The summer vacations are fast approaching and many families would have already started planning a trip. IRCTC or (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) Tourism offers many exciting packages for travellers. One which might excite you and help beat the heat is the Shimla and Manali package. IRCTC offers a 9 day and 8 night tour package to Shimla and Manali priced at Rs 29,710 per person. The tour will be operated through a completely air-conditioned tourist train that will begin its journey from May 11 from Pune, Maharashtra at 12:00 hours. Other boarding stations for the passengers as announced by the IRCTC tourism are Kalyan, Vasai Road, Surat and Vadodara. Similarly, the passengers opting for the Shimla, Manali tour package of the IRCTC tourism can deboard the special train at Vadodara, Surat, Vasai Road, Kalyan and Pune.

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Source: IRCTC Tourism website

The IRCTC tour package tariff starts at Rs 23,950 on a triple-sharing basis, for twin-sharing the tour tariff is Rs 24,890 while for single-occupancy the package tariff is Rs 29,710. These prices include Goods and Service Tax (GST), as proclaimed by the IRCTC tourism official website. It should be noted that IRCTC is an official vendor for Indian Railways ticketing services. In this Shimla, Manila tour package offered by the IRCTC tourism, the meal plan includes breakfast, lunch and dinner while the class of bogeys in the special ac train are I AC, 2 AC and 3 AC. Apart from this, the Shimla, Manali IRCTC tour package offers AC hotel accommodation as well.

Source: IRCTC Tourism website

The IRCTC tourism Shimla, Manila tour package has provisions for children too. As per the IRCTC website tour package for a child that doesn't need any bed starts at Rs 19,100 per child while for a child that requires bed it's Rs 21,500.