LADAKH

Ladakh is a land like no other. Bounded by two of the world’s mightiest mountain ranges, the Great Himalaya and the Karakoram, it lies athwart two others, the Ladakh range and the Zanskar range. In geological terms, this is a young land, formed only a few million years ago by the buckling and folding of the earth’s crust as the Indian sub-continent pushed with irresistible force against the immovable mass of Asia. Ladakh was once covered by an extensive lake system, the vestiges of which still exist on its south-east plateau of Rupshu and Chushul in drainage basins with evocative names like Tsomoriri, Tsokar and grandest of all, Pangong Tso. With its borders touching Tibet, Chinese Sinkiang and Baltistan and with the Soviet Union, Pakistan and Afghanistan in close proximity, Ladakh occupies a highly strategic position.

Ladakh lies at altitudes ranging from about 9,000 feet at Kargil to 25,170 feet at Saser Kangri in the Karakoram. Thus summer temperatures rarely exceed about 27 degree in the shade, while in winter they may plummet to minus 20 degree even in Leh. Surprisingly though, the thin air makes the heat of the sun even more intense than at lower altitude, it is said that only in Ladakh can a man sitting in the sun with his feet in the shade suffer from sunstroke and frostbite at the same time.

Day 01: Delhi – Leh

Day 02 : Leh – Monasteries 90 Kms.

Day 03 : Leh – Durbuk - Pangong Tso - Leh (250 Kms)

Day 04 : Leh–Khardongla pass–Leh 85Kms

Day 05: Leh – Alchi – Uletokpo 75 Kms.

Day 06 : Uletokpo – Lamayuru – Leh 172 Kms.

Day 07 : Leh – Delhi

Detailed program available on request