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Manali to Leh Trek
Duration:
20 days
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Day
01: Arrive Delhi
Day 02:
Delhi - Manali
Day 03:
Manali
Day 04:
Manali - Darcha
Day 05:
Darcha - Palamo
Day 06:
Palamo - Zanskar Sumdo
Day 07:
Zanskar Sumdo/Chumi Napo
Day 08:
Chumi Napo/ Chingo La/Lakh
Day 09:
Lakham/Kurgi
Day 10:
Kurgiak/Bep
Day 11:
Bepul/ Purne
Day 12:
Purne/Phupkal Gumpa/Purn
Day 13:
Purne/Mune
Day 14:
Mune - Padum
Day 15:
Padum/Ringdum Gompa
Day 16:
Ringdum/Kargil
Day 17:
Kargil/Leh
Day 18:
Leh
Day 19:
Leh
Day 20:
Leh - Delhi |
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The road from Manali, which opens
barely three months in the year from early July to Spetember, is quite
rugged. For much of its length, it passes through country so barren
as to be entirely without settled habitation. Lahoul district, consisting
of the valleys of the Chandra and Bhaga rivers, is a typically trans-Himalayan
landscape. The Rohtang Pass ( 13,050 feet / 3,978m) crossed soon afer
departure from Manali, cuts through not the Great Himalaya itself but
the Pir Panjal, its subsidiary to the south. Lahoul houses are built
on the Tibetan - Ladakhi pattern, out of sun-dried bricks. Whitewashed
and flat-roofed, they stand among the irrigated fields of the villages
which cling precariously to the mountain slopes.
Beyond Keylang, the region's main town, the road follows the Bhaga river
up towards its source, passing a few more villages, till Ladakh is reached.
Now it hairpins up to the Baralacha - la (16,050 feet/ 4,892 m), a pass
that is perhaps unique in being a tri-junction, with a trail from Spiti
coming in from the south-east. This is the crossing of the Great Himalaya,
the watershed between the Indus and the Chenab.
Now the barren landscape becomes positively lunar, dusty plains covered
with scattered boulders, stretch into the distance, and only the occasional
path of pasture reminds the traveller of the existence of vegetation
in the world. There remains the Zanskar range to be crossed and this
takes two more passes, the Lungalacha-la (16,600 feet/ 5059m) and Taglang-la
(17,469 feet/ 5,325m).
Between them, there is nothing but rock and sand, rolling hills and
broad plains scoured by dust-devils, the streams marked on the map being
far too insignificant to water the arid land, beyond allowing an occasional
spread of sparse pasturage. This is just about enough to nourish the
flocks of the nomadic Chang-pa herdspeople who are the region's only
inhabitants apart from the seasonal entrepreneurs who erect tents and
shacks at various points along the road to cater to the needs of travellers
following this barren route. Once over the Taglang-la, the descent to
the Indus starts, and soon the first village, Rumtse, is passed.
The road follows the Gya river down to the Indus at Upshi, from where
it is all plain sailing. Past the turning for Hemis, and another almost
opposite it for Chemrey, Sakti and Chang-la; past the tourist attractions
of Thikse, Stakna and Shey; past the Tibetan village at Choglamsar and
the Dalai Lama's prayer ground. And finally up the last slope into Leh.
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