LADAKH
Ladakh
is a land like no other. Bounded by two
of the worlds 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 earths 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 : LehKhardongla passLeh
85Kms
Day
05: Leh Alchi Uletokpo 75
Kms.
Day
06 : Uletokpo Lamayuru Leh
172 Kms.
Day
07 : Leh Delhi
Detailed
program available on request
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