LADAKH WITH LAMAYURU – ALCHI ( 5 Day trek )

Day 1 DELHI– LEH   Fly to leh. The spectacular 75 minutes flight gives you one of the best panorama of the Great Himalaya. Soon you are at Leh, the city rustic and beautiful. Buddhist prayer flags ever where enhance the spiritual and the scenic beauty of this Buddhist land. You are now at an altitude of 11000 feet. So its time to reach your hotel and rest to get acclimatized. Day at leisure. Overnight : Spick n Span or similar   Day 2 LEH   Day to make a few local sorties but on jeep visits to a few monasteries and the Leh Palace. Visit the fort, which was once the home to the royal family of Ladakh. A strategic fort that looks like emerging from the ground itself. Also visit the small allays and lanes in the surroundings of the fort and the mosque. Without over exerting you visit the locality. Overnight : Spick n Span or similar   Day 3 LEH   Day to visit Shey fort and monastery, Thiksey monastery and the sabu village and Stok Palace that is the present home to the royal family of Ladakh. Overnight : Spick n Span or similar   Day 4 Leh – Lamayuru   Drive 4 hours to Lamayuru passing through some of the most spectacular high altitude deserts. Driving along the Indus River you witness the beautiful mountain ranges with a variety of clours and patterns of formations of thee mountains. Today you are the ‘Moon Land’ Getting its name from the strange formation of soil around the Lamayuru monastery. Explore the monastery and the village. Overnight : Camp.     Day 5 Lamayuru-Wanlah (3-4hrs)   Cross a small pass called the Prinkiti La (3750 mts) on the first day of your trek. Trek down through a narrow gorge till the Shilakong Valley and continue till Wanlah (3250 mts) where you camp for the night. The village and Monaestery at Wanlah can be visited in the evening. Overnight : Camp   Day 6 Wanlah-HinjuValley (4-5hrs)   Trek on an easy motorable trail till Phanjila Village and then turn into the Hinju Valley and ascend till beyond Hinju Village where we camp for the night. Hinju is the base camp for the pass that follows on the next day. Overnight : Camp   Day 7 Hinju-Konze-La-Camp (6-7hrs) Trek through high altitude pasteurs and begin the ascend to the top of the pass which allows splendid views of the Hinju Valley. There have been many reports of Snow Leopard and Blue Sheep spotting on this day. The top of the Konze La (4950 mts) is a photographic delight with views of many Himalayan Ranges which include the Karakorams, Ladakh and Stok Mountains. A steep descent from the pass gets you to a camp site used by sheperds in the summer months. Overnight : Camp Day 8 Camp-SumdoChoon (5-6hrs)   Trek past the village of Sumdo Chinmu to Sumdo Choon (4400 mts). In the Ladakhi language Sumdo means confluence. Sumdo Choon is a smaller village than Sumdo Chinmu and has a samll Gompa which boasts of a large statue and ancient wall paintings. Overnight : Camp   Day 9 SumdoChoon-Satpski-La-Alchi (5-6hrs)   Leave after an early breakfast so that the hard initial walking is finished with before the Sun gets too strong. Trek again through green pasteurs to the top of the Stapski La Pass (4970 mts). From the top of the Pass then descent till Alchi takes about three hours. Visit the ancient Gompa at Alchi and then drive down to our permanent camp at Ule Tokpo (1 1/2 hrs). Hot water and a farewell dinner await you at camp. Overnight : Alchi resorts   Day 10 Alchi – Leh   After breakfast track the road back to Leh. Overnight : Spick n Span or similar   Day 12 Leh – Delhi   Board your flight to Delhi.   THE PRICE IS (USD Per Person)       Min 02 Pax USD 1250/-   03 - 06 Pax USD 1200/-   07 - 09 Pax USD 1150/-   10 + 1 Free USD 1050/-         The Price Includes the following : Transport Delhi to Delhi for the tour by non-air-conditioned car / coach. All accommodation as per the itinerary All meals during the tour. Hot Breakfast & Dinner served, but lunch is usually packed. All Camping arrangements like sleeping tents, mattresses. English speaking local guide. Sightseeing as per the itinerary. Government Service tax.   Does Not Include the following : Any expense of personal nature such as telephones, laundry etc. Any type of drinks or mineral water. Sleeping bags.( can be arranged on prior request ) Air Tickets, Visa Fees, Insurance, Risk cover, etc. Toilet tents (only provided on advance notice) otherwise its nature’s way when camping.   • Sanskriti Tours Pvt. Ltd. reserves right to alter, cancel or divert the trek, at its own discretion. The same if done is for the benefit of clients traveling. AS the weather & mountain conditions have to accessed for the safety pupose. We shall not be liable for any claims coming due to last minute cancellation or diversion of the trek / tour.   • Sanskriti Tours Pvt. Ltd will accept no responsibility for loss or additional expenses due to delay or changes in air & transportation schedules or other services, sickness, weather, strikes, war quarantine or other causes. All such losses or expenses must be borne by the passengers/company themselves.