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Ladakh: Lamayuru - Hemis trek

 
Ripchar - Markha trek11 nights 12 days

Ladakh the Northern most part of India and the largest of the three constituent geo cultural unit of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, is a highly elevated cold desert where human habitation occurs at altitude exceeding 4’000 M. Situated approximately between 32-25 degree north latitude and 35-80 degree east longitude. Ladakh occupies a very strategic position in Asia, presenting as a frontier province of India where three international border meet, while in the past some of the busiest trade route of central Asia criss crossed here. Two of the world’s mightiest mountain range: The Karakoram and the Great Himalayan surround it in the north and south respectively. Geographically the northwestern extension of high and dry Tibetan plateau. Ladakh falls in the yellow belt as the Himalayan wall exercises a severe check on the flow of humid air from the southern plains. Consequently, rainfall is scant and the general terrestrial features of the area are dry and deserted like. The draught in combination with the incredible elevation produces a highly rarefied atmosphere, which is marked by great fluctuation of seasonal and diurnal temperature. Spread over an area of 97’000 sq. km. Ladakh is alive repository dwindling Tibetan culture heritage. Thousands of religious and cultural monuments in the form of monasteries, nunneries and hermitages dot its eerie terrain. It is in the Ladakh alone one can still savoring the variety and beauty of unique and self-contained Himalayan Civilization

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TRIP FACTS:

Region: Ladakh, Markha.

Total Days: 20 Ex-New Delhi to New Delhi, 11 days of trek .

Total days: 12, Ex - Leh to Leh, 11 days of trek.

Grade: Moderate to Strenuous.

Maximum elevation: 5,150

Best Season: Mid June to Mid October.

OUTLINE TREK ITINERARY

Day 01: Arrival in New Delhi (230m).

Day 02: Fly to Leh (3500m).

Day 03: Leh: Acclimatize and sight seeing in around Leh no. I.

Day 04: Leh: Acclimatize and sight seeing in around Leh no. II.

Day 05: Drive to Lamayuru (11’033 ft /3,364 m).

Day 06: Trek to Prinkiti la pass (3750m)-Wanla (10135 ft 3090m).

Day 07: Trek to Hinju (12421 ft 3738m).

Day 08: Trek to Marjak (11,152 ft 3,400 m).

Day 09: Trek to Lanaq (13’574 ft 4’130m).

Day 10: Trek to Dhundhuntse la pass (4’800m)-Chhilling.

Day 11: Trek to Skaya.

Day 12: Trek to Thinlespa (11.776 ft 3,536 m).

Day 13: Trek to Hankar (13’078 ft 3’963 m).

Day 14: Trek to Nimaling (5’000m).

Day 15: Trek to Kongmaru la (5’150m)-Shang Sumdo (3,973m).

Day 16: Trek to Hemis, drive to Leh.

Day 17: Leh: Extra day to accomodate the travel or trek.

Day 18: Leh.

Day 19: Fly to New Delhi.

Day 20: Fly to home.

          20 days Ex New Delhi to New Delhi

          Cost Includes:

  • Hotel accommodation at 3 star basis New Delhi and Leh.
  • Transportation by jeep as per itinary, sight seeing in around Leh.
  • Airport transfer at Leh, New Delhi.
  • All meals: bed tea, break fast, packed lunch, hot drinks, snacks, dinner.
  • Staff: Guide, cook, helpers, trekking mules/horse.
  • All trek gear and accessories, single tent or twin sharing basis.
  • Camp fee and Hemis high altitude national park fees.

          Cost excludes:

  • Domestic flight fare Delhi – Leh or Leh – Delhi, Sleeping bags, meals in Leh, New Delhi, Alcohal, personal laundry,
  • Personal insurance. Entrance fee at monasteries. Tipping. Entrance fee at monasteries.

          12 days trek Ex -Leh to Leh.

          Cost includes:

  • Jeep Transportation as programe,
  • All meals bed tea, breakfast, packed lunch, hot drinks, snacks, dinner.
  • Local staff, trekking mules. trek gear and accossories, tent on twin sharing basis or single tent.
  • Camp fee and national park fee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Cost excludes:

  • Deomestic airfare, Hotel accommodations,
  • sleeping bag, alcohol, personal laundry, insurance,

   

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Ladakh: Ripchar and Markha valley trek ITINERARY

DAY 01: ARRIVAL IN NEW DELHI (290m).

Arrival at IGI airport, transfer to hotel.

 

DAY 02: FLY TO LEH (3500m).

Fly to Leh, transfer to hotel.

 

DAY 03: LEH: ACCLAMATIZATION.

Today acclimatize sight-tour no. I. Visit Leh fort and market.

 

DAY 04: LEH: ACCLAMATIZATION.

Today acclimatize sight-tour no. II. Visit Alchi village, an ancient village and has a monastery, evening drive back to Leh.

DAY 05: LEH / LAMAYURU (11’033 ft /3,364 m) 5 /6 HRS.

Drive to Lamayuru on the Leh – Srinagar highway. Enroute visit Likir and Alchi gompa. Arrive at Lamayuru with its charming village and centuries old gompa. The afternoon is spent exploring the village and gompa. Camp is set on a forested riverbank below the village.

 

DAY 06: LAMAYURU / PRINKITI LA (3750m) / WANLA (10135 ft 3090 m) TREK 4/5 HRS.

From the camp trek down towards the village, cross a stream and gentle climb across the mountainside, then a little valley towards the Prinkiti la 3750 m, which is, crosses a river by bridge. Then on the right bank through apricot orchards and beautiful willow groves to Wanla village. Camp is set by the stream.

 

DAY 07: WANLA / HINJU (12421 ft 3738 m) TREK 5/6 HRS.

Go along the left bank of Yepola River for 2 hrs until reaching the village of Phenjila. From Phenji-la, we go up a valley leading off at left, which is dotted with tiny green patches of willows trees. It then arrives at Hinju, a large village with a typical cluster of mud houses onto the hillside and bright green fields stretching out into barren land. Camp is set by the stream just above the village.

 

DAY 08: HINJU / MARJAK (11,152 ft 3,400 m) trek 5/6 HRS.

From Hinju we go up the main valley, following the Repchar. We Pass the last mountain pasture, now until ascends steeply up to the Konzke la (4950m). A long descent to pastures where the local people bring their horses, cows, Dzos and yaks to graze. This is blue sheep and Ibex country if you lucky, one might even spot the occasional Red Himalayan fox, Camp in a meadow by the stream.

 

DAY 09: MARJAK / LANAQ (13’574 ft 4’130m) trek 5 HRS.

Now trail gets close to the river of Sumdah Tokpo. We continue along the riverbank until arriving at the Sumdah, a beautiful village, where several campsites at the edge of the river. Following the main valley, the path becomes more difficult to follow until reaching shelter formed by the rocks. Opposite these small houses there is a bridge. Cross it and start climbing to Lanaq campsite, grassland dotted with quaint little shepherd shelter built with piled up stone.

DAY 10: LANAQ / DHUNDHUNTSE LA (4’800m) / CHILLING, trek 6/7 hrs.

Today after breakfast leaving from camp, leaving the shepherds shelter and pasture half way up, we climb steep to the pass. There is beautiful view all around. Now we go down along the mountainside then down the steep slope. Arrive at a house high up in the valley. Then we take a valley that gets narrower and narrower until reaching Chilling. The inhabitants of Chilling are the only ones to work with metals such as coppers, tin, silver used for the making of ladles, Tchang pots and teapots etc, Overnight camp near the village.

DAY 11: CHILLING /SKAYA, trek 5 hrs.

From Chilling, follow the Zanskar River upstream for several hundred meters. Cross the river in a cable car, and then take a good path until Skaya village, Camp near the village.

 

DAY 12: SKAYA / THINLESPA (11.776 ft 3,536 m) trek 6 hrs.

Today leaving camp, we walk up on of the loveliest sections of the Markha valley. Woody bushes grow thickly along the river, which is a spanned by several bridges over which the trail marches to Thinlespa. The camp is beyond small charming village on the true right bank of the river.

 

DAY 13: THINLESPA / HANKAR (13’078 ft 3’963 m) trek 6/7 hrs.

Today after breakfast we continue the trail upwards climbing steadily up the valley through the picturesque village of Markha and its interesting monastery, which is well worth visiting. Coming in from the south is the trail from Rubering la, one of the routes to Zangla in Zanskar. Then carry on along the right banks and arrive in Hankar Sumdoh. Several houses leave a broad valley on the right hand side, Overnight camp near the village.

 

DAY 14: HANKAR / NIMALING (5’000m), trek 6 hrs.

Now the valley narrows and goes higher. Cross onto the left bank after crossing bridge to arrive the pasture of Tchatchutse. The path climb steadly up, then across the pasture of Nimaling. The Nimaling plain is a broad undulating meadow with tiny ponds and rivulets flowing all over its meadows, providing pasturage in summer for astonishing numbers of animals – yaks, Dzos, sheep, goats, and horses. Himalayan marmots and white-tailed hare are seen in plenty. Nimaling is one of the most beautiful high valleys in Ladakh, dominated by Kang Gyatse (6’400 m), overnight camp at Nimaling.

 

DAY 15: NIMALING / KONGMARU LA (5’150m) /SHANG SUMDO (3,973m), trek 7/8 hrs.

Today after camp, we cross the Markha River and then climb along the mountainside for 45 minutes. Then some zigzags up to the pass of Kongmaru la. Long descent into gorges with two stretches difficult for the horse. Leave the gorge and keep walking on the left bank to Chukirmo. Then, sometimes in the riverbed, right bank, then again on the left, arrive in Shang Sumdoh village, beautiful camp in groves.

 

DAY 16: SHANG SUMDO / HEMIS / LEH, trek 4/5 hrs.

From camp, take the riverbed again, then a good trail through large blocks. Go back onto the left bank. Pass a small house and then a series of Chortens. Leave Martselang on the right and follow a gentle rising trail to Hemis, monastery and village is beautifully situated. Hemis is biggest monastic complex in Ladakh region. After visiting monastery 1 hrs drive to Leh city, overnight stay in Hotel.

 

DAY 17: Leh.

Leh, this day is extra to accommodate the travel or trek related requirements.

 

DAY 18: Leh.

Today relax or just explore Leh market.

 

DAY 19: Fly Leh – New Delhi.

Transfer to Airport, flight to New Delhi. Transfer to Hotel.

 

DAY 20: Fly home.

Transfer to Airport, flight to hometown


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