Duration: 24 Days 23 Nights
Grading: Moderate
Description:
Day 01 : Arrival Delhi :
Arrive Delhi, on arrival meet and transfer to Hotel. Stay overnight at Hotel.
Day 02 : Express Train to Chandigarh, Drive to Manali.
Day 03 : Day at Leisure. Stay overnight at Hotel.
Day 04 : 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 05 : Continue by jeep to Kaza, the modern capitol of Spiti.
Day 06 : 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 07 : 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 08 : We begin our trek with a short but steep climb to the grazing pastures above Kibber.
Day 09 : Trek to Pangrochen, our last camp before Parang La. Only a small spring sustains life at this high, rocky campsite.
Day 10 : Trek over 5577 metre Parang La and descend the dazzling Parang glacier to the lovely oasis of Kharsa Gongma.
Day 11 : Trek down the valley of the Pare Chu (river) to Tarang Yogma.
Day 12 : Continue down the Pare Chu, cross the river and camp at the broad oasis of Norbu Sumdo.
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.