Ladakh High Roads
LADAKH WITH 5 LAKES & 6 HIGH PASSES
14 Days – 13 Nights / Riding – 9 Days
LADAKH WITH 5 LAKES & 6 HIGH PASSES
14 Days – 13 Nights / Riding – 9 Days
US $ 2600 RIDER / US $ 2300 PILLION
PER PERSON ON TWIN SHARING BASIS
03 AUG – 16 AUG
17 AUGUST – 30 AUGUST
Riding distance : 1200 KMS / 745 MILES
Maximum Altitude : 5360 M / 17580 FT
LEH – KHARDUNG LA – NUBRA VALLEY – PANAMIK – HUNDER – DISKIT – DOUBLE HUMP CAMEL – SHYOK RIVER – TURTUK – PANGONG TSO – HANLE – UMLING LA – TSOMORIRI –KORZOK VILLAGE – POLOKONKO LA – TSOKAR – TANGLANG LA
Join us on the Highway to Paradise, a biker’s ultimate pilgrimage. This journey challenges you to tame the cold desert mountains, conquer narrow roads, brave low oxygen zones, and cross frozen streams. Ladakh, known as the Land of Passes, offers the thrill of conquering the world’s highest motorable passes, including Khardung La (5,570 m). The ride leads to Leh, the Last Shangri-La, where lush valleys meet barren landscapes. Ladakh’s beauty is mythical—vivid mountains, towering snow-clad peaks, and gurgling streams. Ride through the Nubra Valley, traversing the ancient Karakoram Range trade route. The breathtaking view of the Indus Valley from Khardung La is unforgettable. Meet the warm-hearted Ladakhi people, whose hospitality makes every ache worth it. Discover the Changthang Plateau, home to rare wildlife like chiru and kyang, and the nomadic Changpa herders. Visit Ladakh’s iconic lakes: Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri, and Tso Kar.
Itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in DELHI
We will meet you at Delhi Airport and transfer you to your Hotel. Because fellow group members may be arriving on different flights, we will wait to meet the fellow group members on the next day at the breakfast table and the staff at the dinner table.
Day 2
DELHI – LEH
Today we rise very early to board our flight to Leh. On arrival in Leh, we will be transferred to our hotel, and the rest of the day is free for acclimatization.
Day 3
At LEH
Post breakfast we’ll hold a briefing to cover safety precautions, touring style, road conditions, and check of personal equipment, with time to select our bikes and become familiar with starting procedures, control layouts, and bike handling. A trial day visiting the Shey Palace, Hemis, and Thiksey Monasteries.
Day 4
LEH – KHARDUNG LA (5359 M / 17575 FT) – NUBRA VALLEY. (3030 M / 10000 FT) (130 KMS / 5 – 6 HRS)
The day you’ve been waiting for. Conditions permitting, we’ll ride the 26.5 km to the highest motorable pass on Earth, Khardung-La. After the last 14 km of rocky road, we will join an elite handful of motorcyclists that have stood on the top of the world! The views over the mountains of Tibet to the north, the Karakoram Range, K-2, and back down to the Indus Valley and Zanskar are simply indescribable! Post lunch visit the Oldest Monastery of Nubra Valley – Diskit and riding the Bactrian Double Hump Camels through the sand dunes of Hunder.
Day 5
AT NUBRA VALLEY. DISKIT – SASOMA – DISKIT (140 Kms / Full Day)
Post breakfast a day excursion ride to Sasoma (10000 FT) – the last village permitted to foreigners on the road to Siachan Glacier (World Highest Battle Ground) via Yarab Tso Lake – Hidden lake. .
Day 6
AT NUBRA VALLEY. DISKIT – TURTUK – DISKIT. (200 KMS / 7 – 8 HRS ROUND TRIP)
Today we will do a day excursion to Turtuk Village the northernmost village of India on the border of India and Pakistan. We will have lunch in the Balti Village with the Balti people.
Day 7
DISKIT – PANGONG TSO. (4240 M / 13900 FT)
via Shyok (170 Kms / 6 – 7 Hrs). O/n Homestay. The road is good with few patches of gravel. We will ride following the Shyok river, crossing the river at Shyok village and further riding through Indian army settlements towards the Indo – Tibetan border. O/n Village Homestay.
Day 8
PANGONG TSO – HANLE. (4300 M / 14100 FT)
(200 Kms / 7 – 8 Hrs). Newly open road for foreigners in 2022. VIA Kaksang La (17800 FT) beautiful road with 2 lakes. Today the road is almost good till we approach Hanle Village, Officially permitted for Tourist in 2023. O/n Village Homestay / Camp.
Day 9
HANLE – UMLING LA (5883 M / 19300 FT) – HANLE
(150 Kms / 7 – 8 Hrs). Today we will do a day excursion ride to the Highest Pass in the World – Umling La. O/n Village Homestay / Camp.
Day 10
HANLE – TSOMORIRI (4600 M / 15000 FT)
(150 Kms / 6 – 7 Hrs). Today we will ride to Tsomoriri Lake, En route photo stops at Kyagar Tso Lake and lunch at Sumdo. O/n Village Homestay / Camp.
Day 11
TSOMORIRI – POLOKONKO LA (4900 M / 16170 FT) – TSOKAR (4530 M / 14950 FT) TANGLANG LA (5330 M / 17582 FT) – LEH (3600 M / 11880FT) (230 KMS / 8 – 7 HRS)
Today we wake up in front of the Tsomoriri Lake shimmering turquoise after breakfast we ride on bone-dry trails through desert valleys – it’s time to eat some dust! Our ride takes us past sulfur springs and over the windswept, Pologonka Pass. We will have lunch at TsokarSalt Lake, a nature reserve and home of the shy wild mongoose and rare birds.Post lunch we will ride on the Tibetan Plateau and what is called the More Plains, 44 km of a wide valley filled with nomads, yaks, and Skyang – wild Tibetan ass, flat as a table, with massive glacial peaks either side. Today is our last day of riding in the mighty Himalayas. We will ride up to the world’s second-highest road pass, the Tanglang La. The leisurely ascent is a spectacular motorcycle ride through a rugged gorge, descending nearly 2,000 meters to the Indus River.
Day 12
AT LEH.(3600 M / 11880FT).
Day at Leisure to explore the local market.
Day 13
LEH – DELHI.
Early morning transfer to the Airport to board the flight to Delhi.
Day 14
DELHI
Transfer to the Airport to board the flight back home.
Cost Includes:
- Royal Enfield Standard 500cc / Himalayan 411cc / Himalayan Scram 411cc
- Spare parts for the bikes
- Support Vehicle for luggage
- Toyota Innova / Small Bus
- Mechanic
- English Speaking Road captain / Tour guide
- Fuel & Oil
- First Aid Equipment
- Delhi & Leh with Breakfast only. Rest with all Meals.
- Hotels 3*/ Heritage
- Fixed Camp
- Inner Line Permit
- Oxygen in the unlikely event of altitude sickness
Cost Does Not Include:
- Any part broken while riding will be payable extra
- The expense of personal nature viz laundry, telephone calls, tips, mineral water, beverages, etc
- Expense arises due to unforeseen circumstances like roadblocks, landslides, flight cancellation, etc
- Personal Insurance
- Sleeping Bags
- Helmets or any riding gear
- Indian Visa and International Flights
- Delhi – Leh – Delhi Flight Tickets
- International Driving Permit
