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Ladakh Intensive Tour
Duration: 21 Nights / 22 Days
Destinations: Delhi - Leh - Uletokpo - Lamayuru - Tirit - Tsemorari -
Pangong
Day
01 : International Flight - Delhi
On International flight.
Day 02 : Arrival-Delhi - Leh (Flight 01Hrs 15Min)
Kai representative will welcome, assist and transfer from city to domestic
airport to connect flight to Leh. Upon arrival in Leh welcome in traditional
Ladakhi style and transfer to hotel, rest of the day at leisure to acclimatize.
Overnight at respective hotel.
Day 03 : Leh
Morning after breakfast visit SOS Tibetan children village, Sabu & Stok
Palace. Return to the hotel. Evening at leisure for personal activities. Overnight
at respective hotel.
Day 04 : Leh
After breakfast full day city tour of Leh along with packed lunch boxes visiting
Shey, Thiksey and Hemis monastery. Evening return to the hotel for overnight.
Day 05 : Leh - Uletokpo via Alchi (109 Kms)
Early morning depart for Uletokpo camp along with lunch packets enroute visiting
Alchi. Upon arrival in late afternoon check into tented camps for overnight.
Day 06 : Uletokpo - Lamayuru - Uletokpo
After breakfast depart for visit of Lamayuru monastery after visit return
to camp for hot lunch. Afternoon visit Ridzong Monastery one of the most beautiful
monastery of Ladakh region build in a valley a short trek to the monastery
after visit return to camp for overnight.
Day
07 : Uletokpo - Leh
After breakfast departs by surface for Leh enroute stop to photograph Basgo
monastery and visit Likir monastery, after visit continue drive to Leh upon
arrival check into the respective hotel. Rest of the day at leisure, overnight
in hotel.
Day 08 : Leh
Morning after breakfast depart for sightseeing of Spituk & Phyang monastery.
Return to the hotel. Rest of the day at leisure for personal activities, overnight
at respective hotel.
Day 09 : Leh - Tirit (110 Kms)
After breakfast departs for Tirit driving over the world's highest pass Khardungla
5950 mts, a good two hours drive till the pass, in case one is lucky on a
crystal clear sky gets an excellent view of Ladakh range and Karakoram range.
Drive down to your camp at Tirit camp at the altitude of 2900 mts. Overnight
in tented camps.
Day 10 : Tirit - Diskit - Hunder -Semur-Panamik Tirit (80 Kms)
Morning departs for Half day sightseeing of Hunder & Diskit Monasteries,
return to the camp for late hot meals. Afternoons visit Samstanling Monastery
& if time permits visit hot sulphur springs in Panamik after visit return
to camp for overnight.
Day 11 : Tirit - Leh (110 Kms)
After breakfast departs for Leh. Upon arrival check into the respective hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure for personal activities. Overnight at respective
hotel.
Day 12 : Leh
After breakfast half-day city tour of Leh visiting Leh palace, Shanker Gompa
and Chanspa village. Return to the hotel. Rest of the day at leisure for personal
activities. Overnight at respective hotel.
Day
13 : Leh - Tsemorari (268 Kms 08 Hrs)
After breakfast drive to Tsemorari via Mahai Bridge. Upon arrival check into
two men tented camp in Kurzok village 4100 mts. Evening at leisure for personal
activities. Overnight in two men tented camp.
Day 14 : Tsemorari
After breakfast walk around the Tsemorari Lake this area changes its colors
as per the weather condition one can see the various species of birds and
visit Kurzok Gompa & village. Meals and overnight in two men tented camp.
Day 15 : Tsemorari - Leh (268 Kms 08 Hrs)
After breakfast depart for Leh via Tsokhar & Tanglang-la pass 5320 mts,
one may see the wild ass in this region it is known as Changthang region of
Ladakh which extends all the way into Tibet. Upon arrival late in the evening,
check into the respective hotel for overnight.
Day 16 : Leh
Day at leisure meals & overnight in Hotel.
Day 17 : Leh - Pangong Lake (125 Kms)
After early breakfast depart for Pangong Lake approximately at 0500 hrs with
pack lunch boxes after visiting return to Leh late in the evening. Overnight
at respective hotel.
Day 18 : Leh
After breakfast half day city tour of Matho & Stakna monastery. Hot meals
in hotel rest of the day at leisure.
Day 19 : Leh - Delhi
Kai representative will assist & provide transfer to the airport in time
to connect flight to Delhi. Upon arrival in Delhi assistance & transfer
will be provide to the respective hotel.
Day
20 : Delhi
Morning depart for sightseeing tour of old & New Delhi visiting India
gate, Parliament house, President's house, Parliament Building, India gate,
Jama Masjid & Qutab Minar, Humayun's tomb. Return hotel in the evening
for wash & Change and dinner, after meals Kai rep will provide transfer
in time for your international fight back home.
Day 21 : Delhi - Back Home
On international flight Kai services terminate bon voyage.
Best season to travel from May-October
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People & Tribes of Himalayas
The
population, settlement, and economic patterns within the Himalayas have been
greatly influenced by the variations in topography and climate, which impose
harsh living conditions and tend to restrict movement and communication. People
living in remote, isolated valleys have generally preserved their cultural identities.
However, improvements in transportation and communication, particularly satellite
television programs from Europe and the United States, are bringing access from
the outside world to remote valleys. These outside influences are affecting
traditional social and cultural structure.
Nearly 40 million people inhabit the Himalayas. Generally, Hindus of Indian
heritage are dominant in the Sub-Himalayas and the Middle Himalayan valleys
from eastern Kashmir to Nepal. To the north Tibetan Buddhists inhabit the Great
Himalayas from Ladakh to northeast India.
In central Nepal, in an area between about 1830 and 2440 m (between about 6000
and 8000 ft), the Indian and Tibetan cultures have intermingled, producing a
combination of Indian and Tibetan traits. The eastern Himalayas in India and
nearby areas of eastern Bhutan are inhabited by animistic people whose culture
is similar to those living in northern Myanmar and Yunnan province in China.
People of western Kashmir are Muslims and have a culture similar to the inhabitants
of Afghanistan and Iran.
The economy of the Himalayas as a whole is poor with low per capita income.
Much of the Himalayas area is characterized by a very low economic growth rate
combined with a high rate of population growth, which contributes to stagnation
in the already low level of per capita gross national product. Most of the population
is dependent on agriculture, primarily subsistence agriculture; modern industries
are lacking.
Mineral resources are limited. The Himalayas has major hydroelectric potential,
but the development of hydroelectric resources requires outside capital investment.
The skilled labor needed to organize and manage development of natural resources
is also limited due to low literacy rates. Most of the Himalayan communities
face malnutrition, a shortage of safe drinking water, and poor health services
and education systems.
Agricultural land is concentrated in the Tarai plain and in the valleys of the
Middle Himalayas. Patches of agricultural land have also been carved out in
the mountainous forested areas. Rice is the principal crop in eastern Tarai
and the well-watered valleys. Corn is also an important rain-fed crop on the
hillsides.
Other cereal crops are wheat, millet, barley, and buckwheat. Sugarcane, tea,
oilseeds, and potatoes are other major crops. Food production in the Himalayas
has not kept up with the population growth.
The
major industries include processing food grains, making vegetable oil, refining
sugar, and brewing beer. Fruit processing is also important. A wide variety
of fruits are grown in each of the major zones of the Himalayas, and making
fruit juices is a major industry in Nepal, Bhutan, and in the Indian Himalayas.
Since 1950 tourism has emerged as a major growth industry in the Himalayas.
Nearly 1 million visitors come to the Himalayas each year for mountain trekking,
wildlife viewing, and pilgrimages to major Hindu and Buddhist sacred places.
The number of foreign visitors has increased in recent years, as organized treks
to the icy summits of the Great Himalayas have become popular. While tourism
is important to the local economy, it has had an adverse impact on regions where
tourist numbers exceed the capacity of recreational areas.
Historically, all transport in the Himalayas has been by porters and pack animals.
Porters and pack animals are still important, but the construction of major
roads and the development of air routes have changed the traditional transportation
pattern.
Major urban centers such as Kathmandu, Simla, and Srinagar, as well as important
tourist destinations, are served by airlines. Railways link Simla and Darjiling,
but in most of the Himalayas there are no railroads. The bulk of goods from
the Himalayas, as well as goods destined for places within the Himalayas, generally
come to Indian railheads, located in the Tarai, by road. The pack animals and
porters transport goods from road heads to the interior and back.
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