leh to padum

geniza

can anyone please tell me the options to get to padum from leh?
- public transportation - does anyone know schedules of bus services? i understand they do one long day from kargil to padum?
- private transportation - how much does a taxi/jeep cost? if it stops in rangdum overnight, what are accomodations/facilities available?

thanks for your help.

TimMakins

Go to Leh and enquire about the weekly bus services. Last year they left Leh on a Wednesday, but this may have changed. There is only one through-bus per week. It stops overnight in Kargill. I thought I would be able to arrive in Kargil any day and get an onwards bus to Padum - this was not the case.

I do not know about Jeeps, but no doubt there are some.

Tim in Ireland

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Yogesh Sarkar

Last I heard jeeps charge 10k for Padum, better option would be to team up with a few other travelers who are going that way. Like Tim said there is a weekly bus service from leh, beside this there is little traffic going there.

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