[lucky]

We r 2 frends planning for a trip from delhi to leh in 1st week of august. Wanna ask few questions.................
1) Is it a good idea to take 2 bikes?
2) We will be goin on Pulsar (180cc) new, Karizma (new), r these bikes good for this route?
3) We have got 11 days and 10000 rs/head. Is the time & budget sufficient fr this trip?

We will be goin via. manali.......................

[sparsharun]

aadmi ek, thread do.. bahut na-insafi hai..
on a serious note i dont think you will have any sort of problem with the bikes you have mentioned. As for taking the 1 bike or 2, it depends on how comfortable are you with riding with/being the pillion. 2 bikes is always better. the budget is more than enough unless you are planning to stay in some 5 stars..

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Sorry lucky for not being able to reply to your pm earlier.

With regards to your questions:

1. It would be better to take two bikes instead both of you going on the same motorcycle. Since the journey is hard and tiring, especially on a pillion.

2. Pulsar and Karizma would be easily able to do this journey if they are in good condition, I have taken my almost year old Pulsar 180 to Ladakh three times in past three years.

3. With regards to days and budget, they are more than enough if you only plan to cover Khardung La. Though my recommendation would be to follow the following itinerary:

Day 1: Delhi – Manali

Day 2: Manali – Keylong/Jispa

Day 3: Keylong/Jispa – Sarchu/Pang

Day 4: Sarchu/Pang – Leh

Day 5: Leh (rest and get the permits (plan the trip in such a way that it ensure it’s not a Sunday or holiday, otherwise you wont be able to arrange the permits.))

Day 6: Leh – Khardung La – Leh

Day 7: Leh – Pang/Sarchu or Leh - Kargil

Day 8: Pang/Sarchu – Jispa/Keylong or Kargil – Srinagar

Day 9: Jispa/Keylong – Manali or Srinagar – Jammu/Pathankot

Day 10: Manali – Delhi or Jammu/Pathankot – Delhi

You can keep one day as spare or you can use it to go to the Nubra Valley and spend a night there.

[Prasham]

I understand that you shall have daily expense average of around 800 bucks, everything inclusive... So 10 k is fine... But do keep some extra cash on hand for any unexpected condition... Plus both the bikes you mentioned are performance bikes and I understand that spares required, if any would be a bit costly, especially in this region... So carry 5k extra...

[lucky]

Hi,

Thanks to u all fr ur suggestions. Will it be possible to cover manali-sarchu stretch in 1 day??????????

[hitanshu]

piss easy,unless you cross rohtang/baralachala in evenings

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Did that in 2006, only thing is every thing has to go according to the plan for this to happen i.e. no landslides or problem with bridges etc.

[lucky]

Hi,

Wanna know that what is the procedure for permits...

Wether there is only one permit or one has to get different permits for every place........
(say for khardungla,pangong,nubra valley)......

[lucky]

Hi All,

1) Just wanna knw that in august what kind of clothes, one should carry while goin on delhi-leh trip on bike.

2) One more thing i wanna knw is alcohol easily available there or one should carry his own quota

[lucky]

Hi,

One more thing i wanna knw is, which route will be better
Delhi-Manali-Leh
OR
Delhi-Srinagar-Leh

for 11 days of time.