LEH AND LADAKH

COME RIDE THROUGH THE HIGH ALTITUDE’S OF LEH LADAKH. GET MESMERISED BY THE BREATHTAKING BEAUTY THE MOMENT YOU LAND IN THIS INCREDIBLE MOUNTAIN TOWN WHICH HAS VERDANT VALLEYS, VAST PLATEAUS, COLD DESERT’S, IT IS  BOUNDED BY TOWERING MOUNTAINS OF HIMLAYAS &  BOASTS THE HIGHEST MOTORABLE PASS IN THE WORLD & HAS REMOTE MONASTERIES BUILT ON HILLTOPS.

• LADAKH RIGHTLY KNOWN AS THE ‘LAND OF HIGH PASSES’. ‘LA’ MEANS PASS, AND ‘DHAK’ MEANS MANY. 

• COME RIDE TO LEH & LADAKH! TO A WORLD OF COMPLETE SOLITUDE. RIDING HERE ITS ALL ABOUT YOUR SOUL CONNECTING WITH AWE-INSPIRING LANDSCAPES, PICTURESQUE GREEN OASIS, THE SNOW-COVERED PEAKS, THE STREAMS FLOWING BY, THE DEEP VALLEYS, SCINTILLATING MONASTERIES AND QUAINT HAMLETS. HERE THE HILLS WELCOME YOU WITH COLOURS OF BROWN, GREY, PURPLE WITH STRIPES OF WHITE, SILVER AND SPECKLES OF GREEN ALONGSIDE THE GREAT INDUS RIVER.

• THE CULTURE OF LEH LADDAKH IS QUITE SIMILAR TO THE TIBETAN CULTURE .IN THIS REGION YOU WILL FIND MANY COLOURFUL GOMPAS OR MONASTERIES. THE ARCHITECTURE OF LEH LADDAKH ALSO IS INFLUENCED BY THE TIBETAN STYLE.

• HIDDEN IN THE CREST OF THESE LOFTY MOUNTAINS ARE SOME BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL LAKES              FAMOUS BEAUTIFUL LAKES OF LEH LADAKH ARE PANGONG TSO, TSO MORIRI AND TSOKAR

• RIDE TO THE PANGONG LAKE IS GOING TO LAST IN YOUR MEMORIES FOR EVER, THE FIRST VIEW OF THIS SAPPHIRE BLUE LAKE WILL LEAVE YOU SPELLBOUND. IT IS JUST MAGICAL. IT IS KNOWN TO BE THE SECOND-HIGHEST SALTWATER LAKE IN THE WORLD AND THE HIGHEST ONE IN INDIA. IT IS PERCHED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4350 M PANGONG LAKE IS APPROXIMATELY 134 KM IN LENGTH.

• THE FINEST ATTRACTIONS OF LADAKH IS ALSO THE DESSERTS OF NUBRA VALLEY.HERE YOU GET TO SEE THE BACTRIAN CAMELS OR THE DOUBLE-HUMPED CAMELS AND THEY ARE ONLY FOUND SPECIFICALLY IN THIS AREA. YOU CAN TAKE A BUMPY SCENIC RIDE THROUGH THE COLD DESSERT ON THESE CAMEL’S.

• ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS TO STARGAZE. IN LADAKH IS HEMIS NATIONAL PARK .IT HAS THE SECOND-HIGHEST TELESCOPE IN THE WORLD, IT IS ALSO A PROTECTED AREA WHERE YOU GET THE MOST SNOW LEOPARDS IN THE WORLD .

• HAVE A PIT STOP AT THE LOVELY PLACE CALLED LAMAYURU CALLED THE MOON LAND OF LEH LADAKH, HERE IT FEELS AS IF YOU HAVE LANDED ON THE MOON AND IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FANTABULOUS.

• BAILEY BRIDGE IS THE WORLD’S HIGHEST BRIDGE AND IS LOCATED IN LADAKH. THE BRIDGE IS BUILT ACROSS SURU RIVER AND DRAS AND WAS BUILT IN 1982. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT CONNECTION IN THE MAP OF LADAKH.

• LIST OF MOUNTAIN PASSES IN LADAKH ARE  1. KHARDUNG LA PASS 2. CHANG LA PASS 3. BARALACHA LA PASS 4. TAGLANG LA PASS 5. FOTU LA PASS 6. LACHUNG LA PASS 7. NAMIKA LA PASS 8. ZOJI LA PASS 

MUST KNOW BEFORE YOU VISIT LEH LADAKH

• THE BEST TIME TO PLAN A LEH-LADAKH TOUR IS IN SUMMERS FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER, WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND 20-30°C AND THE REGION HAS CLEAR, STUNNING VIEWS WITH WARM AND SUNNY WEATHER.

• LADAKH’S CLIMATE IS A LITTLE EXTREME, THE WEATHER OF LADAKH REMAINS CHILLY AND COLD FOR MOST TIME OF THE YEAR.YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO SEE SUDDEN CHANGES IN WEATHER DURING ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING POINT.

• HIGH ALTITUDE SICKNESS/ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS IS COMMON AT THESE HIGH ALTITIUDE AREAS AND AT THESE HIGH ALTITUDES OXYGEN LEVEL IS REALLY LOW.

• VEHICLE BREAKDOWNS ARE COMMON IN LEH ROAD TRIPS. THE ROUGH TERRAIN AND WITH NO CONCRETE ROADS AT SOME PLACES IT CAN CAUSE VEHICLE BREAKDOWNS QUITE OFTEN.

• MOST PARTS OF LEH LADAKH ARE SITUATED IN REMOTE REGIONS AND IS SITUATED AT A HIGHER ALTITUDE ,HERE YOUR PHONE MIGHT LOSE CONNECTIVITY . IF YOU ARE AN INDIAN, CARRY ONLY A BSNL POSTPAID OR AIRTEL POSTPAID SIM WITH YOU AS THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO MOBILE NETWORKS UP AROUND LADAKH.

• YOU CAN FIND MEDICAL AID AT ARMY CAMPS AT PANG AND SARCHU. HOSPITALS ARE AT MANALI, KEYLONG, LEH, TANGSTE, DIKSIT, KARGIL, SRINAGAR

• KEEP AN ID CARD WITH YOU ALWAYS AS YOU MAY NEED PERMISIONS FROM ARMY TO VISIT CERTAIN PLACES AROUND LEH.