This itinerary details an 8-day Chadar Trek in Ladakh, walking over the frozen Zanskar River. Day 1 involves arriving in Leh and acclimatizing. Days 2-7 consist of multi-day treks between camps, crossing the frozen Chadar River and witnessing the natural beauty and frozen waterfalls of the landscape. Challenging conditions include sub-zero temperatures. Day 8 involves driving back to Leh and the option to fly back to Delhi, having experienced the unique winter conditions and traditions of Ladakh.

1. Itinerary Detail
Leh
Day 1
Arrival at Leh
Arrive at Leh and check into a hotel. The whole day is for rest to acclimatize to the high altitude, explore the market in the
evening, enjoy the cultural and natural beauty of Leh. This can be considered as a day to get familiar with the town and also
acclimatize to the weather. Leh is culturally a rich place. There are dozens of monasteries and ancient temples that you can
go around. They are located in and around the town. Therefore you would be getting enough time to go around the place in a
day. You can have an overnight stay in Leh.
Tilad Do Camp
Day 2
Drive to Chilling roadhead and trek to Tilad Do camp 3100m
Post breakfast we will drive to Chilling the road head from where we will start our Chadar Trek. The drive to the Chilling – the
starting point of Chadar trek is an adventurous, drive on curvaceous road is like a roller coaster ride. The ride is along the
river Indus via village Nimu the place of confluence of river The Indus and The Zanskar. To reach camp one need to cross
the frozen Zanskar or the Chadar.
Gyalpo
Day 3
Trek to Gyalpo camp 3170m

2. The toughness of Chadar trek will be witnessed today a long frozen river trek session, temperature below sub zero. After
morning stretching exercise and breakfast you our CEOs (Chief Experience Officers) will give you brief about the Chadar
Trek- How to trek Chadar, Dos and Dont’s during the Chadar trek etc. Chadar trekking is the best winter trek on planet at
places you will find Chadar – The Frozen Zanskar hard as rock and slippery and at places you have to wade through ankle
deep water. We will stop for lunch prepared by our staff and having warm on frozen river – The Chadar is an experience in
itself.
After passing Shingra Koma, you reach the camp-site for the day at Gyalpo, where the tents have already been pitched by
the porters.
Tibb Cave
Day 4
Trek to Dib Cave 3225m
This day we will start with morning stretching exercise and nutritious breakfast for the today’s part of Chadar Trek of around
14 Kms. Photographers should keep their cameras ready to shoot morning light on mountains on both side of frozen Zanskar
river, frozen water falls, numerous caves along the trek route.
Dib Cave is big cave which provide shelters to the porters and they welcome you with hot cup of ladakhi butter tea.
Nyeraks Camp
Day 5
Trek to Naerak Camp 3390

3. You can call it a vantage point of the chadar trek, trekking over the deep gorges under the frozen zanskar river and you can
hear the sound of water flowing beneath it. After trekking few hours you reach huge waterfall and you witness Discovery
Channel in Ultra HD frozen waterfall, dripping water, play of light on this frozen waterfall. An old, dilapidated bridge on the
river, claimed by the villagers to be more than 1,000 years old, marks Nerak.
Dib Cave
Day 6
Trek to Dib Cave 3225m
Naerak to Dibb: The same way back? Well, technically. In fact the Chadar changes by the minute, and the colors and
perspectives all change, and yes, it is quicker downhill. The dynamics of the Chadar are awe inspiring they reacts to the
slightest of the change in temperature and the whole landscape changes.
Gyalpo
Day 7
Trek to Gyalpo 3225m
We continue walking in the gorge, which is inaccessible in any other season and come across some stunning frozen
waterfalls.

4. Tilad Do
Day 8
Drive back to Leh from Tilad Do
At the end of an outstanding frozen river chadar trek through the Himalayas, you are back to Leh and are preparing to get
back to Delhi. You can take a direct flight to Delhi from Leh, over the Himalayas. The flight back may make you nostalgic and
you might just get lost in your dreams. Alternatively, if you plan to tour the surroundings, you might also visit the nearby
places in Kashmir before you come back to your home city.
Our Thoughts
During winters whole of Ladakh is isolated from the whole country because of heavy snowfall and only way to reach here is
fly here from Delhi. In winter the temperature goes down till minus 30 degree and whole of the Zanskar river freezes.
Trekking over frozen river Zanskar is an ultimate experience and to be considered one of the most coveted thing to do.
Walking on the “The Chadar” – Bed of Ice – is a perfect example of the indomitable spirit of the Ladakhis to not only
withstand the vagaries of weather yet make a living out of it. It has been their traditional trade route in winter for centuries.
The seven to eight days walk from chilling to Padum is both challenging as well as an unforgettable experience. The
landscape acquires a pristine grandeur in winter as the trail enters into the gorge of the Zanskar, where temperatures.
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