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  Christ Church

  Held high by stone revetments and shaded by cedars and huge horse-chestnut trees, at Kasauli’s main crossroads stands Christ Church. This stately nineteenth century structure was church of the Anglican Communion and is now under the Church of North India. This has a cruciform floor plan and the stained glass windows over the altar depict the Crucifixion where the image of Christ is flanked by those of Joseph and Mary. This was opened for divine service on 24 July 1853 by the Chaplain Thomas Joh ... more>>

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  Lower Mall and Monkey Point

  The Lower Mall starts just after the bus stand and Christ Church that lies above it. Facing the town with your back towards the bus stand, this is the fork on the left. After a little rise and then a dip, the road is more or less level right up to Monkey Point, which marks its end. Snatches of colonial architecture come up right in the beginning.. Throughout this narrow stretch are large, colonial bungalows with little gardens and stone retaining walls covered with mosses and lichens. All along ... more>>

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  Upper Mall and The Kasauli Club.

  The Upper Mall veers sharply off behind the shops that lie just above the bus stand or takes a gentler incline past the shops, near the Tibetan stalls. Unlike the Lower Mall, which is more of less level, the Upper Mall is almost entirely uphill. And while the Lower Mall has shops, banks and other commercial establishments, the Upper Mall has almost none – barring the odd small vendor. This is also where the grand old man of letters, Khushwant Singh has his home and where he spends a fair bit of ... more>>

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  Central Research Institute

  Not high on a touristy agenda, but one institution that has given Kasauli considerable importance down the years is the Central Research Institute, the CRI. This was established in the early years of the twentieth century and its first Director, from 1906, was Sir David Semple. In the late 1930s, the Pasteur Institute was merged with the CRI. The original brief of the Institute was to function in bacteriological and medical research. It was during the First World War that the Institute was pushe ... more>>

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  Hike along the railway track and Sanwara station

  This can be a long day-hike that starts in Kasauli and ends again in Kasauli, or can be a shorter one where you can drive a part of the way. Should you opt for the long hike, walk down from Kasauli to the railway crossing that lies between Dharampur and Koti and then turn off along the railway track up to Dharampur. From Dharampur, walk along the highway, till the turn-off that leads to the Lawrence School at Sanawar (this is well marked). You will cross the old cemetery on the side, near Sanaw ... more>>

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  Dagshai

  Along the little road that climbs up to Dagshai from the direction of Dharampur (and Kasauli) there is a fair bit of an old world look and the views of the valleys are quite delightful. The road goes under pine and elm trees and then turns off from the little tea shops at the incongruously named, Charing Cross, to rejoin the National Highway at Kumarhatti. At a height of some 6,000 feet above sea level, Dagshai is believed to have got its name as the result of the original village being where pr ... more>>

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  Subathu and Kuthar

  Subathu was a major recruitment center for Gurkhas in the British Indian army. This is now the Regimental Center for the Gurkhas. At an altitude of some 4,500 feet and 27 kms from Kasauli, Subathu is surrounded by scrub and bamboo forests and a few pines and huge eucalyptus trees. This little army town is quite spotless and its dressed-stone buildings are well maintained. One of the more remarkable structures in Subathu is the old ‘viceregal lodge’ designed in 1880 which was used by the Governor ... more>>

Most of the town follows the pattern of a rather wobbly capital ‘H’. One stick forms the road to town and the Lower Mall; the other climbs to the Upper Mall while its lower section forms the cobbled bazaar. The bridge-arm between the two is a narrow row of old-fashioned shops and the bus stand area. The lower sections of town are covered with pine trees (pinus longifolia) while the upper parts, among others, have Himalayan elms and cedars. Most habitation is along the southern slopes.

Kasauli’s altitude is 1930 meters above sea level but it rarely receives anything by way of a substantial snowfall. The area is, however, very wet during the monsoons and prone to hailstorms.

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