Monday 4 May 2009

Itinerary for Ladakh, Nubra and Zanskar in September

Here is our plan for Leh in September. Day 01 is September 10th. Most of this will be done on a hired bike from leh. So if any one is interested, you must be willing to hire and ride a bike through the highest roads on earth and willing to tent in the wilderness.

Day 01: Arrive in Leh. Complete day for rest and leisure to acclimatize. Evening Visit to Leh Market & Shanti Stupa. Overnight at a hotel.

Day 02: Day 02: Visit to Shanti Stupa, Samkar Gompa (Leh Gompa), Namgyal Tsemo (Victory fort) and Leh Palace. Possibly visit to Shey, Thiksey, Hemis monastery and Sindhu Ghat. Some of this can be left for Day 5.

Day 03: Visit Likir, the confluence of rivers Indus and Zanskar, then visit to Alchi and then ride, back to Leh

Day 04: Ride to Khardung La and continue to Hunder for over night stay.

Day 05: Next morning, either go to a double humpback camel breeding farm at Deskit, or visit Panamik, the last village on LAC and the leave for Leh. Stay Leh.

Day 06: Head to Pangong Tso. Stay at Pangong in tents.

Day 07: Return to Leh. Leave for long journey to Dah Hanu (160 Km). Stay there either at Biama or at Dah.

Day 08: Move to Kargil from here through the spectacular terrain. One map book shows a direct road to Kargil from Dah Hanu. If not, we return to Khaltse and ride to Kargil.

Day 09: Explore Kargil, visit Drass. 62 km between the two. Ask locals for other places to see.

Day 10: Head back to Leh.

Day 11: Leave early morning for Delhi.