ZANSKAR VALLEY

ZANSKAR! A BEAUTIFUL HIDDEN WORLD, A REGION WHICH IS WILD, RUGGED & HAS UNIQUE FORMATION OF ROCKS

COME EXPRINCE THE GRANDEUR, THE VASTNESS, THE SILENCE, OF THE HIMALAYAS.

• ZANSKAR VALLEY IS A HIDDEN WORLD, A SEMI-ARID REGION THAT IS NESTLED IN THE LAP OF THE NORTHERN PART OF HIMALAYAS

• IT IS A PLACE BLESSED WITH STUNNING BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES, PRISTINE RIVERS, BEAUTIFUL LAKES, CHALLENGING ROADS, SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN’S & PASSES & SPIRITUALLY ENLIGHTENING BUDDHIST MONASTERIES,

• LOCATED AT AN ALTITUDE OF 13154 FEET IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE GREAT HIMALAYAS.

• LOCATED AROUND 105 KM AWAY FROM LEH, THIS REGION IS A HOTSPOT FOR ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING WATER RAFTING, TREKKING, PARAGLIDING, AMONG OTHERS.

• ZANSKAR LIES TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF LEH, SURROUNDED BY THE HIMALAYAN AND ZANSKAR RANGES, WHICH IS THE MOST ISOLATED OF ALL THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN VALLEY

• ZANSKAR VALLEY IS AN ENCHANTING PLACE WHICH HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE STRONG HOLDS OF THE ANCIENT TIBETAN BUDDHISM CULTURE’S AND TRADITION’S. RIDE TO THI SPLACE YOUR HEART WILL BE WARMED FOREVER. IT’S A PLACE WERE CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION IS STILL ALIVE.

• ZANKSAR IS A LAND OF LAMAS, BUDDHIST GOMPAS.  A REGION WHICH HAS SOME OF THE MOST PEACEFUL MONASTERIES IN INDIA. SOME FAMOUS MONESTRIES ARE PHUGTAL MONASTERY, STONGDAE MONASTERY, & KARSHA MONASTERY

•  ZANSKAR VALLEY IS A STARK CONTRAST WITH GREEN FIELDS AND SHRUBS EVERYWHERE. AS FOR ANIMALS IN THE WILD, YOU CAN COME ACROSS AN OCCASIONAL BEAR, A WOLF, SNOW LEOPARDS, IBEX, WILD SHEEP AND GOATS, AND THE LAMMERGEYER.

• HERE YOU CAN FIND THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN LADAKH, MOUNT NUN, 7,135M/23,410FT.

• HERE YOU WILL COME ACROSS THE FAMOUS HOLY MOUNTAIN FOR THE ZANSKARI PEOPLE CALLED THE GONBO RONGJON” 

• RIDERS WILL COME ACROSS THE SANGAM POINT WHICH IS A SPECTACULAR PLACE TO WATCH THE BLEND OF TWO BEAUTIFUL RIVERS THE INDUS AND THE ZANSKAR RIVERS.

• THE FESTIVALS, CELEBRATIONS, AND CULTURE OF THE ZANSKAR VALLEY ARE VIBRANT. THE SANI FESTIVAL, THE HOLY DANCE BY THE LAMAS, THE BEAUTIFUL BLEND OF TIBETAN, NORTH INDIAN AND CHINESE CULTURE MAKE A VISIT TO THE ZANSKAR VALLEY AN ENRICHING EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER.

MUST KNOW BEFORE YOU VISIT SPITI VALLEY

• DURING WINTERS, TEMPERATURE CAN GO DOWN TO -30 DEGREE CELSIUS; THUS, TRAVELLERS NEED TO PLAN THEIR VISIT TO ZANSKAR DURING JUNE TO SEPTEMBER, AS THE VALLEY WILL REMAIN HEAVILY COVERED IN SNOW. AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER THE WEATHER IS PLEASANT & EVERYTHING IS MOSTLY OPEN.

• WHILE IN ZANSKAR REMEMBER TO CARRY WARM CLOTHES, WATER, FOOD PACKETS, CASH, FUEL, HYGIENE AND SANITATION ESSENTIALS, A BASIC MEDICAL FIRST AID KIT, TORCH, SUITABLE MOBILE PHONE SIM CARD FOR BETTER CONNECTIVITY AND AN OVERALL GOOD EXPERIENCE.

• OWING TO ITS HIGH ALTITUDE AND BY VIRTUE OF BEING LOCATED IN ONE THE REMOTEST CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY, ZANSKAR HAS NO FINE DINING OPTIONS. EATING IS ALL ABOUT ENJOYING THE LOCAL FLAVOURS AT ROADSIDE DHABAS AND EATERIES.

• THERE IS JUST A SINGLE ATM IN PADUM MARKET WHEN VISITING THE ZANSKAR VALLEY. THUS, YOU NEED TO CARRY ENOUGH CASH WITH YOU.

• THERE IS A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL IN KARGIL AND PADUM, IN CASE IT IS REQUIRED.

• YOUR MOBILE MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY CONNECTIVITY AT ALL. SO, BE PREPARED!

• YOU CAN EASILY FIND FUEL PUMPS ON THE SRINAGAR - KARGIL ROAD, BUT BEYOND THAT YOU WILL FIND NONE TILL PADUM, SO BE FULLY PREPARED.

• THE BEST MONTHS TO VISIT ZANSKAR VALLEY ARE EITHER THE SUMMER MONTHS FROM MAY TO JUNE OR THE MONSOON MONTHS FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER.