Ladakh, popularly known as the land of Numerous Passes, the Land of Mystic Lamas, the Broken Moon and the Last Shangri La is bounded by two of the world's mightiest mountain ranges, the Greater Himalaya and the Karakoram.
Leh,
Ladakh's largest town and administrative centre, lies at the crossroads of ancient trading routes between
Kashmir, Tibet, Central Asia and the Indian plains.
Ladakh's colourful gompas (Buddhist monasteries) have attracted devout Buddhists, interested travellers and is known for some of the most picturesque and challenging
in northern India.
means the excitement and pleasure in ladakh and leh area during the trekking and tour.
Ladakh is known as a high altitude cold desert region that includes river valleys, wide plateaus rolling hills and sharp and forbidding mountain peaks and passes. The valleys of
Drass,
Zanskar and
Suru Valley on the Himalayan's northern flank provide opportunities to explore not only the interior of
Ladakh, but to discover cultural styles hardly affected by the last 30 years of tourism.
Trek in Ladakh Trekking options within
Ladakh include short, daylong walks up and down mountains to visit remote villages or monastic settlements. The longer duration Trans-Himalayan
treks involve weeks of walking and camping in the wild and barren region of
Ladakh. Among the high altitude
treks is the trek from Lamayuru in the Indus valley to Darcha in Lahaul across
Zanskar that takes nearly three weeks to come to its conclusion. Most of the established routes pass through the
Zanskar range, which separates the Indus valley from
Zanskar.
The 10-day Lamayuru-Padum
trek and the Stok-Khangri
trek are the more popular
trek tours among the numerous options available in this cold desert of
Ladakh. In recent years, parts of the
Ladakh range between the Indus and Shayok valleys have also become available for
.Ladakh offers very interesting
Trekking routes for trekkers.
possibilities include short, day -long walks up and down mountain slopes to visit isolated villages or monastic settlements, or across a ridge to enjoy the sheer beauty of the lunar mountainscape. Or long, transmountain
treks involving weeks of walking and camping the wilderness.
Clothes And Equipments: The summer visitors to
Leh will need basically warm- weather clothes, with a sweeter for evenings and mornings when it may be chilly. Temperatures begin to fall around the 2nd half of August, and though cottons continue to be worm during the day until mid September, a heavy sweeter or an anorak or coat will be needed in the mornings and evenings. Form mid September it starts getting distinctly cold and woollens are needed even during the day, though in the sun it is still hot. Winter visitors- which means November to April- will need to equip themselves with heavy woollens, anoraks or tweed coats, gloves, balaclave helmets or equivalent and warm boots.
Reasonably good
equipment can be hired from Private Tour Operators specialised in mountain
treks. All trekkers should remember that nights in the mountains would be chilly at any time of the year and make sure that they should be fully equipped for the
treks. They must carry enough food for the whole trek, basic supplies- fruit & vegetables or the occasional villages enroute will be able to provide local food if you run out of food stock. It is advisable to keep a good torch handy during
and visit to the monasteries because shrines are often found ill- lit.
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