Trans Zanskar Trek
Duration : 31 Night /32 Days
Day 01 : Delhi - Leh
Delhi - Leh (3500 m) by plane. Afternoon at leisure. We can visit the palace and the gompa of Leh and the Stock royal palace.
Leh : Leh has nonetheless retained a tranquil side, and is a pleasant place to unwind after a long bus journey. Attraction in and around the town itself include the former palace and Namgyal Tsemo gompa, perched amid strings of prayer flags above the narrow dusty streets of the old quarter. A short walk north across the fields, the small monastery at Sankar harbours accomplished modern Tantric murals and a thousand-headed Avalokitesvara deity. Leh is also good base for longer day-trip out into the Indus valley. Among the string of picturesque villages and gompas within reach by bus are shey, site of a derelict seventeenth-century palace, and the spectacular Tikse gompa
Day 02 : Indus Valley
Visit of the high Indus valley's monasteries.
Shey houses the old summer palace of the kings of Ladakh. Its gompa shelters an amazing Buddha, 12 m high.
Day 3:
Touring the monasteries and palaces of the Indus valley.
Day 4:
Touring the monasteries and palaces of the Indus valley.
Day 5:
Travel by jeep to Lamayuru gompa, a site that abounds in myth and legend. Overnight in the village.
Day 6:
Trek from Lamayuru over Prinkiti La (3725 metres) to the village of Wanlah, with its ancient gompa.
Day 7:
Trek through remarkable gorge country to the village of Honupatta.
Day 8:
Trek to Photoksar.
Day 9:
Trek to the Singge La north base camp.
Day 10:
Trek over the 5100 metre Singge La to south base camp.
Day 11:
Trek to Lingshet.
Day 12: Trek to Snertse.
Day 13: Trek to Hanuma.
Day 14: Trek to Pishu.
Day 15: Trek to Karsha
the largest monastery in the entire Zanskar valley.
Day 16: Trek to Padum
crossing the Zanskar river on a remarkable bridge.
Day 17:
Day at leisure in Padum.
Day 18:
Trek past the riverside citadel of Bardan gompa to Mune.
Day 19:
Continue along the banks of the Lungnak (Lingti) river to the hamlet of Ichar.
Day 20:
Trek to Purni, where the Kargyak and Tsarap rivers first merge to form the mighty Lingti Chu (river).
Day 21:
Trek to Phugtal gompa, one of the world's most spectacular structures. Its location, spilling down a sheer cliff face from the mouth of a massive cave, is a staggering sight.
Day 22:
Trek to the friendly village of Tangtse, at the base of the gorge leading to Phirtse La.
Day 23:
Trek to Shingsaw, the base camp for our pass crossing.
Day 24:
We make an early start to cross Phirtse La (5350 metres) to the vast nomad camp at Chumik Marpo.
Day 25:
Trek to Serchu Serai, on the banks of the Yunan river.
Day 26:
Trek to Kilang Sarai, where we meet the Manali to Leh military road.
Day 27:
Travel by car to Keylong, the capitol and administrative center of Lahaul.
Day 28:
Continue by car over Rohtang Pass to Manali.
Day 29:
Rest day in Manali.
Day 30:
By Car to Pinjore, stay in Palace Hotel there.
Day 31:
By Car to Chandigarh, then express train to Delhi, on arrival check in at Hotel. Stay overnight at Hotel.
Day 32:
Depart-Delhi, Transfer to airport for flight to onwards journey.
