LEH ITINERARY 2
(ROUTE 1 - 14 DAYS)
OVERVIEW
EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS
Adventure, people, villages, wildlife and high passes.
- Driving through the most scenic terrain.
- Visit monasteries, attend morning prayer.
- Experience the local culture and festivals of leh (subject to festive season).
- Driving on second highest motorable pass in the world.
- Double humped camel ride (bactrian camel) high altitude cold desert in hunder village NUBRA.
- Visit to Turtuk india’s last village on indo-pak border in ladakh.
- Visit to world’s highest salt water lake Pangong Tso (4350 m).
- Visit to magnificent Lamayuru ,known for its lunar landscape.
- Drive to magnetic hill.
- Driving through beautiful passes namely sirsir la, singe la while drving from lamayuru to padum.
- Visit to Padum the only town in Zanskar, kargil district of ladakh.
Highlights
LEH EXPEDITION ON WHEELS 2023
ITINERARY
DELHI / CHANDIGARH TO MANALI
Pick up from Delhi/ Chandigarh airport, break for tea, snacks/ lunch at Ambala and we start for Manali.
MANALI
Post breakfast a small local tour will be arranged and back to hotel by lunch hour. Have a relaxed afternoon and in the evening we will have a small briefing about expedition and some important tips, conducted by team leader and Zahir team.
MANALI TO SARCHU
We will be starting bit early in the morning. Breakfast and lunch stops will be en-route. We will be crossing our first high pass Baralacha-la and beautiful suraj taal at the top.
SARCHU TO LEH
We will start early for leh from Sarchu. We have to cover 259 km approx. Today we will be driving through the Gata Loops to Lachulung-La (16,600ft), More plains, Tanglang-La (17,480ft) to finally reach Leh.
LEH
Relaxed day to get acclimatize, gentle walk around Leh market, local tour to shanty Stupa / Leh palace and back to hotel.
LEH TO NUBRA
After breakfast, drive to Nubra Valley via Khardung La pass. This road is considered to be the highest motorable road of the world. Enroute, enjoy the spectacular views of the never ending snow-capped mountain ranges around Khardung La Pass (18,390 feet). After spending some time at Khardung La, proceed to Nubra. After Hotel check-in, enjoy Bactrian camel Safari in the evening.
NUBRA TO SIACHIN TO NUBRA
After breakfast, drive to Panamic hot springs. visit to hot spring at Panamic, drive to the Siachen Base Camp: the Highest Battlefield in the world. Meet Army people and get to know about the daily life at Siachen. Drive back to Nubra after some quality time at Siachen.
NUBRA TO PANGONG TSO
We will start post breakfast following the same route towards Leh till we reach Khalsar. From the Agyam bridge, we will take the route which leads us to the villages of Shyok and Durbuk. After Durbuk, towards Tangtse and we will follow the traditional route. Drive to Pangong Lake one of the largest and most beautiful natural brackish lakes in the Himalayas. Situated at 14000 ft, more than half of the lake is within Chinese Territory and only one third parts lies in India. Explore the lake area, might catch some rare wildlife. Stay Overnight in Pangong.
PANGONG TO LEH
Early morning enjoy the picturesque view of Sun rise on the lake. After breakfast drive back to Leh, take a short halt at Changla Pass to enjoy a cup of hot steaming tea and reach leh by early evening. Relax.
LEH TO LAMAYURU
Post breakfast we will start for Lamayuru. Visit to magnetic Hill, Hall of Fame, Gurdwara Pathar Sahib and stay at Lamayuru.
LLAMAYURU TO PADUM
After Morning Prayer at Lamayuru monastery we will have our breakfast and leave for Padum via High passes sirsi-la, Photoksar, Singe-La to Padum.
PADUM TO JISPA
Post breakfast we will start for Jispa via Zangla, visit Zangla fort, Kurgaik Village, sacred peak of Gonbo Rongjon peak and we reach via most adventurous route to Jispa. Have a relaxed evening by the side of river, bonfire and retire to bed early.
JISPA TO MANALI
Post breakfast we will start for manali via sissu. We will reach early to Manali. Later evening we will have a small get together with the Team.
MANALI TO CHANDIGRAH
Post breakfast we will start for Chandigarh airport / stay at Chandigarh fly out next day.