Destinations: | Leh to Delhi-Shangsumdo to Hemis -Skeu to Markha-Yurutse to Skeu |
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Trip Duration: | 14N/15D |
Best Time: | May to November |
Day |
Itinerary |
Over night |
Day 1 |
Arrival Delhi international airport in the med night received by our staff and transfer to domestic airport after 3hrs |
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Day 2 |
Morning 5:40 Am fly to leh arrival Leh airport 6:40 am meet out staff |
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Day 3 |
Monastery sight seeing THIKSEY GOMPA: 19 Kms from Leh, spectacularly sited, Thiksey is one of the largest and architecturally most impressive Gompas. There are several temples in this Gompas, containing images, stupas and wall paintings of Buddha, which are exquisite.
HEMIS GOMPA: 40 Kms from Leh, it is the wealthiest, best known and biggest Gompa of Ladakh. Its popularity stems from the major annual festival held here in summer. The festival is in honor of Guru Padma Sambhava’s birth anniversary. It also has the largest Thanka in Ladakh which is unfurled once in 12 years (nest in 2004) Hemis was built in 1630 during the reign of Singge Namgyal, an illustrious ruler of Ladakh. It flourished under the Namgyal Dynasty for the royalty favored the Drugpa sect, which is managed the monastery. It is divided into two, the assembly hall on the right and the main temple on the left. The hall (Dukhang) is also used as “green room” by the dancers during the festival. The temple is known as Tshogkhang. The verandahs have a surfeit of frescoes, among them the Buddhist “Wheel Of Life” (Kalachakra) and the lords of the four quarters, besides the prayer wheel. |
Hotel/guest house |
Day 4 |
Trek Leh - Spituk-Zingchan Village (3600mtrs); |
4,5hrs |
Day 5 |
Trek Zingchan – Yurutse (4150 meters) via Rumbak village; |
5,6 hrs |
Day 6 |
Yurutse to Skeu |
5,6 hrs |
Day 7 |
Skeu to Markha |
6,7 hrs |
Day 8 |
Markha to Thochungtse |
5,6 hrs |
Day 9 |
Thochungtse to Nimaling / base camp of Kangyatse peak 6400m |
4,5 hrs |
Day 10 |
Rest and preparation for climbing Kangyatse peak |
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Day 11 |
climbing Kangyatse summit 6400m but you can climb only up to shoulder 6100m for summit it is very technical climbing, back to base camp |
10 hrs |
Day 12 |
Nimaling to Shangsumdo village via Kongmaru la 5100m |
5,6 hrs |
Day 13 |
Shangsumdo to Hemis and drive to Leh |
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Day 14 |
Leh to Delhi |
4,5 hrs |
Day 15 |
Full day sight seeing in Delhi evening transfer to international airport and fly |