Best Leh itinerary for 9 days

[Amaresh Kumar]

Hello Members,

We are 11 people and planning a trip from 6th August to 15th August 2016. Based on various posts and thread i have prepared a draft version of itinerary before talking to travel agents.

We want to pre-book everything since we are traveling with ladies to be on safer side. Would request fellow members to review this itinerary and let us know your valuable suggestions? Also any preferred agents reference would be very helpful as well. Thanks in advance for your time and suggestions.

Here s our itinerary:-

Day 1(6th August) :- Arrive in leh/Rest for 4-5 hours at hotel then local sight seeing(Overnight At Leh).

Day 2(7th August) :-Around Leh/Nearby SightSeeing(Overnight at leh).

Day 3(8th August) :- Leh – Phyang – Khardung La – Khardung – Khalsar – Diskit – Hunder (Overnight at Diskit/Hunder).

Day 4(9th August) :- Spend Half day at nubra..leave in afternoon Diskit – Khalsar (19 KMs) – Agham (31 KMs) – Tangyar (11 KMs) – Wari La (28 KMs) (Overnight at Wari La)

Day 5(10August) Wari La – Tathok (25 KMs) – Sakti (4 KMs) – Chang La (34 KMs) – Durbuk (32 KMs) – Tangste (9 KMs) – Lukung (34 KMs) – Spangmik ( (Pangong Tso) (16 KMs) (Overnight Stay at pangong)

Day 6(11th August) Pangong Tso to Leh (Overnight at leh).

Day 7(12th August) Leh – Lamayuru- Uleytoko (Overnight at Lamayuru/Uleytoko ).

Day 8 (13th August) Uleytoko – Alchi-Sangam-Mangnetic Hills – Leh Uleytoko .(Overnight at leh).

Day 9(14th August) Leh to Zanskar river rafting and Hemis National Park.(Overnight at leh).
Day 10(15th August) return to boring life.

 

[Prasham]

Since you'll be flying in I suggest the following for better acclimatization...

Day 1 - Reach Leh. Rest full day.
Day 2 - Leh - Lamayuru
Day 3 - Lamayuru - Magnetic Hill - Rafting - Leh
Day 4 - Leh - Hunder
Day 5 - Hunder - Pangong Tso (Wari La is a pass and it will be almost impossible to stay there for a night)
Day 6 - Pangong - Leh
Day 7 - Leh - Tso Moriri
Day 8 - Tso Moriri - Leh
Day 9 - Local / Buffer
Day 10 - Return flight.

 

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Like Prasham said, spending a night at Wari La isn't really possible. If you want to visit Uley, then do it in the beginning, since it is lower in altitude and a good place to get acclimatized in. You can also visit Dah Village from there, come back spend the night and next day do rafting, before heading back to Leh.