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MARKHA VALLEY TREK

 

Trip duration : 30 Days

  Best period: June to Mid September 

 Delhi / Leh / Jingchan / Markha / Delhi

Trip Cost

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MARKHA VALLEY TREK

Day 01 :
Delhi : Meeting assistance on Arrival at delhi airport followed by transfer to hotel near the airport for short night sleeps.

Day 02 :
Delhi-leh : early morning having the breakfast fly to leh on arrival transferred by taxi Rest of day free for acclimatization overnight.

Day 03 :
Leh-full day sightseeing : (shey palace, thiksey,hemis) shey was the old capital and the home of the kings of ladakh before the new capital become established in leh the palace site in a strategic position on a spur jutting out the Indus valley. the main temple contains a large Buddha statue sculpted by Nepalese craftsmen. thiksey, this large gompa is an impressive sight, situated on top of a craggy hill while the rest of the complex sprawls down beneathit.it was founded in the 15th century by gelukpa monks. stok, this has been royal palace since the king was dethroned by the dogras and is now the home of the last kings widow, then proceeding towards the famous gompa in this area, around 35 km far from leh. This gompa was founded in the 17th century and is sometime called chang sang ling, the solitary palace of the compassionate ones; it belong to the kagyu pa sect inside the monastery you see the impressive image of Guru padmasambhava which is in a temple behind the dukhang. Overnight

Day 04 :
In leh full day sightseeing. Full day sightseeing of spituk shanty : sankar gompa, spituke was the first gelukpa [ YELLOW HAT] monastery to be established in ladakh. Richen zangpo predicted that a monastery would be founded here that would set and example to the other monasteries in the land. as it is situated on top of a small hill there is good view over the Indus valley. Shanty stupa visible from most of the town this new stupa was officially opened in 1985 the peace pagoda is part of the legacy of the Japanese fuji guru. Overnight

Day 05 :
Leh – spitok- Jingchan; [11,154 FT/3380 M] walk hrs 5/6 : The trek begin on this day. The car will drive you stok villages about 15 minutes drive 7 kms from leh .start trek from spituk to jingchin for the first two hours you will be walking on flat surface which is good for acclimatization later you will enter in to the jingchin valley following the river on the left bank up start jinchen is small village with one family divided in to three houses. Afternoon to explore around jingchen & acclimatization. Meal & overnight camp.

Day 06 : 
Jingchan- yurutse{13520FT/4120M};walk hrs 5/6 The trek after breakfast start, the initial part of the trail gradually ascends it is one of the beautiful walk& ia also know as the snow leopard area& you may come across lot of wild life in this days walk. at the end of the gorge you will reach rumbak village& from here on the trail continues on the right to the tiny settlements on yurutse. comp is set a little beyond this at the foot of gandhala.

Day 07 :
Yurutse- skiu 9900ft/3145m vis gandhala pass walk hrs 6/7 hrs : The trek climb to gandhala 16097ft/4878m] is not as steep as that of the previous days to stokla, but it is longer from the pass a spectacular panorama of white fringed mountain merging in to distant tanges as the karakoram, is revealed. The trail descends steadily to the head of the skiu valley where a numbers of rivulets join to from a small stream. The broad grassy shoulders of the upper valley where sharply to the pinched waist at sumdho with its few house and houses and fiends at the junction of a small stream with skiu nalla .from here the river swoops exuberantly down a tight, narrow gorge choked with willow and wild rose with the trail leaping from bank to bank all the way to village of skiu on banks of lower markh and the comp site sinner skiu is only at about 9,900ft/3000m and the markha valley is quite narrow .the temperature is higher here. At dusk just as the evening shadows begin to envelop the valley it is worth walking back along the trail where the skiu nala meets the markha to visit a small monastery cared for by an old nun who comes here morning and evening to light the butter lamps at the alter of chamha the future Buddha.

Day 08 : 
Skiu- Markha {13,078 ft/3878m}walk hrs 6/7 Avery pleasant walk up one of the loveliest section of the markha vellay. Markha is one of the biggest in this valley. The wayu through woodl buses thickly along the river which is a spanned by several small bridges over which the trail marches to thinlespa. the camp is set after one later another campsite near markha village along with river bank.

Day 09 : 
Markha- Langthangchen 14862 ft/ 4278 m walk 5/6 hrs : The trail is continues eastwards, climbing steadily up the valley through the picturesque village of markha and its interesting monastery, which is worth visiting , coming in from the south is trail from rubering is one of the route to zangla in zanskar, from markha the country changes and the warm relatively heavily wooded section of the lower markha is left behind the camp .below twin village s of upper hanker is distinctively cooler than at thinlespa, between the two villages is a ruined fort the wall of which climb sharbly up a crag and en route we pass some villages you can say that houses. This trek is little bit ascending and we watch the wild animals like Himalayan marmot. Deer. And white tail hare over night stay near by a small stream.over night campsite.

Day 10 :
Trek Langthangchen-Zalungkarpo base walking hrs 5/6 : Today is easy walking along the stream narrow gorges and follow the valley till to base of zalungkarpo base over night camp

Day 11 :
Trek Zalungkarpo base- Tsokra via Zalung karpo la pass 5050m.6/7 hrs : Morning after the break fast go up this broad valley. cross a large stream and a morainic wall. Carry on until the valley dividedes. Take right hand valley as far as the top of the zalung karpo la 5100m. from the top go down a ridge west towards a second pass, then to the left as far as the valley floor. Follow it. over night campsite,

Day 12 :
TrekTsoktra - Dat 5/6 Hrs : Morning after the break fast, walk gradual to Yar la pass. From the pass very nice view of zanskar Mountain Range of snow caped mountain. From the pass walk down to lungmo tse. Follow valley. along the river . Right bank go to a very large north south valley where zara chu river follow. Continue following the same valley. Over night campsite

Day 13 :
Trek Date – lungmoche 6/7 hrs Morning after the b/f trek will start out trek towards to once more we decent to a flat plain. Might be see wild life over night campsite .

Day 14 :
Trek lungmoche – Pangchen 5/6 hrs Morning This day easy walk towards to Tso kar lake which known as salt plants. over night campsite.

Day 15 :
Rest day

Day 16 :
Trek panchen - NURUCHAN 45000m 5/6 hrs. : Today its an easy walk along the lake.motorable road nad take the some direction from the end of stupa along the road. after sometime you can have view of Agriculture field. and the 4712m. 3/4 hrs camp site is just next to the field near the river.

Day 17 :
Trek to NURUCHAN - RACH UNGKARU 4668m VIA Horlamkongkala : AS easy ascend to the pass takes around i hours 30 minutes. the trailtruns towards north east just after crossing the pass through the velly. the camp site is across the river at the base of the kyamayurla pass.

Day 18 :
Trek to RAVHUNGKARU - GYAMBERMA 4895m 6/7 hrs. start climbing kyamayur la pass 5125m as soon as you leave your camp which takes around 2hrs. at average speed. the last climbis tiring one . after the pass the trail leads towards north east and at the end of the velly trail start ascending over night camp.

Day 19 :
Trek Gyamaberma- Gyamkong ma walking hrs 4/5. : another small pass called gyamaila 5100m from where you can have view of a group of peaks.walk down towards north east and cross a small river and the gyamalhoma is reached after another river crossing which is also a base for over night camp.

Day 20 :
climbing for peak

Day 21 :
Trek GYAMAKONMA – KORZOK 6/7 walking hrs via yalungayaula pass 5440 m : Start an easy ascent to the korzok pass along the stream .it takes around 2 hrs to reach the top from where you can have wonderful view of the Tsomo riri lake. then steep down to korzok village. you can also camps are lake.

Day 22 :
Trek KORZOK - KYANGDAM[ 4595m} 5/6 hrs : Today it IS easy walk along the lake towards south east. the camp site is just at the end of the lake.over night camp.

Day 23 :
Trek KYANGDOM- LHATO Walking hrs 6/7 Morning the break fast diversion to lift valley continue follow the stream small platue might be chance to cross the wild animals over night camp at lahto.

Day 24 :
Trek Lhato-tharang via manichen la 4765 metre 6/7 hrs Today is easy walking on flate two hrs after up gradual to pass from pass view of snow cover mountain view around.over night camp.

Day 25 :
Trek THARANG-LHAYER Walking hrs 5/ 6 Morning after the break fast gradual up down small stream cross wild animals. And meeting with nomads over night camp.

Day 26 :
Trek LHAYER- TAKSGO VIA THELAKUNG LA 4980 METRE Walking hrs 6/ 7 : Today easy walking.and decent many up and down many small platue.over night camp

Day 27 :
Trek TAKSGO-PANG.Walking hrs 5/6 Today is last day trek and cross National High Lehand manali road.comp is pang.very busy road during summer season.

Day 27 :
Trek TAKSGO-PANG.Walking hrs 5/6 Today is last day trek and croos National High Lehand manali road.comp is pang.very busy road during summer season.

Day 28 :
Pang- Leh Drive : to leh via Thanknagla pass 535o m 17500 ft.on the very cross may small villages over night Hotel in leh

Day 29 :
Leh personal shopping and morning visit ladakh festival leh townover night Hotel

Day 30 :
Morning flight leh – Delhi after noon sightseeing old delhi monument. Red fort, MOSQUE, CHANICHOW BAZAR.Evening transfer to International Airport

Tour Ends

MARKHA VALLEY TREK