Get swept away by the surreal beauty of Himalayas with the arduous Chadar Trek in Ladakh. For the uninitiated, this is no ordinary trek. Feel invincible as you walk on the Zanskar River that becomes frozen during the months of January and February.
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Push your physical and mental boundaries as you make way through hanging rocks and boulders, sleep in caves and weather temperatures as low as -25 and -35 degrees. Along the way witness heavenly sights, get a glimpse of local life and come back a changed person.
3. Take the morning flight for Leh. Check into the guest
house and relax the whole day. This is necessary for
getting acclimatized.
Overnight at the guesthouse
Day 1: Arrive Leh – Acclimatize
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7. Day 2: Leh – Shey – Thikshey – Hemis
On this day you will go a sightseeing trip to some ancient
monasteries in this area.
Overnight stay at the guest house
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10. Day 3: Leh – Chilling (drive) – Trek to Tilad Do Camp
(3100m)
Post breakfast we will drive to Chilling from where we will
start our Chadar Trek. The drive to Chilling – the starting
point of Chadar trek is an adventurous drive. The ride is
along the river Indus via village Nimmo the place which is
the confluence of the river Indus and the Zanskar. To
reach camp one needs to cross the frozen Zanskar.
Overnight stay in tent/cave
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13. Day 4: Tilato – Gyalpo Camp (3170m)
After morning stretching exercises and breakfast, our
instructors will brief you on how to trek on the Chadar
Trek. The Frozen Zanskar is hard as rock and slippery in
the winter and trekking on this river can be quite
challenging. We will stop for lunch prepared by our staff
on the Zanskar which is an experience in itself. After
passing Shingra Koma, you reach the camp-site for the
day at Gyalpo, where tents have already been pitched by
the porters
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16. Day 5: Gyalpo Camp – Dib Cave (3225m)
Today we will start our trek after a nutritious breakfast.
Today’s stretch of the Chadar Trek is around 14 km. Our
destination for the day is Dib Cave. Dib Cave is big cave
which provides shelter. We welcome you to the cave with
a hot cup of Ladakhi butter tea.
Overnight stay at Dib Cave
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21. Day 6: Dib Cave – Naerak Camp (3390m)
Today we trek over deep gorges under the frozen
Zanskar. You can hear the sound of water flowing
beneath it. After trekking for a few hours we reach a
huge waterfall. An old, dilapidated bridge on the
river, which villagers claim to be more than 1,000
years old, marks Naerak
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24. Day 7: Naerak – Dib Cave (3225m)
Naerak to Dibb: The same way back. In fact the
Chadar changes by the minute, and the colours and
perspectives all change.
Overnight stay in Dib Cave
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27. Day 8: Dib Cave – Gyalpo (3225m)
We continue walking in the gorge, which is
inaccessible in any other season and we come
across some stunning frozen waterfalls
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30. Day 9: Drive back t Leh fromTilad Do
At the end of an outstanding frozen river Chadar
trek through the Himalayas, you are back to Leh.
Overnight stay in Leh.
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