All you wanted to know about traveling to Leh – Ladakh

[dirk]

Originally Posted by tsk1979

Around Mid may, when the road opens, its pretty ICY on the passes(Baralacha La etc.,) Whats the situation in last week of may/first week of june on the Ladakhi passes like Khardung La and Wari La?

End of May/first 12 days of June 2009 I crossed the passes with a motorbike. Except WariLa. There was no big problem. Better to start in the morning, it is a better driving when the melting water is still a little icy. In the afternoon it becomes very muddy, bad to drive.

Some photos of the situation you can see in my internet photo galleries.
Ladakh

[MadBaleno]

Can someone please tell me when is the best time to go to Leh. June ? July ? Aug ? Sept ?
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I would rule out June, bcos it would have just started and maybe roads might be getting cleared or repaired.

thanks,

[Yogesh Sarkar]

August is generally considered as the best month, even though it is monsoon season in rest of North India. However it is also the peak tourist season (understandably so).

[tsk1979]

I would advise you to look at last week of August
1. Everything is open
2. Tourists are vanishing
3. You have a month long window till end september
4. You can even get light snowfall at P.Tso and the passes

[ajay1958]

Is it tough enough ? I was planning to go there by my Indica V2.

[tsk1979]

August last week would prove doable by the indica vista too. But I am not sure about Pagal Nallah. If bridge gets washed out, and you get raging torrents, you may not be able to do pangong in your car.
However, if you plan it in a way that you reach tangste at night, early morning next day you cross the nallah, and then come back next day early morning, you will be able to do it!

[parag on fazer]

Hi frds,

I am planning my honeymoon in leh in mid july (more specific after 8 july).
Is this really a good location for honeymoon? cos i m unable to see a single line in all blogs about honeymoon in leh.

Please suggest

Thanks

[Yogesh Sarkar]

I guess it would depend on the couple, personally I wouldn’t term it as the ideal honeymoon destination, because you have to somewhat deal with AMS etc. and I don’t think that anyone would want to do that on their honeymoon, but then again it comes down to personal preference.

[rkbharat]

Originally Posted by parag on fazer

Hi frds,

I am planning my honeymoon in leh in mid july (more specific after 8 july).
Is this really a good location for honeymoon? cos i m unable to see a single line in all blogs about honeymoon in leh.

Please suggest

Thanks

Personally, Leh is not a place for Honeymoon, but then there are extremes

[Yogesh Sarkar]

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