Backpackers road trip around Leh Ladakh in 9 days via Kashmir

Here is The Land Of Wanderlust’s blueprint to a road trip through the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, which is also known for its barren rugged mountains, beautiful monastery’s and funny road captions.

Leh Ladakh

TRIP COST: Rs 20,500 + 5% GST = Rs 21,125/- 

Inclusion:

• Accommodation (3 to 6 based on room size)
• Travel
• Entry Fee
• Permits

Exclusion:

• Food
• Travel to Srinagar

Only on payment of 50% of the trip cost will a seat be booked.

For booking and more information please call on the numbers mentioned below.

TLOW Office 1: +91 8454961928

TLOW office 2: +91 9004594935

Or mail us at: info@tlow.in

Terms & Conditions

Minimum age requirement 18+

Things to carry along:

• Valid Photo id proof with address – 5 copies (No Pan card)
• Two passport size photographs.
• Essentials to pack

Day 1:

• Reach Srinagar by 15:00 HRS latest.
• Check into a house boat at Dal Lake.
• Spend the rest of the evening at exploring Dal Lake.

Day 2:

• Leave early in the morning by 06:00 HRS for the town of Kargil by local J&K SRTC bus.
• Visit Sonmarg known as the ‘Meadow of Gold’.
• Lunch at Drass, the 2nd coldest inhabited place in the world.
• Reach Kargil by 17:00 HRS.
• Check into guest houses.

Day 3:

• Board an early morning bus from Kargil to Leh Ladakh 216 km
• Check into a home stay.
• Spend the rest of the day wandering the streets of Leh Ladakh

Day 4:

• After breakfast, leave for local sight seeing by car to visit Shey– Thiksay – Hemis.
• Return back to Leh Ladakh in the evening.
• Spend the rest of the day relaxing in Leh Ladakh

Day 5:

• Leave early morning by car to the villages of Diskit and Hunder in Nubra Valley via Khardung La. (Highest motorable road in the world, 18,380 ft) – 150 km
• Spend night in guest house/home stay in the village of Hunder.

Day 6:

• After breakfast, pack up and head to the beautiful high altitude Pangong Tso via Shayok link road. (152 km = 4-5 hours)
• Reach the Tangsey home stay by lunch time.
• Post lunch, drive 30 kms and reach  Pangong Tso by 15:30 HRS.
• Spend the rest of the evening chilling near the beautiful Pangong Tso.
• Return to the home stay around dinner time.

Day 7:

• Post breakfast, pack-up from Tangsey and head back to the town of Leh via Chang-La. (120km= 4-5 hours)
• Reach Leh by 14:00 HRS and check into the same home stay for the night.
• Rest of the day at leisure.

Day 8:

• Last day in Leh, leisure day to do anything.
• Spend the day by visiting Tsemo – Leh Palace or
• Wander through the tiny lanes of Leh.
• Pack up and leave for Srinagar by jeep at 16:00 HRS.

Day 9:

• Reach Srinagar by 10:00 HRS.

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