PLOT TWIST — JOURNEY 2
BIR × BAROT — ESCAPE THE ORDINARY.
WE'RE NOT SELLINGA 3N/4D HIMACHAL PACKAGE.
We're selling a story you get to live.
Four days. Four completely different worlds. Twenty people who don't know each other yet. One mountain town to come home to every night — and a valley, a sky and a summit to go out and find from it.
- DAY 01 · BIRTHE ESCAPEcafés · flags · strangers
- DAY 02 · BAROT · BILLINGTHE FLIGHTwaterfalls · river · sky
- DAY 03 · THE TRAILTHE WILDraw · earned · huge
- DAY 04 · THE ROADTHE WAY HOMEslow · golden · changed
DAY 01BIR
THE ESCAPE
Leave Delhi behind.
Wake up in a mountain town that runs on chai and prayer flags.
Overnight in a comfortable Traveller. The city gets smaller. The roads get narrower. The air gets colder, and then there are prayer flags.
- 01 · DELHItraffic. noise. deadlines.
- 02 · THE HIGHWAYa comfy Traveller. windows down.
- 03 · THE HILLSphones lose signal.
- 04 · BIRhome for the next three nights.
Your base for three nights. A mountain town that runs on cafés, monasteries, prayer flags and people who came for a week and stayed a year.
- Prayer flagson every rooftop
- Caféslong ones. lazy ones.
- Monasteriesgold roofs, quiet halls
- Mountain roadsone hairpin at a time
- Young travellersfrom everywhere
- Colouron every wall
THE BIRSOCIAL CLUB
Slow the day down. Café hopping, the monasteries, Tibetan food, the town on foot — then everyone ends up at the same sunset.
- Café hopping·
- Monasteries·
- Tibetan food·
- Sunset·
- Music·
- Drinks·
- Games·
- Group moments
SUNSET.
TONIGHT,WE DISAPPEAR.
- FireA bonfire in Bir. Crackling. The centre of everything.
- MountainsBlack shapes on a blacker sky.
- Fairy lightsStrung between the pines.
- DrinksSomething warm. Something strong.
- MusicLow, then not so low.
- DinnerAround the fire, on your lap, with strangers.
- StarsMore than you've seen since you were a kid.
DAY 02BAROT · BILLING
THE FLIGHT
A day trip to Barot.
Waterfalls, the river, lunch in the valley. The sky, if you want it.
Cold, loud, glacier-green.
A day trip to Barot, an hour from Bir. Waterfalls, and the Uhl running straight through the valley — you'll hear it before you see it.
Pine. Moss. Riverbank.
A slow wander along the riverside trails, then lunch in Barot. No agenda. No signal. Then the road climbs to Billing.
YOU DIDN'T COMEALL THIS WAYTO STAY ON THE GROUND.
An optional add-on, not included in the price. Tandem — a certified pilot flies, you just have to run when they say run.
The valley goes gold, then blue.
Back in Bir by evening. The light drops behind the ridge, the valley changes colour — and then it's party night.
Back down through the clouds.
DAY 03
THE WILD
LEAVE THE ROAD.
FIND THE TRAIL.
SOME VIEWSHAVE TO BE EARNED.
This one is.
- HOT SHOWER
- WARM CLOTHES
- SUNSET
- DINNER
- FIRE
THE LAST NIGHT.
One long table under the sky. Candles, a bonfire, music, drinks — and twenty people who are very much not strangers any more.
LEAVE IT BEHIND.
Everyone writes down one thing they want to leave in the mountains. It goes into the fire. Nobody reads it. Nobody has to explain.
Nothing you type here leaves your screen.
DAY 04
THE WAY HOME
Slow morning.
Coffee.
Breakfast.
Last mountain views.
Final photographs.
Packing up.
The road.
EVERY GOOD JOURNEYHAS AN END.
BUT YOU DON'T GO HOME THE SAME.
The mountains get smaller in the back window.
THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE SETTING. THE PEOPLE ARE THE STORY.
20 spots. 10 girls. 10 guys. One van you won't want to get out of.
WHAT'S A10/10?
NOT A CROWD. A CAST.
We're looking for the whole package.
yes, we're judging.
tap a trait — watch it add up
10 AND 10.
We're looking for the ones who'll run off a mountain, sing badly at a bonfire and still be first to breakfast.
Basically, good vibes only.
And yes, 10/10s only.
Not the looks kind. The energy kind.
Bir.
3 NIGHTS · 4 DAYS
- DELHI
- BIR
- DELHI
Three nights in Bir. A day trip to Barot. Paragliding at Billing as an optional add-on.
- WHEN
- 20–24 NOV 2026
- DEPARTS
- Delhi · Fri 20 Nov, night
- STAY
- Bir · 3 nights
- THE CAST
- 20 people
- THE SPLIT
- 10 girls + 10 guys
- AGES
- 18–30
Leave Delhi Fri 20 Nov, night · in Bir Sat 21 morning · back in Delhi Tue 24, evening.
Curated. Every application is read by a real person.
₹7,999
Per person · 3 nights, 4 days · Delhi to Delhi
- Delhi → Bir → Delhi in a comfortable Traveller
- 3 nights' stay in Bir
- Bir exploration: café hopping, monasteries, sunset
- Plot Twist Social Night — bonfire party, music, dinner
- Day trip to Barot valley — waterfalls, the river
- Party night back in Bir
- Guided trek in Bir + picnic
- The Last Night dinner
- Plot Twist hosts throughout
- Alcohol and personal drinks
- Additional meals
- Shopping and personal expenses
- Paragliding at Billing (optional add-on)
- Other optional add-ons
- Travel insurance where desired or required
MAKE
YOUR CASE.
Think of this less like an application and more like your argument for why you belong in the 20.
Under 5 minutes. Be honest — it's more interesting.PHOTOGRAPHS & FOOTAGE +−
The photographs of Bir, Billing and Barot were taken there. The fires, the golden hour, the road and the flying footage are from elsewhere in the mountains — chosen for the moment, not the map. Thank you to:
- Paragliding at Bir, HP — PanWoyteczek (derivative: UnpetitproleX), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Barot and Ühl Rivulet — Sanjay Lakhanpal, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Uhl above Barot towards Billing — Timothy Gonsalves, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Uhl River at Barot — Timothy Gonsalves, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lamba Dug, Barot — Timothy A. Gonsalves, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bir Billing, Himachal Pradesh — Mansi Gill, CC BY 4.0
- Monastery, Bir — Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chokling Monastery, Bir — Gannu03, CC BY-SA 4.0
- An aerial view of Bir — Fredi Bach, CC BY 2.0
- Sunset gliding in Bir — PulkitPithvaWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sunset in Bir — PulkitPithvaWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hanuman Garh Trek (Bir Billing) — Chhama Rai, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mt Kailash, as seen from Kalpa — India Untravelled, CC BY 2.0
- Bonfire — SurFeRGiRL30, CC BY 2.0
- Meadow Creek Campfire — US Forest Service, Northern Region, CC BY 2.0
- Warmth in the night — Kitty Terwolbeck, CC BY 2.0
- Dinner under the lights — shankar s., CC BY 2.0
- A winding mountain road — shirishpoudel07, CC0
- A road through the tea gardens — Vishnu Chandra, CC0
- View of Barot valley — Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Hiking above the clouds. Chugach State Park, Alaska — Paxson Woelber, CC BY 2.0
- Spiti Valley Trek: Where Adventure Meets The Road — hitesh9352718, CC BY 2.0
- RoadToChandraTal — 4ocima, CC BY 2.0
- The Burning Dhaulagiri — cnneil, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Last night campfire. — twodolla, CC BY 2.0
- Sunset Watching — Zach Dischner, CC BY 2.0
- Friends! — philos from Athens, CC BY 2.0
- Loveland Lights — Zach Dischner, CC BY 2.0
- Little Church Paragliding Launch in Greece — jonas.wagner, CC BY 2.0
- Breakfast @ Mountain Lyon — nloyless, CC BY 2.0
- Bosnian coffee — M1key.me, CC BY 2.0
- Old Market's Window — Diego3336, CC BY 2.0
- Packs — Jo Simon, CC BY 2.0
- Top of ridge above lake buttermere — SeanJCPhoto, CC BY 2.0
- 15 mph curve, Haleakela — wbaiv, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Lockett Meadow — deborah.soltesz, CC0
- Children's Seat Viewpoint, yercaud, Salem, Chennai — Mathew S Thomas, CC0
- February #conservationlands15 Social Media Takeover: Top 15 Places on — mypubliclands, CC BY 2.0
- climbing helping team work , success concept — ujgmxxuy61, Public Domain Mark
- City streets! — Flickr user 61732052@N02, CC BY 2.0
- Belgharia Expressway,Kolkata — seaview99, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mountain road — generalising, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sunrise in the Himalayas — Koshyk, CC BY 2.0
- Chai tea latte at Tod Mountain Cafe — Ruth and Dave, CC BY 2.0
- A Mexican - Tibetan Buddha rooftop in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico — Wonderlane, CC0
- Prayer Flag over Namgyal Tsemo — Prayudi Hartono, CC BY 2.0
- Trollstigen - The Troll Ladder — doegox, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Girl Traveling Mountain Vacation — Rawpixel Ltd, CC0
- Merry Christmas Forest, Stockholm — Sue Wellington: photography and sketchbooks, Public Domain Mark
- A photographer capturing view from Mt Fuji — diloz, CC BY 2.0
- Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, California — mypubliclands, CC BY 2.0
- 20150822_Prescott NF, AZ_R3_Mingus Mountain Picnic Site_001 (US Forest — Prescott NF, Public Domain Mark
- travel gear. — stevecoutts, CC BY 2.0
- Paragliding in Blackheath NSW Australia at high altitude — skinduptruk, CC BY 3.0
- Paragliding through clouds in Blackheath NSW Australia — skinduptruk, CC BY 3.0
- Campfire burning wood logs in the dark — Mixkit, Mixkit Free License
- Paragliding - Parapendio - Vipavska dolina, Slovenia — Slovely.eu, CC BY 3.0
- Fly Golte, fly Slovenia - paragliding tandem Slovenia 9 — Nejc Sedovnik, CC BY 3.0
- Paragliding Slovenija - Vremščica — Aleš Kalin, CC BY 3.0
- People pouring a warm drink around a campfire — Mixkit, Mixkit Free License