The
Markha Valley Trek (9 nights/10days)
Season: July - September
Day
1: Delhi - Leh
Fly to Leh
On arrival- welcome drink/ tea/ coffee. Settle into rooms.
Morning at leisure resting. Post lunch guests are advised
to stay in the hotel to acclimatize for the trip. Dinner.
Retire for the night.
Leh is the headquarters of the Ladakh region and an interesting
town - colourful, with unusual people and food. A walk in
the town will show how the inhabitants of Leh live. One may
find their farms, the shops they frequent, and the areas they
gather in. Spending the first afternoon at leisure in the
hotel is a must.
Day
2: At Leh
Breakfast. Post breakfast leave
for a walk in the Leh Bazaar. Lunch. Post lunch drive
to visit Shanti Stupa to have a panoramic view of the
entire Leh town and then walk down the great steps of the
Stupa.
Visit Spituk Monastery. The Spituk Gompa "Exemplary";
7km. to southwest of Leh, was founded by Od-Ide, in the 11th
century AD; when the monastic community was introduced. Drive
back to Leh. Evening at leisure at the market. Dinner and
overnight at the hotel.
Day
3: At Leh
Breakfast. Post breakfast
we depart for a tour of the famous monasteries of Ladakh - Hemis, Thiskey and Shey Palace.
Day
4: Leh-Chilling
Early morning wake up call
followed by breakfast. Post breakfast, we drive for about
65 kms to Chilling with packed lunch. Overnight at Camp
Day
5: Chilling- Skiu trek
Early wake up followed by breakfast.
Post breakfast, we walk to Skiu, a village in the Markha valley.
The camp is at Skiu for the night.
Day
6: Skiu- Markha village trek
This is the loveliest sections
of the Markha, which broadens out and where woody bushes grow
thick along the river. The day is a fairly long one though
the trekking is relatively easy. The trail goes steadily
upwards to Markha (11,500ft).
Day
7: On Trek
An easy walk over a rugged trail
carved into the cliffs and sheer walls of the Markha canyon.
En route visit the Umalung village and monastery. Ahead of
Markha, landscape changes from the warm, relatively wooded
section of the lower valley to starker areas past Umalung.
We reach the farming village of Hankar, and carry on further
to our camping site for the day.
Day
8: On Trek
3-4 hours of hard climbing today
as the trail goes up a narrow valley past villages that look
smaller than those before. To our camping site.
Day
9: Trek to Shang- Drive to Leh
Trek to Shang. From Shang drive
back to Leh via Hemis monastery.
Day
10: At Leh
Day at leisure
Day
11: Back to Delhi
Early morning flight back to
Delhi
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