Fixed Departures for Zanskar Rafting Expedition: 13th-22nd August, 2010.
Our "special" yearly feature which runs a spectacular two weeks covering most of Worlds highest desert, i.e., western Ladakh and northern Himalayan belt, monasteries, palaces, villages, hikes and travel down three rivers. The trip begins with a flight over the Himalayas into the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. We spend a few days in Leh town acclimatizing at 11,000 feet above sea level and visiting the ancient monasteries, palaces and villages around Leh. We drive west of Leh past the town of Kargil and travel south into the valley of Zanskar, one of the coldest inhabited places on earth. Starting the trip on the Doda river, we begin our self contained multi day river adventure down the spectacular and scenic Zanskar river gorge.
The trip takes you down the extremely desolate, remote and sheer Zanskar gorge with walls rising a few thousand feet out of the river bed, culminating on the mighty Indus river, (which incidentally lends India its name) at the historic monastic conclave at Alchi.
Undoubtedly a classic, this journey to the last truly lost horizon of our shrinking planet -Zanskar, the "land of white copper" is a trip of a lifetime.
This is one of the most exotic rafting expeditions in the world.
The expedition on the Zanskar river is completely self supported, and passes through the steep gorges carved out by the river over countless years. The Zanskar gorge has been referred to as the "Grand Canyon" of Asia by many explorers.
The river is graded as Class IV, and it passes through very remote and difficult to access terrain of Ladakh. The river's water is very cold (around 7 degrees Celsius),and cold water gear like wet suites etc are necessary.
In the winters, the Zanskar river freezes, and the local inhabitants use it for accessing the outer world. Amongst trekkers also this is famous as the "Chadar Trek".
Described here a schedule for participants who would like to join us from Leh.
This trip is a combination of the experience of Jeep Safari, Monastery visits, and rafting in one of the most exotic and isolated gorges of the world. Enroute we would be visiting the Lamayuru Monastery, Rangdum Monastery, Karsha Gompa and Alchi Monastery.
Detailed Trip Schedule:
Day 01/ Aug 13th, 2010
Flight from Delhi to Leh. Transfers made in the hotel in Leh.
Day 02/Aug 14th, 2010
Early Morning Pickup from Leh Hotel, drive to Kargil. Enroute visit the beautiful
Lamayuru monastery. Overnight stay would be at Kargil in hotel/camp.
Day 03/ Aug 15th, 2010
Drive from Kargil to Rangdum. Camp would be set up in the lush green meadows
near the Rangdum Gompa. Late afternoon one can take a stroll, and visit the
monastery.
Day 04/ Aug 16th, 2010
Drive from Rangdum over the Pensi-La (14,500 Ft ) to Remala. Overnight camp at
Remala.
Day 05/ Aug 17th, 2010
Rafting Remala to Karsha. Rafting expedition starts from Remala on the Stod river.
Today is an easy class II kind of section to introduce any first time paddlers. Camp is
set near the Karsha monastery. Late afternoon a visit to the monastery.
Day 06/ Aug 18th, 2010
Karsha to Pidmu. Easy section on the river. Camp is established at Pidmu. One can explore the nearby small villages.
Day 07/ Aug 19th, 2010
Pidmu to Neyarak. The river picks up pace, and creates a series of class III kind of
rapids. Camp is set at Neyarak.
Day 08/ Aug 20th, 2010
Neyarak to Lamaguru. The gorge narrows down. We run several class III/IV rapids.
There is a beautiful waterfall at the confluence of Markha river and Zanskar river. We
would be stopping for lunch here. Overnight camp would be at Lamaguru.
Day 09/ Aug 21st, 2010
Lamaguru to Nimmu. Another action packed day with several class III+ rapids and a
couple of class IV as well. The raft trip finishes at Nimmu, where the Zanskar river
confluences with Indus. We would drive to Leh (about 60 kms ), visiting Alchi
Monastery on way.
Day 10/ Aug 22nd, 2010
Local sightseeing and return flight to Delhi.
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