10 day - Delhi-Agra- Delhi -Manali-Leh-Mumbai Trip

Hi Guys...
We are a group of 6-8 friends who are planning a trip to Delhi, Agra and Leh in sept... we ra thinking of the below itinerary...
could you'll please suggest if its fine...


1. 9th sept Friday - 10th sept Saturday
Mum - Delhi By Rajdhani

2. 10th Sept Sat. Spend in Delhi
3. 11th Sept Sun. Leave early morn for Agra by train.
See the Taj and Agra Fort and return to Delhi for a stayover in the night.

4. 12th Sept Monday. leave early morn. Take a bus from Delhi to Manali.
Reach in the evening and spend the night in Manali.

5. 13th Sept Tuesday. Hire a car/vehicle/cabs from Manali till Leh. Start Early morn on tuesday and drive upto Sarchu. Stayover for the night.

6. 14th Sept Wed. Start early morn and Drive upto Leh. Spend the rest of the evening and night in leh for acclimatization.

7. 15th Sept Thur. Leh to Pangong Tso (with a detour to Tso Moriri ) and back.

8. 16th Sept Fri. Leh to Nubra Valley via khardung la. Stayover at Nubra valley.

9. 17th Sept Sat. Return from Nubra to Leh. Spend the Rest of teh day in Leh.

10.18th Sept Sun. Direct flight from Leh to Mumbai.

p.s.
- We have not seen the TAJ so thats important. Though we can skip the delhi tour of the day.
- Also How difficult will be travelling by car (keeping in mind the stops i have mentioned above).
- Is this a very hectic schedule?? Am i missing out on some important places to see???

ur suggestions will be valuable

-Rosa

hi Rosa welcome to indiamike.


if you wish to see taj i think keep it in last at your list.

2nd there is no any day bus for manali from delhi .. only night buses are running.

3rd tso pangong and tso moriri is not posible in one day.

4th and for better acclimatization stay at darcha or kaylong as your fisrt stay.

rosalina
hi
welcome to IM
give a thought to bombay agra delhi manali leh del bombay
bombay agra is 20/22 hours so you dont have to backtrack.Check on erail.in
book your bombay delhi ticket with a break journey at agra.you will save on fare and superfast/safety charges
from delhi only evening buses to manali as mentioned by vikram
depending on where you stay in bombay if you catch train from dadar?kalyan/LTT yoy save some time.
pl read vistets post on this site reg AMS
hope this helps
rgds

Way too hectic ... u'll be sitting in the car for the entire duration.

Either stick to the Delhi/Agra area or fly in and out of Leh since you have only 10 days.

@vikram thanks for the input.. will keep in mind about the night buses from delhi.... and also to stay over at keylong....

@faustus... The bombay - agra - delhi looks good... just that we wanted to try the Rajdhani heard a lot about it...

I know the trip looks hectic and we might mostly be travelling for 3 days straight,
from delhi - Manali (12 hrs) (stayover Reach on monday)
next day to keylong (stayover tuesday)
then reach leh on the 3rd day... i.e. wednesday eveningish...

Thurs we go to nubra valley, stay there then fri while returning check out dikshit....
saturday we go to pangkok and sunday we take a flight back to Mumbai from leh....

The travel is a lot... but i have heard the route from manali toleh is beautiful and it will be worth the ride.... Any inputs??

rosalina
you can take the rajdhani for your delhi bombay journey
rgds

You will be too exhausted by the time you reach leh to enjoy. the manali leh route is very beautiful but the journey is exhausting.

If you have just 10 days then -
mumbai -(by air) delhi - manali - leh would be enough.

Day 1 Arrive on your own Group assemble at Manali
Day 2 Manali to Jispa Night halt at Jispa and sight seeing
Day 3 Jispa to Leh Detailed itinerary described above. Night stay at Leh
Day 4 Local sight seeing in Leh Visit Stok Palace and the city's markets at Leh
Day 5 Local sight seeing in Leh Day trip in Leh visiting the temples of Phyang, Alchi and Likkir.
Day 6 Local sight seeing in Leh Day trip in Leh visiting the Thiksey, Hemis and Shey monasteries.
Day 7 Leh to Pangong Drive to Pangong Lake. Afternoon at leisure.
Day 8 Pangong to Nubra Drive to Nubra Valley. Afternoon at leisure.
Day 9 Local sight seeing in Nubra Full day tour around Nubra Valley.
Day 10 Drive to Leh over Khardung La. Afternoon at leisure.
Day 11 Leh to Tso Moriri Leh - Chumathang - Tso Moriri
Day 12 Tso Moriri - Tso Kar - Leh
Day 12 Flight back to destination

Manali - Jispa 144 kms 6:45 hrs
Jispa – Deepak Tal (Lake) 23 kms 0:50 hrs
Deepak Tal – Suraj Tal 30 kms 1:00 hrs
Suraj Tal – Baralach La (Pass) 3 kms 0:05 hrs
Baralach La –Sarchu 34 kms 1:15 hrs
Sarchu – Gata Loops Start 26 kms 0:40 hrs
Gata Loops Start – End 10 kms 0:20 hrs
Gata Loops End – NakeeLa (Pass) 11 kms 0:25 hrs
NakeeLa – Lachung La (Pass) 12 kms 0:30 hrs
Lachung La – Pang 23 kms 1:05 hrs
Pang – More Plains (These start at approximately this point and stretch for about 50 kms) 7 kms 0:20 hrs
More Plains Start – Taglang La (Pass) 70 kms 1:55 hrs
Taglang La – Gya 37 kms 1:15 hrs
Gya – Upshi 27 kms 0:35 hrs
Upshi – Karu 15 kms 0:15 hrs
Karu – Shey 23 kms 0:25 hrs
Shey – Leh 15 kms 0:20 hrs
510 km

PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE SARCHU FOR NIGHT HALT. Many of you may fall ill. Choose Jispa instead.

Wow, I think not all of you would survive such a rushed itinerary. You should consider flying from Delhi to Leh, skipping Manali. I thought all of Ladakh was much more interesting than the Manali area, and the flight takes only an hour or so. The bus from Delhi to Manali took me 16 hours, and Manali to Leh is something like 20 bus hours split by a short overnight somewhere... beautiful but with your time frame it's not worth it!

It is 30 day itinerary squeezed into 10 days.

Way too hectic! When you reach a place such as Manali, spend a few days to relax and enjoy the natural beauty of the environs by taking day-trips. Explore 50 klm radius. Why go any further? Why so many miles? Think about these questions anyway even though you won't change.

You can experience the universal through a particular!