set up is with us – high quality of hygiene, safe for women and girls, camp changes spots so you don’t get bored of the same place. Managed by Capt Suresh Sharma whos is a Veteran of Indian Army.
ABOUT PONG DAM: Maharana Pratap Sagar also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake was created in 1975, by building the highest earth-fill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Shiwalik Hills of the Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh.
Pet Friendly caravan camping and the best in India. We offer roving camp, completely new concept in India.
Best offbeat holiday for the young to enjoy and enhance their bonding with friends while detoxing in wilderness with the touch of Mother Nature. It can’t be better than this for the youth to rejuvenate after the stress of Corona Pandemic, it’s the safe holidays. It’s loaded with comforts for fun, we set up the most unique infrastructure for outdoor vacation.
Best offbeat holiday for couples in wilderness with total comfort onboard our camping trailers, caravan, motorhome, overland truck and campervan.
Best offbeat workation in the hills at peaceful quiet places. We offer the best locations and comforts in Himachal Pradesh. We have caravans and camping trailers to take care of your stay in wilderness.
Offbeat soft adventure holidays for senior citizens is a rare thing in India but we make it happen with comforts. Where we deploy caravan, campervan and camping trailer to provide total comfort for the stay of seniors.
Jungle Picnic with lunch hosted by the kitchen of Taurus – India’s best recreational vehicle with most elaborate arrangements of mobile camping. It has features of caravan, campervan and motorhome.
Our Location on Google click here …
HOW TO REACH DADASIBA
- 65 kms. from Gaggal airport (Kangra).
- 165 kms from Amritsar
- 199 kms from Chandigarh airport.
- Self drive to the camp location.
- Volvo bus from Delhi (via Chandigarh), all buses heading to Dharamshala/ Kangra stop at Dhaliyara, 15 kms from Dadasiba.
- 25 kms from the Daulatpur railway station (Himachal).
View from above of Taurus and the water-bank of backwaters
The roving camp a unique concept was conceived and designed with the sole aim of offering comfortable and memorable outdoor experiential holidays to lucky few (who love wilderness over luxuries of a hotel) at some of the least explored exotic locations and remote destinations in an otherwise heavily commercialised landscape. Our journey of a decade has been studded with appreciations from our esteemed guests who have had time of their lives on-board our Roving Camp (which consists of Taurus – India’s First Overland Truck and Camping Trailers).
It’s NOT a cheaper substitute for hotels !!!
Here are pocket-friendly packages at our Campervan Camping …
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- Duration of Stay: 1 day
- Capacity to Host: max 20 persons.
- Tariff: Please call/ WhatsApp 9888 380386, 6280 595008 for special offer.
Spend a day with Taurus and Camping Trailers in wilderness or on the banks of the Maharana Pratap Sagar. Enjoy life on the banks of ocean like waterbody (45 kms long), stroll with your family/ soulmate or friends and experience our unique set up, unfulfilled dream of millions in India, food and hot snacks from the kitchen of Taurus.
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- Easy Access: Dadasiba is just 3 hours drive from Chandigarh, 90 minutes from Gaggal airport (Kangra- HP). Drive in your own car to keep Social Distancing.
- Duration of Stay: 2 nights/ 3 days onboard Taurus The Truck, stay is extendable. You may opt for Camping Trailers.
- Capacity to Host: max 20 persons.
Exclusive quality time with your family or group of friends or soul-mate. Campervan Camping with Taurus and Trailers. Jungle safari (day or night), leopard safari, jungle lunch/ picnic, “jungle shower”. Fresh fish grilled with Weber Barbecue on the lake banks. Best outdoor holidays in a unique style while swinging in hammocks (wherever possible). Light recreational games and cook for fun together. Experience aristocratic nomadic lifestyle to relax and rejuvenate in real. Visit a working “water flour mill” called “Gharraat” – ancient technology still working. Enjoy excursions to Kangra, Dharamshala, Mcleodganj, Palampur, and a lot more …
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A Night with Stars and Moons …
- Duration of Stay: 01 night/ 02 days, can be booked for more days too
- Group Size: 20 maximum
- Very Special Experience: Nomadic Romance in the Lap of Nature …
A quick stress-buster on weekends! To relax and unwind … we offer you the best … Spend a super quiet night under billion stars or the moon to whisper poetry in the ears of your beloved, or read a book and relax, experience rejuvenation. Recreational games, jungle safari, Weber barbecue (world’s best), angling, open space for strolls under the open sky, fresh air to exploit for Yoga. Enjoy the quality time while sipping hot cup of tea, watching “private sunset” show, night sky or moonlit night. Stay onboard Taurus and it’s siblings (trailers).
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- Duration of Stay: 01 night or more.
- Very Special Experience: Nomadic Romance in the Lap of Nature.
“Quality Time” and quiet moments with soulmate in wilderness onboard our newly introduced Honey Drop Trailer, with total privacy while parked away at safe distance. Logistics taken care by Taurus on the banks of Maharana Pratap Sagar. While enjoying mesmerizing views under the billion star sky or the moon. Dream moments under the “jungle shower” together. Kitchen of Taurus will keep the burners ON to keep you energized. Its time to let your fantasies run amok in wilderness which you held back so far.
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Pong Dam and Taurus (The Truck) with Tear Drop Trailers in tandem will offer exhilarating holidays (experiential) for anglers. Best logistics for ‘in-situ’, none can match us as of now. Weber Grill will be available for cooking, if you know how to cook fish. Taurus or Trailers may be anchored on the banks of Maharana Pratap Sagar. Just imagine the fun and holiday!
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Experience the Hidden Heritage & Nature
Total 3 nights / 4 days. Out of this 2 nights at the heritage hotel JUDGE’S COURT, 01 night and 3 days with Taurus (our overland truck) or Trailers in wilderness on the banks of Maharana Pratap Sagar. Holidays in every true sense to relax and unwind. Minimum 4 persons to max 20. Our best selling holiday for families and couples.
Experiential Holidays Himachal & Punjab
5 nights/ 6 days. Group size 2 to 12 . Amritsar- Kangra – Pong Dam (Dadasiba)
- Hotels, Overland Truck/ Caravan Camping (Camp That Changes Spots). Toy Train ride. Cultural Bonanza: Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, GG Fort, Atari Border Post, Kangra Fort, etc.
- Foodie’s Delight: Amritsar is heaven for Punjabi food. Dhaam (traditional food of Himachal).
Detox & Unwind in Himachal &Punjab
7 days/ 6 nights, 2 to 10 persons. Amritsar – Kangra – McLeod Ganj – Dharamshala – Pong Dam (Dadasiba)
- Hotels, Overland Truck/ Caravan Camping (Camp That Changes Spots).
- Cultural Bonanza: Golden Temple, Jallianwala Bagh, GG Fort, Attari Border, Kangra Fort, Masroor Temples, etc.
- Foodie’s Trail: Amritsar is heaven for Punjabi food. Famous Toy Train (Pathankot to Kangra). Dhaam (traditional food of Himachal).
- McLeodganj, Palampur and Dharamshala.
WHAT YOU ENJOY AT OUR CAMP
- Rendezvous with Nature to relax and unwind to rejuvenate in real.
- Aristocratic nomadic lifestyle, one of its kind in India.
- Vastness of nature and its elements at its best on the banks of Maharana Pratap Sagar.
- Fresh air with wonderful views of vast land and Dhauladhar Range for your own session of Pranayam, a rare commodity for the denizens of cities.
- Best setting for private Yoga session by yourself. Instructor is available with prior intimation at extra cost.
- Recreational games: croquet, board games, dartboard, golf putting mat, etc. As extra activities.
- We may organise ‘private sunset’! The most unique sunset in total comfort while sipping hot tea and coffee with hot snacks. None can match us for this … we bet!
- Take a stroll and feel the fresh air in open space, something rare for the denizens of cities.
- Best outdoor holidays in unique style
- Morning Tea at our locations is a ritual to touch your soul, if you love your morning tea.
- Experience aristocratic nomadic lifestyle
- Rural Himachal Pradesh
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
*Rustic Holidays with Aristocratic Touch*
We offer the best soft adventure Family Holidays with safety and comfort. And it is the best way to inculcate self confidence and add a dimension to the personality of children, as they have been denied a lot by living in cities and the compulsions of such life.
We organise the following at extra cost, subject to availability.
- Move the trailers and Taurus to different locations and the tariff changes for the efforts of mobilisation of these trailers for night stay in jungle in a trailer to Hide in The Lap of Nature.
- Night Jungle Safari: Options: a). Only safari. b). Safari with dinner on the way.
- Day Jungle Safari: Options: a). Only safari b). Safari with outdoor lunch. c). Safari with outdoor lunch and evening tea with fresh snacks.
- Sunset with evening tea and hot snacks.
- Leopard Safari at night.
- Picnic in Wilderness: beverages, snacks, lunch, evening tea with snacks.
- Meditation and Yoga.
- Mouthwatering local cuisine of Himachal “Dhaam”.
- Local non-veg food.
- Angling.
- Local fish recipes for food, cooked by the locals.
- Birding around Pong Dam, it’s famous for migratory birds.
- Enjoy Rains: Romance with the Rain God.
- Games: Croquet, golf putting, table games, Darts.
- Barbecue: Options: a). On the banks of the Lake. b). In jungle set up
- Visit a working “water flour mill” called “Gharat” – ancient technology still in practice. Options: a). Just a visit. b). Lunch at the Gharrat.
- “Jungle Shower” for kids and couples, an experience to be remembered for life.
- Lassi Session: Freshly churned with conventional methods – sour and sweet.
- Special session for – hot and fresh Jalebi, Gulab Jamun, Halwa.
- Milk Session: conventionally boiled on slow fire and served with dry fruit, dry dates.
- Tea Bar: Variety of tea with fresh and organic Tulsi, Lemon Grass, Mint, etc.
- Enjoy an escorted Jungle Walk.
- Excursions to explore nearby places.
- Transport for local visits.
- Stay or enjoy a meal at The Judge’s Court (heritage hotel at Pragpur).
Facilities Available onboard Taurus
Taurus is an over engineering for outdoor experience, many guests have tagged it as 7Star for outdoor life. Please visit the Link here to know more
Attractions for Excursions Around Dadasiba
You may explore the following places in your own transport:
There are numerous attractions within 65 kms of Dadasiba, which you may like to explore.
- Maharana Pratap Sagar – ocean like waterbody, approximately 45 kms long
- Pragpur -the first heritage village – 15 kms
- “Garli” with lovely old houses – 25 kms
- Sidh Channo Temple at Dangra – 22 kms
- Chinour Temple with water mills – 10 kms
- Kaleshwar Temple on the banks of river Beas – 30 kms
- Jwalamukhi Temple -34 kms
- Chintpurni Temple – famous for granting wishes -20 kms
- Musical fountain Jawalamukhi
- “Masroor” Rock cut Temples of the style of Ellora – 65 kms
- Kangra Fort – 59 kms
- Maharana Pratap Bird Sanctuary
- “Haripur – Guler” The narrow guage train station at Guler is quaint with equipment from early 20th Century. 40 kms
- Haripur Guler old Fort – 40 kms
- Dharmasala – 77 kms
- Palampur Tea Estates – 90 kms.
- Pong Dam 35 kms.
NOTE: Please refer to the Pre-Booking Information. It’s your responsibility to go through all the details available on the website to understand all the related issues. In case of you have any questions for clarification, please write them all in one single mail to greendotexpeditions@gmail.com
PLEASE JOIN HANDS : We will appreciate if you cooperate for the MISSION: NATURE CONSERVATION THROUGH TOURISM & PHOTOGRAPHY. We won’t like to extend any inconvenience to you or take away an iota of pleasure out of your holidays but seek your help to ensure we don’t litter the area. We don’t use anything disposable and try to be as eco-friendly as possible.
Our holidays are at offbeat locations with total comfort. We offer stay onboard our Overland Truck/ Caravan and camping trailers. Best hygiene and safe from Corona Pandemic COVID-19.
We offer the best Caravan Camping with barbecue in wilderness where ‘social distancing’ is by default and our guests are safe with this safety from Corona (COVID-19). It’s the most hygienic camp in India as of now. Safe for single women and solo girl travellers.
Our gest is enjoying sunset over Pong Dam reservoir while sipping tea.
Best caravan/ motorhome campervan in Himachal Pradesh. It offers private sunset event at secluded location with total comfort hosted by Taurus – Indians most accomplished RV (recreational vehicle) overland truck. Its the best campervan camping to offer vanlife of different kind with the most hygienic kitchen for outdoors.
Taurus at Dusk, Private Sunset event
Riverbank Camping with caravan motorhome in Himachal with Weber Barbecue Grill, the No.1 in the world is part of our campervan camping in India, the best caravan and vanlife experience for outdoors.
Our caravan holidays are around rural Himachal Pradesh to experience a hill village.
Senior Citizens enjoy good food and stay with comforts in wilderness. Our locations are offbeat for soft adventure. We offer top class equipment in our kitchen as seen here is Weber Barbecue Grill Q3200.
Jungle Safari at Dadasiba around Pong Dam reservoir area.
Guest enjoying a stroll on the banks of the waterbody of Pong Dam
Dadasiba Fort perched on hilltop but in ruins now
Taurus at Sunset, Dadasiba (Himachal Pradesh)
Campervan Camp on the lakeside. Boating with fishermen in blue water is possible at Dadasiba
Sunset over water is a treat while sipping fresh tea hosted by Taurus – India’s best overland truck and most well equipped recreational vehicle with features of caravan.
Campervan caravan RV (best motorhome, overland truck) for family holidays in Himachal Pradesh (HP).
Excursion to waterbody is a treat at Dadasiba (Himachal Pradesh), its like ocean
Guest Enjoying Riding on the banks of backwaters of Pong Dam, at Dadasiba
Boat in the lake blue water – this view itself is enchanting
Best family holidays lakeside camp hosted by TAURUS – the best RV in India which has features of motorhome, campervan and caravan. With the best outdoor kitchen on an overland truck.
View of the Kitchen of Taurus – the best outdoor kitchen onboard overland truck globally, most well equipped recreational vehicle in India. Taurus is the best combination of caravan, campervan and motorhome.
Guest Enjoying with Weber Barbecue Grill Q3200 on banks of the backwater of Maharana Pratap Sagar (Pong Dam) Himachal Pradesh
Guests Enjoying with Weber Barbecue Grill Q3200 on banks of the backwater of Maharana Pratap Sagar (Pong Dam) Himachal Pradesh
A young guest enjoying early morning at our Campervan Camp.
We organise the best sunset view with cup of tea and hot snacks on the banks of the lake in wilderness in Himachal Pradesh.
Our guests enjoying Private Sunset over backwater of Pong Dam reservoir (Maharana Pratap Sagar), at Dadasiba (Himachal Pradesh, HP)
Weber barbecue Grill on the banks of Maharana Pratap Sagar (Pong Dam) as part of the kitchen of our static camping hosted by Taurus – the best caravan experiential family holidays in Himachal Pradesh, HP).
Guest enjoying taking selfie while being on an offbeat family holiday at our CAMP THAT CHANGES SPOTS. He is staying in Praying Mantis with his wife.
Single woman and solo girls are hosted with the best of the facilities to enjoy nomadic outdoor holidays at offbeat locations.
Family enjoying morning tea in wilderness in the lap of mother nature at Dadasiba. Holidays with total safety from Corona in wilderness in the lap of Mother Nature to relax and detox! We offer the best vacation of a different kind at offbeat locations.
We take pride mentioning here that our holidays are safest for single women and girls. As Capt Suresh Sharma being veteran of the Indian has inculcated culture which he brought from the Indian Army where women are highly respected.
Guest are enjoying a break in a jungle cave while on a family picnic in wilderness. We deploy caravan, campervan and camping trailers to enjoy offbeat.
Morning tea with sunrise around Pong Dam at our ‘roving camp’ that changes spots when needed, is an experience worth any pricetag and words. Its an experience better described by poets and accomplished copy writers. Our camp with caravan and camping trailers make it the most comfortable nomadic lifestyle with touch of aristocracy.
Our camp takes extra care of single women and solo girls who want to enjoy caravan holidays at offbeat locations and wilderness. We provide a camping trailer for such women.