Spiti to Ladakh
Duration: 23 Nights / 24 Days
Places Covered: -----------
Day
1: Arrive Delhi, on arrival meet and transfer to Hotel. Stay overnight at
Hotel.
Day 2: Express Train to Chandigarh, Drive to Manali.
Day 3: Day at Leisure. Stay overnight at Hotel.
Day 4: Travel by jeep over 3978 Rohtang pass, gateway to Lahaul, then
continue by jeep over 4358 metre Kunzam La to Losar, the first village in the
Spiti valley.
Day 5: Continue by jeep to Kaza, the modern capitol of Spiti.
Day 6: Travel by jeep to Dhankar fort, the former capitol of Spiti, high
above the confluence of the Pin and Spiti rivers. We then continue to Tabo Gompa,
one of the greatest artistic treasures in the Himalayan region, to view its
paintings and sculptures, some of which are over 1000 years old.
Day 7: Travel by jeep to Kyi gompa, the largest in Spiti, and Kibber,
famed as the world's highest village with electricity and daily bus service.
Overnight at Kibber.
Day 8: Local walk around Kibber: to Gete and Tashigang, two villages
among the highest permanent settlements on earth. We return to Kibber for the
night.
Day 9: We begin our trek with a short but steep climb to the grazing
pastures above Kibber.
Day 10: Trek to Pangrochen, our last camp before Parang La. Only a small
spring sustains life at this high, rocky campsite.
Day 11: Trek over 5577 metre Parang La and descend the dazzling Parang
glacier to the lovely oasis of Kharsa Gongma.
Day 12: Trek down the valley of the Pare Chu (river) to Tarang Yogma.
Day 13: Continue down the Pare Chu, cross the river and camp at the broad
oasis of Norbu Sumdo.
Day 14: Trek to Kiangdam, on the southern shore of Tso Moriri, the "Mountain
Lake".
Day 15: Rest day in the incredible setting of Kiangdam. It's hard to
imagine a more spectacular setting than this.
Day 16: Trek to Korzok, the village and gompa at the northern shore of
the lake.
Day 17: Trek past many large nomadic encampments over Gyamsharma La to
Gyama.
Day 18: Cross the Kyamamuri La to Rajung Karu.
Day 19: Trek over the low ridge of Harlam Konka to the small village
and Gompa of Nuruchan.
Day 20: Trek to Tso Kar, another of the remarkable lakes of the Changtang
plains.
Day 21: Travel by jeep to over the 5328 metre Taglang La to Leh.
Day 22: Exploration of Leh.
Day 23: Morning flight to Delhi. Check into hotel. Stay overnight at
Hotel.
Day 24: Depart-Delhi, Transfer to airport for flight to onwards journey.
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