Day - 01: Arrive Delhi.
Meet assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel. Overnight
at hotel.
Day - 02: Delhi - Fly Leh.
Meet upon arrival and transfer to hotel. Rest of the
day is free for rest and acclimatization. Overnight
at hotel.
Day -03: In Leh:
After breakfast sightseeing tour of Hemis. Thiksey and
Shey monasteries.
Day -04: In Leh :
Morning visit Phyang & Spituk monasteries. Evening
visit Shankar Gompa. Overnight hotel.
Day -05: Leh - Lamayuru - 124 kms. 06 hrs. drive
After breakfast depart for Lamauru. Here we meet our
prearranged mules. Overnight in camp.
Day -06: Lamayuru - Prinkit -La-3780 Mts.- Wanla
- 5 hrs. walk
Morning visit monastery, go down towards the village,
cross the stream then gradually climbing across a mountain
side, reach a small valley which you follow as far as
the pass. Go down into narrow gorge until reaching the
village of Shila. Cross the river over a bridge, then
take the right bank as far as Wanla. Overnight
in camp.
Day -07: Wanala- Hanupata- 07 hrs. walk
This is an easy but long day continue across the slope
and pass a ridge, then go up until reaching good bridge
across the river yapolo. Continue across the slope till
we come out from the gorge and ascent gentle to our
camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -08: Hanupata - Sirsi- La - 4800 Mts.- Photaksar-
06 hrs. walk
After a long walk from the camp we cross-river over
a wooden bridge. The climb to the pass is gentle in
the beginning but becomes steep later. Sharp descent
of two hrs. We then come to the spectacularly situated
village of Photaksar, perched on the edge of its fields
or looking the river below, with thousands of feet of
shee rock rising up behind. Overnight in camp.
Day -09: Photaksar - Sengi - La 4950 Mts. - Yulchung
- 08 hrs. walk
Cross the river over a wooden bridge then ascend to
the first easy pass Boumitse- La. From here we descent
down to the river crossing two times and then steep
trail approaches the Sengi - La - 4950 Mts., from where
we have superb views before negotiating a steep descent
to our camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -10: Yulchung - Base of Hunumala - 4100 Mts.
- 07 hrs. walk
We climb two passes the Kuba- La and Netuksi- La both
4400 Mts. Sharp descent of one hour we arrive Lingshed.
Visit monastery. From here we climb to another small
pass before we descent down to the base of Hunumala.
Overnight in camp.
Day -11: Base - Hunumala - 4750 Mts. - Neache
- 06 hrs. walk
Immediately after leaving camp we climb to the pass.
The view from the top is probably the best of the trek,
with stark, multicolored moonscape of Ladakh all around,
and Lingshod Gompa in the distance. From the pass descent
down for two hrs. till we arrive camp. Overnight in
camp.
Day -12: Neache - Parfila - 3950 Mts. - Hanumil
- 05 hrs. walk
We cross the stream and climb gently to small pass from
here a steep descent leads to the crossing of a tributary
in a wonderful narrow valley. Here we cross the river
over a wooden bridge and climb steep trail to the pass
and then we descent to the broad Zansakar valley crossing
a small stream before arriving our camp. Overnight in
camp
Day -13: Hanumil - Pissu - 05 hrs. walk
After our affords over the high passes we now have an
easier walk. Continue along the left bank of Zanskar
river. Easy going sometimes along the river, sometimes
along the moronic plateau. Cross a small stream and
another 45 minutes climb we arrive our camp. Overnight
in camp.
Day -14: Pissu - Padum - 05 hrs. walk
This is again an easy day. Continue west path of Zanskar
river till we arrive Karsha. After visiting monastery
we cross-river Doda over a long suspension bridge. From
here another one hour walk over a dusty trail we arrive
Padum (the head quarter of Zanskar valley). Overnight
in camp.
Day -15: Padum - Raru - 05 hrs walk
The trail follows the Tsarap Chu along the dusty foundation
of jeep track through the village to Bardan. Visit monastery.
From here we continue on the right hand side of the
valley then descent down for half an hour from here
easy ascent then a flat walk we arrive our camp. Overnight
in camp.
Day -16: Raru - Phebula - 04 hrs. walk
Descend down to Lingti Chu. Cross over through a wooden
bridge and climb up to a small pass. Descend steeply
to the main river valley and follow the right hand sides
of the river until we reach our campsite just besides
the river. Overnight in camp.
Day -17: Phebula - Purne - 04 hrs walk.
The trail between Phebula and Purne goes through some
impressive gorge. Descend down to the right hacnd side
of the valley, which is the meeting point of the two
rivers, Kargiah Chu and Tsarap Chu. Cross here through
a wooden bridge and another 15 minutes to the camp.
Day -18: Purne - Phuktal - Purne - 04 hrs. walk
Day excursion to Phuktal monastery, one of the most
impressive in zanskar, has been carved right out of
the mountain wall and set in a huge lime stone cave.
Return to the camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -19: Purne - Kargiah - 08 hrs. walk
Recross the wooden bridge over Kargiah Chu. Steeps ascend
of one hour till we reach Yal. Descend down then trail
continues through Tessta and Kuru village before re-crossing
the river by the bridge Yelow Tanze village. The main
trail continues for 05 kms. to Kargiah, the last village
en-route to Shingo- La. Overnight in camp.
Day -20: Kargiah - Base of Shango- La 06 hrs.
walk
The trail stays on the East Side of the Kargiah Chu.
Winding across yak pastures used by the herdsmen till
late autum. Cross-easy stream 4 to 5 times until you
reach to rocky path, where one can see Himalayan Blue
Poppes. Cross the river Shingo by taking off your shoes
and further steep climb of one hour will take you to
base camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -21: Base of Shingo - La - Shingo - La -
Ramjak - 05 hrs. walk.
The climb to shigo la takes two hours from the camp
with the trail ascending steeply before traversing the
main ridge below the pass. Nice view of amid hanging
glaciers and 6000 Mts. Peaks. The descent traverses
the glacier immediately below the pass. Crossing lateral
moraine to a goat trek near Ramjak.(There will be optional
climb to Zanskar Peak - 6000 Mts. For the trek members
who wish to climb)? Overnight in camp.
Day -22: Ramjak - Zankar Samdu - 04 hrs. walk
From Ramjak the trail descends to the Barai river and
further to the confluence of the river Zankar Samdu.
Cross the river over a suspension bridge and further
20 minutes to the camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -23: Zankar Samdu - Palamo - 04 hrs. walk
Immediately after leaving camp the trail passes through
big rock boulders then descends to the far side through
boulder fields and grazing land with the occasional
birch tree. Cross the small streams over wood logs till
we reach camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -24: Drive by car or bus from Palamo - Keylong,
hotel
Day -25: Darcha - Manali
After breakfast we drive to Manali over Rothang pass
- 3980 Mts. - 08-hrs drive. Overnight at hotel.
Day -26: Manali - Chandigarh
Drive to Chandigarh - 09-hrs drive. Check in hotel.
Overnight hotel.
Day -27: Chandigarh - Delhi
In the morning we drive to Delhi. Overnight hotel.
Day -28: Delhi - Agra
Morning transfer to station to board train for Agra
departing at 0600 hrs and arrival Agra at 0800 hrs.
Meet at station and transfer to hotel. Sightseeing of
Agra visit Taj Mahal, Fort and Itimed-ud-ullah's tomb.
Overnight hotel.
Day-29 : Agra - Delhi - Onward Destination.
Transfer to Delhi by surface. Farewell dinner and transfer
to airport for return flight.
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