Ladakh offers great scope for undertaking adventure activities amidst landscapes of breathtaking, rugged beauty. The most popular and best established among these are trekking, mountaineering, river rafting, jeep safaris and more. Whatever you're interested in - you can safely organize it with Maitreya Tours.
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Pangong Tso, at an altitude of 4218mts above sea level is the largest of the Changthang lakes, spreaing over an area oa about 700sq.km. situated about 160 km east of Leh, and 175 Sq.km wide part of lake lies in India territory , rest lies in China. Pangong Tso is an enclosed basin and brackish in nature.This long and barrow expanse of deep blue water is flanked on the north by the Changchenmo range and the Pangong Mountains , and offshoot of the Ladakh range bound its southern edge.
There is no marine life; however, one can see migratory birds like Gulls, Brahmini ducks and the occasional mallard breeding at the small junctions of inlet streams.
It is situated to the southwest of Leh about 162 km. passing through the beautiful town of Khaltse, and flock of tiny villages like Domkhar, Skurbuchan and Achinathang. The greatest attraction in this area is the villages of Dah and Beema, which are entirely inhabited by last remaining remnants of the Dards. The Drokpa community is considered the last race of the Aryan confined to the valley.
Their features are pure Indo Aryans and they appear to have preserved their racial purity down the centuries. Their culture and religious practices are very similar to ancient pre-Buddhist religion known as the Bong-chos than to Buddhism as practiced in the rest of Ladakh. A strictly endogamous tribe that still practices its own ancient rites and rituals, the Drokpas are recognized by their dress of undied woolen tunic with the edge adorned with geometric designs and a hat heavily decked with dry flowers, rows of needles, ribbons etc.
Zanskar valley lies to the south west of Leh-an enchanting and remote valley, at an elevation of 3,950m above sea level; it is the highest valley in the Himalayas. Zanskar is a trekker's paradise; its culture though akin to that of the rest of Ladakh remains relatively better preserved.
The geological isolation has resulted in the preservation of the age-old heritage and identity. Age-old methods of agriculture, spinning and weaving are still practiced with hardly any changes in the implements.
Lying immediately behind the Greater Himalayas, Zanskar gets much more snow and rain than Leh. The area remains inaccessible for nearly 7 months in the year. All the high passes are close in the winter and the river freeze on the surface. The native of Zanskar, take a walk along this frozen river to reach the Indus River in Nemoo village, which is known as the Chandar trek – frozen blanket.
Some of the attraction of the valley is Stakrimo monastery, Zongkul monastery, Karsha monastery, Rangdum monastery Stongday monastery, Phuktal monastery, Bardan monastery and the Palace of Sani.
Mulbek situated at the altitude of 3,230m is predominantly Buddhist area and 45kms east of Kargil province. Many monuments of the early Buddhist era dot the landscape, among which the main attraction is the 9-meter high rock sculpture of Mulbek Chamba-Maitreya, the future Buddha. Situated right on the highway dates back to the period when Buddhist missionaries traveled east of the Hiamalyas during 7-8 century.
Mulbek Gonpa, the main monastery of this area standing high of the rocky hills that dominates the valley below. And nunnery at Wakha is as beautiful and interesting side of this area. Further up, the picturesque upper part of the Wakha river, is the Wakha Rgyal Valley, and interesting hilltops village that appears like a medieval settlements of cave dwellings. Its mu houses are built around the caves dug into the face of a vertical cliff rising high above the valley floor. A small monastery, constructed and occupaying the top of the brown hillside, completes this interesting Buddhist villages. Breathtaking views of the undulating hills crowned by rocks peaks can be seen from the far distance, are astonishing and picturesque beauty.
Shergol, another picturesque village of this area, mixed of Muslime and Buddhist populations is the next to Mulbek. The main attraction of this village is the cave monastery visible from a far as a white speck against the vertically rising brown hillside from which it appears to hang out. Down below is the Buddhist nunnery. Urgyan-Dzong, a meditation retreat place deep inside the surrounding mountains can also be approach from the nearby village of Pho-Khar- (mountain fortess) Shergol, Mulbekh. This place are isolated and very few tourists, but, it is one of the most beautiful place.
Of all the valleys in Ladakh, the Nubra is the most luxuriant and fertile lays North of Leh with the mighty Karakoram Range forming its northern boundary and the Ladakh range on its south. Two major tributaries of the Indus. The valley is lush green as far as the eye can see with glaciated peaks all round it.
The route from Leh takes the travel far over the Khardongla pass (5,600 m) the highest motorable road in the world. The view from the top is amazing. One can see all the way south over the Indus valley to the seemingly endless peaks and ridges of the Zanskar range. Diskit is the main village of Nubra division with Diskit Gonpa on a sheer rock cliff, built in 16th century; 7 km from Diskit is Hunder village where the shaggy double humped Bactrian camel is found. And camel riding in the sand dune between Diskit and Hunder village could be really fun and more interesting in this region.
Tsomoriri Lake is situated at an altitude of 4511m above sea level; with an area of about 140 Sq.km.It is the southern most and one of the largest lake in Changthang region of Ladakh, India. The lakes remain frozen in the winter from December till March. Its forms a huge enclosed basin fed by two main streams, one from the north side and other from south –west.
This creates extensive areas of wetlands and sheltered bays with small islands. These wetlands form the prime habitat for breeding waterfowl including the globally threatened, Black-necked crane and the Bar-headed goose. The third stream, which enters the lake from the west, has formed a fertile alluvial plain, below the village of Korzok, one of the highest inhabitants to be cultivate in the World.
The shadows of the surrounding mountain and the varying depths of the water give the Tsomoriri most amazing hues of blue and green, alternating between jade and turquoise emerald and an unbelievable indigo.
The nomad people are most outstanding feature of this area, that they can be seen moving from one place to other grazing herds of goats, sheep and yaks. Changpas pass their days with their animals and move with their flocks, their only wealth, from pasture to pasture according to changing season. Their flocks, their yaks, and goat's hair furnish the raw material of which they make their ropes, their clothes and shoes.
All day long men and women are busy milking, churning the milk into butter, making ropes, weaving mats and other fabrics and repairing their tent. These people have been completely beyond the pale of all civilizing influences. Even towards the fag end of the twenty first century, they actually belong to a primitive pre-historic age.
Tsokar, which means white lake because of the evaporates found on the margins of the lake. Tsokar, an area of about 20 sq.km, is situated at an altitude of 4530m above sea level and about 160 km southeast of Leh. In the Rupshu Valley of Ladakh region. It situated between the Zanskar range in south-west the Ladakh region in the north-east.
Tsokar is also called salt lake, as in ancient time local Changspa extract salts out of it and it is surrounded by extensive areas of fresh and saline marshes and wet meadows, which host a varieties of water birds, including Black-necked crane, great crested grebe, Bar-headed goose and Tibetan Wild Ass- Kyang, great Tibetan Sheep-Nayan and Gazelle are found in this area.
| There are several mountain ranges for the lover of mountaineers. The peak most frequented by the foreign climbers is the Stok Kangri massif (6150m), which is easily accessible from Leh and the Kangyatse peak (6,400m), which is in Markha valley trek. There are many other unnamed peaks in the areas. Nun (7135m) and Kun (7687m) massiff in the Great Himalaya Range are the most highest summit. Ist accessibility from Kargil to Padum road. The ideal periods to climb these two peaks are from June to September. The minimum period to obtain the permission is at least six month. |
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