Zanskar Valley Trek

Country: India / Ladakh

Description

The Big One - The Classic Trek in Ladakh - Lamayuru to Darcha

Itinerary

Day - 01: Arrive Delhi.
Meet assistance on arrival and transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day - 02: Delhi - Fly Leh.
Meet upon arrival and transfer to hotel. Rest of the day is free for rest and acclimatization. Overnight at hotel.
Day -03: In Leh:
After breakfast sightseeing tour of Hemis. Thiksey and Shey monasteries.
Day -04:  In Leh :
Morning visit Phyang & Spituk monasteries. Evening visit Shankar Gompa. Overnight hotel.
Day -05:  Leh - Lamayuru - 124 kms. 06 hrs. drive
After breakfast depart for Lamauru. Here we meet our prearranged mules. Overnight in camp.
Day -06:  Lamayuru - Prinkit -La-3780 Mts.- Wanla - 5 hrs. walk
Morning visit monastery, go down towards the village, cross the stream then gradually climbing across a mountain side, reach a small valley which you follow as far as the pass. Go down into narrow gorge until reaching the village of Shila. Cross the river over a bridge, then take the right bank as far as Wanla.  Overnight in camp.
Day -07:   Wanala- Hanupata- 07 hrs. walk
This is an easy but long day continue across the slope and pass a ridge, then go up until reaching good bridge across the river yapolo. Continue across the slope till we come out from the gorge and ascent gentle to our camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -08:  Hanupata - Sirsi- La - 4800 Mts.- Photaksar- 06 hrs. walk
After a long walk from the camp we cross-river over a wooden bridge. The climb to the pass is gentle in the beginning but becomes steep later. Sharp descent of two hrs. We then come to the spectacularly situated village of Photaksar, perched on the edge of its fields or looking the river below, with thousands of feet of shee rock rising up behind. Overnight in camp.
Day -09:  Photaksar - Sengi - La 4950 Mts. - Yulchung - 08 hrs. walk
Cross the river over a wooden bridge then ascend to the first easy pass Boumitse- La. From here we descent down to the river crossing two times and then steep trail approaches the Sengi - La - 4950 Mts., from where we have superb views before negotiating a steep descent to our camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -10:  Yulchung - Base of Hunumala - 4100 Mts. - 07 hrs. walk
We climb two passes the Kuba- La and Netuksi- La both 4400 Mts. Sharp descent of one hour we arrive Lingshed. Visit monastery. From here we climb to another small pass before we descent down to the base of Hunumala. Overnight in camp.
Day -11:  Base - Hunumala - 4750 Mts. - Neache - 06 hrs. walk
Immediately after leaving camp we climb to the pass. The view from the top is probably the best of the trek, with stark, multicolored moonscape of Ladakh all around, and Lingshod Gompa in the distance. From the pass descent down for two hrs. till we arrive camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -12:  Neache - Parfila - 3950 Mts. - Hanumil - 05 hrs. walk
We cross the stream and climb gently to small pass from here a steep descent leads to the crossing of a tributary in a wonderful narrow valley. Here we cross the river over a wooden bridge and climb steep trail to the pass and then we descent to the broad Zansakar valley crossing a small stream before arriving our camp. Overnight in camp
Day -13:  Hanumil - Pissu - 05 hrs. walk
After our affords over the high passes we now have an easier walk. Continue along the left bank of Zanskar river. Easy going sometimes along the river, sometimes along the moronic plateau. Cross a small stream and another 45 minutes climb we arrive our camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -14:  Pissu - Padum - 05 hrs. walk
This is again an easy day. Continue west path of Zanskar river till we arrive Karsha. After visiting monastery we cross-river Doda over a long suspension bridge. From here another one hour walk over a dusty trail we arrive Padum (the head quarter of Zanskar valley). Overnight in camp.
Day -15:  Padum - Raru - 05 hrs walk
The trail follows the Tsarap Chu along the dusty foundation of jeep track through the village to Bardan. Visit monastery. From here we continue on the right hand side of the valley then descent down for half an hour from here easy ascent then a flat walk we arrive our camp. Overnight in camp.
Day -16:  Raru - Phebula - 04 hrs. walk
Descend down to Lingti Chu. Cross over through a wooden bridge and climb up to a small pass. Descend steeply to the main river valley and follow the right hand sides of the river until we reach our campsite just besides the river.  Overnight in camp.
Day -17:  Phebula - Purne - 04 hrs walk.
The trail between Phebula and Purne goes through some impressive gorge. Descend down to the right hacnd side of the valley, which is the meeting point of the two rivers, Kargiah Chu and Tsarap Chu. Cross here through a wooden bridge and another 15 minutes to the camp.

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