join us on Manali - Leh mid aug

oneder

I & my wife are doing the road trip to Leh in Aug this year. to introduce us ... I am a banker with ABN
>AMRO in Delhi .. M 33. My wife > is an HR Specialist with Airtel, a Telecom
>group in India, n she is 31. Just > the two of us .. no kids. We both like
>travel & have packed long drives, > paragliding, et al experential & n some
>adventure into our holidays.

We would be glad to have 1 -2 companions for the road trip .. Manali to Leh. We are starting our trip on 14th agu from delhi.

Our tentative plan is as follows .. though post the start you roll as it comes along


day 14. Day 1 Fly Delhi to Kullu. departure 8:45 arrival 10 am. Cost Appx. 4000 per person Day 1 Drive Kullu to Keylong, Jispa stay overnite in a hotel. 4 - 5 hours drive including the awesome Rohtang Pass. Cost Rs. 500 ¨C 1500 per room. Depending on hotel availability + Food Costs.

day 15. Day 2 Jispa - Sarachu - 5 hours drive O/nite camping in Sarchu Cost Rs. 500 ¨C 1500 per tent Ready made tents already available . Depending on hotel availability + Food Costs.

day 16. Day 3 Sarachu - Leh 8 hours drive (departure 6 am am arrival 3 pm). Need to start early to ensure that we have margins for any stoppage on the way & make it to Leh in time.

day 17. Day 4 - Leh Monastries trip ¨C local sight seeing.

day 18. Day 5 /

day 19. day 6 Nubra valley .. stay overnite at the valley. (planning to hire a taxi which costs appx. Rs. 5000 for the trip.

day 20. Day 7/ 8 Pang Yong lake - between india & china .. I am trying to pull a link with an Army friend to be able to get some exclusive trips into the lake!! Supposed to really
privliging & rare.

day 21. same


day 22. Shweta would Fly back to Delhi. & I would take on a 4 - 5 Mountain Climbing trip / trek. to & follow it up with a flight back to Delhi.

day 23. mountain climb

day 24. mountain climb

day 25. mountain climb

day 26. mountain climb

day 27. Kushal leh – delhi.



* Road trip is the best on Manali ¨C Leh stretch. >Supposed to be most > picturesque & awe striking.>

* Road trip is best done >on the Way up as it will help you acclaimatise on > the way up. Otherwise
>you end up wasting that 1 ¨C 2 day once you reach Leh > and then start you >trip late !!> >

* Road trip is best done through a Taxi coz you get an >exclusive Local Guide > as well as complete flexibility of pacing your trip
>& how & where would you > like to stop for a sight seeing. And that is the >whole objective of taking > the Road Trip.>

* Road trip gives us some good >Camping experiences at these great sites > enroute.>

* Taxi guide is >mountaineer himself & a reference from someone known. Hence > we have a
>steal deal of Rs.12000/- for the Taxi for the entire Manali ¨C Leh > trip >(3 days). ¡ buffer another 2000 as tips / some taxes et al. He knows > the >region very well & I am looking forward to some experiential guidance > >tips from him : )>

* Currently me & my wife are confirmed though We are keen on >companions as not only does it enhance our experience it also > makes the >trip a lot more economical & allows us to get more bank for the > buck. Eg >sharing a Cab etc.> > >

Hope to read you soon.

oneder

... starting on 14th aug from delhi

vistet

This is a really bad idea , it´s also a double posting , suggest mods merge threads in to one.

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Mipper

Hello there,

My girlfriend and i will be in Manali on 12.th asugust and moving on to Leh ASAP. If you want to join for departure on the 12th... lastet 13th, U R welcome.
we are travelling from Denmark and are in Ladakh for a month.

Regards
Michael

vistet

For an informed decision I suggest you read the original thread

Mipper

...but i tremendous experience acclimatising, and up to 3500m is absolutly no problem for us. With all repect, this may not be the case for all, so i appreciate your concern!

vistet

Same here. Problem is that the road runs nearly two kilometers higher. Sarchu is 800 meters higher than Leh (i.e. at 4290) , and day two isn mostly above that ; highest point 5300 - within spitting distance of Everest Base Camp. You don´t descend below 4000 until some sixty klicks before Leh.

And everyone is affected in some way on really fast ascents above 4000 : I´ve seen both locals and angrezis dealing with nausea and splitting headaches under these conditions. Noticed a Lahauli vomiting in Sarchu last time , and I´d rather not relive handling a unconscious passenger again.