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Raminder_Singh

Raminder_Singh

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Hi,
We are 3 friends, planning to visit Hanle by bike from Delhi and Chandigarh (I am from Delhi and my 2 friends are from Chandigarh) from 29th September to 6th October, 2018. Here's the rough itinerary we have prepared:

28 Sept night- I'll leave Delhi and reach Chandigarh and stay with my brother
29 Sept- Reach Manali
30 Sept- Stay at Jispa\Darcha
1 Oct- Reach Leh city
2 Oct- Apply for permits to Pangong, Chushul, Hanle and Tso Moriri. Stay at Spangmik (Pangong) in the night. If there's any delay in getting permits, we can stay at Tangste.
3 Oct- Reach Hanle
4 Oct- Reach Karzok (Tso Moriri)
5 Oct- Reach Sissu or Kokhsar
6 Oct- Reach and stay in Chandigarh
7 Oct - Reach Delhi
Please suggest if the itinerary needs to be modified.

We would also like to skip going to Leh just for permits as we have been there twice. Is there a way to do that, even with the help of any agent (if yes, any reference or contact numbers for any agents will be appreciated).
Also, we are on limited budget and would like to camp as much as possible on this ride. Is it possible to pitch our own tents on this route (Spangmik, Hanle, Karzok, Kokhsar)?
 
Yogesh Sarkar

Yogesh Sarkar

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2nd October is a national holiday; permit office as well as DC Office will be closed.

Travel agents can get the permit for you and fax it to you, but they will charge a few hundred rupees or more, per person (they earlier used to charge Rs. 800 plus permit fee). The issue with this approach is, if at any check post you’re asked to produce the original permit (can happen occasionally), then you will be in trouble.

Main issue with your plan is that you will be staying at fairly high altitude and won’t have that much time or gradual accent to acclimatize to that altitude and that can lead to AMS.

As far as camping is concerned, you can ask guest house or villagers for permission to pitch your tents. They will likely charge money, in order to let you do that.
 
Raminder_Singh

Raminder_Singh

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Yogesh Sarkar said:
2nd October is a national holiday; permit office as well as DC Office will be closed.

Travel agents can get the permit for you and fax it to you, but they will charge a few hundred rupees or more, per person (they earlier used to charge Rs. 800 plus permit fee). The issue with this approach is, if at any check post you’re asked to produce the original permit (can happen occasionally), then you will be in trouble.

Main issue with your plan is that you will be staying at fairly high altitude and won’t have that much time or gradual accent to acclimatize to that altitude and that can lead to AMS.

As far as camping is concerned, you can ask guest house or villagers for permission to pitch your tents. They will likely charge money, in order to let you do that.
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Thanks Yogesh. I completely forgot about 2nd October thing actually :D
I'll then try to leave a day before so that we have permits with us by 1st October.
For AMS issues, should adding another stop between Jispa and Leh help? Or maybe staying another day at Leh just for acclimatization?
 
Raminder_Singh

Raminder_Singh

Member
We are also weighing our options of going to Hanle via Kakasang La, instead of Tsaga La. Though longer but we would still like to take this route as we have already been to Tsaga La route and we can add another day or two into the itinerary if needed. I wanted to know if we need permits for Hor La- Kakasang La route, apart from the other permits (Pangong, Chushul, Hanle etc.) that we need? If yes, what are the name of places we should mention in the permit application for this route?
 
Raminder_Singh

Raminder_Singh

Member
Hi
Another question I have related to this itinerary. Do we need permit if we go to Tso Moriri from Leh directly, via Chumathang and not via Pangong?
Thanks!
 
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