TRANS - ZANSKAR
EXPEDITION TREK
Duration: 31 nights / 32 days
Trek Program
Day 1: Early morning flight to Leh. Day free
for rest and acclimatization.
Day 2: Tour of Leh city,
including the 17th century palace and gompa.
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 jeep to Keylong, the
capitol and administrative center of Lahaul.
Day 28:
Continue by jeep over Rohtang Pass to Manali.
Day 29:
Rest day in Manali.
Day 30: Jeep to Pinjore, stay in
Palace Hotel there.
Day 31: Jeep 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.
TRANS - ZANSKAR EXPEDITION
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