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15 days / 14 nights / 13 riding days

With extension: 16 days / 15 nights / 13 riding days

Ladakh Motorcycle Tour Highlights

• As of 2024, the new highest pass in the world, Umling La, at 5,883m
• Conquer the three highest motorable passes in the world, including the legendary Khardung La Pass at 5,604m
• Immerse yourself in the otherworldly beauty of the azure lakes Pangong, Moriri & Tso Kar
• Experience the unique culture and religion of Leh, the Tibetan Buddhist capital of Ladakh
• Explore the high valley of the Nubra Desert, swap your motorbike for a camel ride up towering sand dunes
• Visit the most beautiful monasteries in the region, with magnificent views at Thiksey, Hemis & Lamayuru
• Take in the breathtaking views of the history-steeped Karakoram Glacier Siachen
• Ride through the mighty Zanskar Gorge at Chilling
• Discover the picturesque Indus Valley and the cultural heritage of the region
• Embark on a pure adventure through winding gorges, passes and slopes between Pangong & Moriri
• Enjoy stylish overnight stays in traditional Tibetan boutique hotels & guesthouses, with lake views at Pangong & Moriri, and close proximity to Tibetan nomads.

We tackle 12 passes on this Leh Ladakh motorbike tour:

5.883 m | Umling La Pass – The new highest motorable pass in the world 5.604 m |  Kardungh La  Pass – The second-highest motorable pass in the world 5.525 m | Photi La – Pass – The thir-highest in the world 5.390 m |  Tanglang La  Pass 5.360 m |  Chang La  Pass 5.312 m |  Wari La  Pass 5.050 m |  Namshang La  Pass 4.936m |  Thato La  Pass 4.900 m |  Konka La  Pass 4.844 m |  Pologongka La  Pass  4.005 m |  Fotu La  Pass 3.700 m |  Namika-La Pass

Parts of the route – up to entire day’s rides – are unpaved. In addition to good natural tracks, there are also tracks that were once paved and where the asphalt has crumbled. These are marked by potholes and bumps. Longer passages can be covered with sand or pebbles. The unpaved/paved ratio is around 20/80.

Most of the route is on good, paved roads. Two-lane roads alternate with narrow, single-lane mountain roads. Riders should be comfortable with hairpin bends and narrow, winding roads. Rough surfaces, potholes and the occasional unpaved road shouldn’t be a problem.

With short breaks and photo stops, not counting breaks for lunch, which last about an hour. Average figures: 5-7 hours per day

The Three Lakes of Ladakh Motorcycle Tour Itinerary

Day 1: flight to leh* and acclimatization.

Leh, the former capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, is located at an altitude of 3,524 meters in a broad valley surrounded by the tall mountain ranges of the Himalayas. The city was closely linked to Tibet, China and India via an important historical trade route along the Indus Valley. In addition to foodstuffs such as salt, precious goods such as brocades, cashmere wool, silk and indigo were traded. The mighty old royal palace built around 1600, which overlooks Leh and is open to the public, remains an impressive testimony to the former might of the kingdom. The spectacular view on the flight to Leh is already a highlight at the start of the tour. In Leh, a taxi driver from Hotel Bijoo will meet you at the airport with a sign. After the transfer to our simple but charming and centrally located tour hotel, you’ll have plenty of time to relax and acclimatize. Our guide will meet you at the hotel. Later, we’ll explore the area on a walk to the Shanti Stupa (pagoda), and there will be a delicious welcome dinner in the hotel garden in the evening.

*Arrival: Best to arrive at Delhi International Airport before 02:30 a.m. am on tour day 01. From here we continue with the domestic flight to Leh at around 07:00 a.m.

Day 2: Warm-up day tour – the Hemis and Tikkse Monasteries

Our first excursion with our Royal Enfield motorcycles takes us to two of Ladakh’s most famous monasteries, Hemis and Tikkse, in the upper Indus Valley. We’ll get to know the bikes on a warm-up run and enjoy the beautiful views. Hemis Monastery was founded in the tenth century and is closely associated with the Yogi Naropa, founder of the esoteric Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

Afterwards, we’ll ride back to Leh for the night. Dinner will be served in the beer garden of a local restaurant.

Distance covered: approx. 90 km

Day 3: Tour Start to Tingmosgang 

Kick off the Ladakh motorcycle tour with a scenic ride into the western Indus Valley. Discover the ancient ruins and temples of the Basgo Royal Palace and the majestic Serpent Buddha statue at Likir Monastery. Take on the winding mountain roads with your Enfields and ascend to the village of Yang Tang, continuing over a small, unnamed mountain pass to Hemis Supachen, known for its sacred juniper forest. The awe-inspiring views of the narrow gorge, towering sandstone walls, and deep drops will make for a memorable first day of riding.

The first day of the journey is already spectacular! In the afternoon, we arrive at an idyllic Tibetan village where we stay at a beautiful boutique hotel. The hotel is owned by a local family who also resides there and has built everything in the Tibetan style. The garden with a small stream invites you to relax. For those who still have energy, they can visit the temple overlooking the village on foot.

Distance covered: approx. 130 km

Day 4: Exploring the Western Indus Valley & Aryan Culture

Embark on a thrilling ride along the Indus River deep into the western region. Wind through wild, winding roads and cross the first high pass as we leave the main road and venture into the remote hinterland. Soon, we’ll be treated to breathtaking views of the Aryan Valley, dotted with small villages and farmsteads. The Aryans of Ladakh are a unique people, with distinct physical characteristics, social customs, cultural traditions, and language. They rely on the land, subsist on the milk and meat of goats and sheep, and follow a solar calendar for their festivals and agricultural activities. 

Some scholars believe that the Aryan, also known as Brokpas, were part of Alexander’s army and have been living in the region for over 2,000 years. With a population of only about 4,000, this tribe is considered “endangered” and their numbers are dwindling. Spend the night in a resort-style camp among the locals, immersing in their culture.

Distance covered: approx. 180 km

Day 5: Conquer the Namika & Fotu La Passes

As we set off, we soon reach the towering ruins of Chitkan Fortress, a former royal residence with nine levels. Enjoy breathtaking views of the valley and our winding mountain road from here. We’ll then wind our way through countless curves to the small Namika Pass (3,700m) before continuing into the Kanji Valley and a special village surprise awaits us at the end of the newly-built road. Next, tackle the never-ending switchbacks of the Fatu La Pass, reaching over 4,000 meters high. On the descent, visit the awe-inspiring Lamayuru Monastery, perched majestically on a rock above the surrounding area and a spectacular landmark of Ladakh.

The “eternal” monastery sits at 3,500 meters and serves as a learning center for 150 resident monks. We continue to descend drive along the mighty Indus River towards the oasis of Alchi, located on the banks of the Indus River at an altitude of 3,200 meters. Here, we stay at a comfortable guesthouse with an apricot garden that reflects the local architectural style. Only a few steps away from the guesthouse is the oldest monastery in Ladakh, which now houses a cultural history museum with beautiful temple paintings. We will have dinner in the garden restaurant.

Day 6: The Gorge of the Zanskar River

The former independent kingdom of Zanskar, located in an impressive high valley, is one of the many highlights of this Himalayan motorcycle tour. The road in the airy heights of Zanskar is, in the truest sense of the word, breathtaking and is also known as the “Roof of the World”. We follow the mighty Zanskar River deep into the gorge. In the village oasis of Chilling, we have time to enjoy the idyll. Afterwards, we take a small adventure trail to a secluded monastery nearby. In the vast area of Zanskar, only a few thousand people live, the region is only accessible seven months a year. In the afternoon, we return to Leh and relax in the garden of our hotel. Dinner in a rooftop restaurant with views of the king’s palace and the old town.

Distance covered: approx. 160 km

Day 7: Riding over the Khardung La Pass into the Nubra Valley

Get ready for a thrilling ride today, folks! We’re taking on the Khardung La Pass, the highest road pass in the world at 5,604 meters. This is one of the highlights of the tour and a must-do for any adventure seeker and motorcycle enthusiast. We’ll pass by an Indian army post and a temple, and of course, stop for a photo op with the sign that declares the Khardung La Pass as the highest motorable pass in the world. The views from the top are absolutely breathtaking, offering a panoramic view of Leh and the surrounding mountains. Once we’ve conquered the pass, it’s a wild ride down into the wide desert of the Nubra Valley.

Trust us, the descent from 2,600 meters is worth it. Our destination for the day is the oasis of Hunder, where we’ll be staying in a lush garden hotel. For those who want even more adventure, we’re taking a guided tour in the afternoon through the western Nubra Valley on our trusty Enfields. The road gets narrower as we follow the Shyok River and reach the northernmost village in India. The views of the Karakorum mountain range in Pakistan are not to be missed. We’ll also visit the ancient and picturesque Diskit Monastery with its giant Buddha statue. After that, we’ll have the option to take a camel ride in the Hunder sand dunes or simply relax in the oasis. Dinner will be served in the relaxing garden of our hotel.

Distance covered: approx. 130-290 km

Day 8: Exploring the Nubra Valley & Siachen Glacier

Get ready for an adventure-packed day as we explore the wide and beautiful Nubra Valley. First stop, the hot springs of Panamik, where you can soak in the natural hot water and relax your muscles after a long ride. Next, we’ll take hidden roads that lead us further north, where you’ll be treated to breathtaking views of snow-capped mountains. Along the way, we’ll explore remote Tibetan monasteries and places of pilgrimage. Finally, we’ll reach the northernmost point of India, and the end of our journey, where you’ll catch a glimpse of the historic Siachen Glacier.

This glacier, part of the eastern Karakoram mountain range, is the second longest in the world, and separates India from Pakistan and China. it’s of strategic importance. We’ll head back south along the same road and spend the night in Sumur.

Distance covered: approx. 230 km

Day 9: Cruisin’ over Wari Pass to Shakti

Get ready for a thrilling ride as we follow the Shyok River and tackle the Wari La Pass, standing tall at 5,312 meters. The recently opened pass road promises a challenging but rewarding experience. As we conquer the pass, we’re greeted with stunning views of the Shakti Valley. We’ll make stops at the beautifully crafted Taktok and Chemrey monasteries, dating back to the 17th century, and towering over the valley. Shakti village offers a glimpse into authentic Tibetan rural life and we’ll be staying in a cozy boutique hotel to rest and explore the village. So, pack your bags and get ready for an adventure of a lifetime!

Distance covered: approx. 140 km

Day 10: The Azure Blue Pangong Tso Lake

Another epic ride awaits as we tackle the Chang La Pass, standing at a towering 5,360 meters and adorned with colorful prayer flags. This winding mountain road leads us to the stunning Pangong Tso Lake, a sight to behold with its mesmerizing blue-green hues. We’ll spend the night at a cozy bungalow resort in Merak village, overlooking the vast lake. At 4,360 meters above sea level, Pangong Tso marks the border between China and India, and on a clear day, you might even catch a glimpse of the Tibetan shore. This is a must-see stop for any adventure seeker or motorcycle rider.

Distance covered: approx. 170 km

Day 11: Across Three Passes to the Indus & Beyond

Today’s stage presents an exciting challenge with not one, but three passes awaiting our conquest after we depart from the shores of Pangong: Thato La (4,936m), Kaksang La, and Namshang La (5,050m). Once these have been crossed, we’ll find ourselves alongside the Indus River, following its course for a brief stretch.

Our journey continues until we reach our daily destination, Hanle, which serves as the gateway to the new highest pass in the world, Umling La, soaring at an elevation of 5,883 meters. Here, we’ll spend the night in a cozy guesthouse, resting up for the adventures that lie ahead.

Distance covered: approx. 190 km

Day 12: The World´s Highest Pass: Umling La near Tibet

Embark on a day trip to Umling La Pass, the pinnacle of high-altitude riding. Standing at 5,883 meters, Umling La holds the title of the highest motorable pass in the world, surpassing the renowned Khardung La. The pass was only recently opened and has been accessible to foreigners since 2024, due to its proximity to the Tibet border, which previously made visits impossible. Before setting our sights on Umling La, we navigate the numerous hairpin bends of Photi La (5,525m), where breathtaking panoramas unfold, offering a mesmerizing glimpse into the mountainous expanse between Ladakh and Tibet. After today’s adventure, we circle back to Hanle village via a different road, where we can relax and unwind.

Distance covered: approx. 1 3 0 km

Day 13: Glamping at the vast Lake Moriri

We ride through the land of the Tibetan nomads, and today promises yet another adventure. Gradually, the magically turquoise Tso Moriri Lake comes into view, where we will stay in a simple yet charming seasonal tent camp in the village of Korzok. We enjoy the view over the lake and have the opportunity to visit the ancient monastery nearby or hike to the nomadic tent settlements in the wild high valley just behind Korzok. The bravest among us can take a dip in the cool waters of Tso Moriri Lake. We relish the landscape and atmosphere in our cozy camp with a lake view, and a typical Ladakhi dinner awaits us in the restaurant. Tso Moriri, which in the local language simply means “Mountain Lake,” is situated at an altitude of 4,522 meters and is not only the largest high-altitude lake in Ladakh but, at 105 square kilometers, also the largest in all of India. Its shores are home to Tibetan gazelles, lynxes, wild Tibetan donkeys (Kiang), Tibetan wolves, and snow leopards.

Day 14: Riding into the Sunset: The Final Leg of our Adventure

The beginning of today’s stage is best described as a journey on dust tracks through desert valleys. We pass by steaming sulfur springs, cross the wind-whipped Pologonka Pass at 4,900 meters, and drive along the Tso Kar Salt Lake, a nature reserve home to shy and rare birds and rodents, heading towards Leh. The two six-thousanders, Thugje (6,050m) and Gursan (6,370m), dominate the expansive lake panorama landscape. Then we cross the “last” five-thousander, the Tanglang La Pass (5,340 meters). After a gentle ascent, we continue spectacularly through a wild rock gorge nearly 2,000 meters down to the Indus River. Then we reach Leh and thus our comfortable hotel where we will enjoy our goodbye dinner.

Distance covered: approx. 210 km

Day 15: Return to Delhi

We fly back to the capital in the morning and our Himalayan motorcycle tour comes to an end. We can arrange a hotel room for those who have later departures. For those interested, we can also take a trip to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal.

Option: Taj Mahal excursion – bus trip to Agra

If you’d like to visit the Taj Mahal, join us for a five-hour luxury bus ride to the old Mughal capital of Agra, where we’ll check into a fine 5-star hotel near the Taj. There will be free time in the afternoon to relax or to explore the city on your own. Dinner will be a buffet in the hotel.

Day 16: Visit to the Taj Mahal and Red Fort

Early morning visit to the Taj Mahal followed by breakfast and a visit to the Red Fort. Return to New Delhi, visit Royal Enfield flagship store and farewell dinner. Transfer to the airport for departure.

Don’t Miss Out On a Wonderful Experience

Book your tour now – 3 lakes of ladakh tour in 2024 and 2025.

We can accommodate only 14 motorbikes on this tour.

Since our tours get filled up fast, please book our 3 Lakes of Ladakh 2023 and 2024 Tours now to avoid disappointment.

Our Next available tours are as follows:

2024 23.06. – 07.07. 07.07. – 21.07. 21.07. – 04.08. 04.08. – 18.08. 18.08. – 01.09.

2025 21.06. – 05.07. 05.07. – 19.07. 19.07. – 02.08. 02.08. – 16.08. 16.08. – 30.08.

Included Services

• Domestic flights Delhi – Leh and Leh – Delhi incl. 15KG main luggage + 7KG carry- on luggage
• All airport transfers
• All overnight stays, accommodation with en-suite shower/toilet
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner (excluding drinks)
• During the motorcycle tour: drinking water in the escort vehicle
• All road tolls, bridge tolls, entrance fees during the joint program
• Motorcycle: Enfield Himalayan 411 cc or Bullet 500 with fully comprehensive insurance (EUR 500 deductible), touring equipment of the motorcycles with saddlebags
• Gasoline/oil and all spare and wear parts
• Experienced English speaking motorcycle tour guide during the tour
• Service vehicle for luggage transport and pillions. Every pillion has a guranteed seat in the service vehicle.
• Experienced motorcycle mechanic (who can also ride your motorcycle in case of need)

Excluded Services

• International flights to/from Delhi
• Optional tips for guides and mechanics, souvenirs, shopping
• Tourist Visa for India
• Travel insurance and travel health insurance
• Additional baggage for domestic flights, this can be bought cheaply at the counter

Optional Taj Mahal excursion  

250€ – 300€ (exact price depends on participant number) pick-up from Delhi airport and transfer in private AC minibus to the Taj Mahal. Early next morning visit of the Taj Mahal and and Red Fort in Agra (with guided tour). Including one night in a 5* hotel in Agra.

Questions & Answers

• A: Ladakh 3 Lakes Tour
• B: India General

Can I get altitude sickness?

The Ladakh tour starts in Leh at the altitude of 3,500 meters, so a slow acclimatization is important. After two nights in Leh, we’ll move on to two nights in Alchi on the western Indus at an altitude of around 3,000 meters. Based on our experience, everybody should be well-acclimatized by then and the minor discomfort (dizziness, headache, insomnia) associated with high altitudes a thing of the past. So, don’t worry! We have had hardly any cases of “real” altitude sickness on our Ladakh motorcycle tours in the last ten years.

That said, everyone reacts differently to high altitudes. We therefore recommend that you discuss the use of acetazolamide, a medication to prevent altitude sickness, with your GP.

Will there be any water crossings?

There is definitely one water crossing on the way from Nubra Valley to Lake Pangong in Ladakh. Ultimately, the situation is different after every winter, so you should be prepared to ford more than one river. Our team will be happy to help and take over your bike if you don’t feel comfortable with the crossing.

Do I need a visa for India?

Visitors to India need a tourist visa, which you must obtain in advance. Visas are not issued on arrival. Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond the period of your stay. The e-Tourist Visa costs around 20 to 80 euros and you can apply for it online. Important note: The terms for the e-Tourist Visa can be found here: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html The visa application itself can be found here: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/info1.jsp

What do I need to bring along for a motorcycle tour?

You will definitely want to bring your riding suit with protectors and a helmet. You will also need motorcycle boots or lighter riding shoes and gloves. While your gear should be breathable in hot climates, you need to be ready for anything at high altitudes and in the Himalayas. We recommend winter gloves, warm socks, liners for jackets and trousers, a scarf and face protection. Rain gear is a good idea if your riding suit is not waterproof. Please note that we do not hire out clothing. We believe that your own riding gear will fit best and thus give you the best protection. If you forget anything, we’ll find a solution, however. We often have spare gear with us, or we can point you in the direction of a shop.

Do I need travel insurance and travel health insurance?

We always recommend that you take out travel insurance to cover costs incurred if you need to cancel the trip due to illness or other reasons. When shopping for travel health insurance, make sure the policy covers the potentially high cost of medical evacuation to your home country. Both forms of insurance can save you a lot of money in an emergency and we recommend them unreservedly. In many countries, your national motoring organization can provide the coverage you need.

What should I keep in mind when riding with a passenger?

Riding two-up is almost always possible. In difficult terrain or on rough tracks, every passenger has a guaranteed seat in the support vehicle to keep things relaxed for both rider and pillion.

Do pillion passengers have a guaranteed seat in the support vehicle?

Yes, all passengers have a guaranteed seat. In bad weather or challenging riding conditions, they can switch to the support vehicle at any time – and back to the bike when conditions improve.

How big are the groups? What’s the minimum number of participants?

Groups generally consist of 8 to 14 riders and 2 to 6 passengers. The minimum number of participants is 6 riders.

What’s the Classic Bike Adventure travel team like?

Our European tour guides are skilled motorcyclists and inveterate travelers who love India. They’re resilient in the face of stress and know the history and culture of the regions they cover. Our Indian mechanics are experienced Enfield specialists who all speak English and are happy to help with any technical problem, great or small. A stand-in rider is always available. More information on our travel concept is available here .

What kind of bikes will we ride?

We ride 500cc Royal Enfield Bullets manufactured from 2014 to 2017 that feature electric starters, 5-speed gearboxes with the gearshift on the left, front disk brakes, roomy and rugged leather saddlebags, crashbars, 19” tires and twin horns.

What do I need in the way of documents?

You will need your passport, national driving license, international driving license and flight ticket. Please be sure to make photocopies of all of your important travel documents and carry them separately. They can be invaluable in an emergency.

What are the import regulations for India?

Up to 200 cigarettes and 2 liters of alcohol may be imported duty-free. All international cigarette and spirits brands are available in India. Customs checks of arriving tourists have become considerably less strict in recent years.

Do I need a driving license?

All riders must have a valid motorcycle driving license issued in their home country. An international driving license is also required. Be sure to contact the relevant authorities in your home country well in advance for more information on obtaining an international driving license.

Will I need maps?

Simple street maps are often available locally. The best road maps are available from the German publishers Reise Know How and Nelles. These are only available in specialized bookstores or online.

Where can I stow my bags?

Your baggage will be carried by the support vehicle. Please don’t pack too much – remember: less is more. From time to time, we’ll have to carry our baggage over short distances to the hotel. Baggage is not insured, so please be sure to purchase your own baggage insurance for the trip if necessary. Your personal items for the day are best kept in the saddlebags or your daypack. Tank bags – including magnetic ones – can be used on the Enfields, but we don’t provide them.

Do I need to buy an Indian SIM card for my phone?

European SIM cards now work almost everywhere in India. You’ll need patience if you want a local SIM card, as the registration takes a minimum of three days, and in some regions it is not possible at all.

How much is the deposit for the bike?

Riders must make a deposit of USD/EUR 500.00 in cash for their bikes. The deposit will be refunded when the bike is returned in good condition. The deposit corresponds to the comprehensive insurance deductible for damage to the rented bike and damage or injuries to third parties caused by the rider. (The deductible is payable in such cases!)

Important note: The deductible also applies to damage or injury to third parties. In practice, the rider is initially liable for the full damages. The costs are later refunded by the insurance company, minus the deductible.

What are the specs of the bikes?

Technical specifications: Single-cylinder four-stroke, 499 cc, 16 kW (28 bhp) at 4,600 rpm, 178 kg, 80 cm seat height, 123 kph max.

Our Enfields were manufactured from 2013 to 2017 and are well-maintained. Naturally, some of them bear the minor battle scars typical of touring motorcycles. Technically, they are all in top shape and perfectly suited to the planned tours. They’re tremendous fun to ride, and their handling is safe and predictable after a brief familiarization period. Our average speeds on the tour range from 40 to 60 kph, depending on the road conditions and traffic.

On which side do you ride in India?

Indians drive on the left. The flexible and generally considerate driving style of the locals makes it easy to adjust to riding on the “wrong side” and coping with traffic conditions that initially seem chaotic. The behavior of pedestrians and cyclists, and the frequent presence of animals on the road call for considerably more attention, however. Extreme caution is required around children. Further information on traffic and riding can be found here and here .

What kind of food and drinks will we be having in India?

Western food is generally not available, so we’ll be having simple, often vegetarian meals as well as regional specialties throughout the tour. Hearty breakfasts will not always be available. We can promise you a wide range of cuisine, with a special emphasis on local specialties. In general, a lot of curry is served in India, and little meat – chicken being the most common non-vegetarian food – but plenty of vegetables, legumes and rice. Indian cuisine is generally well-spiced, easily digestible and not overly hot. Vegetarians will have no problems in India. Indian beer is not always up to international standards. The most common brands are Kingfisher, Castle and San Miguel. The local Chang beer is quite effective but requires a bit of getting used to. Wine – when it’s available – is even more of an acquired taste than Chang. Mineral water and beverages such as Coca Cola can be purchased anywhere and must be carried individually.

Should I bring Indian rupees to India, or are US dollars preferable?

You are not allowed to bring Indian currency into the country or take it out. You may bring the equivalent of up to US$ 5,000 in foreign currency into the country without prior notice. We recommend bringing euros in €50 and €100 notes. Please make a note of the daily exchange rate to avoid getting a bad rate at the airport. American Express Traveler’s Cheques are no longer in common use and will cause unnecessary hassles. Credit cards (Maestro, Visa and MasterCard) with PINs can be used for cash advances from ATMs in many towns. You will need the equivalent of around €100 to €150 for drinks, lunch and tips per week.

What’s a typical day on the road like?

A travel day normally begins at 8 am with breakfast. Around 9 am, after a short briefing by the road captain, it’s time for the day’s riding, the mileage of which can vary quite a bit. Plenty of time will be available for lunch and coffee breaks, of course. Depending on the day’s mileage, we’ll reach the destination hotel between 3 and 4 pm. Since our tours vary considerably, we may also hit the road at 8 am on high-mileage days – which is also nice, because then we have the whole day ahead of us.

What’s the time difference?

Indian standard time is 5.5 hours ahead of GMT.

Tour Concept by RC Peter

• Indien & Sri Lanka
• Tibet & China
• Thailand, Laos, Kambodscha
• Overland Serie
• Reisekonzept
• Soziale Verantwortung
• Wie alles begann
• Unser tibetisches Homestay

15 Tage / 14 Nächte / 13 Fahrtage

Mit Verlängerung: 16 Tage / 15 Nächte / 13 Fahrtage

Ladakh Motorradreise Höhepunkte

• Der neue höchste Pass der Welt Umling La mit 5.883m
• Bezwinge die drei höchsten befahrbaren Pässe der Welt, einschließlich des legendären Khardung La Pass mit 5.604m
• Tauche ein in die jenseitige Schönheit der azurblauen Seen Pangong, Moriri & Kar
• Erlebe die einzigartige Kultur von Leh, der tibetisch-buddhistischen Hauptstadt von Ladakh
• Das Hochtal der Nubra-Wüste, tausche Motorrad gegen Kamel für einen Ritt auf die aufragenden Sanddünen
• Die schönsten Klöster der Region, immer mit grandiosen Aussichten: Thiksey, Hemis & Lamayuru
• Atemberaubende Aussicht auf den geschichtsträchtigen Karakoram-Gletscher Siachen
• Die mächtige Zanskar-Schlucht bei Chilling
• Das malerische Industal & das kulturelle Erbe der Region
• Abenteuer pur in den verschlungenen Schluchten, Pässen und Hängen zwischen Pangong und Moriri
• Stilvolle Übernachtungen in traditionellen tibetischen Boutique-Hotels & Gästehäusern. Seeblick am Pangong & Moriri See, ganz in der Nähe tibetischer Nomaden

12 Pässe werden wir auf dieser Tour überqueren:

5.883 m | Umling La Pass – Der neue höchste befahrbare Pass der Welt 5.604 m |  Kardungh La Pass  – Der zweithöchte befahrbare Pass der Welt 5.525 m | Photi La Pass – Der dritthöchste Pass der Welt 5.390 m |  Tanglang La Pass 5.360 m |  Chang La Pass 5.312 m |  Wari La Pass 5.050 m |  Namshang La Pass 4.936m  |  Thato La Pass 4.900 m |  Konka La Pass 4.844 m |  Pologongka La Pass 4.005 m |  Fotu La Pass 3.700 m |  Namika-La Pass

Die Strecke ist zum Großteil ausgebaut und asphaltiert. Zweispurige Straßen wechseln sich mit verengten, einspurigen Bergstraßen ab. Sicheres Fahren in Haarnadelkurven und engen, schnell wechselnden Kurven sollte der Fahrer gewohnt sein. Das Fahren auf anspruchsvollen Untergründen, mit Schlaglöchern und teilweise fehlendem Bodenbelag, sollte beherrscht werden.

Mit kurzen Pausen und Fotostopps, ohne Pausen für Mittagessen, welches zirka eine Stunde dauert. Durchschnittsangaben: 5-7 Stunden pro Tag

Ladakh 3 Seen Motorradreisen Mediathek

Ladakh 3 Seen Motorradtour  – Tag für Tag

Tag 1: flug nach leh* und akklimatisation.

Leh, die ehemalige Hauptstadt des Himalaya-Königreichs Ladakh, liegt auf 3.524 Metern Höhe in einem weiten Tal, umgeben von den hohen Gebirgsketten des Himalayas. Die Stadt lag an der ehemals wichtigen Handelsroute entlang des Industals. Gehandelt wurde neben Lebensmitteln wie Salz auch mit Kostbarkeiten wie Brokate, Kaschmirwolle und Seide. Von der einstigen Macht des Königreiches zeugt heute noch der mächtige Königpalast, genau um das Jahr 1600, der Leh überblickt und besucht werden kann. Alleine der Flug nach Leh und die damit verbunden Aussicht ist ein Höhepunkt am Anfang der Tour. In Leh erwartet euch am Flughafen der Taxifahrer vom Hotel Bijoo mit Namensschild. Nach dem Transfer zu unserem einfachen, aber stilvollen und zentral gelegenen Tourhotel ist viel Zeit zum Relaxen und Akklimatisieren vorhanden. Unser Guide trifft euch im Hotel. Später findet ein gemeinsamer Erkundungsspaziergang bis zur Shanti Stupa statt, am Abend gibt es ein leckeres Willkommens-Abendessen im Hotelgarten.

*Anreise: am besten bis 03:00 Uhr morgens an Reisetag 01 am internationalen Flughafen in Delhi ankommen. Von hier geht es gleich weiter mit dem Inlandsflug nach Leh gegen 07:00 Uhr.

Tag 2: »Warming-Up-Tagestour« – Motorradreise zu den Klöstern Hemis & Tikkse

Erste Ausfahrt mit unseren Royal Enfield Motorrädern zu zwei der berühmtesten Klöstern Ladakhs, Hemis und Tikkse im oberen Industal. Am heutigen Tag lernen wir die Motorräder kennen, bevor es „richtig los geht“ und genießen die ersten schönen Aussichten. Das Hemis-Kloster wurde im zehnten Jahrhundert gegründet und ist eng verbunden mit dem Yogi Naropa, Gründer der esoterischen Kagyu-Linie des tibetischen Buddhismus. Im Anschluss fahren wir zur Übernachtung zurück nach Leh. Abendessen gibt es im Biergarten eines einheimischen Restaurants.

Tagesetappe: ca. 90 km

Tag 3: Tourstart nach Tingmosgang 

Die Ladakh Motorradtour beginnt mit einer entspannten Fahrt hinab in das westliche Indus Tal. Besichtigung der Ruinen und Tempel des alten Königspalastes von Basgo und der mächtigen Schlangen-Bhudda-Statue am Kloster Likir. Auf schmalen kleinen Bergsträßchen klettern unsere Enfields hinauf zu dem Dorf Yang Tang und weiter über den kleinen namenlosen Bergpass nach Hemis Supachen, berühmt für den uralten heiligen Wald aus Wacholderbäumen. Die kleine Bergstraße ist geprägt von einer engen Schlucht, Sandsteinwände ragen an einer Seite empor und auf der andere geht es tief hinab. 

Der erste Fahrtag ist bereits spektakulär! Wir erreichen am Nachmittag in ein idyllisches tibetisches Dorf, wo wir in einem traumhaften Boutique-Hotel übernachten. Unser Hotel gehört einer einheimischen Familie, die ebenfalls dort wohnt und alles im tibetischen Stil erbaut hat. Der Garten mit einem kleinen Wasserlauf lädt zum Entspannen ein.Wer noch Energie hat, kann den über dem Dorf thronenden Tempel zu Fuß besuchen. Tagesetappe: ca. 130 km

Tag 4: Das westliche Industal & die Kultur der Aryan

Wir folgen am heutigen Tag dem Indus-Fluss bis weit nach Westen. Über eine wilde kurvenreiche Straße geht es über einen namenlosen Pass. Hier verlassen wir die Hauptstraße und fahren in das tiefe Hinterland. Schon bald haben wir wunderbare Aussichten über das Aryan-Tal mit seinen kleinen Dörfern und Bauernhöfen. Die Aryans von Ladakh sind ein einzigartiges Volk und haben physische Merkmale, soziale Bräuche, kulturelle Traditionen und eine Sprache, die sich von allen anderen in Ladakh unterscheiden. 

Sie leben vom Land, ernähren sich von der Milch und dem Fleisch von Ziegen und Schafen und folgen bei ihren Festen und landwirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten einem Sonnenkalender. Einige Forscher glauben, dass die Aryan, auch bekannt als Brokpas, Teil von Alexanders Armee waren und seit über 2.000 Jahren in der Region leben. Mit einer Bevölkerung von nur etwa 4.000 gilt dieser Stamm als „bedroht“ und seine Zahl nimmt ab. Übernachtung in einem Resort-Camp bei den Einheimischen.

Tagesetappe: ca. 180 km

Tag 5: Die Pässe Namika & Fotu La

Nach der Abfahrt erreichen wir bald die Ruinenfestung von Chitkan, eine ehemalige Königsresidenz mit neun Stockwerken. Hier bieten sich gute Aussichten über das Tal und unsere Bergstraße. Danach geht es über zahlreiche Kurven zum kleinen Namika Pass (3.700m), von dort aus geht es weiter in das Kanji-Tal, am Ende der neu gebauten Straße erwartet uns ein ganz besonderes Dorf – lassen wir uns überraschen! Dann erreichen wir die nicht enden wollenden Spitzkehren des Fatu La Passes, der sich bis auf über 4.000 Meter hochschraubt.

Auf dem Weg vom Pass hinunter besichtigen wir das beeindruckende Lamayuru-Kloster, das erhaben auf einem Felsen über der Umgebung thront, und ein spektakuläres Wahrzeichen von Ladakh ist. Das „ewige“ Kloster liegt auf 3.500 Metern und dient als Lehrstätte für 150 Mönche, die dort permanent leben. Wir verlieren an an Höhe und fahren entlang des mächtigen Indus-Flusses in die Oase von Alchi, am Flussufer des Indus gelegen, auf 3.200 Metern. Hier übernachten wir in einem komfortablen stilvollen Boutique-Hotel mit Aprikosengarten. Nur wenige Schritte trennen uns vom ältesten Kloster Ladakhs, in welchem sich heute ein kulturgeschichtliches Museum mit wundervollen Tempelmalereien befindet. Abendessen im Gartenrestaurant.

Tagesetappe: ca. 160 km

Tag 6: Die Schlucht des Zanskar-Flusses

Das ehemals unabhängige Königreich Zanskar, gelegen in einem eindrucksvollen Hochtal, ist eines der vielen Höhepunkte dieser Himalaya Motorradtour. Die Straße in der luftigen Höhe von Zanskar ist, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, atemberaubend und wird auch das „Dach der Welt“ genannt. Wir folgen dem mächtigen Zanskar-Fluss bis tief in die Schlucht hinein. In der Dorfoase Chilling haben wir Zeit die Idylle zu genießen. Wir nehmen im Anschluss eine kleine Abenteuer-Piste zu einem abgeschiedenen Kloster ganz in der Nähe.

Im riesigen Gebiet Zanskar leben nur wenige tausend Menschen, die Region ist nur sieben Monate im Jahr zugänglich. Nachmittags kehren wir zurück nach Leh und relaxen im Garten unseres Hotels. Abendessen in einem Rooftop-Restaurant mit Blick auf den Königspalast und die Altstadt.

Tag 7: Über den Khardung La Pass

Heute geht es richtig hoch, denn wir fahren über den mit 5.604 Meter zweithöchsten Straßenpass der Welt, den Kardungh La. Die Fahrt zum Khardung La Pass ist einer der Höhepunkte auf dieser Tour. Auf Passhöhe gibt es einen indischen Armeeposten und einen kleinen Tempel. Touristen, insbesondere Biker, halten in der Regel an, um sich zusammen mit dem Schild fotografieren zu lassen, auf dem Khardung La Pass als der höchste fahrbare Pass der Welt ausgewiesen ist, was er war, bevor er vom Umling La Pass abgelöst wurde. Der Pass schneidet den Berggipfel und bietet daher einen atemberaubenden Blick auf Leh und die Berge rund um das Nubra-Tal. 

Es folgt ein abenteuerlicher Ritt auf den Enfield Motorrädern hinab in die weite Wüste des Nubra-Tals. Wer weiß, dass das Nubra-Tal auf nur knapp 3.000 Metern Höhe liegt, kann sich die Abfahrt von 2,600 Höhenmetern gut vorstellen. Das Tagesziel ist die Oase Hunder, wo wir im satt-grünen Garten unseres Hotels einkehren und übernachten werden.

Dann erkunden wir das weite Nubra-Hochtal. Zuerst geht es zu den heißen Quellen von Panamik, und es gibt schöne Aussichten auf schneebedeckte Berge. Mit etwas Glück erhaschen wir einen Blick auf den geschichtsträchtigen Siachen-Gletscher.  Der Siachen-Gletscher gehört zur östlichen Karakorum-Gebirgskette und ist der zweitlängste Gletscher der Welt. Er trennt Indien von Pakistan und China und ist von strategischer Bedeutung. Über die gleiche Straße geht es zurück in südliche Richtung. Übernachtung in Sumur.

Tagesetappe: ca. 210 km

Tag 8: Sanddünen & Kamele im Nubra Tal

Die Himalaya Motorradtour geht mit einem optionalen Ausflug weiter: Am Morgen machen wir auf unseren Enfields eine Erkundungstour durch das weite westliche Nubra-Tal. Die zunehmend enge Straße führt entlang des Shyok-Flusses bis zum nördlichsten Dorf Indiens. Hier gibt es schöne Aussichten auf die in Pakistan gelegene Karakorum-Bergkette. Wer lieber entspannen möchte, kann im Hotel die Zeit genießen.

Am Nachmittag besuchen das uralte, malerisch gelegene Kloster Diskit mit seiner riesigen Buddha-Statue und unternehmen einen Kamelritt in den Sanddünen von Hunder. Wer kein Kamel reiten möchte, der findet sicherlich Entspannung in der Oase. Übernachtung in Hunder und Abendessen im entspannenden Garten des Hotels.

Tagesetappe: ca. 230 km

Tag 9: Über den Wari Pass nach Thiksey

Wir folgen dem Shyok-Fluss, ein Seitenfluss des Indus, und nehmen schon bald den nächsten Pass in Angriff, den 5.312 Meter Hohen Wari La. Die erst kürzlich eröffnete Passstraße beansprucht unsere ganze Aufmerksamkeit. Nach der Ersteigung des Wari La Passes rollen wir bis ins Shakti-Tal, wo wir die traumhaften Klöster Taktok und Chemrey besichtigen können, die durch ihre Architektur aus dem 17 Jahrhundert beeindruckt und über dem Tal thronen. Von hier aus bieten sich schöne Aussichten.

Thiksey ist ein kleines tibetisches Dorf, in dem wir das ländliche Leben der Tibeter authentisch kennenlernen können. Wir übernachten in einem schönen Boutique-Hotel, wo wir den Nachmittag entspannen oder durch das Dorf streifen können. Ebenfalls bietet sich der Besuch des majestätischen Klosters an, das den Ort überblickt.

Tagesetappe: ca. 140 km

Tag 10: Der azurblaue Pangong Tso See

Über eine neue Piste geht es steil bergauf über den dritthöchsten Pass der Reise, den mit Gebetsfahnen behangenen Chang La Pass, der auf 5.360 Metern Höhe liegt. Am Ende einer wilden Bergstraße wartet der magisch blaugrün leuchtenden Pangong-See auf uns. An dessen Ufer angekommen, übernachten wir in einem einfachen Bungalow-Resort im Dorf Merak mit Blick über den weiten See. Der Pangong-See liegt auf 4,360 Metern Höhe und markiert die Grenze zwischen China und Indien. Von hier aus können wir das jenseitige Ufer in Tibet an guten Tagen sehen. Eine kleine Erkundungstour am Seeufer entlang, zu Fuß oder mit den Motorrädern, ganz nach Wunsch.

Ganz mutige können im eiskalten klaren Salzwasser baden. Kleine Wanderungen über die Berge mit Seeblick bieten sich eben so sehr an wie die Erkundung des nahegelegene Dorf Merak, wo in der Nähe tibetische Nomaden saisonal leben.

Tagesetappe: ca. 170 km

Tag 11: Über 3 Pässe nach Hanle

Die heutige Etappe wartet mit gleich 3 Pässen auf uns, die überquert werden wollen, nachdem wir die Ufer des Pangong verlassen haben: Thato La (4.936), Kaksang La und Namshang La (5.050m). Danach erreichen wir den Indus-Fluss, dem wir ein kurzes Stück folgen.

Dann erreichen wir unser Tagesziel Hanle, Ausgangspunkt für den neuen höchsten Pass der Welt Umling La mit einer Höhe von 5.883 Metern. Übernachtung in einem einfachen Gästehaus.

Tagesetappe: ca. 190 km

Tag 12: Höchster Pass der Welt: Umling La

Tagesausflug zum Umling La Pass. Der Umling La ist mit seinen 5.883 Metern Höhe der höchste befahrbare Pass der Welt und hat den Khardung La offiziell abgelöst. Der Pass wurde vor kurzem eröffnet und ist erst seit 2024 ist der für Ausländer zugänglich. Ein Besuch war vormals aufgrund der Grenznähe zu Tibet nicht möglich. Bevor der Umling La angesteuert werden kann, fahren wir über die zahlreichen Haarnadelkurven des Photi La (5.525m) mit spektakulären Panoramen auf die Bergwelt zwischen Ladakh und Tibet. Tagesetappe: ca. 130 km

Tag 13: Zum Zeltcamp am See Moriri

Wir fahren durch das Land der tibetischen Nomaden, und auch der heutige Tag verspricht Abenteuer. Langsam kommt der magisch türkisblaue Tso Moriri See in Sicht, wo wir in einem saisonalen Zeltcamp im Dorf Korzok übernachten. Wir genießen die Aussicht über den See und können das alte Kloster in der Nähe besuchen oder zu den Zeltsiedlungen der Nomaden im wilden Hochtal gleich hinter Korzok wandern. Ganz mutige können im kühlen Tso Moriri See baden gehen. Wir genießen die Landschaft und Atmosphäre in unserem gemütlichen Camp mit Seeblick und leckeres ladakhisches Abendessen erwartet uns im Restaurant. Der Tso Moriri, was in der Sprache der Einheimischen lediglich „Berg-See“ bedeutet, liegt auf 4.522 Metern Höhe und ist nicht nur der größte Hochgebirgssee Ladakhs, sondern mit seinen 105 Quadratkilometern von ganz Indien. An seinen Ufern leben tibetische Gazellen, Luchse, wilde tibetische Esel (Kiang), tibetische Wölfe und Schneeleoparden.

Tag 14: Über den Tanglang Pass nach Leh

Auf Staubpisten durch Wüstentäler – so kann man den Anfang der heutigen Etappe am besten beschreiben. Wir passieren dampfende Schwefelquellen, überqueren den windgepeitschten Pologonka Pass auf 4.900 Meter Höhe und fahren entlang vom Tso Kar Salzsee, ein Naturschutzgebiet und Heimat einiger scheuer und seltener Vögel und Nagetiere, Richtung Leh. Die zwei Sechstausender Gipfel, Thugje (6.050) und Gursan (6.370) dominieren die weite Seepanorama-Landschaft. Dann überqueren wir den „letzten“ Fünftausender, den Tanglang La Pass (5.340 Meter). Nach der gemächlichen Auffahrt geht es spektakulär weiter durch eine wilde Felsschlucht fast 2.000 Meter abwärts zum Indus-Fluss. Dann erreichen wir Leh und somit unser komfortables Hotel.

Tag 15: Flug nach Delhi

Am Morgen geht unser Flug in die Hauptstadt. Die Himalaya Motorradtour ist zu Ende. Wir organisieren gerne ein Hotelzimmer in Airport Nähe, für alle die erst später abfliegen. Die meisten Flüge verlassen Delhi in der Nacht. Option: Taj Mahal Exkursion – Busfahrt nach Agra

Für alle die mit uns zum Taj Mahal nach Agra möchten: Wir fahren zusammen ca. 5 Stunden im Luxusbus bis in die alte Moguln Hauptstadt Agra, wo wir in ein edles 5-Sterne-Hotel ganz in der Nähe des Taj Mahal einchecken. Nachmittags freie Zeit zum Relaxen oder für individuelle Stadterkundungen. Dinner Buffet im Hotel.

Tag 16: Optional – Besichtigung des Taj Mahal und des Red Forts

Frühmorgens zum Sonnenaufgang Besichtigung des Taj Mahal, nur früh haben wir dort wirklich genug Ruhe und Muße, um dieses einmalige Monument tief auf uns wirken zu lassen. Nach dem Frühstück im Hotel Besichtigung des monumentalen „Red Forts“, danach gemeinsame Rückfahrt nach New Delhi. Busfahrt zurück nach Delhi, Besuch des Royal Enfield Flagship Stores und Abschiedsessen ganz in der Nähe. Danach Transfer direkt zum New Delhi Airport. Das detaillierte Verlängerungsprogramm kann separat angefordert werden.

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Dies sind unsere nächsten verfügbaren Touren:

2024 23.06. – 07.07. 07.07. – 21.07. 21.07. – 04.08. 04.08. – 18.08. 18.08. – 01.09.

2025 21.06. – 05.07. 05.07. – 19.07. 19.07. – 02.08. 02.08. – 16.08. 16.08. – 30.08.

Inkludierte Leistungen

• Linienflüge Delhi – Leh und Leh – Delhi inkl. 15KG Hauptgepäck + 7KG Handgepäck
• Alle Flughafentransfers
• Alle Übernachtungen, Unterbringung in Zimmern mit Dusche/WC
• Frühstück, Mittagessen, Abendessen (ohne Getränke)
• Auf der Motorradtour Trinkwasser tagsüber im Begleitfahrzeug
• Alle Straßengebühren, Brückenzölle, Eintrittsgelder während des gemeinsamen Programms
• Mietmotorrad Enfield Himalayan 411 cc oder Bullet 500 mit Vollkaskoversicherung (EUR 500 Selbstbeteiligung), Tourenausstattung der Motorräder mit Satteltaschen
• Benzin/Öl sowie alle Ersatz– und Verschleißteile
• Erfahrene deutsch– und englischsprachiger Motorrad–Tourguide während der Tour
• Begleitfahrzeug für Beifahrer und Gepäcktransport. Jeder Beifahrer hat einen garantierten Platz im Begleitfahrzeug.
• Erfahrene Motorradmechaniker (und Ersatz–Biker)

Nicht inkludierte Leistungen

• Optionale Trinkgelder für Reiseleiter und Mechaniker, Souvenirs, Shopping
• Touristenvisum für Indien (online E–Visum verfügbar)
• Reiseversicherung und Reisekrankenversicherung
• Zusatzgepäck, dieses kann günstig am Schalter hinzugekauft werden

Für ca. 300 € (Preis von der Teilnehmeranzahl abhängig):

Exkursion mit privatem AC – Minibus zum Taj Mahal nach Agra mit 1x Übernachtung im 5 Sterne Hotel. Früh morgens Besuch des Taj Mahal und des Red Forts in Agra mit Führung. Anschließender Transfer zum Flughafen in Delhi und Heimflug.

Fragen & Antworten

• A: Ladakh 3 Seen Tour
• B: Indien Allgemein

Wo kann ich mein Gepäck verstauen?

Das Gepäck wird im Begleitfahrzeug mitgeführt. Bitte nehme nicht zu viel mit, es gilt die Devise: weniger ist mehr. Denn ab und zu müssen wir das Gepäck über kleine Wege bis ins Hotel selbst tragen. Das Gepäck ist nicht versichert, bitte schließe ggf. eine Reisegepäckversicherung ab. Dein Tagesgepäck ist in den Satteltaschen oder in Deinem persönlichen Rucksack am besten aufgehoben. Tankrucksäcke, auch magnetische, sind möglich, aber selbst mitzubringen.

Bitte dran denken, dass auf den meisten Inlandsflügen eine Freigepäckmenge von einem Koffer mit max. 20 Kilogramm kostenfrei mitgenommen werden darf.

Wie lauten die technischen Daten zu den Motorrädern?

Technische Daten: Einzylinder-Viertakt, 499 cm³, 16 kW (28 PS) bei 4600/min, 178 kg, Sitzhöhe 80 cm, 123 km/h.

Unsere Enfields sind gut gepflegt und zwischen 2013 und 2015 gebaut. Natürlich weisen manche schon leichte Spuren einer ruhmreichen Vergangenheit als Tourmotorrad auf. Aber technisch sind sie alle vollkommen in Ordnung und für die geplanten Touren bestens geeignet. Sie bieten Fahrspaß pur und sind schon nach kurzer Eingewöhnungsphase einfach und sicher zu beherrschen. Unser Durchschnittstempo auf der Tour beträgt etwa 40 – 60 km/h, je nach Strecke und Verkehr.

Wie kann ich mir einen Tagesablauf vorstellen?

Normalerweise beginnt ein Reisetag um 8 Uhr morgens mit dem Frühstück. Um zirka 9 Uhr, nach einem kurzen Briefing durch den Reiseleiter, geht es dann auf die unterschiedlich langen Tagesetappen. Mittags- und Kaffeepausen werden selbstverständlich nicht fehlen. Das Zielhotel wird, je nach Tagesetappe zwischen 15 und 16 Uhr erreicht. Da alle Touren sehr unterschiedlich sind, kann es auch vorkommen, dass bei langen Etappen die Tagesetappe bereits um 8 Uhr morgens mit der Abfahrt beginnt – auch schön, denn dann hat man den ganzen Tag vor sich.

Wie kann ich mir das Reiseteam von Classic Bike Adventure vor Ort vorstellen?

Deutschsprachige Tourguides aus Europa, Indienfans und stresserprobt, motorradbegeistert und vertraut mit der Kultur und Geschichte der bereisten Regionen. Unsere indischen Mechaniker sind erfahrene Enfield-Spezialisten; alle sprechen Englisch und sind sehr sympathisch. Ein Ersatzfahrer ist immer dabei… mehr zu unsere Reisekonzept findest Du hier .

Wie hoch ist die Zeitverschiebung?

Indien ist Deutschland im Winterhalbjahr um 4,5 Stunden und im Sommerhalbjahr um 3,5 Stunden voraus.

Wie hoch ist die Kaution für die Bikes?

Motorradfahrer hinterlegen bei unserer Reiseleitung bei Übernahme der Motorräder eine Kaution in Höhe von 500 USD / EUR in bar. Die Kaution wird nach Rückgabe der einwandfreien Motorräder erstattet. Die Höhe der Kaution ist gleichzeitig die maximale Selbstbeteiligung für selbstverschuldete Schäden an den gemieteten Motorrädern und für verschuldete Unfälle mit Dritten im Rahmen der Haftpflicht. (Auch in dem Fall wird die Selbstbeteiligung fällig!) Wichtig! Auch bei Schäden an Dritten wird im Rahmen der Haftpflicht-Versicherung die Selbstbeteiligung fällig. Darüber hinaus muss der Mieter zunächst in Vorleistung für die gesamte Schadenssumme treten. Die Kosten werden später abzüglich der Selbstbeteiligung von der Versicherung erstattet.

Wie groß sind die Gruppen? Was ist die Mindestteilnehmerzahl?

Die Gruppengröße beträgt meistens 8 – 14 Motorradfahrer und 2 – 6 Sozia. Die Mindestteilnehmerzahl sind 6 Motorradfahrer.

Welches Essen und welche Getränke gibt es in Indien?

Die Umstellung von westlicher auf asiatische Küche ist unumgänglich, zudem probieren wir während der Tour des Öfteren auch einfache vegetarische Speisen und Spezialitäten der bereisten Regionen. Ein reichhaltiges Frühstück ist leider nicht immer möglich. Wir werden uns stets um eine abwechslungsreiche Küche bemühen, wobei vor allem lokale Spezialitäten nicht zu kurz kommen werden. Allgemein werden in Indien viele Currys gegessen, wenig Fleisch, und wenn überhaupt, dann meist Hühnerfleisch, dafür aber mehr Gemüse, Hülsenfrüchte und Reis. Die indische Küche ist gut gewürzt, nicht zu scharf und allgemein gut verträglich. Für Vegetarier ist Indien problemlos zu bereisen. An Bieren hält Indien nicht überall internationalen Standard, es gibt Kingfisher, Castle und San Miguel. Das einheimische Bier „Chang“ ist wirkungsvoll, aber gewöhnungsbedürftig. Wein ist kaum erhältlich und vom Geschmack her oft noch ungewöhnlicher als das „Chang“. Mineralwasser und Getränke wie Coca Cola wird individuell mitgeführt und ist auch überall käuflich zu erwerben.

Welche Impfungen und Medikamente benötige ich?

Grundsätzlich ist eine Impfung gegen Hepatitis A und B, bzw. deren Auffrischung, zu empfehlen. Außer Medikamenten des persönlichen Bedarfs sind Mittel gegen Magenbeschwerden, Durchfall, Insektenstiche, Fieber und Erkältungskrankheiten empfehlenswert. Einige Ärzte empfehlen eine Malaria Prophylaxe für die tropischen Gebieten von z.B. Goa oder Süd-Thailand. Auf keiner unserer Touren hatte bisher ein Teilnehmer mit Malaria zum kämpfen. Während unserer Saisonzeiten ist mit Malaria eher nicht zu rechnen. Bitte wende Dich hinsichtlich der Problematik, ob Prophylaxe oder akute Behandlung bei Infektion sinnvoller sind, an Deinen Arzt oder an ein Tropeninstitut. Das gilt sicherlich auch bezüglich der oben empfohlenen Impfungen. Wir haben gute Erfahrungen mit der Dukoral–Schluckimpfung gemacht, die das Risiko von Cholera und Amöbenerkrankungen stark vermindert.

Für den Notfall ist unsere Bordapotheke schon jetzt eine kleine Schatztruhe. Wir sind auf (fast) jedes Gebrechen vorbereitet. Für die anderen Fälle organisieren wir alles Notwendige gewissenhaft und schnell mit professioneller Routine. Eine gute Gesundheit und allgemeine Fitness sollte aber jeder Tourteilnehmer selbst mitbringen. Wichtig ist in jedem Fall, dass Du dich rechtzeitig darum kümmerst, damit Du nicht alle Impfstoffe gleichzeitig injiziert bekommst! Im Falle aktueller Gefahren durch Epidemien oder Pestgefahr werden wir sofort reagieren und informieren. Dies ist aber in den letzten zehn Jahren nicht vorgekommen.

Welche Einfuhrbestimmungen gibt es für Indien?

Zollfrei eingeführt werden dürfen 200 Zigaretten und maximal 2 Liter Alkohol. In Indien sind auch alle internationalen Zigaretten und Whisky-Sorten erhältlich. Die Zollkontrollen gegenüber einreisenden Touristen sind in den letzten Jahren deutlich gelockert worden.

Welche Dokumente benötige ich?

Bitte bringe von all deinen Reisedokumenten wie Pass, Führerschein, internationalem Führerschein und Flugticket, die Du alle benötigst, auch Kopien mit, diese sollten separat transportiert werden. Im Fall der Fälle kommt man damit weiter.

Was muss ich für eine Motorradtour mitbringen?

Grundsätzlich sollte man eine Motorradjacke und Motorradhose mit Protektoren und einen Helm mitnehmen. Hinzu kommen Motorradstiefel oder leichtere Motorradschuhe und Handschuhe. Während in heißen Gebieten die Motorradkleidung luftdurchlässig sein sollte, so muss man in hoch gelegenen Bergregionen und im Himalaya auf alles vorbereitet sein. Hierzu zählen Winterhandschuhe, warme Socken, Inlets für Jacke und Hose, ein Schal und Gesichtsschutz. Sollte die Motorradkleidung nicht wasserdicht sein, so bietet es sich an, einen Regenschutz mitzunehmen. Bitte habt Verständnis dafür, dass wir keine Motorradkleidung vermieten. Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass die eigene Kleidung am besten sitzt und somit am besten schützt. Solltet ihr etwas vergessen haben, finden wir bestimmt eine Lösung. Wir haben oft Ersatz dabei oder können euch den Weg zu einem Geschäft weisen.

Was ist bei Fahrten mit Sozius zu beachten?

Sozia können bis auf wenige Ausnahmen hinten auf dem Motorrad problemlos mitfahren. Bei schwierigem Terrain oder Pisten hat aber jeder Sozius einen garantierten Platz im Begleitfahrzeug – so bleibt die Fahrt immer entspannt, für Fahrer und Sozius.

Was für Motorräder werden gefahren?

Wir fahren auf 500cc Royal Enfield Bullets (Baujahr 2014-2017) mit E. Starter, Linksschaltung und 5 Gang Getriebe, Scheibenbremse vorne, großen, stabilen Leder-Satteltaschen, Sturzbügel und 19 Zoll Reifen und Doppelhupe.

Muss ich mir eine indische SIM-Karte für mein Handy kaufen?

Europäische SIM-Karten in Mobilfunktelefonen haben in Indien mittlerweile fast überall Netz-Empfang. Wer eine Sim-Karte in Indien regsiteieren will, braucht viel Gelduld, da es mindestens drei Werktage dauert, oft auch länger und in manchen Regionen gar nicht möglich ist.

Muss ich Landkarten mitbringen?

Einfache lokale Straßenkarten erhältst Du oft direkt vor Ort. Die besten Strassenkarten bekommt man vom „Reise Know How“ oder „Nelles“ Verlag. Diese gibt es nur im Buchfachhandel oder online beim Versandhändler.

Kann ich indische Rupien nach Indien mitbringen? Oder doch lieber Dollar?

Wir empfehlen die Mitnahme von 50- oder 100-Euro-Scheinen. Bitte macht euch mit dem tagesaktuellen Wechselkurs vertraut, da es am Delhi Flughafen immer einen schlechten Wechselkurs gibt, also tauscht nur was Ihr wirklich braucht bis Leh, vielleicht 50 EUR. Immer auf Quittung bestehen und nachzählen !

In Leh ist es ganz einfach und sicher, zu einem fairen Kurs alle wichtigen Währungen cash in indische Rupien zu wechslen. ATM / Bargeldautomaten gibt es auch, die funktonieren aber nicht immer störungsfrei..

Unser Tipp : Besser an einem der vielen ATMs/Bargeldautomaten im Delhi Airport einige Rupees mit der Kreditkarte ziehen, den Rest cash in Leh wechseln.

American Express Traveller Schecks sind mittlerweile unüblich und sicher umständlich. Kreditkarten (Maestro-, Visa- oder Mastercard) sind in vielen Orten überall an Bankautomaten einsetzbar, wenn die PIN Nummer bekannt ist.

Für die Gruppenkasse ( Getränke, Snacks, Trinkgelder ) benötigt Ihr erfahrungsgemäß etwa 100,- Euro pro Woche, dazu kommen noch individuelles Shopping von Souveniers…

Die Ein- und Ausfuhr indischer Rupien ist offiziell verboten, die Einfuhr von Devisen bis 5.000 US Dollar ohne Anmeldung erlaubt.

Kann ich die Höhenkrankheit bekommen?

Die Reise beginnt in Leh auf der Höhe von 3.500m, deshalb ist eine langsame Akklimatisation wichtig. Nach 2 Nächten in Leh gehen wir dann für 2 Nächte nach Alchi am westlichen Indus auf ca 3.000 m Höhen. Spätestens danach sind bisher bei allen Tourteilnehmern die leichten Befindlichkeitsstörungen (Schwindel, Kopfschmerz, Schlaflosigkeit ) durch die große Höhe verschwunden gewesen. Also keine Sorge! „Richtige Höhenkrankheit“ haben wir bisher noch bei kaum einem Tourteilnehmer auf diesen Ladakh Motorradreisen in den letzten 10 Jahren erlebt.

Dennoch reagiert jeder Körper anders auf große Höhe. Wir empfehlen daher, die Einnahme von Acetazolamide, ein Medikament das vorbeugend gegen Höhenkrankheit eingenommen wird, mit dem Hausart zu besprechen.

Hat jeder Sozius einen garantierten Platz im Begleitfahrzeug?

Ja, jeder Sozius hat einen garantierten Platz im Begleitfahrzeug. So kann bei schlechtem Wetter oder schwierigen Pisten der Sozius jederzeit vom Motorrad in das Begleitfahrzeug wechseln – und bei verbesserten Bedingungen wieder zurück auf das Motorrad.

Gibt es Flussdurchfahrten?

Eine richtige Wasserdurchfahrt gibt es auf dem Weg vom Nubra Tal zum Pangong See. Letztlich ändert sich nach jedem Winter die Situation wieder – ihr sollte also darauf vorbereitet sein, auch durch mehr als einen Fluss zu fahren. Unser Team hilft euch hierbei gerne und übernimmt euer Motorrad wenn ihr euch eine Flussdurchfahrt nicht zutraut.

Brauche ich für Indien ein Visum?

Alle Touristen benötigen ein Visum, das unbedingt vor der Einreise nach Indien beantragt werden muss. Ein Visa on Arrival wird nicht ausgestellt. Dazu muss der Reisepass mindestens noch sechs Monate über den Aufenthalt hinaus gültig sein. Das eTouristenvisum kostet ca. 20 – 80  Euro und ist online zu beantragen. Wichtig : Die Bedingungen für das e Tourist Visum sind hier zu finden: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html Von dieser Seite aus geht’s dann zum speziellen eTourist Visa-Antrag: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/info1.jsp

Brauche ich einen Führerschein?

Die Teilnahme an der Tour setzt eine gültige Fahrerlaubnis der Klasse A bzw. A1 voraus. Bitte bringe neben Deinem Führerschein unbedingt den internationalen Führerschein mit. Lasse diesen bitte rechtzeitig von der zuständigen Behörde ausstellen.

Brauche ich eine Reiseversicherung und Reisekrankenversicherung?

In jedem Fall empfehlen wir den Abschluss einer Reiseversicherung, die im Falle eines Reiserücktrittes, z.B. auf Grund von Krankheit, die Kosten übernimmt. Beim Abschluss einer Reisekrankenversicherung ist darauf zu achten, dass diese auch die Kosten für einen teuren Krankentransport ins Heimatland übernimmt. Beide Versicherungen können im Fall der Fälle helfen, hohe Kosten einzusparen und sind ohne Ausnahme zu empfehlen. Als Dienstleister haben sich in der Vergangenheit der ADAC, der ÖAMTC und die Allianz bewährt.

Auf welcher Seite wird in Indien gefahren?

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10 Best Ladakh Tour packages

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Experience the magic of one of India’s most popular tourist destinations as you book Ladakh tour packages. Nestled in the Himalayas, Ladakh is an adventure paradise that is renowned across the world for its enchanting rugged landscape, pristine lakes and rivers, incredible mountain passes, as well as one of the purest surviving remnants of Tibetan Buddhist culture.

Ladakh has a centuries-old past, which can be explored in its ancient Buddhist monasteries, nunneries, castles, palaces, and old villages. Experience the serene beauty of the snow-capped Himalayas, deep valleys like Nubra and Zanskar, massive lakes like Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri, and scenic villages like Hanle and Turtuk. Ladakh travel packages offer sightseeing opportunities to all kinds of travellers, from families with kids to adventurers looking for an adrenaline rush like never before.

From biking expeditions that begin at Leh, Manali, or even Delhi, to adventure activities like camping and trekking through the difficult landscape, Ladakh is a unique opportunity for thrills amidst the mighty Himalayas. Plan your much-awaited Ladakh trip as you book classic sightseeing tour packages or opt for offbeat experiences like backpacking through Ladakh. Customise your itinerary and choose one of the Leh Ladakh tour packages that offer you your dream experience.

Best-Selling Ladakh Tour Packages

Ladakh tour packages cover a wide range of tourist fantasies, from sightseeing to bike expeditions, and are among the best ways to explore the Himalayan region. With their durations ranging from five to fifteen days, the itineraries of the packages offer quick explorations to a leisurely tour of the entire Ladakh region. While most sightseeing tours cover major attractions of Leh and Ladakh like Pangong Tso, Nubra Valley, Khardung La Pass, and Chang La Pass, some cover offbeat locations like Turtuk village, Siachen, and Hanle village.

Admire the rugged landscape as you explore the monasteries, palaces, forts, and other sacred destinations of the land during your Ladakh trip. The most popular Leh Ladakh tour packages, however, are the bike expeditions that take you through the thrilling Ladakhi roads on powerful mountain bikes. Be it from Leh, Manali, or even Delhi, explore the magic of driving through the scenic landscape of Ladakh with these tour packages.

Duration: 6 days and 5 nights

Route: Leh-Sham Valley-Nubra Valley via Khardung La

Pass: Pangong Lake-Leh

Start and End Point: Leh Airport

Stay: Stay in high-quality, hygienic, and well-sanitised hotels on a double and triple-sharing basis.

One of the most popular Ladakh tour packages is the Leh Ladakh Sightseeing Tour Package, which includes a trip to the most famous attractions of Leh Ladakh. Explore the world’s highest motorable pass, the Khardung La, and the world’s highest saltwater lake, Pangong, as you ride through the beautiful landscapes of Nubra Valley. The package includes airport transfers, a comfortable vehicle for sightseeing on all days, meals, permits, accommodation, and an experienced driver.

Duration: 5 days and 4 nights

Route: Leh-Sham Valley-Khardung La-Nubra Valley-Pangong-Chang La-Leh

Embark on a memorable Ladakh trip with the Thrilling Leh Ladakh Tour with Pangong Lake Package. Enjoy a fun sightseeing tour that takes you to Ladakh’s most popular attractions like the saltwater Pangong Lake, the Khardung La Pass, the Magnetic Hill, and the famous SECMOL School from the movie ‘3 Idiots’, along with many other landmarks. The package includes airport transfers, a comfortable vehicle for sightseeing on all days, meals, permits, accommodation, and an experienced driver.

Among the most sought-after Ladakh packages are the bike tours, and the Leh Ladakh Bike Tour with KTM 390 Adventure is renowned as a KTM-exclusive tour. Indulge in the perfect blend of adventure and culture as you explore Ladakh and its landmarks like Pangong Lake, Khardung La Pass, and Magnetic Hill. The package includes airport transfers, a backup vehicle, sightseeing on all days, meals, permits, accommodation, and an experienced tour leader.

Duration: 7 days and 6 nights

Route: Leh-Sham Valley-Khardung La-Nubra Valley-Siachen-Pangong-Chang La-Leh

Renowned as one of the most thrilling Ladakh travel packages, this unique package takes you to the world’s second-highest glacier and the highest battlefield base camp, Siachen. Explore Ladakh’s famous attractions like Pangong Lake, Khardung La Pass, and SECMOL School as you embark on a fun sightseeing tour with a knowledgeable guide. The package includes airport transfers, a comfortable vehicle for sightseeing on all days, meals, permits, accommodation, and an experienced driver.

Route: Leh-Sham Valley-Khardung La-Nubra Valley-Pangong-Chang La-Stok Village-Leh

Among the most popular Leh Ladakh tour packages is the Leh Bike Tour Adventure with Camping, which takes visitors across the beautiful rugged landscape of Ladakh. Explore landmarks like Nubra Valley, Pangong Lake, and Khardung La Pass. The package includes airport transfers, a standard bike, a backup vehicle, daily maintenance by an experienced mechanic, basic spare parts, sightseeing on all days, meals, permits, accommodation, and a highly experienced tour leader.

Duration: 10 days and 9 nights

Route: Manali-Jispa-Sarchu-Leh-Nubra via Khardung La Pass-Pangong Lake-Tso Kar Lake-Jispa-Manali

Start and End Point: Manali

Manali to Ladakh tour packages are among the most sought-after biking experiences, which let you admire the mighty Himalayas from a fun perspective. Drive through the valleys of Himachal and the thrilling Ladakhi roads as you embark on this adventurous tour. The package includes airport transfers, a standard bike, a backup vehicle, daily maintenance by an experienced mechanic, basic spare parts, sightseeing on all days, meals, permits, accommodation, and a highly experienced tour leader.

Route: Leh-Sham Valley-Khardung La-Nubra Valley-Turtuk-Pangong-Chang La-Leh

Experience a unique adventure during your Ladakh trip as you explore India’s last village, Turtuk, with this package. Admire the rugged beauty of the snow-capped Himalayas as you witness Ladakh’s most iconic landmarks, like the Nubra Valley, Pangong Lake, Khardung La Pass, Chang La Pass, and the thrilling Ladakhi roads. The package includes airport transfers, a comfortable vehicle for sightseeing on all days, meals, permits, accommodation, and an experienced driver.

Stay: Stay on a sharing basis in a hygienic, sanitised homestay or hostel.

Feel the rush of being on top of the world as you choose the 6-Day Ladakh Backpacking Tour, one of the most thrilling Ladakh packages. Perfect for a solo adventure, go on a tour of Ladakh’s most iconic landmarks like Pangong Lake, Khardung La Pass, and Chang La Pass, among others. The package includes a comfortable vehicle for sightseeing on all days, accommodation, bonfires whenever possible, and a highly experienced driver cum guide.

Duration: 11 days and 10 nights

Witness the rugged beauty of Ladakh and its landmarks as you explore the Himalayas on this bike expedition, which is among the best Ladakh packages. The package includes a comfortable vehicle for the tour, a backup vehicle for luggage and mechanic, meals, accommodation, an evening bonfire whenever possible, a highly experienced tour leader or driver-cum-guide, sightseeing on all days, and a Volvo ticket for Delhi to and fro Manali.

Route: Delhi-Manali-Jispa-Sarchu-Leh-Nubra via Khardung La Pass-Pangong Lake-Leh

Start and End Point: Delhi; Leh

Ranked among the best Ladakh travel packages, this bike trip is ideal for a vacation with friends and loved ones. Explore the best of Ladakh and its attractions as you navigate the thrilling Ladakhi roads. The package includes airport drops, AC Volvo semi-sleeper bus tickets from Delhi to Manali, a bike, a backup vehicle, daily maintenance by an experienced mechanic, meals, accommodation, permits, a highly experienced tour leader, and sightseeing on all days.

Best Places to Visit in Ladakh

Among the finest locations, one can explore with Leh Ladakh tour packages is the Leh Palace, known locally as the Lhachen Palkhar. The nine-storey structure, which is believed to have drawn inspiration from the Potala Palace of Tibet, dates back to the sixteenth century and is an architectural masterpiece. Admire the stunning views of snow-covered mountains and the Ladakhi landscape from the palace terrace and explore centuries-old historical artefacts at the palace museum.

One of the numerous Buddhist structures one can explore with Ladakh tour packages, the Shanti Stupa is renowned for holding the relics of the Buddha. Constructed in 1991 to commemorate 2500 years of Buddhism, the dome-shaped structure is a white marvel that stands beautifully amidst the rugged landscape of Ladakh. Escape from the chaos of the real world as you soak in the peaceful atmosphere of the stupa and admire the mesmerising views of the surroundings.

Renowned as one of the oldest monasteries of Leh, Thiksey Monastery is a must-visit attraction on your Ladakh trip. Dating back to the fifteenth century, the monastery is a spiritual wonder and a marvellous historical relic that offers stunning views of the Himalayas and the Ladakhi landscape. Explore the monastery’s library, nunnery, and the beautiful murals of the Prayer Hall as you come across ancient texts and manuscripts during your silent tour.

Gurudwara Pathar Sahib of Ladakh is among the holiest and most famous shrines of Sikhism and is dedicated to their first Guru, Guru Nanak Dev. With the distinction of being one of the world’s highest gurudwaras, the Pathar Sahib is believed to have been built on the very location where Guru Nanak Dev fought against evil. Indulge in the stunning sights of the Ladakhi landscape as you explore the ancient holy shrine.

Ladakh packages are incomplete without a tour of the Magnetic Hill, which is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing attractions of Ladakh. The mysterious hill is a phenomenon that defies gravity, and visitors can actually see their vehicles get pulled skywards when parked at a certain spot. Wrack your brains as you try to solve the magic behind the phenomenon and listen to popular theories ranging from local superstitions to scientific theories at Magnetic Hill.

The Hemis Gompa, or Hemis Monastery, is one of the most beautiful monasteries which can be explored with Ladakh travel packages. Located on the shores of the Indus, the monastery offers stunning views of Ladakh and its charming rugged landscape. Enter a world of spiritual calm as you admire the museum collection of Buddhist and Tibetan artefacts. A famous highlight is the vibrant Hemis Festival, where visitors can witness the colourful culture of Ladakh come alive.

Explore the biggest monastery of the Nubra Valley as you visit the Diskit Gompa, one of the most popular attractions on Leh Ladakh tour packages. Dating back to the fourteenth century, the monastery is a vibrant spiritual space that offers an escape from the real world as you admire the beautiful murals and frescoes of the structure. Witness the massive Maitreya Buddha statue that adorns the top, and participate in the iconic Dosmoche Festival.

Tsemo Fort is an iconic historical and religious landmark of Leh that is visible from everywhere in the city and is among the best attractions to explore with Ladakh tour packages. Constructed in the sixteenth century, the fort-cum-monastery is among the oldest and highest monastic structures in the region. Explore the mesmerising architecture of the fort as you admire ancient relics and paintings, the gold statue of Maitreyi Buddha, and the exquisite views of Leh from the top.

Indulge in the rich artistic traditions of Ladakh as you head to LAMO or the Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation. One of the most interesting attractions one can visit during their Ladakh trip, LAMO is located close to the Leh Palace and offers an alternative vision for Ladakhi arts and media. Explore the historical structures that house the galleries, library, and host open-air lectures, film screenings, exhibitions and workshops on Ladakh’s artistic culture.

Renowned as one of the oldest and holiest monasteries of Ladakh, Wanla Gompa is among the most sought-after attractions in Ladakh packages. While the architecture of the first-century structure is simplistic, the monastery houses a massive collection of artworks on the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, and traditional Tibetan mandala designs. Visitors can also explore a twelfth-century castle and witness the eleven-headed Alokiteshwara statue after their short hike to reach the monastery.

Other Destinations to Visit in Ladakh

Witness one of the most iconic natural attractions of Ladakh as you visit Pangong Tso, a must-visit landmark of all major Ladakh travel packages. What makes the lake unique is the fact that more than half of it stretches into China, and that it is the world’s highest saltwater lake. Admire the changing colours of the stunning lake as you spot rare migratory birds on its banks and relax in its pristine surroundings.

Ranked among the two most popular lakes of Ladakh, Tso Moriri finds a place on many Ladakh packages and is a beautiful sight to behold. Witness the tranquil beauty of the high-altitude lake as you spot exotic migratory and local birds in the wetland reserve of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary. Soak in the mesmerising views of snow-clad mountains that surround the ‘Mountain Lake’ and unwind at a nearby camp in this miraculous escape from city life.

One of the highly-recommended places to visit on your Ladakh trip, Hanle is a village that can take your breath away with its stunning landscape and hidden astronomical wonders. The historic village lies on the Hanle River and offers some of the most enchanting views in all of Ladakh. For an astronomical adventure, visit the Indian Astronomical Observatory located in the scenic village. Lie beneath clear starry skies as you escape from the world at Hanle.

Kargil needs no introduction and is among the most intriguing places to visit on most Leh Ladakh tour packages. Known as the second most important city in Ladakh, Kargil was historically important as part of trading routes and is renowned today as the epicentre of the 1999 Kargil War. From old monasteries and a war memorial to glacial peaks and adventure sports, Kargil has something to offer for all kinds of tourists.

Nubra Valley, an unmissable attraction on all major Ladakh travel packages, is one of the most enchanting destinations of Ladakh. A beautiful deep-cut gorge created by the Shyok and Nubra rivers, the valley forms part of the Tibetan Plateau and is among the most stunning natural wonders of Ladakh. The valley is also home to major attractions like Diskit Monastery, Samstanling Monastery, Hunder Sand Dunes, Yarab Tso, and the quaint villages of Panamik and Turtuk.

Turtuk, one of the most intriguing destinations on a few Leh Ladakh tour packages, is renowned as the last village in India. Located close to the Line of Control, the village is an offbeat destination that serves as a gateway to the Siachen Glacier. The village has stunning mountainous terrains and desert stretches, as well as a sixteenth-century mosque and an iconic Polo Ground. Experience the rare Balti culture as you explore the tiny village.

Embark on a journey to one of the most famous regions near Ladakh, the Zanskar Valley. Located at an altitude of more than 13,000 feet, the valley offers enthralling views of the snow-covered Himalayas, pristine rivers and lakes, and picture-perfect views. Zanskar also attracts adventurers with its massive variety of mountain sports like trekking, water-boating, paragliding and much more. Explore old monasteries, nunneries, and other ancient structures as you come across the Pensi La and Drang Drung glaciers.

FAQ's of Leh Ladakh Trip

What is the best time to visit ladakh.

The best time to visit Ladakh by booking one of the many Ladakh travel packages is during the summer months of April to June. Witness the rugged landscape of Ladakh in its peak glory with mild temperatures and minimal rainfall in summer.

What are the best places to visit in Leh Ladakh?

The best places to visit with Leh Ladakh tour packages include the Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, Thiksey Monastery, Gurudwara Pathar Sahib, Magnetic Hill, Hemis Gompa, Diskit Gompa, Tsemo Fort, LAMO, Wanla Gompa, Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri, Hanle, Kargil, Nubra Valley, Turtuk, and Zanskar.

What is the ideal duration of Leh Ladakh tours?

Most Leh Ladakh tour packages last six to seven days, which is an ideal duration to explore the attractions of Ladakh and admire its unique natural beauty.

Which are the best Ladakh tour packages?

The best Ladakh tour packages include the Leh Ladakh Sightseeing Tour Package, Thrilling Leh Ladakh Tour with Pangong Lake, Leh Ladakh Bike Tour with KTM 390 Adventure, Leh Ladakh Tour with Siachen Expedition, Leh Bike Tour Adventure with Camping, Manali to Ladakh Bike Trip from Delhi, Leh Group Tour Package with Turtuk Village, 6 Days Ladakh Backpacking Tour, Manali Leh Manali Bike Expedition with Hanle and Tso Moriri, and Leh Ladakh Bike Trip from Delhi.

How to prepare for the Ladakh tour?

The easiest way to prepare for a Ladakh trip is to research the terrain and landmarks of the place and pack your bag accordingly. Remember to carry light woollens, sunscreen, sunglasses, gloves, identity proofs, toiletries, medical kit, snacks, and water bottles.

How many days in Ladakh is enough?

Spending a minimum of seven days on your Ladakh trip is essential if you wish to explore the city and its landmarks to the fullest.

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Ladakh bike trip packages.

Ladakh, a land of high-altitude desert, towering snow-capped mountains, and pristine lakes, is a dream destination for adventure enthusiasts. A Ladakh bike trip is an exhilarating way to experience the unparalleled beauty of the region and to feel the thrill of riding on some of the most challenging roads in the world.

With our Ladakh tour package, you can enjoy a bike ride and witness the stunning natural landscapes, meet friendly locals, and taste delicious local cuisine. You will also have the opportunity to explore remote villages, ancient monasteries, and visit other remote places. With Ladakh packages you get to experience the true essence of adventure, and make some memories that will last a lifetime.

Manali to Leh Ladakh Bike Trip

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Nestled within two mountains, Ladakh is a picturesque land filled with a myriad of landscapes. The rugged terrain of Ladhak boasts of stunning waterfalls, rivers, lakes, and forests, all flanked within the snow capped himalayas. Renowned for its unparalleled beauty, there are plenty of spots to sightsee in Ladakh.

With our Ladakh packages, you can explore the swirling roads of Khardung La, the pristine lakes of Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri to name a few. From walking underneath the starry sky through the Lamayuru village, to the beautiful serene valleys you can enjoy a plethora of mesmerizing views that will leave you spellbound. So, come and experience the unmatched beauty of Ladakh with us and create memories that will last a lifetime!

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If you're seeking an adventure that combines stunning landscapes, cultural immersion, and outdoor activities, look no further than Ladakh! This region of India boasts a unique and captivating charm that is best explored through group tour packages. Whether you're interested in trekking in the Himalayas, or immersing yourself in the vibrant local culture, there's a tour package to suit your preferences. 

Your Leh Ladakh tour package will typically include accommodations, transportation, meals, and a knowledgeable guide to help you discover the hidden gems of this remote and enchanting region. With so much to discover in Ladakh, a group tour package is the perfect way to make the most of your adventure while creating unforgettable memories with your friends! 

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Ladakh, the land of high passes, is a treasure trove of stunning landscapes and rich cultural heritage. Nestled in the northernmost region of India, its rugged terrain, flanked by the mighty Himalayas, is a feast for the senses, boasting serene lakes, thundering waterfalls, pristine forests, and winding rivers. 

For adventure seekers, trekking in Ladakh is an experience like no other, with trails that wind through breathtaking mountain landscapes, ancient monasteries, and charming villages. From the soaring heights of Khardung La to the shimmering waters of Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri, Ladakh offers a range of unforgettable experiences that will leave you mesmerized.

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From the vibrant town of Leh to the remote Nubra Valley, there are plenty of places to explore and discover. Whether you are seeking adventure or simply want to immerse yourself in the local culture, Ladakh has something for everyone. Pangong Tso Lake is undoubtedly one of the top attractions in Ladakh. With its stunning blue waters and surrounding mountains, it is a feast for the eyes. 

The Nubra Valley, known for its sand dunes and the Bactrian camels that roam here, is another popular destination of Ladakh. The valley also houses Diskit Monastery, the oldest and largest monastery in Nubra. With so much to see and do in Ladakh, with our Leh Ladakh tour packages, visitors are sure to leave with unforgettable memories and a desire to return again and again.

Activities to Do in Ladakh

Ladakh, with its stark and majestic beauty, is a traveler's paradise. There are plenty of things to do in this region, from exploring ancient monasteries to trekking through the stunning landscape. The monasteries of Hemis, Thiksey, and Alchi offer a glimpse into the rich history and culture of the area. 

Trekking to the breathtaking Pangong Tso lake, Tso Moriri lake, and Nubra Valley is an unforgettable experience. Thrill-seekers can try river rafting in the Zanskar River or go on a camel safari in the Hunder sand dunes. The town of Leh is a great place to explore the local bazaars, museums, and cultural festivals. Finally, visitors can indulge in local delicacies like momos, thukpa, and butter tea.

Why to Book with LiveLadakh?

Do you want to explore Ladhak like never before? From its Buddhist monasteries filled with a serene calm to the picturesque high-altitude lakes of Pangong and Tso Moriri, Ladakh is filled with an abundance of attractions waiting to be explored. With LiveLadakh you can be assured that your trip will be an unforgettable one, given our professionalism and dedication to give you the best! 

Booking a Ladakh holiday package with LiveLadhak will give you the following benefits:

A tailored travel experience is the best way to explore Ladakh's hidden and authentic gems. With a personalized Leh Ladakh package itinerary, you can choose activities, accommodations, and travel dates to match your travel style and budget.

Booking your Ladakh trip online is convenient and safe. A secure online booking platform ensures that your personal and financial information is protected and provides an easy and hassle-free booking process.

Responsible and sustainable tourism is the key to preserving Ladakh's unique culture, environment, and communities. That is why we aim to minimize the negative impact of tourism by offering sustainable options like sharing cabs to reduce carbon footprints, and paying special attention to cleaning up after everyone. We also contribute to the local economy by supporting small businesses, conservation initiatives, and cultural preservation.

Plan your Visit to Ladakh

• Weather - With varying altitudes ranging from 9000 ft at Kargil to 25,170 ft at Saser Kangri, you can expect Ladkh’s weather to be unpredictable. The summers are more comfortable than the winters for exploring the regions.
• Temperature - Renowned as the ‘cold desert’ globally, in Leh and Kargil, temperatures can reach as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius, while in Drass, temperatures can drop to minus 60 degrees Celsius.
• Permit & Passport - Tourists are required to obtain the inner line permit for Ladakh from the DC office in Leh. Foreign nationals need a Protected Area Permit (PAP) to enter certain parts of Ladakh, which can be obtained through a registered travel agency. 
• Altitude Sickness - Ladakh's high altitude can often cause altitude sickness, which can be prevented by acclimatizing for a few days before embarking on any trek or adventure activities.
• Local Transportation - Taxis and buses are the most common mode of transportation in Ladakh. 

The period from May to September is the best time to visit Ladakh, as the region experiences mild weather and clear skies, making it perfect for outdoor activities like trekking, sightseeing, and photography. During this time, the temperature remains comfortable, and the roads are open, allowing tourists to explore the entire region.

• Clothing - Pack warm and comfortable clothes, like socks, jackets, and waterproof outerwear.
• Accessories - Carry a sturdy backpack, hats, and comfortable shoes.
• Documents - Keep your ID, permits, and travel insurance documents with you.
• Miscellaneous - Carry a power bank, flashlight, camera, and extra batteries.
• Toiletries and medicines - Pack toiletries and a first aid kit along with personal prescriptions.
• Eatables - Carry snacks, energy bars, and water bottles. 

• By Air : Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport in Leh is the nearest airport and is well connected to major Indian cities.
• By Bus : Buses from Manali, Srinagar, and Delhi are available to Leh, as it is quite well connected.
• By Car : Driving yourself is the best option to explore Ladakh's stunning landscapes and remote areas.

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• Day 1 Arrive at Leh
• Day 2 At Leh | local sightseeing
• Day 3 Leh - Khardung La - Nubra Valley (125 Km - 5 hrs drive)
• Day 4 Nubra - Hunder - Diskit - Leh ( 220 kms/6 hrs drive)
• Day 5 Leh / Thiksey / Pangong Tso Lake (225 kms/5.30 hrs drive)
• Day 6 Pangong Tso Lake - Leh (240 kms/6 hrs drive)
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A 7-Day Leh Ladakh Trip Itinerary For First-Time Visitors

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A land many have heard of, but only the ones with adventure in their hearts have dared to venture to. A land of rugged mountains that coexist alongside the mystical chants of Buddhist prayers – the recently declared Indian Union Territory of Ladakh is this and so much more! 

Located in the northern part of the Indian sub-continent bordering Tibet, Ladakh is shrouded in a certain mystery, despite having gained a lot of popularity in the past few years.

Filled with adrenaline-inducing twists and turns, high mountain passes, and some of the most beautiful mountain ranges in India, a trip through Ladakh is the perfect way to get an introduction to the Himalayan region. 

Ladakh is a high-altitude region, meaning, no matter which part of Ladakh you are at, you’ll find yourself at a minimum altitude of 3000 meters (9800 feet) above sea level. This is important to mention here because this is considerably higher than most people are used to and the high altitude affects many aspects of travel in this region.

To help you execute that dream Ladakh trip, this 7-day itinerary designed by India Someday and Unplugged Life will take you through some of the biggest highlights of the region, while giving you a sense of what it means to be traveling in a destination as unique as this.

How to get to Ladakh

Before we dive deep into the specifics of the itinerary, it’s crucial to plan your arrival in Ladakh. The best way to reach Ladakh is to fly in. The biggest town in Ladakh is Leh, which is connected by air with India’s capital city, New Delhi.

Daily direct flights are running between Delhi ’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and Leh’s Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, run by 3 Indian airlines – Air India, SpiceJet, and GoAir. If you are traveling from another country or Indian city, you’ll first have to get to Delhi to catch the 1.5-hour flight to Leh.

Although there are multiple flights available daily, do keep in mind that the weather in Leh largely determines flight schedules. Turbulent weather is pretty common in this region so flights taking off an hour early or an hour late is not unheard of. Having said that, we have to admit that the destination is worth all that trouble!

Leh Ladakh 7-day itinerary

Day 1 – land in leh and rest.

The erstwhile capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, Leh is perched at an altitude of 3524 meters (11562 feet) and is home to some of the most popular attractions in the region.

The landscape in Leh is rugged, with a backdrop of barren mountains, while the weather is generally dry and very hot during the day and slightly chilly at night, depending on which month of the year you visit.

Most flights to Leh land sometime in the morning or early afternoon, so you can expect to have more than half a day to spare. But this is a day to take it easy. Remember you’ve just landed at a high altitude destination practically from the sea level (Delhi lies at an altitude of roughly 200m above sea level) and that means your body needs time to acclimatize to this drastic change.

The process of acclimatization can take a while, about 24-48 hours for most people. But no matter how you feel on day 1 (we know you’re excited!), you must take as much rest as you can and keep yourself hydrated. This is a day of barely any physical activity, so go ahead and enjoy the views from your hotel and indulge in the local Ladakhi food to gear up for the next day.

Where to stay in Leh : Gangba Homestay

A picture-postcard-like setting with a traditional Ladakhi-style building, an apple orchard, and a view of snowy peaks in the distance – Gangba Homestay is truly a home away from home.

Run by a local family, they are the warmest, most welcoming hosts you could ask for in Leh! To top that, the food served in the homestay is delicious and homely, while the rooms are very spacious, well-equipped, and comfortable. But what sets Gangba Homestay apart is their hospitality and the staff’s mindset to always go the extra mile to care for their guests.

Day 2 – Leh city tour

Your second day in Ladakh will also be spent in Leh to continue with the acclimatization process. However, on this day you’ll be taking a tour of the beautiful city and its surrounding areas. 

Confluence (Sangam) of the Indus and Zanskar Rivers

Located around 35 Km away from Leh town, the point of confluence of the mighty Indus and Zanskar Rivers is your first stop for the day. The different shades of green of the two rivers’ water are distinctly visible with bare eyes, making it a place worth visiting during your stay in Leh.

You can either choose to drive down to the exact point of confluence, maybe enjoy the view with a cup of steaming hot tea, or you could also get a bird’s eye view of the confluence from a vantage point. Depending on which time of the year you visit, you’ll notice how different both rivers look individually, leading up to their meeting point.

Magnetic Hill

A very popular tourist attraction in Leh, Magnetic Hill is technically a small stretch of road on the Leh-Kargil Highway. It is popularly known to be a spot where gravitational forces can be defied, due to a so-called magnetic pull from the surrounding mountains. Although this spot has maintained its popularity among tourists, there is not much truth to what happens here.

The landscape of the surrounding mountains and slopes is such that, to our eyes, it looks like the road is sloping uphill, but in reality the road slopes downhill making cars roll down even on neutral gear. But having said that, it’s a great spot to stop by for a while and get a good look at the stunning landscape.

Lunch at a local Tibetan restaurant

Ladakh is not only well known for its natural beauty, but for its delicious local cuisine too. With heavy influences from the neighboring Tibetan cuisine, you’d be missing out on an important cultural element if you don’t give Ladakhi food a try.

Head to Tenzin Dickey Tibetan Restaurant , located less than a kilometer from Leh’s main market, for a sumptuous lunch of local dumplings, noodles, soups, and an assortment of drinks. The restaurant is unassuming and cozy and the food makes you feel right at home.

Belonging to the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh, Leh Palace is the former residential palace of the royal family. Perched on top of a hill, the palace overlooks Leh and has now been converted into a museum for visitors to get a glimpse of Ladakhi royal heritage.

A tour of the 9-storeyed palace takes you through almost 450 years of artifacts belonging to the royal family. Although the palace is still under renovation, it is worth a visit for the incredible bird’s eye view of the city it offers.

Leh main market

Leh’s main bazaar is a colorful, bustling market in the city center and the perfect place to spend a leisurely evening strolling through its narrow alleys. The market is home to shops selling all kinds of local products – from fresh produce to souvenirs and handicraft items.

Pick up Tibetan prayer flags and wheels or silver jewelry, taste local dry fruits like apricots, figs, and walnuts, and end the day with a meal at one of the many cafes lining the street.

Day 3 – Drive to Nubra Valley via Khardung La

On your third day in Ladakh, it’s time to venture out of the city into the mountains!

The curvy roads of Ladakh can be unforgivable so it is important to be accompanied by an experienced local driver. Some stretches of road are steep and bumpy and you need a good car for better comfort. You can hire a private car but keep in mind that the cost of transport is quite high in Ladakh.

A good option for solo travelers and couples is to use shared taxis that are available for all kinds of tours in Ladakh , including the 3-day Nubra-Pangong tour. This helps saving money by sharing the cost of transport with other travelers. Sharing a car also helps to reduce the number of vehicles on the road, and therefore, the pollution.

The drive from Leh to Nubra Valley takes approximately 5-6 hours. But the biggest highlight of the drive is climbing up to the Khardung La (La is the Ladakhi word for a mountain pass) and crossing it to get to the other side of the Ladakh mountain range.

The pass is situated at an altitude of 17,582 feet (5359m) and is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in the world.

The winding mountain road leading up to Khardung La is spectacular and is a treat in itself. Once at the top of the pass, spend 15-20 minutes exploring the surroundings without exerting your body too much.

It is important to remember that there is very little oxygen available to breathe at such high altitude, so take it easy and enjoy the breathtaking views of the snow-covered mountains.

Once you cross Khardung La and start driving towards Nubra Valley, the landscape changes dramatically. The drive past Shyok River towards the lush green valley of Nubra is worth keeping your eyes peeled for!

By the time you get to your hotel in Nubra Valley after several pit stops on the way, it’ll probably be late afternoon.

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Complete your check-in formalities and head to the famous Hundar dunes to catch the sunset, with herds of Bactrian Camels for company. The Bactrian Camels are native to this region and are known for their ability to withstand high altitudes and extreme cold.

To say the least, the landscape here is equally fascinating, with rolling sand dunes as far as the eyes can see, enclosed by towering rocky mountains on all sides.

Where to stay in Nubra Valley – Stone Hedge Ladakh

A gorgeous property located just 10 minutes away from the Hundar sand dunes, Stone Hedge is one of the most luxurious hotels you will come across in Ladakh.

Like a little oasis in the desert, with a natural spring flowing in the backyard, a lush garden whichever direction you look, and warm and cozy interiors, Stone Hedge sets the bar high.

Their rooms are exceptionally well-furnished with perfect mood lighting, elegant wood furniture, a room heater (rarely found elsewhere in Ladakh), and a lovely balcony that opens up to the backyard.

Day 4 – Drive to Pangong Lake

Check out from your hotel in Nubra Valley this morning and head back to the dunes once again if you want to see it in daylight. The difference is stark and worth another visit. Alternatively, you can directly head to Diskit Monastery in Nubra Valley before starting the drive towards Pangong Lake. 

The Diskit Monastery is the oldest and largest monastery in Nubra Valley. The iconic statue of the Maitreya Buddha stands tall here at a height of 32 meters and overlooks the vast plains of the Shyok River flowing nearby. 

After a tour of the monastery, it’s time to get on your way to Pangong Lake. The drive is roughly 6 hours long and takes you through picturesque mountain roads.

Flanked by the Shyok River on one side for most of the journey, this drive takes you from an altitude of about 10,000 feet (3048 meters) to 14,270 feet (4350 meters), where Pangong Lake is located.

Pangong Tso (Tso is the Ladakhi word for lake) is a saline water lake that spreads across India and Tibet. In fact, 60% of the lake lies in Tibet. But given its massive length and width, it would take roughly 3 hours to drive along its coast only on the Indian side.

Popular for its stunning turquoise blue water, Pangong Tso is one of the biggest attractions in all of Ladakh. However, do keep in mind that the appearance of the lake largely depends on which time of the year you visit.

The lake is completely frozen in the winter while the peak summer months from June to August are when it reveals all its colors.

Once you reach Pangong Tso, check into your accommodation for the night. After that, you’ll have the evening free to either take a stroll near the lake or sit at one of the small restaurants, enjoy the view while sipping hot tea.

Do keep in mind that as the sun sets, it tends to get chilly in this part of Ladakh, the extent of which again depends on the season. So get ready to layer up some warm clothes and snuggle in for the night!

Where to stay in Pangong Tso – Native Huts

There are no permanent hotels near Pangong Lake, so be prepared for a night of adventure staying in these wooden huts specially constructed for tourists while the travel season lasts. The huts come with an attached western toilet and have basic amenities like fresh towels, warm blankets, and charging points (operational from 6 pm to 11 pm).

The owners of these huts are very helpful and accommodating so if you want more blankets or hot water, just let them know. They also arrange fresh, hot meals for guests in a separate dining space inside another hut, and that food at the end of a long, cold day truly warms the heart.

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Day 5 – Drive back to Leh via Chang La

This will be the last day of driving through Ladakh, but expect it to be no less exciting than the previous two days!

The journey from Pangong Lake back to Leh takes close to 6 hours and will take you via Chang La, a mountain pass situated at an altitude of 17,590 feet (5360 meters).

The drive to Chang La is relatively bumpier than what you would have experienced while driving to Khardung La, but the experience of getting to the top of the pass is incredible. 

On the way from Chang La to Leh, make another stop at the famous Hemis Monastery. With a long and rich history, the monastery also houses a museum that showcases artifacts from the museum’s heritage.

Considered to be one of the largest monasteries in Ladakh, the highlight of visiting Hemis is the huge statue of Guru Rinpoche and the monastery’s unique architecture.

Day 6 – Explore Leh

Spend your final day in Ladakh seeing more of Leh and wrapping up your visit. This would be a good day to revisit the local market to pick up souvenirs to take home, in addition to visiting the following places.

Thiksey Monastery

Start your day early with a visit to the Thiksey Monastery to witness the morning prayer chanting session. Get there by 7 am so you can get in the prayer hall in time without disturbing the monks. It may seem way too early, but the experience is magical!

As the sun rises and illuminates the surrounding snow-capped peaks, the monks begin their day together by rhythmically chanting Buddhist prayers – an experience not to be missed in Leh.

Shanti Stupa

Constructed as part of a Peace Pagoda Mission, the Shanti Stupa was built jointly by the Buddhist community of Japan and Ladakh. While the iconic white dome sits at the top, the Shanti Stupa houses the relics of the Buddha at its base.

Visited for its religious as well as architectural value, there’s a certain air of calm surrounding the Stupa, as it sits looking over the vast expanse of Leh.

Stok Palace

Located on the western bank of River Indus, the Stok Palace was originally built as the summer home of Ladakh’s royal family. Currently, this is where the royal family resides all year long.

The palace also has several museum rooms that display lots of ancient artifacts belonging to the royal family- from precious jewelry and royal attires to weapons and items of daily use.

A part of the Stok Palace has now been transformed into a heritage hotel and opened up to travelers who want to experience the royal way of living for a few days.

Lunch in the orchard at Chulli Bagh

After a tour of the Stok Palace, head to the nearby Chulli Bagh, which is essentially the royal family’s orchard, with apricot and walnut trees dominating the scene.

Settle down for a luxurious lunch amidst the lush greenery of the meticulously maintained orchard and enjoy a delicious meal accompanied by freshly plucked fruits from the garden.

Ladakhi cultural show

Now that it’s almost time to wrap up your final day in Leh, head back to the hotel to watch a vibrant cultural show displaying the beautiful dance forms and music of Ladakh.

Ladakh has a rich culture comprising beautiful folk dances native to different parts of the region, performed by both men and women, depending on the dance form.

Decked in traditional costumes and jewelry, it’s a real treat to watch the locals match steps while humming Ladakhi songs. 

Day 7 – Depart from Leh

This is a day of no activity since you have to catch a flight out of Leh back to Delhi. Depending on your flight time, you may be able to squeeze in a couple of hours in the morning to visit the local market or the village if you want, for a final glimpse of life in Ladakh!

Ladakh is vast and a one-week trip may not entirely do justice to its beauty. But if this is all the time you have, this itinerary is a good place to start planning your trip.

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Leh Local Sightseeing – A Complete Travel Guide

Leh local sightseeing was the pending topic in my series of articles on completing the comprehensive travel guide for Leh Ladakh. Today, I will introduce you to the places to see around that comes under Leh local sightseeing.

It is almost inevitable (at least for people flying directly to Leh) to skip the local sightseeing of Leh town, so it becomes essential to know what all places are there, either in Leh or nearby Leh town so that you can spend a day or two easily without getting bored and utilize them effectively.

As you reach in Leh, you will be spending some part of the day getting the permits for places in Ladakh that you will be visiting as a part of your Ladakh trip itinerary. However, still, you will have about a day and an evening to spend in Leh. So, the question becomes what shall you visit near Leh in a day and how?

Let's quickly dive into the details:

Leh Local Sightseeing Guide

I have mentioned briefly about places to see in Leh town in my most recommended Ladakh trip itinerary already. However, in this article, let’s deep dive into the places that you see around Leh town and spend your time relishing them as a part of the day dedicated to Leh local sightseeing.

The Khar – Leh Palace, Tsemo Castle, Namgyal Gompa

The Khar is the so-called landmark of Leh almost since the 17th century. Being in Leh and the missing sight of this mega structure (almost and comparatively), seems something has horribly gone wrong with your planning, or you were somewhere else in Ladakh but not in Leh 😉 …

It houses the Leh Palace, Tsemo Castle and Namgyal Gompa on the same hills which houses this complex. The museum houses collection of ornaments, jewelry, thangkas and paintings about 450-year-old but still looks as new as it can.

Shanti Stupa

Built on a hilltop in Changspa region of Leh at an altitude of about 14K feet (4267 Mtrs), Shanti Stupa was built in 1999. It is one of the most favorite tourist destinations among other places in Leh local sightseeing plan. The visit to Shanti Stupa would greet you with a wide panoramic view of entire Leh town in the foreground and with breath-taking landscapes in the background.

You can reach it using a drivable road all the way almost to top, or you can choose to ascend about 500-600 stairs. I will not advise stairs if you just landed a day or two back. After 7-8 days, you may give a try to fatigue using those stairs otherwise avoid them to let your body acclimatize properly.

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Hall of Fame

Worth a visit for every Indian to get a feeling of undue respect and salute the spirit of heroes of the Kargil War, especially if you have not been to Kargil War Memorial on Srinagar Leh Highway . In the other section, you can see and get an idea of various things that form the rough life of our brave soldiers at Siachen viz. the shoes used by soldiers, the food they eat and how they heat them using Hexamycin tablets, etc.

You will walk out of with a different feeling if you respect those brave souls, a feeling that can help you co-relate their rough life with yours, which we keep cribbing over either some official matters or daily homely issues. Next time you do that think of these soldiers posted here for us, to protect our motherland and think how they get the strength to keep going in their lives 🙂 …

My heart was full of emotions when I walked out first ever from Kargil War Memorial…

Leh Main Bazaar / Leh Main Market

The most attractive place of Leh is Leh main bazaar where you can have finest of cuisines and even shop for a variety of accessories for your mother/sister/wife/girlfriend or woolens for yourself and family or contact some travel agents for money exchange or planning your tours/treks, etc.

In fact, this is the only place where you will find most of the hustle-bustle along with Changspa road of life in Leh Ladakh and maybe the busiest part of Ladakh 🙂 …

Sankar Gompa / Monastery

It is about an easy half-hour walk from Leh towards the road leading to Khardung La pass . They light it up in the evening, and because visiting hours are only limited to morning and evening, I will say going in there for a short walk in the evening is not at all a bad idea 🙂 …

Zorawar Fort

If you happen to have some interest in history and ancient culture, then you can visit Zorawar fort, which is about 30-40 mins walk/hike from Leh main market and jeepable too if you are not interested in hiking. General Zorawar Singh owned this fort and is remembered here for the struggle with Chinese. Europeans even termed him little Napolean of India.

Datun Sahib

Datun Sahib is a Meswak tree that is located close to Leh Palace or just behind the Jama Masjid in the Leh Main Baazar and holds quite religious significance for the whole Leh Ladakh region. It is said to be the first-ever tree planted by Guru Nanak Ji, who blessed the town by planting it.

Sindhu Ghat

A peaceful place where you can enjoy the river banks of Indus and relax amidst beautiful surroundings. The music of the river relaxes all the nerves you get after reaching this place. If you want to spend a lazing afternoon, go and be there at Sindhu Ghaat and relax 🙂

Spituk Monastery

About 8 km from Leh, at an altitude of 3300 Mtrs was built way back in the 11th century and can be a good addition to your Leh local sightseeing tour. The monastery houses about 100 monks and a giant statue of Kali which is unveiled at the annual Gustor festival held from the 27th to 29th day in the eleventh month of the Tibetan calendar.

Phyang Monastery

About 16 km west of Leh towards Srinagar was built back in the 15th century. It houses a 900-year-old museum that has an extensive collection of idols including several fine Kashmiri bronzes probably dating to the 14th century, thangkas, Chinese, Tibetan, and Mongolian firearms and weapons.

The Gang-Sngon Tsedup Festival is held annually from the 17th day to the 19th day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar . On the 2nd and 3rd day of the 6th month of the Tibetan calendar, Phyang serves as a venue for sacred dances.

Sham Valley Tour

Not exactly a part of Leh local sightseeing but west of Leh towards Srinagar on Srinagar Leh Highway, Sham Valley tour includes a day trip to Sham Valley that consists of (in order from Leh) Gurdwara Pather Sahib, Magnetic Hills, Zanskar, and Indus River Confluence at Nimmu , Ruins of Basgo Palace and Basgo Plains , Alchi Monastery and Likir Monastery I will say it is a must-do trip for anyone visiting Leh – Ladakh.

Of course, if you are interested in detail you can refer my detailed travel guide of Sham Valley .

Monastery Tour

When you travel east of Leh towards  the most adventurous Manali – Leh Highway , you should be able to cover some of the popular monasteries in Ladakh, viz.  Shey Palace , Thicksey Monastery , Hemis Monastery , and Stakna Monastery.

Depending upon the time at hand and your interest, you can also choose to visit Matho Monastery and Stok Palace a bit ahead of Stakna Monastery and complete the circuit while exiting towards Leh from Stok.

I hope you find the above information useful for planning your day for Leh local sightseeing on the Ladakh trip. If you have any questions or doubts, please feel free to post them under the comments section of this article.

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Hi dheeraj….i have flight for leh on 22oct nd my return is on 29 oct….we have 6 complete days in leh district….cud u plz advice me to make my trip better…..what all to do 6 days and where to visit….so far i have read many comments of urs bit still cud u plan according to my schedule…..and also i want to do bornfire type sumthing if possible nd stay in a hut for atleast a night if possible…!!! Waiting for the reply

You can follow the below itinerary

Day 1 | Delhi – Leh (By Flight) — Checkin at Hotel. Many hotels provide free pick and drop from Airport. Ask while you book them. — Take ample of rest as well as water or anything that keep your body hydrated enough. DO NOT OVER HYDRATE. Take ORS Soluted water or ORS – L tetra packs from home. — Do not over exert your body at any cost. Avoid too much up-down on stairs or avoid it in entirety, if possible. — After 5-6 Hrs of rest you can visit Leh Palace, Local Leh market, Shankar Gompa . — If you feel exerted go back to Hotel, have dinner at Hotel and take rest. Avoid any exertion. Else continue and, — Follow the sunset by stroll at Changspa road and have a nice dinner on varied cuisines offered in-around Changspa road. — Go back to hotel for overnight stay at Leh.   Day 2 | Leh Local Sightseeing + Acclimatization — Hire a taxi from Leh taxi stand or Hotel whichever suits you. — Bargain with taxi driver and you can refer the thread for a comprehensive list of drivers: List of Taxi Drivers for Ladakh – Srinagar – Leh – Manali — Take his inputs if you feel reasonable and if required modify the plan accordingly but should suits you best. — Ask him to be with you guys starting first day itself, if required and charged reasonable else do it at your own. — Again DO NOT over exert and take little steps and slow walks only. — If feeling OK then do Local sightseeing. To know the about the places to visit check the link: Travel Guide for Local Sightseeing of Leh Town in Ladakh — Do not use stairs at any of these places just to see them as it will exert your body much more. — Overnight at Leh   Day 3 | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder — Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit — On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass (as claimed) Khardung La — Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha statue and Hunder has sand dunes and bacterian camel safari   Day 4 | Hunder / Diskit – Shyok Village or Wari La – Pangong Tso — Take direct route to Pangong Tso via Shyok Village (shorter) or Wari La (longer) whichever is open — Overnight at Pangong Tso

Day 5 | Pangong Tso – Leh, covering Hemis, Thicksey and shey monasteries — Cover Hemis, Thicksey and Shey — Overnight at Leh

Day 6 | Rest day at Leh to enjoy local culture and some shopping OR Monastery tour or Fly out — Overnight at Leh

Hi Dheeraj, I’m Vy, from Vietnam. Firstly I want to say thank you to you and your team. The information on DOW is beyond of helpful. It gives us the inspiration to go on the road, to discover.

I’ll in Ladakh in Sep. I’m a solo female. And I travel on a budget. Below is my itinerary. I built it based on the suggestions on DOW. Could you give me advice for my itinerary? I have some worries, especially about transport. 1. Trekking to Padum – Phugtal: Could I do this trek without the guide. I just worry about the chance of getting lost. 2. From Leh – TurTuk – Spangmil – TsoMori – Leh: Could I find the shared cabs or public transport for those routes? If the shared cab is available, how much I should pay for each part. 3. Any changing advice is welcome. Only Phugtal is the have-to destination.

1: Srinagar – Karmil 2. Karmil – Padum 3. Padum – Phugtal 4. Phugtal – Padum 5. Padum – Kargil 6. Kargil – Leh 7. Leh: sightseeing and permits 8. Leh – Turtuk 9. Turtuk – Spangmil (via Shyok village) 10. Spangmik – Tso Mori 11. Tso Mori – Leh *1 preventive day for rest or any emergency case.

Again, appreciate for all your work.

Nice to connect to you here. Thank you for warm words.

1. I will not suggest doing Phugtal as you do not have sufficient time for it. You will not be acclimatized to do the trek so fast to be completed in a day time. So, better skip it. Also, the journey is too tiring from Kargil to Padum directly without night stop and then going on such long trek in a day is not recommended. Instead use the day for Ladakh itself at ease.

2. Regarding Pangong Tso to Tso Moriri, you will not be allowed to take that route being foreigner. Hence, you should do it at easy pace skipping the part of Zanskar Valley.

hi Dheeraj, 2. does it mean from Pangong Tso, I have to come back Leh and then take the route from Leh – Tso Mori?

also, I want to ask about permit. I read articles but have a bit confused so I want to make it clear: As a foreigner, 1. I only need to apply for Inner Line Permit (ILP). It cost 400 + 20 INR? 2. as a solo traveler, I can’t get the permit by myself, have to run through an agency?

thank you very much.

Yes, you will have to come back to Leh from Pangong Tso and then can go to Tso Moriri from Chumathang route.

As a foreigner, you need to apply for Protected Area Permits , the rule was changed I believe recently and a single person can also apply for permit as foreigner but through an agent. You can use the Online application to apply online and pay fee for Protect Area Permit.

Hi Vy I am going to Leh 8Sep, solo, you can join me some days if ok for you RG Hung

oh, nice to hear from you. so please contact via email: [email protected]

Really Article is well informative, I am fan of Discover With Dheeraj, wonderfully executed every thing, I always preferred this site for Leh Ladakh information. many times I got answer from your forum section. users participating on it sharing their knowledge about Leh Ladakh region and your contribution is unbelievable.

Thanks for sharing such a wonderful article with us, If possible please use more images in the post which can attraction more users and engagement. I have a wonderful experience in Leh Ladakh, and try to explain in the writeups. travelingtoworld.com/leh-ladakh-travel-guide/

Thank you Sunil !!

Thanks a lot Dheeraj, keep updating us, Good job.

Sir, Thanks for your helpful replies. Cheers.

Good luck for your trip, please share the updates or reviews with us too from the trip so that it help others.

1. You have suggested clearly in many posts that it is best to travel from Srinagar to kargil and then onwards to Leh. Is it OK to get the body acclimatized by staying in kargil? I had planned to stay in kargil and see the local places by getting permit: stay there for three days. Then travel to Leh. Is it OK for the human body to get acclimatized that way? Request advices on this.

2. You had also posted that one group had travelled by the Srinagar route in May or thereabouts. However, in reply to another person in 2016, there was a suggestion to avoid travel through Srinagar route. I am really really confused here: from what I see on the 24/7 news channels: the situation in the Srinagar side is BAD. Alternatively, I am contemplating taking the Manali Leh route.

3. Will the Manali Leh road route be open by the second week of July 2017?

4. Should I get permit for crossing Rohtang pass? Where can I get the same?

5. Also, acclimitization wise: is this ok? Chandigarh to Solang valley (stay); onwards to keylong (stay); onwards to jispa (stay); onwards to sarchu (stay); onwards to leh. Is this plan ok acclimatization wise? This will allow me to acclimatize, I hope, to enable me to see in and around Leh.

Also, I plan to fly back from Leh to Delhi and then to Chennai.

1. Not necessarily I will say but yes does help staying in KArgil and then moving to Leh. It depends from Kargil where exactly are you moving. Best way if one has days is to do Kargil, Alchi night stays before reaching Leh.

2. Well, it depends upon person to person. The situation changes every day in Kashmir and you should ignore whatever is posted in 2016. Please go through the thread of Srinagar – Leh Status in DwD Community to read about people experiences traveling there in this year.

3. Yes Manali – Leh Highway is about to open any day now.

4. If you go from Manali – Leh side, you will have to take Rohtang Pass permit to go beyond Rohtang PAss.

5. It is not OK but well, it is the way to travel to Leh if you choose Manali – Leh Highway. Also, PLEASE do not stay over night at Sarchu. It should be Solang, Jispa and then directly Leh.

Please suggest three day itinary for local Leh tour.I will reach to Leh on 24 June and leave on 26 june

You can rest for the first day, explore market and trolls in the streets, visit Shanti Stupa. Next day you can visit Sham Valley and then you can visit monasteries (Hemis, Thicksey, Shey, Stakna)

Thank you for reply.Whether two days are sufficient for local sightseeing or more days are required?.Which place I should visit in Leh to see snow in June?

I hope you mean two days for above places? Yeah, that should be fine for Leh Local sightseeing and sham Valley. June, you can find snow only at Khardung La Pass and Chang La pass on the way to Nubra and Pangong Tso respectively.

I plan to visit Leh Ladakh in September mostly from from 11th for a period of 16 days, so that would be from 11th to 26th September

Wish to thank You for Your blog which is really very helpful 🙂

It will either be Me or I might have two other people joining me

I have read your articles, well most of them but still just want to know a few things … As I am a photographer this would be a completely photography based trip

1. Will a laptop work in Leh ? I mean do You know anyone who has used it in Leh

Being a photographer I would need to download/take backup on my laptop and if possible on an external HDD, Will that be possible in Leh as it is at a altitude of around 3000 mts.

2. Do You know of any good/reliable travel agency in Leh ? I would be hiring a vehicle and a driver/guide so …

I have noted down the names of drivers/guide that You have recommended but what about a reliable local travel agency

Especially those who have worked with photographers or are used to taking/handling photographers

3. The places that I have planned to visit/stay are Hunder, Pangong, Tso Morriri, Tso Kar, Hanle and Rangdum … I want to ask about the availability of Electricity in these places or guesthouses/homestays because I will need to charge the camera batteries at least once every two to three days

4. Will accommodation ( Guesthouses/Homestays ) be available for the above places in this period from 11th to 26th September ? Will the tented camps be open especially in Pangong

5. I want to make it as cheap as possible the whole trip that is … especially if I will be going alone so if there are any good guesthouses or homestays which offer good food and have electricity sometimes during the evening then please do let me know so that I can plan the trip accordingly

As of now the probable itinerary is –

1st day – Rest

2nd day – nearby places

3rd day – Leave for Hunder

4th day – In and around Hunder

5th day – Back to Leh

6th day – Leave for Pangong

7th day – In and around Pangong

8th day – If possible ( Depends on the availability of electricity ( Battery charge ) and Driver/Guide )), travel to Tso Morriri

9th day – In and around Tso Morriri

10th day – Back to Leh

11th day – Leave for Hanle

12th day – In and around Hanle

13th day – Back to Leh, Visiting Tso Kar on the way back

14th day – Leave for Rangdum

15th day – Back to Leh

Please let me know what You think and it would be really nice if You could clarify my queries 🙂

Would welcome any suggestions or ideas that You might have regarding the above itinerary which would be helpful for me in one way or the other 🙂

Thank you 🙂 Warm Regards, Salil Sahani

Thank you Salil. 1. Yes, it should be OK to use it but please do read: Carrying Laptop to Ladakh or High Altitudes 2. Most of these drivers are very reliable as you might have read their feedback in the thread too. IF you really want to get authentic stays and feeling of Ladakh trip, better exclude the middle men. 3. Rangdum is too far and needs more days at least 2 days ex. Kargil. So, ;eave Zanskar and Suru for some other time. 4. Yes, stay options will be available. 5. You should be able to find guest houses or home stays at almost all the places. 6. Day 8 should be Hanle, In around Hanle and then move to Tso Moriri. Pangong tso to Tso Moriri have mid point as Hanle though a bit diversion

Thank you very much Sir for getting back so quickly 🙂

1. Yes I have read that article Sir 🙂

2. Yes, will keep that in mind :), Can the driver take care of the accommodation, I mean if I decide whom to go with then will He take care of the rest, especially the accommodations at all the places to be visited ?

4. Oh good 🙂

6. Yes that would be a better idea 🙂

Sir, Which of the above places have electricity, apart from Leh that is ? Hunder, Pangong, Hanle, Tso Morriri

Yes, drivers take care of their accommodation. All the places will have electricity but the supply will be limited at Pangong tso and Tso Moriri.

Hi deeraj” would you please give me information, if I tour all the way from Leh to {Pangong TSO by JKSTC bus from leh on saturday & stay at Pangong TSO at Night and again return to leh. May kindly provide me a detailed staying option at night where the JKSTC bus halts at night and the distance of Pangong TSO lake from bus stand. I will be very helpful if your valuable suggestion are accorded for me for chalking out a programe for visit to Leh

Dinesh, AFAIK, the bus goes to Lukung and Spangmik villages which are near the shores of the Pangong Tso lake only, about 300-500 Mtr form the lake

Hi Dheeraj,

Me and My wife are planning to travel from to Leh from 16th June to 25th June. Our initial plan was to reach Manali by Bus and then either bus or taxi from Manali to Leh. However, I read online that there’s a possibility that the Manali-Leh Highway may not open till late June, so we have planned to fly to Srinagar instead and then travel to Leh via Bus and end the trip by traveling from Leh to Manali by road by 25th Afternoon. Can you suggest an itinerary based on the above dates and do you think we can accommodate road trip from Srinagar to Leh and Leh to Manali within 16th and 25th June?

We are planning to travel to Leh from Delhi. Sorry, forgot to mention that.

Just replied to your other comment.

Hey Sundar,

You can follow the below plan:

Day 1 | Delhi – Srinagar — Enjoy walk around Dal lake and may be Shikara ride as well — If you have time then check out, floating market, Shalimar Garden. — Overnight at Srinagar

Day 2 | Srinagar – Sonamarg – Zozi La – Drass – Kargil — Enjoy the vistas enroute — Have late drunch meal at Drass is you are a vegetarian as sometimes it gets difficult to find veg. food at Kargil — Overnight at Kargil

Day 3 | Kargil – Lamayuru – Leh — Cover Mulbekh Maitrey, Lamayuru Moanstery, Lunar Landscapes — On the way you can also see Gurudwara Pather Sahib, Magnetic Hills, Confluence at Nimmu — Overnight at Leh

Day 4 | Leh Local Sightseeing + Acclimatization — To know the about the places to visit check the link: Travel Guide for Local Sightseeing of Leh Town in Ladakh — Overnight at Leh

Day 5 | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder — Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit — On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass (as claimed) Khardung La — Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha statue and Hunder has sand dunes and bacterian camel safari

Day 6 | Hunder / Diskit – Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh — Sumur has a famous monastery to check out and Panamik has hot water springs — Overnight at Leh

Day 7 | Leh – Pangong Tso Lake – Leh — Day trip to Pangong Tso — Overnight at Leh

Day 8 | Leh – Taglang La – Moore Plains – Pang – Sarchu — Stay overnight at Sarchu

Day 9 | Sarchu – Baralacha La – Keylong – Rohtang Pass – Manali — On the way cover Suraj Tal, Deepak Tal which are on the road sides only — Overnight at Manali

Day 10 | Manali – Delhi — Return home

Day 11 | Buffer day to be kept incase of road closure due to landslides or snowfall or perhaps you want to enjoy more.

Thanks a lot Dheeraj. In your opinion, would the Leh-Manali Highway open by the 25th of June considering the record snowfall experienced this year.

Yes Sundar, Leh – Manali Highway will open by 25th June.

Thanks Dheeraj. Just one more question. I was planning to cover the journey from Srinagar to Leh in JKSRTC bus. Do these buses stop at Sonamarg, Zozi-la, Drass, Lamayuru which I should be covering during the trip or do I choose an alternate mode of transport? Private taxi’s do seem expensive.

Sundar, these buses do not stop unless it is a stop for them for meals and tea/snacks. Some of them you mentioned may be actual stops for them. However, it is not a tourist bus that will stop for scenic places. There is no cheaper alternate mode unless you get a shared taxi with tourists who are willing to share the taxi or find online travel partners to share the cab.

Hi Dheeraj, We are from Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru. We (about 12 of us) are planning to visit Leh-Ladakh by April end-first week of May and leave by May 6-7. We will be flying to Leh from Delhi and will be travelling with 2 kids aged 5-6 and one aged 13. A couple of us are on the heavier side too. Is it too risky for us? Will be grateful if you can help us decide the itinerary in a way that we don’t miss anything.

Hello Rekha,

If you guys can take precautions and go prepared (it will still be cold in April end), it shall be OK to travel. Considering you have about 7-8 days, I will suggest following:

Day 1 | Delhi – Leh (By Flight) — Checkin at Hotel. Many hotels provide free pick and drop from Airport. Ask while you book them. — Take ample of rest as well as water or anything that keep your body hydrated enough. DO NOT OVER HYDRATE. Take ORS Soluted water or ORS – L tetra packs from home. — Do not over exert your body at any cost. Avoid too much up-down on stairs or avoid it in entirety, if possible. — After 5-6 Hrs of rest you can visit Leh Palace, Local Leh market, Shankar Gompa . — If you feel exerted go back to Hotel, have dinner at Hotel and take rest. Avoid any exertion. Else continue and, — Follow the sunset by stroll at Changspa road and have a nice dinner on varied cuisines offered in-around Changspa road. — Go back to hotel for overnight stay at Leh.   Day 2 | Leh Local Sightseeing + Acclimatization — Hire a taxi from Leh taxi stand or Hotel whichever suits you. — Bargain hard with taxi driver. Book that single taxi for entire trip after explaining the complete plan. — Take his inputs if you feel reasonable and if required modify the plan accordingly but should suits you best. — Ask him to be with you guys starting first day itself, if required and charged reasonable else do it at your own. — Again DO NOT over exert and take little steps and slow walks only. — If feeling OK then do Local sightseeing. To know the about the places to visit check the link: Travel Guide for Local Sightseeing of Leh Town in Ladakh — Do not use stairs at any of these places just to see them as it will exert your body much more. — Overnight at Leh

Day 3 | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder — Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit — On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass (as claimed) Khardung La — Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha statue and Hunder has sand dunes and bacterian camel safari

Day 4 | Hunder / Diskit – Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh — Sumur has a famous monastery to check out and Panamik has hot water springs — Overnight at Leh

Day 5 | Leh – Pangong Tso – Leh — Do not plan to stay overnight at Pangong Tso as you will not be acclimatized and may fall sick. So, make a day trip only. — Overnight at Leh

Day 6 | Rest day at Leh to enjoy local culture and some shopping OR Monastery tour OR Sham Valley tour OR Fly back home — Overnight at Leh — Monastery tour may include Hemis, Thicksey and Shey monasteries. They come on the route of Pangong Tso but as you will be doing day trip, it will be a bit hectic to include them on that day only. — Sham Valley include Alchi, Likir, Basgo Palace, Magnetic Hills, Confluence at Nimmu, Gurudwara Pather Sahib

In case you have about 1-2 days more, you can add Turtuk day trip from Deskit/Hunder in Nubra Valley.

greetings from the philippines…i would like to travel to your wonderful country this month of sept…ill arrive in amritsar on sept 13 at night and begin exploring on the 14th…ill leave india from delhi on the 28th……i have around 15days….ill be visiting leh ladakh and beyond and probably taj mahal….from amritsar i would like to go to srinagar and go to leh but some said its not safe to travel somewhere in JK since there is ongoing tension…is it true.?????..so i guess ill just go to manali and enter leh that way…..i would like to enter leh/ or leave leh from delhi thru a flight but its very expensive….however the flight from srinagar going to delhi is way cheaper and considering leaving leh f going to srinagar to catch a flight, but im still concerned about secuirty issues is srinagar….and also i really wanted to go to phuktal monastery in sanzkar…the photo of the place i saw on the internet seems really awesome…can i do it all with the time i have in india??????

Hello Celden,

Very warm welcome to India and Himalayas 🙂 🙂

Julian, well, I will not recommend at all to travel from Srinagar side. Please avoid it completely at the moment. Go from Manali side and come back from the same route. You have 15 days, I can recommend you the flow and you can take it as per availability of public transport or shared taxis:

1. You should make two day trip to Leh from Manali as body will not be acclimatized. Fist night halt will be Keylong if you will go by bus else Jispa if you take tourist shared taxi. DO NOT take a taxi or tempo traveller which halts at Sarchu, you will not be acclimatized to sleep at it. 2. Rest and acclimatize in Leh, get the protected area permits. 3. Move to Nubra valley and explore Hunder, Deskit, Turtuk villages before coming back to Leh 4. Move to Pangong Tso and come back the next day 5. Move to Tso moriri and come back the next day 6. In between (3-5) you can opt to visit Alchi, Likir, Lamayuru as well as two day trip. 7. Finally take the bus back to Manali from Leh which will take halt at Keylong.

This will be around 14-15 days not leaving anything else to cover.

Reading these articles are great! A huge help before I fly from the UK to India and directly to Leh on the 5th Sept for approx. 5 nights. I haven’t really committed to booking guest hostels yet, as I wanted to confirm the itinerary (similar to what you recommended to RISHABH) with a friend that I will be travelling with. Wanted to get your input on this and suggestions of what to do?

Day 1 & 2: Will stay in Leh to acclimatise and try and cover what you have suggested to others. Day 3: Pangong Tso day trip and on the way back, will try and stay in Thiksey Monastery for the night? Day 4: I wanted to visit Nubra Valley, wasn’t sure whether we could do a day trip there or would it be better to stay there for the night? Any suggestions of where to stay? Day 5: Nubra Valley/Leh

Day 6 and onwards will include the bus ride to Manali however we would like to stay over another place for a night or 2 to break up the long journey, however not sure where?

Final query is regarding the drinking water in Leh, is it recommended that we should take purification water tablets?

You should visit Nubra Valley first on Day3,4 and then on Day 5 you should go over to day trip of Pangong Tso. You can stay at Hunder in Nubra Valley which is more close to nature and has many hose stays or small guest houses with local touch. Day 6 when you take the bus to Manali it will halt at Keylong where you will be staying for the night. Then next day you can move over to Manali from Keylong.

Well, you can carry them for precautions but most of the time I never found any filth or impurities in the water

Thanks for getting back, will go ahead with that then.

Would you know how long the bus journey is to Keylong, and whether taxis will be available for this journey as an alternative?

Dan, Leh – Keylong is around 13 Hrs and Keylong – Manali is around 7 Hrs. Yes, taxis are there always and can be booked on the spot as well in case you decide not to go by bus.

Hello Sir, I am planning trip to leh from 16th august to 20 aug. I’ll reach leh airport by 6:40 in the morning on 16 and I hav a flight back from srinagar on 21st noon. So can u please suggest me the best itinerary for the trip.. Thank you in advance.

ishabh, you can follow the below plan for a 5 day trip to Ladakh

Day 1 | Delhi – Leh (By Flight) — Checkin at Hotel. Many hotels provide free pick and drop from Airport. Ask while you book them. — Take ample of rest as well as water or anything that keep your body hydrated enough. DO NOT OVER HYDRATE. Take ORS Soluted water or ORS – L tetra packs from home. — Do not over exert your body at any cost. Avoid too much up-down on stairs or avoid it in entirety, if possible. — After 5-6 Hrs of rest you can visit Leh Palace, Local Leh market, Shankar Gompa . — If you feel exerted go back to Hotel, have dinner at Hotel and take rest. Avoid any exertion. Else continue and, — Follow the sunset by stroll at Changspa road and have a nice dinner on varied cuisines offered in-around Changspa road. — Go back to hotel for overnight stay at Leh.   Day 2 | Leh Local Sightseeing + Acclimatization — Hire a taxi from Leh taxi stand or Hotel whichever suits you. — Bargain hard with taxi driver. Book that single taxi for entire trip after explaining the complete plan. — Take his inputs if you feel reasonable and if required modify the plan accordingly but should suits you best. — Ask him to be with you guys starting first day itself, if required and charged reasonable else do it at your own. — Again DO NOT over exert and take little steps and slow walks only. — If feeling OK then do Local sightseeing. To know the about the places to visit check the link: Travel Guide for Local Sightseeing of Leh Town in Ladakh — Do not use stairs at any of these places just to see them as it will exert your body much more. — Overnight at Leh   Day 3 | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder — Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit — On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass (as claimed) Khardung La — Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha statue and Hunder has sand dunes and bacterian camel safari

Hope you are doing good …Man!!

Your comments and updates are really Appreciable.

Planning a trip for he first time from Delhi on rented bikes and 10Days in Hand Let me know about the permit/permission process and formalities

Places to be covered: Pangong lake, Khardungla, Nubra valley

It will take 4 days to reach Leh from Srinagar side starting from Delhi with stop overs at Jammu, Srinagar, Kargil and 3 days to come back from Leh from Manali side to Delhi with stopovers at Sarchu, Manali. This makes it 7 days. 1 Day is required in Leh for acclimatization. You have about 10 days. 1 Day can be used as Day trip to Pangong Tso and other day can be used as day trip to Nubra Valley or just Khardung La pass.

Opt to go via Manali – Leh Highway and I will suggest that you refer the thread for more details on the route and night halts though it is of 9 days: Manali – Leh – Ladakh – Manali | Itinerary for 9 Days . You can fit in plan I suggested in above para in this plan

You will need permit to cross Rohtang Pass which is issued from SDM office in Manali.

hello, i am going to spend a week in ladakh, but i only have 1 day in leh, and i am travelling alone and i want to do a bike journey for a day, can you please suggest me where shal i go and come back by the evening?

Not sure how your itinerary is planned so cannot really comment. Still, in case it is after the acclimatization is done, you can make a day trip to Sham Valley on bike.

thank you so much. 🙂 and also please update me, what is the distance between leh and sham valley?

Bhavya here you go: Sham Valley Ladakh | Sightseeing and Travel Guide

Farthest point Alchi is about couple of hrs drive from Leh.

Hello Dheeraj sir We are travelling from haryana to leh in our own suv. Do we require any permit for local site seeing like nubra valley,pangong lake,kargil etc etc. Can we visit these sites in our private car or we require to hire a taxi there.

Yes Aarti, you can visit all these places on your own car without any issues at all. You need permit for Rohtang Pass in case you are going from Manali to Rohtang Pass

Thanks for writing so detail about Leh, it helps in giving a perspective to someone who have never been to Leh.

I am in a dilemma whether should I go with a tour agent for the entire trip, or should I just take local tours from Leh itself (Pangong Lake, Nubra Valley, Leh local sight seeing, Tsomoriri etc.)

I am planning to go either on 14th Sept that week or 21 Sept that week and I heard from many that end of September onward are off-season, which means I will be able to get good price/bargain for hotels, taxi and local tours during that time. However, I would not want to risk going in to Leh and later on screw up the whole trip. What do you suggest?

Is it easy to get taxi/local tour in Leh itself? Do you know the price for the above-mentioned places tour if taken from Leh plus taxi? Below is my draft itinerary, can you please suggest if they are fine?

Regards, Noel

Day 1: Reach Srinagar – Kargil Stay @ Kargil

Day 2: Kargil – Leh Stay @ Leh

Day 3: Leh Local Visit: Shey, Thicksey, Hemis, Stok Monastries Stay @ Leh

Day 4: Leh – Nubra Valley Stay @ Nubra Valley

Day 5: Nubra Valley – Leh Stay @ Leh

Day 6: Leh –Pangong Tso Lake Stay @ Pangong Tso

Day 7: Pangong Tso Lake – Leh Stay @ Leh at 11,562 ft

Day 8: Leh – Tsomoriri Stay @ Tsomoriri

Day 9: Tsomoriri – Leh Stay @ Leh

Day 10: Depart from Leh Airport

Your plan seems good to me, you can plan the entire tour on your own. DoW has enough sources which you can use to plan the trip yourself and save money.

You can check the nice, preferred list of accommodation options in entire Leh – Ladakh (Leh, Nubra Valley, Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri) including moderate (cheap budget hotels as well) in the series of articles starting on the link here

For the leh – ladakh taxi union rate list 2015 – 16 including the contacts of some reliable taxi drivers within Leh – Ladakh, check the link here . You can get about 10-12% of discount by directly getting in touch with drivers and of course, talking in person rather on phone always help in bargaining more.

For the list of good restaurants in Leh – Ladakh or eateries or food joints where food is enjoyed by many travellers including me, you can check the link here: List of Good Restaurants in Leh – Ladakh | Restaurant Reviews

I am leaving from Kargil to Leh as I write this. Unfortunately I twisted my ankle while leaving from Srinagar and it is swollen since then. I took the painkillers and am feeling better. I am planning to show it to a doctor in Leh. Can you please let me know any known doctors and their address? I will be reaching Leh by 3:30 PM.

Thanks, Suhas

Suhas, you can visit the hospital in Leh and they will be able to help you out there. Do take care brother !!

Thanks a lot Dheeraj. I visited the hospital, fortunately there was no fracture and I could carry on with the trip. I returned yesterday and once again would like to Thank you for all the information you provided, without which the trip would probably not happened. You are touching lives of people in a special way, keep it going!!

That’s really good to know that Suhas and glad you had a wonderful trip to Ladakh. If you have time and possible for you, do share the experience or reviews or just a photo tale in DwD Community 🙂

Your articles are a gem pit for those who wanna travel to Leh. We too are planning to visit from 27 Aug till 04 Sep and the itinerary goes as follows:

27 Aug – Leave Delhi and arrive at Manali early morning. Travel to Solang Valley and spend the night there. 28 Aug – Travel to Jispa and spend the night there. 29 Aug – Travel to Sachu and the night there. 30 Aug – Travel to Leh. 31 Aug – Wandering around Leh – Local Sightseeing. 1-3 Sep – ??? 4 Sep – Leaving Leh

The next three days (1-3 Sep) are really tricky coz I can’t put my finger on how best to go about. Any suggestions would be lovely.

Thanks in advance.

You should follow below:

Day 1 | Delhi – Manali/Solang Valley — Better stay at Solang Valley and avoid Manali as sleeping at Solang Valley does help in acclimatization — If going by own car, get the permit made in advance to drive on Manali – Rohtang Pass road through hotel/travel agent in Manali — Overnight at Manali/Solang Valley

Day 2 | Manali/Solang Valley – Keylong/Jispa — It is always better to stay either at Keylong/Jispa so that you do not feel sick or hit by AMS. — Avoid sleeping at Sarchu at any cost while going to Leh from Manali because your body will not be acclimatized by the time you reach there. — I prefer staying at Jispa more because Keylong gives the feeling of a town while Jispa is more closer to nature having Bhaga river running just aside the Manali – Leh Highway at Jispa. — Overnight at Keylong/Jispa

Day 3 | Keylong/Jispa – Leh — Leave Keylong/Jispa early next morning, say by 4/5 AM types, so that you reach Leh in the evening. — Overnight at Leh

Day 7 | Leh – Pangong Tso – Leh — Make a Day trip to Pangong Tso — Overnight at Leh

Day 8 | Leaving Leh

Thanks heaps Dheeraj…

Will share this among my friends and adjust accordingly…

By the way, one more thing. I’ve drawn up this plan skip Manali-Leh journey altogether and spend all 8 days in Leh by flying from Delhi to Leh again thanks to your articles…

Day 1 (27 Aug) | Leh Local Sighseeing + Inner Line Permits  To know the about the places to visit in/around Leh.  Overnight at Leh Day 2 (28 Aug) | Rest day at Leh to enjoy local culture and some shopping or you can do tour to Sham Valley (60km)  Sham Valley include Alchi, Likir, Basgo Palace, Magnetic Hills, Confluence at Nimmu, Gurudwara Pather Sahib  Overnight at Leh Day 3 (29 Aug) | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder (126km)  Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit  On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass Khardung La  Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha Statue and Hunder has sand dunes and Bactrian Camel Safari  About 5-6 Hrs drive, depending upon the breaks you take in between and at Khardung La Day 4 (30 Aug) | Hunder / Diskit – Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh (66km + 141km)  Sumur has a famous monastery to check out and Panamik has hot water springs  Overnight at Leh  About 7-9 Hrs drive, depending upon the breaks you take in between Day 5 (31 Aug) | Leh – Hemis Monastery – Pangong Tso Lake – Spangmik (156km)  Cover either of Hemis, Thicksey and Shey on the go towards Pangong Tso  Pangong Tso Lake  Overnight at Pangong Tso (Spangmik or Lukung)  About 5-6 Hrs drive, depending upon the breaks you take in between Day 6 (01 Sep) | Spangmik – Man – Merak – Kakstet – Chusul – Tsaga La – Tsaga Village – Loma – Nyoma – Mahe – Sumdo – Tso Moriri (235km)  Tso Moriri Lake  Overnight at Tso Moriri Day 7 (02 Sep) | Tso Moriri – Tso Kar – Chumathang – Upshi – Hemis – Leh (220km) or via Tso Kar-Debring-Rumste-Upshi (241km)  Cover Karzok Monastery  About 7-8 Hrs drive, depending upon the breaks you take in between Day 8 (03 Sep) | Leh  Hemis National Park  In and around Leh

I can actually bring the Day 8 after Day 1 for more acclimatization…

Just take a look and offer your suggestions. I’m feeling so stingy to let go of the things in Leh in favor of Manali-Leh… Your thoughts on this will be invaluable

Keep it the way it is, just make sure that you have all the required permits to take the route from Pangong Tso to Tso Moriri. In case army send you back, you can use Day 8 as buffer day.

Sorry have to bother you again. The itinerary is fixed based on your opinions. However, I wonder if you could give a couple of reliable travel agents to arrange our accommodation in Leh and other places plus the transportation.

Your recommendation will be invaluable as you’ve first-hand experience.

Thanks again Sri

you can connect with [email protected] as most of the readers in the past couple of years have had very good feedback about them and especially their transparent policies along with being there with you all the time in need. So, we trust them the most. You can refer my name or DoW to Gaurav, the guy who runs it. He knows us very well and should be able to offer some special rates being a DoW Member. You can just refer him the DwD Community Member Username in such a case or screenshot of this reply here.

Just wanted to let you know that we finished our journey very successfully from 26 Aug to 04 Sep. Your reports on Ladakh were invaluable and we managed to complete the whole journey with very little High Altitude Sickness such as giddiness and lose motion.

If one takes a dose of Diamox at least 2 days prior to the start of the journey it should help. Further we stayed at a place called Shanthi Guest House and they were simply out of this world. Extremely good, humble, friendly and helpful people and they’re Ladakhi folks. Very cheap too. So if anyone who reads these for helpful tips, do give them a try and you can go wrong.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g297625-d1203760-r417108830-Shanti_Guest_House-Leh_Ladakh_Jammu_and_Kashmir.html

Thanks once again and good luck for your future articles…

We are 2 px travelling on 1st July wanted to know how easy it is to get shared taxi, can you share contact no of taxi drivers for the same.

Dont have contact of shared taxi.

I have one question… As suggested by you if i start the journey via Srinagar and come back via leh manali highway, then from where we can take the bike on rent? Also with that rented bike can we travel in and around leh.. and all the places which comes in between.. also what & all places need any special permit.. because i don’t want to skip even a single place on both the routes..

You should take the rented bike from Leh and drop it back in Leh. you should do Srinagar – Leh and Manali – Leh by other means of transport. This will keep budgets under control.

I am travelling solo to ladakh from 16 July.

Below is my planned itinerary; July 16: Mumbai to Leh (by flight) Evening; Local city sightseeing, acclimatization July 17; Leh to Nubra.( what is the prefered village to stay here? Hundur?) July 18: Nubra to Leh July 19: Leh to pangong tso ( preferred village to stay? Is setting up camp possible?) July 20: Pangong tso to Leh July 21: 1 day trip to alchi or shyam valley (Please suggest which is better) July 22: Travel to Jammu and spend fees days there and move back to Mumbai on 27 July

The plan can be extended by a day also if needed. Anything that should be done which I missed in itinerary?

Questions: 1. How easy is to get local shared taxis to get to these locations? How much by average would it cost? 2. I like camping and is it possible to setup own camps in any of the locations like pangong or Nubra? 3. For where all places do I need inner line permit in the above plan? 4. July being heavy travel season will it be necessary to pre book any homestays or will find something on walk-in also?

Thanks for the blog which is helpful for all.

We are looking for your help. We are 2 members planning for the trip and we have completed booking (Hotel and Bus) until 21st July trip Journey and below is our plan details, What type of transport we can get arranged in cheap for the few days 24th – 29th

July 16th – Bangalore to Delhi (Flight) – Manali Same day (Bus) July 17th – Manali Local Signt seeing July 18th – Manali Local Signt seeing July 19th – Manali to Leh (Bus by 9AM) Reaches by Nextday July 20th – Leh Local Signt seeing and monasteries (Stay in Leh) July 21th – Leh – Pangong Lake – Leh (Stay in Leh) – Bike Ride July 22th – Leh – Nubra Valley (Stay – Nubra Valley Camp) – Bike Ride July 23th – Nubra Valley – Khardungla Pass – Leh – Bike Ride July 24th – Leh – Tso Moriri — Looking for transport how to cover? July 25th – Tso Moriri – Leh — Looking for transport how to cover? July 26th – Leh – Kargil — Looking for transport how to cover? July 27th – Kargil- Sonmarg – Srinagar — Looking for transport how to cover? July 28th – Srinagar – Gulmarg – Srinagar July 29th – Any Place i can cover? July 30th – Srinagar – Bangalore

Please suggest whether any thing needs to changed or we are missing any good place?

Thanks Saravana

Saravan, are all the hotels on above dates booked? If yes, it looks a bit screwed up.

No, We have only booked until 21st stay… If something needs to be changes no issues we will cancel it.

Thanks saravana

I will suggest following changes:

July 16th – Bangalore to Delhi (Flight) – Manali Same day (Bus) July 17th – Manali Local Signt seeing July 18th – Manali to Leh (Bus by 9AM) Reaches by Nextday July 19th – Reaches Leh ad take rest July 20th – Leh Local Signt seeing and monasteries (Stay in Leh) July 21th – Leh – Nubra Valley (Stay – Nubra Valley Camp) – Bike Ride July 22th – Nubra Valley – Khardungla Pass – Leh – Bike Ride July 23th – Leh – Pangong Lake – Bike Ride July 24th – Pangong tso – Hemis – Thicksey – Leh – Bike Ride July 25th – Leh – Tso Moriri – Why not Bike Ride? July 26th – Tso Moriri – Leh – Bike Ride July 27th – Leh – Kargil — Shared taxis or private taxis or JKSRTC buses July 28th – Kargil- Sonmarg — Shared taxis or private taxis or JKSRTC buses July 29th – Srinagar – Gulmarg – Srinagar July 30th – Srinagar – Bangalore

Thanks for the detailed plan there is a problem on 18th there are no bus service by HPTDC that is the reason we extended the trip by a day in manali.

You can adjust it accordingly

Thanks for the details and few more things.

What about the bike for rents in Leh? Whether we need to book the hotels now only for the trip? I have gone through the page for the cheap hotels but there will be no guarantee we will get a place.

You can get bikes on rent in Leh, fort road is the place. You can go there and if OK with searching few places, you will get something to stay

As part of your plan is there something we need to take any permission or pass for going to these places.

Can we ride in a single bike 2 members for these places? Reason I dont have driving licence.

July 16th – Bangalore to Delhi (Flight) – Manali Same day (Bus) July 17th – Manali Local Signt seeing July 18th – Manali to Leh (Bus by 9AM) Reaches by Nextday July 19th – Reaches Leh ad take rest July 20th – Leh Local Signt seeing and monasteries (Stay in Leh) July 21th – Leh – Nubra Valley (Stay – Nubra Valley Camp) – Bike Ride July 22th – Nubra Valley – Khardungla Pass – Leh – Bike Ride July 23th – Leh – Pangong Lake – Bike Ride July 24th – Pangong tso – Hemis – Thicksey – Leh – Bike Ride July 25th – Leh – Tso Moriri – Why not Bike Ride? July 26th – Tso Moriri – Leh – Bike Ride July 27th – Leh – Kargil — Shared taxis or private taxis or JKSRTC buses July 28th – Kargil- Sonmarg — Shared taxis or private taxis or JKSRTC buses July 29th – Srinagar – Gulmarg – Srinagar July 30th – Srinagar – Bangalore

1. You need a permit to travel from Manali to Leh for a car or bike. But, you are traveling on bus for which you do no need any permit. Once you reach Leh, you need to have copies of a self declaration form Ladakh Self Declaration Form for Indians to be submitted at various checkposts on the way to sightseeing places in Ladakh

2. Regarding two people on one bike, read: 5 Tips to Rent Bike in Leh – Ladakh and Ride with Pillion

Can we plan to include Amarnath Yatra in this trip, Please provide your suggestion.

Well, you need at least 4 days for Marnath Yatra from Sonamarg.

Hi I want to visit Leh from 4-7th August for a 3 night stay with main focus on photography , Please suggest an itinerary , thanks in advance

With just 3 night stay, you can go around Leh only.

Please suggest important spots that I can cover in Leh for 3 days , main focus on photography, is Pangong Lake possible Thanks

In just three days, you have to be in Leh for acclimatization for at least 2 days. One day you can you can make a day trip to Khardung La

Again, I had drafted out my itenaries and would love to have your comment regarding it, below will be the plan.

15 June – reach delhi by night 16 June – fly to srinagar early morning, from srinagar take a taxi to kargil 17 June – kargil to leh 18 June – sight seeing in leh, 19 June – leh to nubra valley 20 June – nubra valley to leh 21 June – leh to tao pangong and back 22 June – leh to tso morari 23 June – tao morari to sarchu 24 June – sarchu to manali 25 June – visit around manali 26 June – manali to delhi 27 June – delhi day trip to taj mahal night flight back at 11pm night

questions 1. wil the check in process takes time in delhi airport? izzit sufficient to arrive 2 hours before flight time to check in? for domestic as well as international. 2. will my journey along leh-manali being too rush? will it be too tired to do so? 3. sorry for out of topic but will it be alrite to do a day trip to taj mahal? will it be too rush?

thank you in advance..

Hi Mr Dheeraj, me and my friends (Total 4) are planning to travel to Laddakh in Aug from Delhi, we are planing as below, we are planning for 14th Aug to 20th Aug for both Srinagar and Laddakh put together. we will fly on 14th from Delhi to Srinagar and then Srinagar to Laddhakh by road (Taxi) and then Laddakh to Delhi by air on 20th. pl suggest the suitable Itinerary. Thanks in Advance..

Dear Dhiraj Sharma Thanks for all your experiences and sharing, Me 57 & my wife 55 wanna visit Leh for Ten days as she do not want to travel by road i want to know how to make our itinerary. Also suggest some hotel within budget of 1-1;5K with at least room heater n sufficient bedding…is it very cold in sept first half. plz reply me in detail thanking you in advance.

You can follow: Leh – Ladakh | Most Common Itinerary by Air

I am planning to visit leh in July..can u plan an itenary for 10 days which includes rafting n paragliding..we will be going by road n coming by flight.

So, you want to travel from Srinagar to Leh by road and then from Leh you want to fly back?

No we r going via manali..

So, Manali to Leh and then fly from Leh?

Yes Delhi to leh via manali by road n den flight from leh to Delhi. While trip is for 10 days.

Dheeraj Sir, I want a guide who can help me locally there with markha valley trek and rafting(L3).

Mandar, you can check with Lobazang Zopta at

+919718066771, +91 94-19-216587

But is he economic? Cause we are a group of 5 and our budget is not much.

Bhai you can have a word with him. He should help.

Hi guys…me n my husband are planning to visit leh by June end dis year. We are looking for a company of oder married couples…anyone interested??

You can post a travel calendar entry

Hi Dheeraj , I am planing to do ladakh trip in first week of June.I will be doing solo on my bike (pulsar 150cc).Here the itinerary.

Day 1:Jammu to Srinagar Day 2:Srinagar to Drass Day 3 :Drass to Leh Day 4: Leh to Khardung La (stay at diskit) (Any ILP required to stay at diskit??) Day 5: Leh (rest,local sight seeing ) Day 6:Leh to Pangong Tso( stay near lake side) Day 7:Pangong Tso to Leh Day 7 :Leh – Tso Moriri via Chumathang Day 8 :Tso Moriri -Sarchu Via Debring Day 9 :Sarchu to Jispa Day 10: Jispa to Manali (Is any Permit required to cross rohtang pass?) Day 11:Buffer

If there is improvement needed in the itinerary then please Guide. Also I want to know that personal bike is allowed in leh and around ?And how good will be Pulsar 150cc? Thank You For this wonderful site

1. Make Srinagar to Kargil 2. Add one rest day after reaching to Leh and before going to Khardung La. 3. Then make two day trip to Nubra Valley, then to Panogng Tso two day trip and then finall the way you have mentioned exit to Manali – Leh from Tso Moriri.

You do not need any permit for Rohtang Pass in this direction

As suggested by you I will rest in Leh before going to Khardung La. Is Pulsar 150cc good enough to cross Khardung La and all high passes?? I will be travelling alone! Thank you

Yes Rounak, Pulsar shall do fine in Ladakh

Visiting Ladakh (Leh) on 20th of this month – April. It will be a short visit to the place. The main objective is to visit one of the valleys and do local sightseeing there at Leh.

Apr 19th – Flying Raipur to Delhi Apr 20th – Flying Delhi to Leh (will rest a day and start our tour from the other day) Apr 26th – Fly Leh to Delhi Apr 27th – Fly Delhi to Raipur

We will be having 5 days in hand. 2 days will be for valley and 3 days for the local sightseeing.

Can you let me know which valley would be best to visit? And a budget stay, if you can name any guest house? A best way to reach to the valley and do the sightseeing in Leh?

Thanks in advance! You are doing a great job, love your blog.

Hello Irfan,

You can follow like below:

Day 1 | Delhi – Leh (By Flight) — Checkin at Hotel. Many hotels provide free pick and drop from Airport. Ask while you book them. — Take ample of rest as well as water or anything that keep your body hydrated enough. DO NOT OVER HYDRATE. Take ORS Soluted water or ORS – L tetra packs from home. — Do not over exert your body at any cost. Avoid too much up-down on stairs or avoid it in entirety, if possible. — After 5-6 Hrs of rest you can visit Leh Palace, Local Leh market, Shankar Gompa . — If you feel exerted go back to Hotel, have dinner at Hotel and take rest. Avoid any exertion. Else continue and, — Follow the sunset by stroll at Changspa road and have a nice dinner on varied cuisines offered in-around Changspa road. — Go back to hotel for overnight stay at Leh.   Day 2 | Leh Local Sighseeing + Acclimatization — Hire a taxi from Leh taxi stand or Hotel whichever suits you. — Bargain with taxi driver and you can refer the thread for a comprehensive list of drivers: List of Taxi Drivers for Ladakh – Srinagar – Leh – Manali — Take his inputs if you feel reasonable and if required modify the plan accordingly but should suits you best. — Ask him to be with you guys starting first day itself, if required and charged reasonable else do it at your own. — Again DO NOT over exert and take little steps and slow walks only. — If feeling OK then do Local sightseeing. To know the about the places to visit check the link: Travel Guide for Local Sightseeing of Leh Town in Ladakh — Do not use stairs at any of these places just to see them as it will exert your body much more. — Overnight at Leh   Day 3 | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder — Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit — On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass (as claimed) Khardung La — Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha statue and Hunder has sand dunes and bacterian camel safari   Day 4 | Hunder / Diskit – Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh — Sumur has a famous monastery to check out and Panamik has hot water springs — Overnight at Leh

Day 5 | Leh – Pangong Tso – Leh — Make a Day trip to Pangong Tso — Overnight at Leh

Day 6 – Rest day in Leh

Hello Dheeraj,

What a great itinerary suggested by you, thanks! 🙂

Have few questions:

1. Local sightseeing mentioned on this page are on walking distance?

2. You suggested about hotel for advance booking but didn’t mentioned how, from where I can get a best hotel/guest house to book under a good budget?

3. And, regarding AMS, incase someone get ill what are the best medicines to control so that the short trip shouldn’t get ruin. I have had a talk with my doctor and he had no clue for any such option only way he suggest is to reach their by road so the body get used to that condition slowly. But in our case we are directly flying to the place.

Thanks in advance,

1. No they are not walking, only few are 2. You can check the nice, preferred list of accommodation options in entire Leh – Ladakh (Leh, Nubra Valley, Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri) including moderate (cheap budget hotels as well) in the series of articles starting on the link here 3. No medicine is there for curing AMS, only acclimatization is he key. To know about AMS and acclimatization including the tips to combat AMS, please DO READ: Acute Mountain Sickness and Importance of Acclimatization

Hi Dheeraj, Very informative website you have here. I am determined this year to visit Leh Laddakh and have a plan as follows. Please let me know if you see any fundamental faults here. For two people package, I am being asked Rs 56000 for hotel/camp + car rental (excluding Air travel). Is it too much?

3-Jun FRI Fly PUNE to DELHI 4-Jun SAT Fly DELHI to LEH 5-Jun SUN LEH to NUBRA Valley and Stay at Camp 6-Jun MON Back to LEH 7-Jun TUE LEH to PANGONG Lake and Stay at Camp 8-Jun WED Back to LEH 9-Jun THU Fly LEH to DELHI 10-Jun FRI DELHI to Pune (Flight or Train – Depending on budget 🙂 )

Appreciate the inputs.

Shavej, the itinerary to me lacks the number of minimum days required that is 2 within Leh when you fly to Leh for acclimatization. So, you need to add a day of rest in Leh before moving to Nubra Valley. Rest should be OK else plan one day trip to Pangong Tso. You will need to shell out around 25K for taxi and rest around 15K at max for hotels for 5 days you have in hand.

I will advice you can connect with [email protected] as most of the readers in the past three years have had very good feedback about them and especially their transparent policies along with being there with you all the time in need. So, we trust them the most (please note that DoW except reliable reference has nothing to do with them)… You can refer my name or DoW to Gaurav, the guy who runs it. He knows us very well and should be able to offer some special rates being a DoW Member. You can just refer him the DwD Community Member Username in such a case or screenshot of this reply here.

I am planning to visit Leh in March 16 around 16-22. Kindly provide me the details about taxi (share or Private). And how should I plan the trip.

hi, I am planning to visit Leh in July. my main objective is to attend the Hemis festival. I am an avid Tibetan Buddhism follower/enthusiastic/devotee, whatever you may call it. Could you suggest approximately how many days it should take if I wish to cover all the monasteries you mentioned above in your post? I can skip shanti stupa and hall of fame, not my first priority. Eagerly waiting for your response. Thank you.

Kuheli, it depends upon how much time you would like to spend in these monasteries. If you want to see all of them, may be 2-3 days would be good enough time as all are nearby. So, how much time you want to spend?

Nothing has been finalised yet, but 7-9 days max. I think any duration less than that wouldn’t be wise owing to the acclimatization issue and all. And I will also be flying to Leh directly from Calcutta. I read that there are museums in the monasteries as well, I would like to explore them too. Preferably if I could have conversations with the monks (hope they are cooperative and friendly enough), regarding the history and the different sects each monastery follows. I guess you get the picture. And well, I do not mean to sound too ambitious (since I have limited time in hand), but I would not like to skip Pangong. It’s breathtaking. Thank you for responding. 🙂

In that case it is fine and you will get enough time. You can make a couple of day trip in the last leg of your trip to Pangong Tso rest you can focus on these monasteries.

Hi Dheeraj:

Can you suggest some budgeted local guide contact detail in Leh for winter Chadar trek.

I will check and share back.

Dheeraj Sir, Can u suggest some good local guide who can help with trek and local sightseeing?

Mandar, which local guide for what you need?

Dheeraj sir…. me and my friends ar planning for a 20 day bike trip in june-16 from delhi to leh , but v are confused abt the better route….. delhi-jammu-srinagar-kargil-leh-manali-delhi or delhi-manali-leh-kargil-srinagar-jammu-delhi… plz guide us….

First of all hats off to the very important information you are sharing with us through this site. I m coming to leh on 9th september by flight and will return back on 15th september. Can you give me a 7 day trip schedule so that i cover major spots of leh ladakh like Pangong lake, nubra valley etc. and main local sites of leh..Also please tell which sites which we can cover via travelling to Nubra valley and Pengong lake.. We will hire a bike for 6 days.

Thanks, Anshuman.

I would like to thank you such a wonderful effort. I had no clue about Leh but this website has given relevant, detailed information on various topics.

I am reaching Leh on 18 Sept 2015 from Delhi by flight and return on 28 Sept 2015. I have seen the “most common itinerary for Leh” and would like to cover that. I am traveling alone and looking for people to share taxi cost. I have contacted some tour operators to plan a budget trip but they have given me quotes like Rs 100,000. Can you suggest me homestays which are safe for a single female to stay and how to go about searching for taxis. SInce my flight tickets are booked, the dates are not flexible. I am just wondering whether to come or just cancel my ticket.

Regards connectingsouls

Thank you 🙂 … You are alone and private taxis are very costly in Leh but you will be able to find the shared taxi without much fuss at all. There are lots of flyers which people put at cafes, dine-ins, restaurants, travel agent desks/shops/whiteboards wanting to share the taxis for different trips within Ladakh. Even travel agent organize such shared taxis trip as well but charge a little higher about Rs 200-300 more than it would ideally cost. So, in worst case you can always go back to them and book a seat for yourself. Gelling up with people in Ladakh is more or less easy because many people travel solo and look forward to meet new people and share cultural thoughts and values over the trip. No where else in the world you will find more smiling and helpful people as Ladakhis are 🙂

I am planning to visit Leh Ladakh in first 2 weeks of October. q.1. Is the road for Manali Leh open in first week of October.If not, which road is better to self drive Manali-Leh or Srinagar-Leh as we have a Maruti Esteem car to drive till Leh? Which is a highway road with stoppages and hotels in between to stay and a non -SUV can be driven ? q.2 What is the suggested itineray that covers all places around Leh and Ladakh in 14-15 days?

Looking forward to your reply.

Kind Regards, Anjalee Agarwal

Hello Anjalle,

1. Manali Leh road will be open during that time BUT please read: 5 Reasons to Avoid Manali – Leh Highway in October 2. You can check a very balanced and most common itinerary for Leh – Ladakh followed by many travellers including me at the link here for 13-14 days: Most Common Itinerary for Leh – Ladakh . Add the rest days in between if you have more time on hand or may be a day to Turtuk when in Nubra Valley

Hey Dheeraj.. Did a lil blunder.. Forgot the camera memory card at home :(.. And realised after reaching Leh. Is there any place I can purchase it here at Leh? (Just praying answer is not a no.. ) Thx Rahul

Rahul, you will get the memory card in Leh, Manali and Srinagar easily.

I am Tanmoy Roy from Kolkata, I have gone through your website a couple of times and have concluded, that such a precious website is not available over the internet. The website is simply priceless and the information that you have have shared are the best. I have gone through many websites like Yatra, HolidayIQ etc but your website is amazing.

I am planning for my Honeymoon in the month of May 2016 to Leh-Ladakh. There are few concerns which I would like to discuss with an expert like you. First, I would like to ask you (as I do not have any idea), if the place is safe for couples going there all alone ? (I do not want to seek the guidance of any travel agencies or any package tour).

I have planned to spend there for 8 days and 7 nights. I have looked for the best itinerary that I could get from various website and have found a few of them, However, it would be best if you kindly tell me which one would be the best for us or if you can sketch out an itinerary.

I have already taken the phone numbers of the drivers that you have uploaded, also the taxi charges.

I am planning to go in the month of May, the only reason is for the summer vacation as, my wife is a school teacher.

Would be grateful, if you kindly answer my quarries.

Tanmoy, safety wise Ladakh is totally safe, one of the most safest place i have ever been too. You can check a very balanced and most common itinerary for Leh – Ladakh by Air followed by many travelers including me at the link here for 9 days: Leh – Ladakh | Most Common Itinerary by Air .

If you just follow what is up there, talk to drivers, you will have wonderful time up there in ladakh, no need to book any package

Thanks for the reply. I also have another question, will a budget of 60,000-70,000 INR enough for the itinerary you recommended. Or we need more ? Also, can we get snow in Leh in the month of May ?

That should be more than enough of budget. There will be plenty of snow in Ladakh in May.

I am planning to spend one day for Leh sight seeing when I reach there next week. What are the must see places that I should plan that can be covered in a day?

Thanks, Ranjith

Ranjith, I will say Shanti Stupa, Hall of Fame, Tsemo Castle and stroll in the market should be good enough for for a day.

Hi, We are planning to go to Leh by our own vehicle.From manali to delhi we will be driving. From manali to leh we need driver who is well aware of the road and terrain. Kindly guide us for hiring good driver.

Thanks & Regards Aditya

Aditya, you can get connected with the drivers listed under the article: here

May be someone can help you.

Hello Dhiraj,

We are planing to visit Ladakh from 4th April,2016 to 8th April,2016. We will reach Leh by flight.

Please guide me the entire places of interest for very short trip and arrange best itinerary

Another query is there any good tour operator? Please inform me.

If you don’t mind please email me your contact number.

You can follow below as 5 day trip:

Thank you for reply. I wanted to know is there any tour operator which have above itinerary or i need to set up above itinerary by myself.

Kindly inform me

If you looking for tour operator, you can connect with [email protected] as most of the readers in the past couple of years have had very good feedback about them and their transparent policies.

Can you please tell me is Khardungla pass accessible in April 1st week?

Yes it is accessible all round the year barring few days of heavy snowfall.

Are taxis/buses available if I want to travel in and around Nubra valley, i.e Panamik, Sunmur, Turtuk village and then to Pangong lake directly from Diskit?

Abhinav, please refer: Rates & Time table of Bus Services in Leh – Ladakh

Hi .. thanks for such a great wonderful blog. Me & 4 friends planning a trip to leh in september.we r starting from delhi to srinagar via flight. from there , plans to hire taxi to cargil.then to leh.our primary aim is to visit panong lake, nubra valley n hunder , magnetic hills.planning return directly from leh to delhi via flight. Is it possible in 5 days?? If yes , then can u pls tell a good itinerary for us.

Sobin, it will take two days to reach Leh from Srinagar. Then one day of rest in Leh is mandatory for acclimatization. Then you can make a day trip to Khardung La or if body allows to Nubra Valley and then next last day make a day trip to Pangong Tso.

Hello Dhiraj, I’m a student and planning on travelling alone to leh for only 2 days (27th-29th may) with a budget of 5-6K, i’d like your advise on what places to visit and about the accomadation n transport service. Is it possoble for me to visit Pangong Lake as well as Nubra Vally? Thanks.

I’ll be taking a bus from manali on 26th may and need to reach back to Seobagh on 31st morning for Chanderkani pass trekking expedition. Can you help me with a plan? Reply ASAP!

Bus will not be in service by that time as even Manali – Leh Highway would not have been opened.

Hello Dhiraj Thanks for the information about the manali-leh highway, but i still need a little help from you

I’m going on a trip as follows : 17th-20th May – Rishkesh 21st-23nd May – Dehradun , Massurie 24th-25th May – Kasol 26th May -Manali

After which my friends will return back to Jaipur and I have to report to the Seobagh base camp for Chanderkhanni Himalaya Trekking Expedition on 31st May, earlier i was planning a trip from 27th-30th May to Leh but now as you mentioned the Manali-Leh hihgway is closed. Can you suggest any nearby places i can visit from 27th-30th May, i’d love to explore new places. Help me out here brother.

Kanishk, you can explore Tirthan valley and great Himalayan National Park around Manali or you can go towards Mandi region then go over to Prashar Lake and Barot Valley to explore these two places in 3 days you have in hand.

I am not sure what you mean by only two days? How you intend to reach there.

I was thinking to take the bus to reach leh, so are there any other alternates to reach leh? N Was hoping to reach on 27th & will depart on 29th which gives me 2days

Bus service will not start by that time. Also, Manali – Leh Road as per latest update from today from BRO is expected to open by mid June.

Dear Dheeraj Ji & Dow Community,

I am very sorry for posting my views In capital(BOLD) letters. I apologies with my heart.

No worries Mukesh ji, we all learn on this path of life 🙂 🙂

DEAR DHEERAJ JI, NAMASKAR,

I AM VERY MUCH THANKFUL FOR REPLYING. YOU SAID THAT THE TAXI SERVICE IS AT VERY HIGH RATE. BUT I HAD TOLD THAT WE WILL GO BY OUR OWN CAR. TELL ME THAT IF OWN CARS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN LEH. IF OWN CARS NOT ALLOWED THAN I HAVE TO THINK AGAIN. I SHALL BE VERY THANKFUL FOR GIVING GOOD ADVICE. SIR I AM FOLLOWING YOUR ARTICLES FOR THE LAST 20-25 DAYS THEN I SEARCHED FROM YOUR BLOGS & DECIDED TO GO LEH. LAST YEAR I HAVE BEEN TO KASHMIR & VISITED PAHALGAM-SRINAGAR-GULMARG, BY RAIL & ROAD. BUT NOW I HAVE DECIDED TO GO BY ROAD ALL THE WAY. PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT SAME AT THE EARLIEST. IF WE WILL GO BY OUR CAR EVERYWHERE THAN I THINK THE BUDGET IS POSSIBLE ONE.

Sorry, may be I overlooked and thought you are taking taxi. Private cars are allowed in Ladakh, so no worries on that front private car will be allowed everywhere in Ladakh. Please read the article: 7 Useful Tips for a Self Drive to Leh – Ladakh

I HAVE MADE A ROUTE PLAN. IT IS A 15 TO 16 DAYS PLAN. STARTS FROM DELHI-PATNITOP-VERINAG-MARTAND TEMPLE-PAHALGAM-GULMARG-BARAMULLAH-SRINAGAR-KARGIL-CAVE-LAMAYURU-ALCHI-LIKIR-PATHAR SAHIB-SPITUK-LEH-NUBRA VALLEY-DISKIT-HUNDER-SUMUR-PANAMIK-TURTUK-LEH-PANGONG-TSOMORIRI-MANALI-DELHI.IF THIS IS OK OR SOMETHING TO BE ADDED IN THIS TOUR.

I WISH SOMEONE OR ANY GROUP WILL JOIN ME IN THIS T OUR. I ESTIMATED THE COST OF THIS TOUR. IN A CAR-IN BUDGET HOTELS AND SIMPLE DHABAS, IT MAY COST RS.18-20 THOUSAND PER PERSON. IF INETERSED CAN CONTACT ME VIA E-MAIL OR PHONE-8010715545.

Mukesh ji, plan looks OK though I am not sure how many days where you staying. You can check a very balanced and most common itinerary for Leh – Ladakh followed by many travellers including me at the link here for 13-14 days: Most Common Itinerary for Leh – Ladakh .

Regarding cost I am little doubtful as taxis are quite costly, so not sure if that price tag is good.

First of all I would like to thank you for such an effort to help making travel plans.

We will be visiting Ladakh in june ,2015. We are going in a group of 9-10 people(all college friends). Our trip details is – arriving Srinagar on 4th June. Return flight from Leh to Delhi on 14th June. Can you please help to give a plan for this trip? We would like to do rafting in Zanskar. Is that possible during this time? We would like to inclide Pangong,Tso Moriri,Nubra valley. Is it better to have 2 SUV’s or a 14 seater traveller? Should I book hotels in advance for Leh?Can you please point to some budget homestays?

Thanks in advance 🙂

In case you guys are OK to travel in groups, it is always comfortable to have two cars but that is more or less about 60% of taxi cost more when compared to having a tempo traveller. Regarding the plan, you can follow something like below:

4: Rest in Srinagar 5: Srinagar – Kargil 6: Kargil – Lamayuru – Leh 7: Leh Rest day and acclimatization 8: Leh – Khardung La – Nubra Valley (Hunder/deskit) 9: Nubra Valley – Leh, start early from Nubra Valley and do rafting after coming back to Leh in Zanskar River 10: Leh – Pangong Tso covering Hemis 11: Pangong Tso – Leh covering Shey, Thickey 12: Leh – Tso Moriri via Mahe bridge 13: Tso Moriri – Tso Kar – Leh over Taglang La Pass 14: Fly out

Can you please point me some contacts of drivers running tempo traveler? Also the rate chart of traveler?

Thanks, Arghya

Arghya, you can refer: List of Taxi Drivers for Ladakh – Srinagar – Leh – Manali

And Leh – Ladakh Taxi Rates 2015 – 16

Is there any budget homestay option in Leh? Or some budget hotel options in leh would suffice.Should I book hotels in Leh early?

What are the staying options in other places where we are going to stay overnight?

I want to visit Turtuk during Nubra valley visit. Is it possible within 2 days?My plan is like– Leh- Khardung La- Diskit-Hunder-turtuk (stay at Hunder/Diskit) ( Back to Hunder/Diskit) Is it possible in 1 day?Also where should we stay in Nubra valley if we want to cover these places?

Turtuk is possible in 2 days but will be quite long journey both days. For coverving Turtuk, you need to go directly and stay at Turtuk. Then come next day and by starting early morning, cover Hunder and Deskit on the way back to Leh.

Should we book hotels for Kargil,Turtuk,Pangong,Tso Moriri before or on spot booking should be available in June 1st week?

Arghya, if you do not have anything particular in mind and can search a bit here and there after reaching the place, you will get some or the other place to stay for sure. Only very unlucky day, you may run out of options 🙂 … If you are particular about stay options and need a well organized trip then only go ahead with prior bookings.

Could you forward me few local guide numbers in LEH, for trekking purpose? Thanks

Anindya, where exactly are you looking forward to trek in Ladakh?

Hi Dheeraj, You have such a wealth of knowledge on this region. Thanks for sharing it widely and help folks like myself in planning our vacations. Me and my husband are planning a trip to Leh next weekend (18th to 26th). We plan to arrive by flight. Please advise 1) Would is the weather like at this time of the year? Is it too cold to enjoy the place 2) What would be suitable 9 day itinerary that we can get through at a relaxed but not slow pace that also ensures we dont miss out on what Leh has to truly offer. Thanks for all your advise and guidance.

Hi…Just saw one of your olders post with the 8 day itinerary so you dont need to respond to this query. Please let us know if the weather will be conducive or not at this time. Thanks!

Thank you Meghna for all the good words and sorry for the delay in replying was burdened in all directions 🙂

As long as you can beat the cold up there in October, it should be fine to travel during this time window. Avoid Manali – Leh Highway at any cost.

Mr Dheeraj sharma,

we r planning to visit ladakh from 31/08 to 06/09. We want to reach manali by 06/09 by bike from leh.

Please suggest me suitable tour plan. Further, whether the biking route is okay for couple during this season.

How are you reaching Leh? By flight?

Dear Mr.Dheeraj we r a group of six adults reaching leh on 8th sep 2014 and will be there till 16th. pls help me out which will the best vehicle for us to travel in ladakh, I called one driver named zakhir he told me that a Innova or a xylo might be uncomfortable for the persons sitting at the back seat. pls suggest. Regards Pritam Pattnaik

Pritam in that case which car is he suggesting? I think apart from Innova and Xylo, any other car will help you 6 accommodate together unless you get Tempo Traveler 🙂

ok.. if we book two innova can will it be easy to find two other fellow travellers from outside to travel to nubra valley

Did you get this reply?

Due to some last moment schedule changes, we will be reaching directly to Leh instead of travelling from Srinagar, we will have to spend 3 complete days in Leh only and wait for our friends to join us for onwards journey(Numbra, Pangong, etc). We (me and my partner) wish to utilize this time as much as we can. Though, I have gone through most of the pages from DOW, could you please suggest some rare places in surrounding to Leh, kind of untouched or merely visited that you know? So that we can hire a bike there and visit those places(except regular sightseeing places) to make our long stay in Leh a most memorable? 🙂

Since, you will be flying directly to Leh, first two days will be spent only in acclimatization. Hence, first two days are gone from three. In one spare day, you can actually travel to any of the above places or cover monasteries such as Matho, Stok, Stakna which are covered by less people and also a ride to Chilling from Nimmu is quite enchanting as well.

Hi Dheeraj, Thanks a lot for the suggestions. As you suggested we will try to cover as many monasteries as we can. We searched a lot on Chilling but couldn’t find much of the information. The way you mentioned, it seems it’s quite a fascinating place. 🙂 Could you please give some more details about this place? Thanks in advance.

MAulik, Chilling is about 20 odd KMs drive from Nimmu along the river Zanskar. It is a lonely ride through beautiful scenes. You can read some part here and see pictures of the route too: Leh – Magnetic Hill – Chilling – Nimmu – Basgo – Leh

Well Dheeraj, I read a lot about what you gave on here…brilliant info. Me and my Would be wife actually decided to go through with a Leh Trip for our Honeymoon. We are thinking of by-passing the usual Travel packages and such and make our own roads. We were interested in Biking from Manali to Leh but it seems that the road may get a bit treacherous. So what we are planning basically in a nutshell is Fly to Leh, Get into a hotel, Hire a Bike and go visit Pangong Lake, Tso Moriri and have an overnight stay there. Is that achievable? Is in-line Permit an easy thing to obtain or is it hard? Any other places you would like to suggest? We would like to stay at Leh for around 5-6 days. So we would love to hear from you.

Hi Koustav,

First of all, frankly speaking, Leh is not a honeymoon destination, so please be very aware of it. It is harsh and sometime unforgiving too. So, take a calculative risk before finalizing it as honeymoon and make sure your better half understands it so that you are not blamed for whole life 😀 😀

If you both are Indians, you do not need Inner Line Permits now for visiting Nubra, Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri by normal routes. First two days when you fly, you need to be at complete rest for acclimatization and no exertion with plenty of fluids intake. Then, visit Nubra for couple of days, then pangong tso and if you have time then couple of days to Tso Moriri.

I am planning to travel from Srinagar to Leh on 17th August and My Return flight from Srinagar is on 24th Morning. Can u please suggest effective tour plan in leh

Vikas, you can follow something like below:

1: Srinagar – Sonamarg – Drass – Kargil 2: Kargil – Lamayuru – Leh 3: Leh Local Sightseeing and Rest 4: Day trip to Khardung La 5: Day trip to Pangong Tso 6: Leh – Kargil 7: Kargil – Srinagar 8: Take flight back

Hi Dheeraj, Could you please help me with planning my Leh trip. Arrival date: 18/08/2014 De4p date: 25/08/2014 Places planning to cover: Local Leh, Nubra, Panamik village, sumur village, diskit, hunder, uley, alchi, layamuru, Pangong etc. If you think any other giid places i have missed please mention that as well. We are 2 person (couple) would it be safe to travel alone in bike or should we take any package? Please suggest. We are very confused and we dont want ruin this trip. Thanks a lot in advance 🙂

Lovely, I see you have just 8 days in hand? It will take 3 days to reach Leh from Delhi via Manali side and 4 days to come back to Delhi from Leh via Srinagar side. This makes it 7 days. 1 Day is required in Leh for acclimatization. You have about 8 days. 1 Day can be used as Day trip to Pangong Tso OR as day trip to Nubra Valley or just Khardung La pass.

I will say, opt to go via Manali – Leh Highway and I will suggest that you refer the thread: Manali – Leh – Ladakh – Manali | Itinerary for 9 Days in DoW – Himalayan Travel Community and try to cut short it by 1 day in Ladakh as you have 8 days in hand.

Hi dheeraj plz give me some details about hiring bike in ladakh i want to see sites on bike we are 2 persons so is that possible plzzz help me. plz give me contact no. if u hav any. Thankx in advnc 🙂

For renting bikes in Leh – Ladakh along with current Bike Union Prices, you can check the DwD Community thread: Leh – Ladakh Bike Rental Rates 2014 – 15 & Reliable Shops

We are group of 5 people travelling to Srinagar on Aug. 16th afternoon around 2 pm. From there we are planning a road trip to Leh..could you please suggest the options for travelling to Leh and also the sight seeing plan for us.We have our return tickets booked from Srinagar as well on 24th Aug afternoon.So 16th-24th is our day span. Thanks

Ankit, effectively you have just 7 days in hand. Out of these, you need 2 days to reach Leh from Srinagar and 2 days to reach back Srinagar. 1 Day of acclimatization and rest is a must in Leh. Hence, just two days remain to you where you can make a day trip to first Khardung La or Nubra Valley and then one day trip to Pangong Tso lake before starting the return back to Srinagar with overnight halt at Kargil.

Hi Dheeraj, Could you please say how to book tickets for bus from ladakh/leh to srinagar. How much time would it take? Can we do the journey in 1 day?

Regards Vinay

Vinay, you need to be there at the bus stand of Leh a day before of your departure to book tickets of bus from Leh to Srinagar. Single day journey in bus is not possible AFAIK. You can take shared jeeps/taxis that run between Leh to Srinagar in a single day. They take about 16+ Hrs to do this trip, so be mentally prepared.

Hello Dheeraj, Excellent presentation. Pl. enlighten whether it is feasible to visit the site seeing places by bus or local siteseeing coducted tours or any other means. Taxi fare is very high and I am travelling alone. Guide me how I can loally travel mon leh without spending much amount. Send me email : abr13539gmail.com

Aniruddha Roy

AB, you can hire a private taxi for local sightseeing for the day else check for flyers up there in restaurants/dine ins or other places who can arrange local sightseeing in groups for you.

Can you suggest a rafting route (intermediate level – 3/3+) and a rafting organizer?

Sorry no idea about operator but there are routes like Nimmu to Chilling, Nimmu to Phey which are quite popular.

Planning to visit leh from 15 th to 19 th july self driving ..kindly confirm the climate situations..

Weather in general in Leh is pleasant in July. Lower hills might have rains but once you reach Ladakh region, it is more or less rain shadow.

Hi, Dheeraj thnks for quick reply….Kindly tell me the main places which i can see in 4 days….and confirm me whether can i do self driving for those places..and the road condition.. I am bringing my scoripio..

Leh Rest Day, then 2 day trip to Nubra Valley covering Khardung La, Diskit, Sumur, Hunder, Panamik and finally a day trip to Pangong Tso Lake.

Thank you once again…..Dheeraj i would like to donate some school items to the local students is theree any phone no or association to contact..

Thank you for coming up and taking up these noble causes. I will request that you read: How can I carry out DoW Causes

hi . dheeraj ! i m plannning to travel in month of sept. . should i be able to feel snow . . and it sounds strange but can i travel with my activa , like mumbai to jammu on train will transfer my bike to jammu and from there on activa, is it possible . .if not what difficulties we will face and what documents we need for the bike . . and we are 3 people travelling on 2 activa is it possible .. pls help . . .

No, September is mostly devoid of snow unless it snows during that time only as in late September snow starts to fall on high mountain passes in Ladakh.

Well, few people have done it on Activa but mind you it will be very strenuous and tough. You will need to drag it at few places. Also, going through physical exercise on high altitude is not that straight forward task. So, take a wise decision and calculated risk.

Dear Dheeraj, I would be arriving in Leh by air most probably on 9th July 14 with my wife two kids(6 and 8yrs). I have two options either of staying for 4 days or 7 days. Kindly design an itinerary which would be suitable to me and let know where should I stay, which routes to prefer, what to avoid and what would it cost? Thanks a lot

Satnam, You can check a very balanced and most common itinerary for Leh – Ladakh by Air followed by many travelers including me at the link here for 8 days: Leh – Ladakh | Most Common Itinerary by Air .

Instead of doing 2 day trip to Tso MOriri, you can do drop it from the above plan and do two day trip to Pangong Tso lake for your 7 day trip. Also, make sure to book all your hotels in advance because at that time it is Kaalchakra festival and you will not get bookings of stay on the spot.

Hey Dheeraj hi again…. In your trip you have not mentioned about Druk White Lotus School (the 3 Idiot school) isn’t it worth a visit.

Vivek, any school is like that only bro in remote areas of Ladakh !! They have polished it after the film and if you are interested to see the scenes or points where the movie was shot you can visit it. I did not feel any reason to put it here. Better visit other schools and donate some stationary and books which do not get such attention. You will feel much better and connected seeing those smiles around you.

You can check more details about Dow Causes: [url=https://discoverwithdheeraj.com/india/responsible-travel-f38/dow-causes-step-towards-responsible-travel-t358.html]DoW – Causes | A Step Towards Responsible Travel[/url]

Hello Dheeraj, we are planning for a trip to ladakh in the month of june . Can you please email you contac5 number so we can talk about it in details. thanks

Ershad, please use Email Me button in sidebar to mail me, I will share the contact details there.

Some time backbi had stumbled onto a page on dow where dheeraj had put up the scanned copies of the official taxi fares in leh and contact info of some reliable drivers in leh. Im not able to find that page. Could somebody please post the link to that page and guide me to it. Thanks

Dear Shrikant,

You can check this below link:

https://discoverwithdheeraj.com/leh-ladakh-taxi-rates-2013-14/

On our latest trip to Ladakh (July 2013) we have hired a Xylo from Mr Tsering Dorjey. His driver’s name is Nima Tundup. You can contact Mr Dorjey at 9906979935 / 9419177830. His e-mail id is [email protected] . The car is in an excellent condition and the driver is also equally good.

Do let me know if you need any further assistance.

Thank you Jags for sharing the feedback and article back here with Shrikant 🙂

hey can you tell me how much you were charged?? And did you take the taxi for the entire trip??

Akanksha, for the leh – ladakh taxi union rate list 2014 – 15 including the contacts of some reliable taxi drivers within Leh – Ladakh, check the link here . You can get about 10-12% of discount by directly getting in touch with drivers and of course, talking in person rather on phone always help in bargaining more.

Shrikant, I hope you get the link shared by Jags. You can also use the Search feature of the website in the right hand side section.

I am travelling to Leh ON 22 OCTOBER 2013 VIA AIR. MY RETURN IS ON 27 EARLY MORNING. Kindly suggest the itinerary and advice for the trip.

Ashish, first, you should understand that it will be very cold. Secondly, you are going there for a very short period and you need atleast two days to acclimatize. Then you can make a two day trip to Nubra Valley and finally a day trip to Pangong Tso. Most of the restaurants started getting close and even hotels too.

If you can really adjust to cold, OK with basic food & stays then I feel you can make the trip to Ladakh at this time of the year.

Regards Dheeraj

Hi Dheeraj plz help me regarding contacts to make local sightseeing in laddakh i am ariving on 10th of August 2014.

What contacts do you need? Looking for taxi drivers? If yes, check the thread: here . You can get about 10-12% of discount by directly getting in touch with drivers and of course, talking in person rather on phone always help in bargaining more.

Hi All, Could you please answer the following questions, if you can?

I am flying to Srinagar on 24 Aug 2013 & planning to hire a taxi from Srinagar to Leh (2 days travel, Aug25-26). How/where can I hire a taxi? I have the following options, as for as I know. Which is the best option?

1. Contact the hotel guys in Srinagar to arrange a taxi (as I don’t have much time to explore Srinagar, I have only half a day.

2. Going to the taxi stand on 24th Aug & arranging a taxi ( I will be staying within 3km of taxi stand in Srinagar)

3. Contact a Ladakh hotel owner/driver to arrange a Ladakh taxi. In this case the driver has to come from Leh to Srinagar on 24th Aug & pick me next morning. I guess I will be having advantages if I hire a Ladakh taxi a) I can visit places like Likhir/ Alchi on the way, if possible b) I can hire the same taxi for my Nubra valley/ Pangkong lake trip.

Vinyasa, are you still looking for the reply? Sorry for being late 🙁

hi! dheeraj gone thrugh ur blogs very thoroughly,remove the prints outs of sringr-leh-manali itnery, hotels at leh,nubra,pongong lake,tsomiriri etc, just need sme stay option fr leh- manali highway. leaving tomorrow fr delhi by air & then connecting flight to sringar, ny journe w ll start on 19th morning thanks a lot dheeraj, grt job frm ur side.if in ny case need ny assistance while travelling hw to cotact u?

Deepak please check: List of Accommodation Options on Manali Leh Highway

I will mail you my contact number.

Hi Dheeraj, thanx for your suggestion. we all are adult ( TWO FAMILIES OF 4 EACH )ranging from 18 yrs to 56 years & travelled Shela pass in Arunachal @ 14000ft on 25th Dec amid snow fall & Gurudongmar @ 18000 FT during 1st week of October TOGETHER . Of course this is different terrain altogether.As we shall meet at MANALI like to start our LEH trip together from there on road & return by AIR from LEH for Delhi. now please suggest your preferred itenerary to suit our dates.

Deb, in that case for 8 days that you have in hand, you can follow the below itinerary:

Day 4 | Leh Local Sightseeing + Inner Line Permits — To know the about the places to visit check the link: Travel Guide for Local Sightseeing of Leh Town in Ladakh — For more details on inner line permits process and to download application form read the link  here — Overnight at Leh

Day 5 | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder — Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit — On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass (as claimed) Khardung La — Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha statue and Hunder has sand dunes and bacterian camel safari   Day 6 | Hunder / Diskit – Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh — Sumur has a famous monastery to check out and Panamik has hot water springs — Overnight at Leh

Day 8 | FLy Back OR Rest day at Leh to enjoy local culture and some shopping OR Monastery tour — Overnight at Leh — Monastery tour may include Hemis, Thicksey and Shey monasteries. They come on the route of Pangong Tso but as you will be doing day trip, it will be a bit hectic to include them on that day only.

Regards Dheeraj Sharma

Hi Dheeraj ,

Only 2 ques…

1) Sia la or Kidar….? 2) Mobile operators in Leh, Prepaid or Postpaid…?

Thanks in Advance

Regards Nagesh Shenoy.

1. Both are good, still will say go with Kidar 🙂 2. Only PostPaid. BSNL has widest coverage followed by Airtel. Then, all are similar like Idea, Vodafone, Aircel who share network by Aircel only AFAIK and are limited to vicinity of Leh only.

Hi Dheeraj .Felt great of U when I read your answers to queries.Thanks for your advise put on Net.We(2+1)are starting from bombay on 25MAY-2013 BY TRAIN AND PLAN TO REACH LEH FROM SRINAGAR AND WANT TO END THE TOUR AT MANALI ON 9-JUN-2013.OUR DOUBTS ARE REGARDING OPENING OF THE ROAD FROM LEH-MANALI ON 7JUN-2013.PLEASE CONVEY YOUR OPINION AND ADVISE HOW TO TOUR LEH. WHETHER SHARING IN VEHICLE POSSIBLE ?

Hello Ketna,

Manali – Leh Highway might get open by first or second week of June if weather holds good. You will be able to find the shared taxi without much fuss at all. There are lots of flyers which people put at cafes, dine-ins, restaurants, travel agent desks/shops/whiteboards wanting to share the taxis for different trips within Ladakh. Even travel agent organize such shared taxis trip as well but charge a little higher about Rs 200-300 more than it would ideally cost. So, in worst case you can always go back to them and book a seat for yourself. Gelling up with people in Ladakh is more or less easy because many people travel solo and look forward to meet new people and share cultural thoughts and values over the trip. No where else in the world you will find more smiling and helpful people as Ladakhis are 🙂

I hope this helps. Please let me know in case you have any queries or doubts.

PS: Sorry for the delayed response, I was traveling to Spiti Valley for past 10 days.

Hi, Mr. Dheeraj

1st of all u r doing a great job…

Now Please go through my schedule n i need some editing and help from ur side.

Route 1: 19th July to 29th July 19-7 : Mumbai to Chandigarh (Train) 20-7 : Chandigarh to Manali (Bus) 21-7 : Manali to Leh (Bus) (Overnight stay at Keylong) 22-7 : Rest day at leh (As reaching late) 23-7 : Local sightseeing & Permit work 24-7 : Leh to Pangong lake (Back to leh same day) 25-7 : Leh to Nubra Valley (Back to leh same day) 26-7 : Leh to Moriri lake 27-7 : Moriri lake to Leh 28-7 : Leh to Srinagar (Bus) (Overnight stay at Kargil) 29-7 : Srinagar to Mumbai (Flight)

Route 2: 19th July to 29th July 19-7 : Mumbai to Srinagar (Flight) 20-7 : Srinagar to Leh (Bus) (Overnight stay at Kargil) 21-7 : Rest day at leh (As reaching late) 22-7 : Local sightseeing & Permit work 23-7 : Leh to Pangong lake (Back to leh same day) 24-7 : Leh to Nubra Valley (Back to leh same day) 25-7 : Leh to Moriri lake 26-7 : Moriri lake to Leh 27-7 : Leh to Manali (Bus) (Overnight stay at Keylong) 28-7 : Manali to Chandigarh 29-7 : Chandigarh to Mumbai (Train)

Now the things I would like to know from you are: If taking ROUTE 1: Is it true that bus ply from manali to leh are only on even days ? Can we book the seats in advance (Manali leh route)? Is it advisable to hire a bike from manali to leh, If yes then do u know any1 in manali who has the bike shop with good condition of the bike n also he must not ask a deposit. If manali leh route is not advisable then anyhow we thought of hiring a bike on leh for the remaining 5 days we spent. Any idea what a per day rent cost of bike. We are completing PANGONG & NUBRA VALLEY on same day, Is it ok? Also can MORIRI lake be covered in a single day and back to leh. Also as manali leh route bus ply on every even day from manali, Is it the same with Leh Srinagar route, if yes then on which days?

If taking ROUTE 2: Bus timing from Srinagar to leh n also is there any specific day the bus ply (Odd/Even) Is KARGIL is advisable for night out ? Same hiring bike from Srinagar to leh. Other then these 2 routes I would also like to know which route u prefer for us. Also which bike u recommended for the 5 days we will be there at LEH, Also can we covered all these places in a day considered as local sightseeing, Places are Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, Hall of Fame, Sankar Gompa, Zorawar Fort, Datun Sahib, Sindhu Ghaat, Spituk Monastery, Phyang Monastery, Sham Valley, Monastery Tour. All these places along with the time spend for the WORK PERMIT. If not then the most advisable places in the above list.

Also the last things along with white sand camel safari, Is there any time adventurous to offer like RIVER RAFTING, TREKKING, Etc… I hope I am not missing anything, If so please advice.

Please help me out

Please find my answers below:

If taking ROUTE 1: Is it true that bus ply from manali to leh are only on even days ? — Yes Can we book the seats in advance (Manali leh route)? — Yes, check HPTDC website. Is it advisable to hire a bike from manali to leh, If yes then do u know any1 in manali who has the bike shop with good condition of the bike n also he must not ask a deposit. — Better go with bus if you are on budget trip If manali leh route is not advisable then anyhow we thought of hiring a bike on leh for the remaining 5 days we spent. — Yes, Fort road is full of bike rentals. Hire bike when you reach Leh Any idea what a per day rent cost of bike. — They are available from 800-1200 depending upon make and condition of the bike We are completing PANGONG & NUBRA VALLEY on same day, Is it ok? — It is OK to do so, but better spend atleast one night at each of them. Also can MORIRI lake be covered in a single day and back to leh. — No, you need two days for Tso Moriri lake Also as manali leh route bus ply on every even day from manali, Is it the same with Leh Srinagar route, if yes then on which days? — No, there is ply everyday AFAIK, though not 100% sure.

If taking ROUTE 2: Bus timing from Srinagar to leh n also is there any specific day the bus ply (Odd/Even) — Not sure about time, sorry. Is KARGIL is advisable for night out ? — Yes, very much advisable. Same hiring bike from Srinagar to leh. — You do not have any bike rentals in Srinagar

Other then these 2 routes I would also like to know which route u prefer for us. Also which bike u recommended for the 5 days we will be there at LEH, Also can we covered all these places in a day considered as local sightseeing, Places are Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, Hall of Fame, Sankar Gompa, Zorawar Fort, Datun Sahib, Sindhu Ghaat, Spituk Monastery, Phyang Monastery, Sham Valley, Monastery Tour. All these places along with the time spend for the WORK PERMIT. If not then the most advisable places in the above list. — I will prefer Srinagar – Leh over Manali – Leh due to acclimatization but since you going with HPTDC then it shall be fine enough.

Hi Dheeraj..

Congrats on such a wonderful Blog..

I will be travelling alone to Leh in the second half of June. My query is 1) Is it easy to get a share taxi to explore various places in and around Leh – Ladakh.I plan to stay for atleast 10 days. 2) When it comes to AMS while travelling to Leh how different it is from travelling to CHAR DHAM.I have travelled to Char Dham twice before, i wanted to know any particular precautions i need to take as i am travelling alone. 3)Also please mention important places in Leh – Ladakh region one should not miss so that i can plan in that direction.

Hello Nagesh,

Thanks alot. There are lots of flyers which people put at cafes, dine-ins, restaurants, travel agent desks/shops/whiteboards wanting to share the taxis for different trips within Ladakh. Even travel agent organize such shared taxis trip as well but charge a little higher about Rs 200-300 more than it would ideally cost. So, in worst case you can always go back to them and book a seat for yourself. Gelling up with people in Ladakh is more or less easy because many people travel solo and look forward to meet new people and share cultural thoughts and values over the trip. No where else in the world you will find more smiling and helpful people as Ladakhis are :).

It is all together a different ball game of AMS in Ladakh as compared to Leh. Are you planning a trip by road or flying directly? To know more about the places that should not be missed on the first visit, you can check a very balanced and most common itinerary for Leh – Ladakh followed by many travelers including me at the link here for 14-15 days: Most Common Itinerary for Leh – Ladakh .

For accommodation, check the nice, preferred list of accommodation options in entire Leh – Ladakh (Leh, Nubra Valley, Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri) including moderate and cheap budget hotels as well in the series of articles starting on the link here

Leh-Ladakh The very next day I came back from Churdhar, while I was surfing the internet I came across a link “Spectacular Ladakh”.I started having a look at the photos and the decision was taken. I called on “The Gang” and told them what I had planned, as always everybody had their own thoughts and suggestions. There were a lot of obstacles, but after a long fight and clearing all the obstacles I came out victorious.

Day1: Chandigarh: Bilaspur: Manali The day was 11th Aug 2012 and we (Brad, Bawa and I) started for Bilaspur where we usually meet “The Gang”. It was around 12 that we met them. I parked my car and started off the journey together with “The Gang” and our all- time favorite driver “Pankaj Bhai”. We never plan instead just take an insight of the place and the whereabouts. The reason of not planning is “If we would have been organized, we would have been dangerous” and I do not want us to be dangerous. Then started what we call as “shots”, though not tequilla shots but the hangovers of these shots are life long and no one can escape them. As we crossed kullu the excitement started to increase and finally we had realized that we were going to experience a lifetime in those 6-7 days. As we approached Manali we were all hungry and decided to stop somewhere, Bawa as always wanted the best place and he calls it as “chuss jageh”. Pankaj convinced us that he knows such a place and we decided to stop there. It was really a “chuss” place with river flowing between the mountains and we seated next to it. The beauty of the place was hard to sink in but with time we realized that and we stopped clicking photographs and thought to order food. Drinks were on and food was served. Though the food was all eaten up drinks were still on. That was when we decided to leave that place else we would have emptied the “theka” next to the dhaba. Reached manali at night and got rooms in Chandan Hotel courtesy Pankaj Bhai. Had a stroll on the famous Mall Road and took the feel of being in manali. Only Bhagra and Aman had been to Manali before. I bought glares and a head band. Interestingly guruG bought the same head band from the same shop that I had bought from but we both did it separately. One thing was sure that we all have very similar taste. After all we are friends. At night a small dinner party and mind one thing in our parties it’s only us and no one else. No one matches the frequency of our thoughts. (Details of the party are classified.) Day2: Manali: Rohtang-La: Keylong We had decided to leave early but as always we got late and that too because of nothing. Bawa went to get the gas burner repaired, and by that time Brad, gruruG, bhagra and I went to a Buddhist temple nearby. It had a prolific statue of Buddha and few photos of Dalai Lama. A large prayer wheel was in a separate room. Buddhists have a belief that by rotating that wheel they reduce or cut short the sins of life. One after another we started rotating it and reciting the mantra ”Om mane padme hun”.By the time we got free from there all was set to have breakfast and then head to Hadimba temple. As soon as we reached the temple parking an old lady came towards us with a rabbit in her hand. The rabbit was no ordinary it was a model rabbit and a single flick with it would cost us 10Rs .This was the second day of the trip and we were rich so we all got photos clicked and obliged the old lady. Seeing this, a yak owner came towards us but none of us were interested to get photos clicked with a yak so we went to the temple. The temple had a large walk way towards the shrine and it was all wooden. Photography was not allowed inside the temple, it had a small “pindi” kind as we call it in local language. There was nothing much of our interest there so we left the temple early. As soon as we got out of the gate we saw roadside vendors with the traditional kullu dresses. We hired them and got few flicks clicked. It was now that we realized we were already late for Rohtang, so we left immediately but after a few minutes realized that tough we had got the burner repaired we didn’t had any utensils and grocery so an another stop was required to buy those things. Aman did all the shopping, screwed the shop keeper and got us a huge discount of Rs 50. After this we finally left for Rohtang-La. The road was good till “marhi” and then started to get bad and then worst. There was a stretch of around a kilometer that was as a swamp. We all got down of the cab and started to walk as we could see two overloaded trucks stuck. After a lot of effort people got that truck out of that swamp. As soon as we crossed the Rohtang-La it was altogether a new world. I had realized then and there that we were going to have a rocking trip. After traveling for around 2 hours or so we stopped for food because after that we would have got food only in Keylong. It was a small dhaba run by an elderly couple. Momo’s, noodles, maggi, soup and kari chawal exclusively for brad was our order. Drinks were compulsory. Aunty and Uncle prepared an awesome diet for us with the “homely touch”. Re fuelling ourselves we left the dhaba on a high and continued our journey towards Keylong. Travelling for another 2-3 hrs made us to reach ”tandi” the place which had the last fuel station before leh and leh was still 365 kms away so we got the cab’s tank full. After another half hour drive and we reached Keylong. A small and sleepy town, sleepy I would say because it was only 8 and it was as black as soot. Bhagra arranged for the rooms and we were all set for the stay. I as always had started feeling uneasy and had to find a doctor. We enquired and got to know that the place had a government hospital and which surprisingly has a doctor available 24 hrs. I had to visit the hospital, met the doctor he prescribed me nebulization with asthalin. Got that done and went back, had food in the hotel and slept. The day ended for me then and there but not for the people in the other room. Aman, guruG and bhagra got high and let keylong know that we guys were here, singing and dancing until the owner came and requested them to sleep. The day ended for all of us then.

Day3: Keylong: Sarchu: Pang: Rumtse A quick knock at the door woke us up. We had to get ready and head towards sarchu as per our initial plan, but the owner of the hotel/dhaba convinced us that if we hurry up we can make up to leh the same day. The plan looked good as we would save one day which could be utilized later for site seeing. We all had a quick breakfast and bid adieu to Keylong and started our journey to Sarchu. The vegetation started to die slowly as we climbed up and in turn was replaced with red sand kind lowlands. We were driving on the pass between the mountains with a never ending road in front of us. Road was good and we drove well. By the time we reached Sarchu half of the day had already passed and with the fuel reserve we had we all were in speculation that if we fall short of fuel then we would be badly stuck with no help available. We stopped at Sarchu camps to have lunch. In these kinds of journeys the traveler has no options but to have food where ever available. We choose a nepali dhaba to have our meals. An elderly couple with the help of their daughter (mere guess) ran that place. The food was served on diet basis, which meant, we could take as many serving as we want in 75Rs.The food was awesome according to the place it was served at. As we had refueled ourselves we were worried about refueling our car, and then just out of the blue one of us asked the nepali owner if he had some diesel or could arrange it for us. The head shook in acceptance, which led us to breathe a sigh of relief. By the time our car was being refueled I decided to take a quick stroll in the mountains and started walking on the main road towards Pang. As we left Sarchu we were unsure of making to leh because we had already surpassed the time to reach sarchu from keylong that people told us at keylong. These thoughts were not bothering us as off now because we were approaching “The Gata Loops” these were 21 hair pin curves which took us from 4150m to 4667m.We all had the feeling of being on the top of the world as this was the highest point of the journey till now. Once we left sarchu the red sand lowlands slowly started changing to first light brown and then to dark brown. The scenic beauty just cannot be jotted down you have to be there to experience it. We continued to Pang with the hope of making it to leh and by the time we reached Pang it was 6 in the evening. Then all brains started to exercise, no one was of the opinion to stay there as it would increase the chances to suffer from AMS. People at Pang also bucked us up and told us that we would easily make up to leh by 11-11:30. We had decided before starting the journey that we would not travel at night at any cost but locals told us that the road was in good condition except 10-12 km and that there was no problem traveling at night. With god’s blessings and courage of locals we started towards leh. It was I who was driving now. Everyone in the group had travelled with me a lot but I don’t know why everyone was afraid. Even I was driving very cautiously. After driving for around half an hour I was bit relaxed. We were travelling on the best road of the trip, an open, lonely never ending road with mountain and barren muddy lands on both the sides. With the night approaching it was just being in heaven and driving. As the pucca road ended I got bit lost as there was no specific road I was just driving on the tracks of cars which would have drove through it. Gradually everyone else realized that I should hand over the car to the driver as I seemed to be a bit lost and they assumed I was just not on the right way. I did that but that hardly helped even the driver seemed to be lost but bit less than I was and finally we could identify the road which would have lead us to leh. It was the “Tanglang la” we were driving at a height above 17000 feet. We were quite late and decided to stay at were ever we would find a habitat and not travel to leh. We drove for around 20 odd kms and got accommodation at Rumtse for 100Rs per person. Nobody had called at home and we all wanted to make that call as it would ease our parents who would have been under great stress by now. Requested a shop owner to open his shop as he had already closed it by offering him to charge any amount for the call but just let us call home. He did that and then we all called home some were scolded some were not but all were stress relived. We had our food in form of maggi and dal rice and without any further delay ended our third day at Rumtse with a sound sleep. {No Party at Rumtse as we suffered from AMS and we got to know that the next morning.} Day4: Rumtse: Upshi: Leh We had planned to get up and start early for Leh so that we could save some time and complete the local sight-seeing at least. As always we got up leisurely, took a nice feel of Rumste. Everyone started talking about the head ache we experienced the previous night but none of us could figure out the exact reason, just then I took out the map to have a look at the places which would come in our way to Leh and suddenly read “Tanglang La- 17550 feet” we had crossed this pass last night and we all suffered from AMS(Acute Mountain Sickness) It was then I told everyone that it was AMS that had caught our head and this would be fine once we start approaching Leh. Bawa gifted the smirnoff bottle to “lambu”- at whose place we stayed. He just took the bottle and tried quenching his thirst with vodka unaware of the fact that he needs to dilute it with juice or something else. He had it un diluted and innocently said”bhaiya yeh to juice hai na”. His mother was preparing “Rakshi”- local liquor and even offered us but we didn’t had it. By now we all were ready and left Rumtse for Leh. The only stop we had towards Leh was at Upshi- A small town ship were you could see lot of toll taxes barriers and small market with road side dhabas. We were very hungry and the mere sight of momo’s made us more. We stopped there for a quick brunch. The dhaba was commanded by a lady, it was good to see her independent and working at a small place like upshi. We shared our table with some foreigners; though we didn’t talked but I could make out they were talking about us and were quite happy to see us. We left Upshi and started the journey of last 41 kms. As we approached Leh random thoughts started coming to my mind. I was quite nervous. Then finally we made it and reached Leh. We decided to book the room and then book the cab for today and rest of the days. As we stopped at the market and were looking around randomly so that we could find an economical place to stay, an elderly man came in and asked us if we were looking for rooms. We said yes and then he took us to his cottage. It was quite nice and after rigorous bargaining we managed him at 1200Rs for two rooms and a dining hall. So now we had got a place to stay, we went to the market so that we can get the best deal for the cab and I was interested to hire a bike. I came across a shop which looked descent so I went in to enquire about the cab, the guy said that could be done later do you guys have permits from the D.C office. I had no clue of this, why would we need permit in our own land. Instead of arguing I asked him if he could get those permit for us. He said yes but while looking at his wrist watch he said ”I can only help if you all can give me your Id’s in 10 mins as the office will close at 4 and tomorrow is Sunday and then Independence day so the office would be closed”. I looked at the clock behind him it was 3:50 pm. I was just “shun”, haphazardly called everyone to get there Id’s and ask them to reach this shop. Everyone got on time and somehow that guy helped us to get those permits for 400Rs per head. The prices of this guy seemed a bit high to us so we decided to go to the main market and inquire there if we could get a better deal. We all went for the hunt but could not get either cab or bike as everyone said they could only confirm the availability and price by 8 pm, once the cars and bikes return. So we thought that why to waste time loitering around and why not go and visit the “Sanchi Stupa”. Sanchi Stupa was right at the top of a hill. A pure white tomb with beautiful carving from the life cycle, on which the Buddhism is based, enriched the structure. A panoramic view awaited us from the top; the city which appeared as if guarded by the strong mountains was visible. The cool breeze with bit of sunlight just added to all this. After clicking few photographs we took the stairs and went back to the city as we had not booked the cab or bike yet. I went straight to the bikes shop and easily got a “Royal Enfield-Machismo” had a test ride. It seemed ok and I hired it for one grand per day. That very moment got a call from others that they had booked an Eeco van too. So the work for the day was done. Now, we were short of liquor as bawa had gifted the last bottle of smirnoff to lambu in Rumtse. To add to our worries it was 14th August, one day before the Independence Day supposedly a dry day with all the liquor stored shut down. But as it is said where there is will there is a way. The owner of the cab which we hired helped us getting a bottle of army rum. Got our food packed and rushed to our cottage for the celebrations. {Details of the party our classified.}

Day5: Leh: Pangong Lake: Leh After the party last night we had a sound sleep and we were all fresh in the morning. Though most of us had set their alarms, we woke up when the cab driver came. He came in and started talking in bit high pitched voice,”Bhaji abhi tak utha nai” “Utho” “Late ho jaiga ” this guy was everywhere in the room, kind of yelling. Every time he said “der ho rha hai” I was getting pissed off. He was so casual that while we were getting ready he lied down on the bed and started smoking, I asked bawa to tell him not to smoke, and then the dialogue of the tour came, “Quick Quick Quick”. That guy was making me go crazy but anyhow we all got ready, five of us went with him in the cab and brad and I took our royal Enfield and started the journey. On our way was the world third highest motor able road the “Chang La”. We started off well and he being a local cab driver was difficult to catch and soon disappeared. Brad and I continued our journey bit slowly as we took our own sweet time to get acquainted with the road and the bike. It was a lovely straight road, but curvaceous at times with open ground on both the sides and then the mountains. The dark brown colored mountains. I don’t know about others but I was mesmerized with the beauty. As soon as the straight road ended we had to start climbing the hill. It was a single lane road with no side pits. A single mistake would take us down the shortest cut and then go high up again. We prayed and started our journey. As soon as we started going up I could feel that the bike was not comfortable, the chain set had some issues. We never bothered much and just thought that these hired bikes runs a lot so there might be some knocking noise, that’s it. We continued and the view from above was just stunning. The clouds were just above us, felt like we can jump and touch them. The open valley which we had crossed few hours back and the blue sky behind the mountains was just stunning, we stopped there for a while and then started again. Now the bends were getting more curved and then the hair pin bends came I don’t know how many but a lot of them. While we were going uphill suddenly the chain set broke and bike refused to move ahead. We were stuck in between. Without wasting much time we decided to go back 12 km as there was an Army post “Zigraal” and thought of asking them if they could allow us to keep our bike there and then we would take lift and go to Pangong Lake. We moved back and talked with the CO, he allowed us to keep our bike there. Now the bike was safe so we thought of taking lift. No cars were coming this way as it was around 12 noon. We tried stopping every car that came this way and in the end managed to get lift by a monk. That guy was kind enough to take us through the “Chang La”. We stopped at the “Chang la” and clicked few photos and then continued our journey. We stopped for tea at a nomad’s, had yak cheese and tea made up of yak milk. The taste was different but it was ok. After having that we continued to Pangong and after travelling for another 2 hrs we reached the majestic lake. The lake is 1/3rd in India and 2/3rd in China. It was very beautiful. The color of the water changed from green to light blue and then to dark blue. We took a stroll by the side of the lake and clicked lot of photos. Bawa and Pankaj went crazy and started clicking every inch of the place. A quick and short shower brought down the temperature tremendously. We had a cup of coffee as that “Quick” “Quick” “Quick” was in a hurry. Bhagra even lost his temper and argued with him but bawa measured and brought the situation to normal. On our way back we saw a rainbow. We stopped quickly and captured it. We reached Zigral, brad was in no mood to accompany me on the bike back to Leh so Bawa came in. We took the bike and rode it very cautiously and finally it broke down just 4 km behind the Leh city. I had to call the bike owner and tell him about the situation. That guy was kind enough to come in soon and take us to Leh city. We didn’t want the bike for next 2 days. The amount was paid in advance but there was no hassle and he gave us back the remaining amount. Neither the cab was required nor the bike. The owner of our hotel helped us get a new cab for Nubra Valley. We all were very tired so just had a quick party and slept.{Details of the party are classified}

Day:6 : Leh: Nubra Valley: Leh Just like the previous day we had to get up early and leave for Nubra Valley. We got up and left on time. As soon as we left leh the road leading to “Khardung La”, the highest motor able road was in a bad condition and full of hair pin bends. It took us around 2 hrs to cover 32km, so it is well imaginable that how the road was. When we reached K-Top as it is said, my head was heavy with MS. Then I saw a Lord Shiva temple, went there and asked for strength. It was a very beautiful site and more wonderful a feeling. It just felt like to be on the top of the world. Clicked few photos and then started for Nubra Valley. The road to Nubra was metaled and quite, without any traffic. As we started approaching the valley the view started to change. One of the most beautiful sites I have ever been to. There was nothing much of monumental to see except a 17th century temple. There was a large Buddha statue right in the middle of the valley and just opposite to the monastery. We went to the statue. It didn’t have any historic significance and was just build for tourist attraction. The statue was around 100 feet tall and painted with typical Buddhist style of painting. After clicking few photos there we went to the main temple. A series of flight of stairs took us to the main shrine. It was all wooden with photos of Dalai Lama and Karmappa all along the place with statue of Buddha. In another room they had idols of many gods and goddess which were covered and veiled. The lama there told us that they uncover these idols only once a year for a week’s time. Photography was not allowed in this room. After a quick visit to the temple we started for hunder village. This village had double humped camels and white sand dunes which are found in only two places across the globe, in ladakh and in morocco. When we reached hunder we could not see any camels, so we enquired and were told that it was lunch time and they had gone to graze. We all were hungry too so we went to the army canteen just next to the safari. After spending around an hour eating dosa’s and uttapams, we went back for the safari. The camels were really strange looking with two humps. It was 150Rs for 15 mins ride per camel. Though it was expensive we all went for the ride. As we started our safari on the white sand dunes, it looked like we all were “kabile wale”. It was sand all over the place surrounded by mountains and blue sky above. The best site till now, it was just awesome. After the 15 min safari we had nothing more to see, so we just clicked few photos and started our journey back. Though it was a quite journey it was very tiring. We reached leh, as it was our last night there so we planned to have our dinner out. We looked for quite a few places and finally settled at a place called “Chop Sticks”. As always, the details of the party are classified.

The condition of the cab was not good and nor was that of the road through which we had traveled. So after a lot of brainstorming we decided to go back via Kashmir. Now we would tread back through Kargil-Drass-Sonmarg-Srinagar-Udhampur-Bilaspur.

Day:7 : Leh: Kargil It was a good sunny day and no one was in a hurry as there was no obligation on the time we would have to get up in the morning. We all got up leisurely and got ready at our own sweet pace. We thought of having our breakfast at the hotel itself as it would save us some time. So we ordered bread jam, bread butter and bread omelet. One thing for sure, the best bread I had ever had was there at that dining table. After stuffing ourselves we left leh with lot of sweet memories. We took the highway for kargil, though the distance to be covered was around 200km more, the road was in good condition. We had hardly travelled for 20-25km, there it was the “Pathar Sahib” gurudwara. The legend says that a demon envious of Guru Nanak Dev ji wanted to kill him. In order to do that he rolled a big rock/boulder downhill to hit the guru who was sitting there and meditating. But, something unusual happened, the rock turned into a wax kind substance and took the shape of guru’s back and did not hurt him. In anger the demon came down to confirm if the guru was dead but to his surprise the guru was still unhurt and meditating. The demon then realized that Guru Nanak was a saint and asked for forgiveness. The great guru forgave the demon and asked him to live a civilized life after this. The gurudwara was being managed by the Indian Army. After visiting the shrine and having guru ka langar, (rajmah and chawal) we continued our journey to kargil. After travelling for not more than 20 mins we were at the “Magnetic Hill”. It is said that a car pulls off itself at a certain point with the engine being switched off. Though we experienced that, few of us were convinced with this and few were not. We took few stoppages but continued our journey to kargil. Though we had thought of reaching Sonmarg but because of time constraints we decided to stay at Kargil. While on our way to kargil we saw a huge rock carved, full body statue of Lord Buddha. It was not a monastery nor a temple but something very delightful to see. By the time we reached Kargil it was quite late, we tried to get some accommodation but it was too expensive for what was being offered. It was looking like we were in “lahore” all eyes popped out and gazing us in the car. Honestly I started feeling something unusual and asked everyone to leave. We just bought some eatable stuff and left the place without wasting any more time. All petrified by the place and the response sat quietly in the car. While travelling towards drass we saw a small dhaba with calendar of lord shiva and mata durga and immediately decided to stop for food and esquire about the safety if we traveled to drass. To our relief the owner greeted us well and asked us not to be afraid. Satisfied with the place we had food and decided that whoever wanted to take a nap can sleep coz the road from drass would only open by 4 am and it was only 12 am so there was no point travelling. Few slept early and few slept late but in the end we all slept and that was a big relief. It was all travel for the next day as we did not stopped anywhere and just continued to “Srinagar” and then stayed at “Udhampur”. It was raining cats and dogs in Udhampur and we were all very tired. No one was much interested in dinner so slept without it. Next day we started from Udhampur and traveled all the way to Bilaspur. The condition of road was not good as it had rained all night. At many places the hill had slide down and came on road. We continued our way back and stopped at Jawalamukhi. Some to pay obeisance and I to get steroid injected. We traveled to Bilaspur and from there bawa, brad and I traveled to Chandigarh and rest of the team to Shimla.

Awesome experience. Thanks for sharing with us. I know what the feeling might be at DC office when you got to know about permits process and just 10 minutes in hand 😀

We are planning to enter from Srinagar side and exit form Manali side. We will reach Jammu on 2-Jun-13 6 AM and proceed to Srinagar. Next Kargil and following night Leh.

While exiting, we have kept one full day at Manali as a reserve/rest.

Q1) I found that the Chusul permit is not being given. Is there any other option we can reach from Pangong to Tso Moriri in a day? Note that we are a group of 14 adults (7 couples) and 8 kids (4yr-14yr).

Q2) For a group like us, we are thinking of 2 x 12-seater Force Travellers. Do we need to pre-book such cars? Or we can book them once we are at Leh?

Q3) We are so far thinking that we will only book Leh accommodations for 1st 2 nights. Rest of it, we will keep it open, as we are not sure how our team members will react. Do you think for June week1 & week2, it is okay or you recommend prior booking during that time?

Hi Indranil,

1. It is a blessing in disguise brother. Those are some of the too too remotest of remote places and may be I may not recommend any family with kids going on that route. It is too long and full of fatigue for such cases. I will suggest you to take it easy and go via traditional routes. Also, if you really want then do day trip to pangong tso and then to Tso Moriri from Leh and finaly exit to Manali – Leh Highway.

2. Better do it on spot itself, you will get better deals.

3. Seems to be a nice option and would suggest to go with it. Not necessarily required for any pre-bookings unless you really want to stay at some specific property.

Thank you Dheeraj. We were thinking of pre-booking only to ensure that we get 7-8 rooms in the same property, we do not have any specific property in mind.

Could you please have a look at the itinerary below and suggest if it can be tweaked in a different way?

We like to keep the reserve/rest at Manali, and don’t want to rush through Nubra valley, hence 2 nights at Hunder. If the Wari La route is open (Jun wk 2), what time it could take to drive from Hunder to Pangong via Wari La? This could give us one extra day which we can then spend at Tso Moriri.

Our plans are as below: 0. Fri – Start from Howrah 1. Sat – Change Train at Delhi 2. Sun – reach Srinagar from Jammu (JAT arrival 5:40) 3. Mon – Srinagar – Drass – Kargil 4. Tue – Kargil – Lamayuru – Leh 5. Wed – Permits/sightseeing at Leh 6. Thu – Leh – Diskit-Hunder 7. Fri – Turtuk-Hunder 8. Sat – Hunder – Leh 9. Sun – Leh-Pangong 10. Mon – Pangong – Leh 11. Tue – Leh – Sarchu 12. Wed – Sarchu – Manali 13. Thu – Manali rest/reserve 14. Fri – Manali – Chandigarh (board late night train) 16. Sun – Reach Howrah

Instead of choosing Wari La route, again with so many people including kids, better do it like below:

9. Sun – Leh – Pangong Tso – Leh — Can be done easily without much fatigue and you get to witness both sunrise and sunset at Tso Moriri 10. Mon – Leh – Tso Moriri — Stay at Tso Moriri 11. Tue – Tso Moriri – Tso Kar – Sarchu 12. Wed – Sarchu – Manali

Hi Dheeraj, We are planning trip to Leh from 8th June to 19th June. We are flying form Mumbai to Srinagar on 8th & return flight is on 19th from Leh. We are travelling with our 7yrs old daughter, hope this trip will be fine for her Pls guide me the entire places of interest and we would love to complete all. Kindly guide us with good hotels as well for family.

Sorry Ketal, I missed your comment in between and just saw it. You have about 12 days and you can follow the below itinerary in such a case:

Day 1 | Srinagar, rest and do some local sightseeing or dal lake shikara rides Day 2 | Srinagar – Sonamarg – Zozi La – Drass – Kargil– Enjoy the vistas enroute — Have late drunch meal at Drass is you are a vegetarian as sometimes it gets difficult to find veg. food at Kargil — Overnight at Kargil

Day 4 | Leh Local Sighseeing + Inner Line Permits — Local sightseeing include Namgyal Gompa, Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, Shankar Gompa, Main Market, Hall of Fame, Spituk Gompa, Changspa Road Stroll in evening –For more details on inner line permits process and to download application form read the link  here — Overnight at Leh

Day 7 | Leh – Hemis Monastery – Pangong Tso Lake — Cover either of Hemis, Thicksey and Shey on the go towards Pangong Tso — Overnight at Pangong Tso (Spangmik or Lukung)

Day 8 | Pangong Tso Lake – Thicksey Monastery – Shey Palace – Leh — Cover either of Hemis, Thicksey and Shey on return to Leh — Overnight at Leh

Day 9 | Leh – Tso Moriri via Chumathang — Cover Karzok Monastery — Overnight at Karzok or Tso Moriri

Day 10 | Tso Moriri – Tso Kar – Debring (Manali – Leh Highway starts) – Taglang La – Upshi – Leh– Come back via Tso Kar and Manali – Leh Highway to Leh — Overnight at Leh

Day 11 | Rest day at Leh to enjoy local culture and some shopping OR Monastery tour OR you can do tour to Sham Valley — Monastery tour may include Hemis, Thicksey, Stakna and Shey monasteries. They come on the route of Pangong Tso but as you will be doing day trip, it will be a bit hectic to include them on that day only. — Sham Valley include Alchi, Likir, Basgo Palace, Magnetic Hills, Confluence at Nimmu, , Gurudwara Pather Sahib — Overnight at Leh

Day 12 | Fly back

I hope this helps. Please let me know incase you need any further info. or have any doubt.

Regards Dheeraj sharma

We are 4 friends in our mid 20s from odisha, planning to visit Kasmir in June’ 2013. Which is a better option between the following two…We we can mannage maximum 15 days for the entire trip…So practically 10 days for Kashmir.

1)Odisha-Delhi-Vaishno Devi-Srinagar including Gulmarg,Pahalgam, sonamarg-Delhi-Odisha

2)Odisha-Delhi-Srinagar-Leh-Manali-Delhi-Odisha

Well, any day if you ask me I will vote for Ladakh ahead of Kashmir but yes it depends upon individual tastes too. Check some pictures of both Kashmir and Ladakh and vote for it. I will vote for the Ladakh (2nd one) 🙂

Thanks a lot bro…

Hi Dheeraj, I am planning to visit thiksey monastery and shey palace while going to Pangong Tso will be staying at pangong and while coming back to Leh next day would be visiting Hemis. Can you tell me by what time I have to leave hotel in Leh to do so and also time may require to visit these places from photography point of view?

It takes about 6-7 Hrs for Leh to Pangong Tso and vice-versa with decent amount of breaks in between for photography. Now, time you spend at Hemis and Thicksey shall be included too. So, better start early say by 7 AM in the morning to cover them as well as sunset at Pangong Tso well before so that you can choose your spot to take pictures too at the time of golden hour.

You are doing a wonderful job in educating travellers like me on Ladakh. It is after I have gone through your posts that I am dying to visit the place.

Hope I will get back to you soon about my Leh-Ladakh tour plans and ask for your valuable suggestions and/or recommendations.

Keep smiling 🙂

Sure brother, let me know whenever you need my inputs.

Thanks for your assurance.

I have drafted an initial sketch of travel itinerary to Leh in July 2013. However, I do feel it requires some corrections and/or additional inputs.

If it is possible can you please provide me your Gmail id so that I can share the doc with you?

Keep smiling brother 🙂

Jags, you must be getting email from my ID when I am replying. We can converse on that ID. Otherwise, you can get in touch at dheeraj at discoverwithdheeraj.com

Regards dheeraj sharma

Hey Dheeraj,

Planning to visit Leh in first week of June. We are a group of 4 and we plan to visit Leh in from 2nd June to 7th June, 2013. And we will be starting from mumbai & doing a flight directly either Mumbai- Delhi-Leh or Leh-Del-Mum. Please suggest a)if its a good time to be there b) Is Rohtang and Khardunga pass open during that time? c) Is the time enough? d) we hope to come to srinagar then srinagar-kargil-leh… is it a good choice? e)What should the iternary be ?

Cheers, Priyesh

Hi Priyesh,

Yes, June is a good time to visit Leh. You have about 5 days in Leh and I will advice the following itinerary for you:

Day 1 | Delhi – Leh (By Flight) — Checkin at Hotel. Many hotels provide free pick and drop from Airport. Ask while you book them. — Take ample of rest as well as water or anything that keep your body hydrated enough. DO NOT OVER HYDRATE. Take ORS Soluted water or ORS – L tetra packs from home. — Do not over exert your body at any cost. Avoid too much up-down on stairs or avoid it in entirety, if possible. — After 5-6 Hrs of rest you can visit Leh Palace, Local Leh market, Shankar Gompa . — If you feel exerted go back to Hotel, have dinner at Hotel and take rest. Avoid any exertion. Else continue and, — Follow the sunset by stroll at Changspa road and have a nice dinner on varied cuisines offered in-around Changspa road. — Go back to hotel for overnight stay at Leh.   Day 2 | Leh Local Sighseeing + Inner Line Permits — For more details on inner line permits process and to download application form read the link  here — Hire a taxi from Leh taxi stand or Hotel whichever suits you. — Bargain hard with taxi driver. Book that single taxi for entire trip after explaining the complete plan. — Take his inputs if you feel reasonable and if required modify the plan accordingly but should suits you best. — Ask him to be with you guys starting first day itself, if required and charged reasonable else do it at your own. — Again DO NOT over exert and take little steps and slow walks only. — If feeling OK then do Local sightseeing include Namgyal Gompa, Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, Shankar Gompa, Main Market, Hall of Fame, Spituk Gompa, Changspa Road Stroll in evening — Do not use stairs at any of these places just to see them as it will exert your body much more. — Overnight at Leh   Day 3 | Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder — Head for Nubra Valley and stay overnight at Hunder / Diskit — On the way enjoy a cup of soup at Highest Motorable Pass (as claimed) Khardung La — Diskit has monasteries with tallest lord Buddha statue and Hunder has sand dunes and bacterian camel safari   Day 4 | Hunder / Diskit – Sumur – Panamik – Sumur – Khardung La – Leh — Sumur has a famous monastery to check out and Panamik has hot water springs — Overnight at Leh

Day 5 | Leh – Pangong Tso – Leh — Overnight at Leh

Day 6 | Fly back

I hope this helps. Please let me know in case you have any query or doubt.

We had drafted the following plan for 1st to 7th June. Do let us know if this works out.

Day 1: We will take a Morning flight from Mumbai to Srinagar. We will reach Srinagar by around 1:30 p.m. Visit local places of Srinagar/Dal Lake and overnight stay on Houseboats – Srinagar.

Day 2: Start early morning for Leh via Srinagar – Kargil- Leh highway. Visit Sonamarg and reach zojila before 4.00 pm Overnight stay at Kargil

Day 3: Start early morning for Leh. Visit local areas in Leh including Leh palace, shanti stupa, etc. Overnight stay at Leh

Day 4: Leave early morning for Pangong Lake and travel back to Leh.

Day 5: Start early morning for Nubra valley & we take the following route Leh – Khardung La – Diskit – Hunder. Stay overnight at Nubra Valley.

Day 6: Return back to Leh. Visit Market area etc.

Day 7: Fly back.

Also, we have few queries regarding the same as well. Please advice:

1)We would also like to cover Zanskar valley let us know if it is possible to accomadate it. 2)Is Chadar worth visiting in June? 3)Also is there any daily passing restriction at Zojila pass? 4)Is kargil worth a stay? Or can we do shimla-Leh directly at one stretch?

Regards, Priyesh

Priyesh, You will not be able to do Leh Local on Day 3. On day 4 you have to arange permits and not recommended to visit Pangong Tso first. First visit Nubra Valley and then Pangong Tso on Day 6.

1. You cannot cover Zanskar Valley in these days. 2. There is no Chadar in summers because Chadar is called frozen Zanskar river. You will be seeing the confluence of Zanskar Indus on the way to Leh from Kargil 3. Not really for light vehicles but earlier in season there could be, not certain though. 4. Yes, you will have to stay to equally divide the distance of travel. Very nice views ahead of Zozi La once the minamarg starts. Guess, you mean Srinagar here not Shimla. Better do it in 2 days with night halt at Kargil. You will enjoy more in this way.

Sorry to bother you again and again.

We are planning trip to Leh from 1st May to 12th May.

Kindly arrange best itinerary.

Want to see and feel lots of snow.

Pls guide me the entire places of interest and we would love to complete all.

Also provide your contact details if you dont mind.

No issues!! Well, I hope you are planning to take a flight? Roads might be closed by that time. May be Srinagar – Leh highway might open but 50:50 chances. Let me know if you plan to fly-in and fly out of Leh and I will advice the itinerary accordingly. I will email you my contact number.

Please complete the “Datun Saahib” text and let me know if youw ant a “Hall of Fame” from the outside and Sindhu Ghat pic; I have a very recent one 🙂 or post yours – I am sure you would have these in your repertoire!

It is always great to represent such cult places with Pics 🙂

And I think that Thiksey Monastery also deserves a separate paragraph!

Cheers, Che

Hey Nishant,

Thank you so much. Yes, please provide the pics, will upload them, for these two places (Hall of Fame and Sindhu Ghat) as I did not get a chance to take them as I visited them always when I was stuck there due to some or the other issue 😉 …

For thicksey, hemis, stakna, shey, matho, stok a separate post is dedicated not just paragraph 😉 and similarly a separate one for whole sham valley. Will be completed in coming weeks 🙂

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Ladakh in 3 Days – How to Plan a Leh Ladakh 3 Days Trip

A trip to Leh Ladakh in 3 days is possible if you are short on time. But there are a lot of things that you will have to consider before finalizing this plan. Traveling by road is definitely not an option and you will have to catch a flight. In this post, I will talk about how you can plan your Ladakh 3 days trip.

You can either pick one of these or amend it to draft your own travel plan. Either way, it will be enough to at least give you an idea and get started. If you have any other questions,  you can  contact me on Instagram  and I will be happy to answer. You can also consider  subscribing to my YouTube channel  and asking a question there.

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Ladakh 3 Days Trip

Before we being though, quite honestly, I would advise against planning to visit Ladakh in 3 days. There are several reasons behind this. The first and foremost is high altitude sickness. Secondly, there is not much that you can see with only 3 days in hand. You will barely touch Ladakh and come back.

The third reason is the financial aspect of it. Even though it is only 3 days, this trip will surely cost you a bit, including the money you will pay for your flight and the taxi charges.

High Altitude Sickness

A trip to a place like Ladakh means that you will be bringing your body to heights that it has never been to before. It becomes of utmost importance that you give it ample time to acclimatize. A slow gain in altitude and an ample amount of rest is the way to do it.

But covering Ladakh in 3 days means that you will do the exact opposite of it. You will be rushing through for the most part of the trip which may trigger the symptoms of acute mountain sickness. Is it serious? Yes, tourists have in fact died in Ladakh because of altitude sickness.

So it is definitely something to think over. For more details on how to handle AMS, please read How to handle acute mountain sickness in Ladakh .

Sightseeing in Ladakh

The second reason is from the point of view of sightseeing. A trip to Ladakh is not an everyday affair. It is not your usual weekend getaway where you can just pack your bags and go. Who knows how long it would be before you are able to plan another trip to Ladakh?

So you need to ensure that when you get here, you cover as much as you can. 3 days however is not ample time for that. Ladakh is an endless list of tourist attractions and places that you must visit. You can spend weeks here and still not be done with it all.

Trying to wrap up Ladakh in 3 days would mean that you will miss several places and will only visit a few; that too in a rushed manner.

The third reason will involve the overall cost of the trip. There is no way that you can make this a complete road trip or rely on public transport. You will have to catch a flight to Leh, either rent a private taxi or motorcycle and then take a flight back home.

Unless you got a really good and cheap deal on air tickets and rented a motorcycle for 3 days, your total budget for the trip will shoot up way too high.

Ladakh 3 Days Itinerary

With the above being said, the fact however still remains that not all of us can afford to be away from our regular lives and work for several days altogether. If you too fall in the same category and would like to make an extremely short trip to Ladakh, below is how you can do it.

Day 1: Arrive in Leh

Most of the flights to Leh arrive in the earlier part of the day which means that you will have this entire day to yourself. Several important things that you will need to take care of today and you will need to start working on them the moment you land.

The first is to find a hotel and check in which is kind of an easy deal. No matter what your budget is, you will easily find a place to stay in Leh.

Arrange Permits

The second will be to arrange an Inner line permit which is a must to visit places like Nubra Valley and Pangong Lake. This permit can be applied for either online or arranged from the DM office in Leh. Please read How to Obtain Inner Line Permit for Ladakh for more details.

Arrange Transport

The third thing that you will need to take care of is to arrange your mode of travel for the next two days. You can either hire a private taxi or rent a motorcycle after you land in Leh.

In case you hired a taxi, you can book in advance and have the driver pick you up from the airport itself. In the case of a motorcycle, it is best that you first reach Leh, and check out a few motorcycles to ensure they are working in the best possible condition before you rent them. Read How to Rent a Motorcycle in Leh for some important tips on renting a bike there.

Sightseeing in Leh

After taking care of this, you can either choose to rest at Leh or do some local sightseeing in the town. Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, local markets, and monasteries are some of the places you can visit.

Please note though that since you caught a flight to Leh, chances are you will be suffering from acute mountain sickness all day long. You are however short on time so you really have no way around it.

Take the day a bit easy, do not rush or exert yourself and chances are that you will be fine by the next day morning. If your condition worsened, seek medical help immediately.

Also read: What clothes should you pack for Ladakh Trip

Important tips

A couple of things you can do to make your first day a bit easier is to first book a hotel in advance. Since you will be staying there for just a day, location is not much of an importance.

The second would be to book a taxi rather than relying on a motorcycle. Suffering from high altitude sickness will just make it more difficult to ride around a motorcycle.

Have your driver pick you up from the airport and drop you straight at the hotel. Since your permits too will be already arranged, rest all day long. If by evening you feel better, then you can visit the local places in Leh that I mentioned above.

Day 2 – Leh to Diskit

Today you will be making a day trip to Nubra Valley so it is very important that you start as early as possible from Leh. Start at around 6 AM and take the road towards Khardung La,  once known as the world’s highest motorable road.

Have a cup of tea at the army-run canteen at the top and descend on the other side to Nubra Valley. Reach as far as Hunder and Diskit. It is easily a 5-6 hours drive depending on your speed and the breaks you take.

Find a hotel in Diskit or Leh and check in. Take some rest and do local sightseeing in Nubra Valley. You can visit the Diskit Monastery and see the tall Buddha statue there. Drive to Hunder and see the sand dunes and double-hump camels.

If time allows, you can also drive to the other side of the valley, to Panamik. The hotel water spring in Panamik is definitely worth a visit.

Another way to spend this day would be to not go all the way till Diskit. Rather, start early in the morning, go up until Khardung La, and then return to Leh. This should not take you more than 5-6 hours at most.

Once back in Leh, take a drive towards Sham Valley on the Srinagar Leh highway. You will see the Indus – Zanskar confluence , Magnetic Hill, and Gurudwara Patthar Sahib on the way. After sightseeing, you will return to Leh by evening.

Day 3: Diskit to Pangong Tso to Leh

On day 3, you will make a day trip to Pangong Tso. For this, you will take the direct route from Nubra Valley to Pangong via Shyok Road .

You will have a lot of distance to cover today so it is of utmost importance that you start by the first light of the day. The drive from Nubra Valley to Pangong will take you about 6-7 hours so you should get there before noon.

Spend a couple of hours at the lake and have lunch at one of the dhabas there. Pangong to Leh is about 6 hours of a road trip. So you should target to start by 1 pm latest so you can arrive at your hotel in Leh before dark.

Spend the evening in Leh. Take a walk through the market and do some shopping in Leh Ladakh . It will be nice to buy a few souvenirs to remind you of your short trip.

Day 4: Leh to Delhi

On the morning of Day 4, you will catch your return flight to Delhi.

Leh Ladakh 3 days Trip

Another way to do this journey is to not stay in Leh at all. In this case, you will have to ask the driver of your cab to arrange for your permits. He will keep them ready, pick you up from the airport and you can go straight to Nubra Valley.

How can this help? Nubra Valley is actually at an even lower altitude. So chances of altitude sickness will be even less than in Leh City. But at the same time, there is no hospital in Nubra Valley. So if you got hit by AMS and your condition worsened, things may get out of hand without medical assistance.

On Day 2, you will go to Pangong Lake by Shyok Road and spend the night there. The risk of altitude sickness will still loom large as Pangong is at a very high altitude. On Day 3, you will return to Leh.

Think hard before you make this decision and decide to follow this itinerary. I will not recommend it and would suggest that you stay in Leh itself on Day 1.

Ladakh in 3 Days – Conclusion

A few important things that you must keep in mind are listed below.

• Avoid renting a motorcycle as it will be a bit much to do in a short time. Rather, book a taxi for the entire trip.
• Make sure that you arrange your Inner line permits in advance before you arrive in Leh.
• Avoid traveling to any other place on Day 1. Due to AMS, you must spend this day in Leh to adjust to the high altitude.

As I mentioned above, visiting Ladakh in 3 days is not the best choice. I will recommend that you make a short trip to some other place and plan Ladakh later when you have more time in hand.

I hope the information above on visiting Ladakh in 3 days was of help. If you have any other questions,  you can  contact me on Instagram  and I will be happy to answer. You can also consider  subscribing to my YouTube channel  and asking a question there.

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Visiting Leh for 4 days, hope your experience which you have shared through your blog will help. Thanks

Hello Vargis bhai,

Great article and very helpful. I was planning my visit to Leh from September 15 for 7 days as an individual traveler. At the time of applying for my permit my internet connection got disconnected and now I am unable to get the permit. What can I do in this situation?

Thanks. Ashish

Bhai if you are in a group then try using someone else’s ID card and add yourself as part of the group. If traveling sol, then you would have to get it from DC office in person or ask the hotel to arrange it for you.

hello sir, How can I get reached in leh and back to delhi, since one option is to take flight from Delhi to Leh. The fare for delhi to leh fly is affordable fare is around 2500 rupees, but the return flight from leh to delhi requires around 3 times the fare of delhi to leh fly that is around 6 to 7 thousand. Why is that so? Is there any other options possible? Please help us. We are planning the trip in October.

You can go by road but that will take more time, that is the only other choice

Hi, we 6 friends visited Leh in the month of October 2018 for 3 days, in just 12000/- per person. (All Including Delhi Leh Up down air fare, Hotel, Food, Taxi, Bike Rent etc.) In 3 daus We have visited Magnetic Hill, Sangam, Leh Market, Khardungla, Nubra Valley, Hunder, Pangong, Changla. And believe me it was awesome there is no difficulty at all.

Thanks Asif Bhai. If possible, do share some more info about your trip to help others. What itinerary did you follow?

Hello Nargis, Thank you for this. It’s really helpful. I am planning for a 3 days trip in the first week of September. Could you please let me know what clothes should we pack and how the weather is going to be? We will be going by road from Srinagar so please also suggest some good hotels where we can stay in our 3 days Leh trip.

Hi Nice blogs Can I do magnetic hill on day 1?

Yes you can as long as long as you are ready to handle AMS on day 1

Vargis Bhai, if i plan a trip in september For a period of 7 days trip from manali toh leh and ladakh which places should i visit in this much time should i travel from manali to leh by public transport or reach leh direct then plan my 5-6 days trip in leh ladakh will it be sufficient?? And please suggest some places to visit too.

Rahul Bhai it depends on your preference but if you have only 5-6 days and traveling by public transport, then I will recommend catching a flight. Reach Leh and rent a motorcycle there for visiting other areas.

Vargis Bhai too much to do and AMS will surely hit you at Pangong if not earlier .Even for this schedule minimum 5 days. I understand you are not recommending it .

I agree Nikheel Bhai but I have been receiving so many emails from people asking if the trip can be done in 3 days that I just thought to post the information in a separate article.

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Ladakh 3N4D

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4 days 3 night

Description

Trip Location:  Ladakh Destinations Covered:  2N Leh, 1N Pangong Start Point:  Leh Airport/Station End Point:  Leh Airport/Station Accommodation:  Hotel Things to do:  Sightseeing, drive through the Nubra Valley

About the Package

Enormously spectacular views of Ladakh that you can enjoy with us on our special  4 days trip to Ladakh . We will let you capture the highest points of Ladakh full of dry icy mountains, lakes in your memories. You will relish to the fullest.

Day 1 Leh: Welcome to Leh

Check in Local sightseeing Acclimate your body and best to rest After your arrival at Leh Airport/Railway Station, Our agent will escort you to the hotel and will help you with the check-in. You will be served with a scrumptious breakfast. Then you can go and roam around the area but we will recommend you to stay and take rest for the day because of the air of the area, our body needs to acclimatize. Help yourself to spent the first day and leave the rest on us.

Day 2 Leh: Drive to Nubra Valley

Magnetic Hill Gurudwara Pathar Sahib From a magical road trip to the memorial of Indian Army On the second day after breakfast, we will go for a drive to Sangam point where two rivers, Indus and Zanskar meet. Then we will visit Magnetic Hill which has the steepest road where you drive your car with the engines off. Then we will visit Gurudwara Pathar Sahib, a 12000ft high altitude and the place of Guru Nanak since 1517. On the way back, we will visit Ladakh Hall of Fame which is a place made in the memory of the Indian Army soldiers who lost their lives in war. After that, we will get back to the hotel and take the evening for the rest or you can wander around.

Day 3 Pangong: Sightseeing

Pangong Lake Local sightseeing A turquoise color and mountain surrounding will give you Goosebumps The 3rd day will take us to discover Pangong Lake. After the alluring breakfast, we will go to visit Pangong Lake which is famous for Bollywood movies. The lake has a turquoise color which makes it more attractive and the mountain surroundings look magical. The lake has looks that attract tourists and photographers the most. No life of any species lives inside the lake but a lot of Seagulls and Ducks can be seen around. We will explore the lake thoroughly and after lunch, we will head back to the hotel. Take the day rest of the day to visit nearby markets and come back at night. We will stay in the hotel overnight.

Day 4 Ladakh: Departure

Check Out Breakfast Departure One of your best adventure of life ends here On the last day of our tour, we will check out from the hotel. Our agent will drop you to the airport/station. After reaching Leh Airport/Station, you will be served with tempting breakfast. Following the breakfast, you will be taken to boarding your dedicated seat and will depart for your destinations. Though a strenuous but a sophisticated journey you enjoyed. For that again, book our package. Have a beautiful memories with yourself.

Included/Excluded

• 1.Meal Plan
• 2.Breakfast Services :
• 3. Station/Airport Pick and Drop Transportation
• 5.Transfers
• 6.Sightseeing Charges :
• 7.3 Nights’ Accommodation at the hotel and Camps
• 8.Road taxes
• 9.Parking fees
• Meal Plan : Lunch
• 3.Charges : Personal Expenses
• 4.Entrance fees
• 5.Government Service Tax
• 6.Personal Travels
• 7.Extra Stay
• 8.Visa fees
• 9.Air ticket
• 10.Entrance fees

Tour's Location

Ladakh 3n4d "}}' data-lat="" data-lng="" data-icon="" data-zoom="1" data-disablecontrol="true" data-showcustomcontrol="true" data-style="normal"> from 17,999 book inquiry date 05/05/2024 - 05/05/2024 start time adults age 18+ children age 6-17 infant age 0-5 guest name * mr miss mrs book now information contact.

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