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India
- the land to travel to, a haven of tourism delights,
a civilization to tour through. Tourists come to India
for its wealth of sights, cultural exuberance,
diversity of terrain and in search of that special
something, an extra punch that only India promises and
delivers. Teeming with over a billion people who voice
over a million concerns in fifteen hundred different
languages, India is where people live with variety,
thrive on diversity and are too familiar with
largeness to let it boggle them. Mud huts and mansions
face off across city streets. Lurid luxury and limp
living are inhabitants of the same lane.
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Trekking in Ladakh |
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Tour Duratation |
18 Nights /
19 Days |
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Places to be covered |
Delhi - Chandigarh - Manali - Jispa - Sarchu - Leh
- Spituk - Zinchen - Yurutse - Skiu - Markha -
Tchatchutse - Nimaling - Shang - Hemis - Leh -
Delhi |
Literally translated, Ladakh
means the land of passes. The region has many
names and these include 'Moon Land', 'Shangrila'
and 'Little Tibet'. A vast expanse of high
altitude desert with its lowest point at 9,000
feet, Ladakh receives scanty rainfall and
finds its primary source of water in the Indus
river which flows for some 459 km before
entering neighbouring Pakistan. The Karakoram
and Kailash ranges form the north and east
borders of Ladakh: the main Great Himalayan
Range isolates it from the south. A majority
of the countryside is covered. by the Ladakh
and Zanskar ranges, each crowned with scores
of 20,000 feet high peaks. Most of Ladakh's
inhabitants live in the sandy plains along the
valley floors. Ladakh is a treasure house of
art and culture. Inhabited mainly by
Buddhists, the region is dotted with
monasteries, many of them centuries old, which
house precious manuscipts, art objects and
paintings.
Leh and Kargil are the two major townships of
Ladakh. Leh, at an altitude of 3,500 metres,
is Ladakh's capital city with an airport and a
number of hotels. Leh, which was an ancient
bazar and caravan-serai, lies in the middle of
a green oasis. It was here that the most
important caravan routes of the Himalayas met.
The township is dominated by the nine storey
high Leh Palace built of mud and stone in the
17th century to resemble the Patola Palace in
Lhasa and house the rajas of Ladakh. Kargil is
almost midway between Srinagar and Leh and is
the overnight stop for those entering Ladakh
from Kashmir by road. Kargil was once at the
crossroads of travel to Baltistan and is a
small township dominated by a predominantly
Shia Muslim population. The Buddhist territory
begins at Mulbek, 25 miles east of Kargil,
where a huge stone carving of the Maitreya
Buddha, said to be over three centuries old,
greets visitors.
From a trekker's point of view, Ladakh can be
divided into three regions:
Zanskar, Nubra and Rupshu. Nubra and; Rupshu
are however, closed for 0 foreigners. Besides
the Karakoram, no area in the Himalayas is so
wide and impenetrable as Zanskar, comprising
some 3,000 square miles. A small dusty road
connects Kargil to Padum, Zanskar's district
headquarters. Most of Zanskar is rent with
high, sharp edged ridges that catch enough
snow to make the steep gorges difficult to
ford in the short summer months. Padum can
also be reached from Kargil by a 12-day trek
which runs along the Doda river and passes
Abring, the first village in the Zanskar area,
Padum can also be approached on foot from the
Lamayuru monastery built sometime in the 16th
century. The trek from Lamayuru to Padum takes
9 days. Outbound treks from Padum include a 6
day trek to Kishtwar in the Jammu area. This
trek is quite difficult and involves glacial
crossings and walk on hard ice and boulder
stream moraines. The 13-day trek from Padum to
the Hemis monastery via Zangla is also
difficult but passes through some of the most
picturesque areas in Ladakh.
Day 01 Delhi
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Arrive Delhi. Met upon arrival and transfer to
hotel for overnight stay.
Day 02 Delhi - Chandigarh - Manali
In the morning transfer to railway station for
your train to Chandigar. Upon your arrival at
Chandigarh you will be met upon arrival by
your driver who will drive you straight to
reach Manali. Arrive Manali and check into
hotel for overnight stay.
Day 03 Manali
Morning at leisure. In the afternoon proceed
for half day city tour covering the Tibetan
Monastry, Hadimba temple and Ghatotkach tree.
Overnight stay in hotel.
Day 04 Manali - Jispa
Morning after breakfast drive to Jispa via
Rohtang pass (3980 M). Arrive and overnight
stay in tents.
Day 05 Jispa - Sarchu
In the morning after breakfast drive to Sarchu
(4253 M) via baralachala (4892 M). Sarchu is
the actual border between Lahaul and Zanskar.
Arrive and overnight stay in tents.
Day 06 Sarchu - Leh
After breakfast drive to Leh (3500 M) via
Lachulangla (5065 M) and Tanglang La (5360 M)
- the second highest pass in the worl. Arrive
and check into hotel for overnight stay.
Day 07 Leh
In the morning visit the Shankar monastery
nearby your hotel and then go up to the Shanti
Stupa (built by the Japanese) for a breath
taking view of the capital city of Ladakh
followed by sight-seeing of Spituk and Phyang
Gompas. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 08 Leh to Spituk (starting point of
trek)
After breakfast leave for Spituk village.
After crossing Spituk bridge, start trek to
Zinchen. (Trek / 4 hrs approx). Dinner and
overnight in camp.
Day 09 Zinchen - Yurutse
After breakfast leave for Zinchen, an easy
days trek. Dinner an overnight.
Day 10 Yurutse - Skiu
After breakfast start trekking to reach Skiu
via Gandala (4900 M) by covering approx. 11
kms. Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 11 Skiu - Markha
After breakfast start trekking to reach Markha
(3550 M) after crossing Chaluk Village. Markha
village has about 30 homes and from here you
will enter the Markha Valley. Just east of the
village there is a Markha Gompa on a hill.
Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 12 Markha - Tchatchutse
Morning after breakfast start trekking to
reach Tchatchutse via Hankar village. Dinner
and overnight stay in tents.
Day 13 Tchatchutse - Nimaling
Morning after breakfast start trekking to
reach Nimaling. Nimaling (4900 M) has a
sweeping pasture where thousands of sheep.,
goats, yaks and cowyak crossbreeds graze
during the summer months, rising to the south
is 6400 M high Kang Yaze (Nimaling Peak), a
lovely mountain, but not an easy one to climb,
Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 14 Nimaling - Shang
Morning after breakfast start trekking to
reach Kongmaru La (5150 M). The trek to
Kongmaru la passes through narrow Gorges. At
the top of the pass, view of the Ladakh range
and the villages of the Indus valley to the
north is excellent. Cross the pass and proceed
to Shang. Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 15 Shang - Hemis
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Morning after breakfast start your last leg of
the trek to Martselang and further to Hemis.
Dinner and overnight stay in tents.
Day 16 Hemis - Leh
After breakfast visit Hemis monastery. Later
drive back Hemis to Leh by jeep. Overnight in
hotel.
Day 17 Leh
After breakfast free at leisure. Afternoon
visit Leh palace. Leh Gompa and bazaar.
Overnight stay in hotel.
Day 18 Leh - Delhi
Transfer to domestic airport in time to board
flight for Delhi on arrival transfer to hotel.
Day 19 Delhi - Onward Destination
Full day sight-seeing tour of Old and New
Delhi. Await transfer to international airport
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