Markha Valley Trek

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 :

  Arrive Leh, Transfer to Guesthouse for Overnight Stay. Rest of the Day At Leisure

• Day 2 :

  Morning Half Visit Phyang and Spituk Monasteries By Jeep. Overnight Guesthouse .
  phyang – It Was Founded in the 16th Century By King Tashi Namgyal, for a Lama He Had Invited to Establish the Digungpa Order (branch of the Kagyupa Order). a Prayer Pole Marks the Place from Which One Can See the Monastery and Signifies That, from this Point On, Criminals Escape Punishment.
  
  spituk – is the Oldest Delgupta Monastery in the Indus Valley, Dating from 15th Century. It is Interesting to Note that the Delgupta Monks Created the Precedent of Building Monasteries On Hilltops, Rather Than On Valley Floors. this Follows the Tibetan Notion that the Higher the Monastery Sites, the Closer It is to the Gods. There Was Certainly No Political Significance Attached to Its Strategic Sting At the Time. Nowadays Spituk Administers Shanker Monastery in Leh and also the Stokh Village Monastery.

• Day 3 :

  Leave After Breakfast for Spituk Half-hour Drive. Arrive Spituk Meet Trekking Staff. After Loading all Luggage We Will Start Trekking Toward Zinchen Which Will Take Us Approximate 4/5 Hrs Easy Walk. Arrive Zinchen Overnight in Camp.

• Day 4 :

  Leave Camp After Breakfast, Continue the Journey On the Path Leads Away from the River. Climb Gently Till We Reach Rumbak. Pass the Village, Cross the River(bridge) and Corss An Escarpment. Go Up the Right Bank, Then the Left Bank, Easy Going. Arrive in Yurutse. Beautiful House. Contine the Path Along the Mountainside, Then Cross a Small Valley and Zigzag Steeplu Up to Fate. Camp Here for Overnight Stay.

• Day 5 :

  Leave camp after breakfast and continue path and zigzag steeply till we reach Ganda-la ( 4900 mt 2 hours from camp) then into splendid gorges. Several easy fords. Turn to the left (east) then a few hundred meter further to Skiu

• Day 6 :

  From Skiu, Good Path On the Right Bank of the Markha. a Great Deal of Vegetation. Then On the Left Bank (bridge) Cross a Barren Plain, Go Back Onto the Right Bank (bridge) and Arrive Inchaluk . Go to the River Cross It and Walk Along the Left Bank. Another Crossing, Then Short Climb Towards Markha. Beautiful Village Very Good Campsite Beyond the Houses, Near the River.

• Day 7 :

  Leave camp after breakfast, go up the main valley on the right bank. The path is sometimes difficult in the riverbed. Pass the monastery of Humlung. Then, carry on along the right bank and arrive in Hankar. Several houses. The Path improves, a bit beyond Hankar, leave a broad valley on the right-hand side. The valley narrow and goes higher. Cross onto the left bank (bridge) to reach the pasture of Tchatchuse.

• Day 8 :

  Leave Camp After Breakfast for Nimaling. the Path Can Be Seen Easily, Several Small Inclines. the River is Rather Far to the Left (gorge) Walk Near a Small Lake, Then Across Pastures to Nimaling. this is One of the Most Beautiful High Valleys in Ladakh ( 4700 Mt ) Dominate By the Kang Yaze ( 6400 Mt )

• Day 9 :

  Leave Camp After Early Breakfast, Cross the Markha(easy) Long Along the Mountainside, Then Some Zigzagging Up to the Kongmaru –a ( 5150 Mt, 1 ½ Hrs ) Steep Descent. Pass a Campsite ( 4700 Mt ) Then Reach a Stream. Long Descent Into Gorges with Two Stretches Difficult for the Horses. Several Easy Fords. Leave the Gorges and Keep Walking On the Left Bank to Chukirmo. Then Sometimes in the Riverbed ( Difficult ), Right Bank, and Again On Left Bank, Arrive in Shang. Beautiful Camp in Groves. Small Gompa One Hour Away from the Village.

• Day 10 :

  Take the riverbed again, then a good footpath through large blocks. Go back onto the left bank. You reach a dusty trail suitable for motor traffic. Pass a small house built to last and then a series of chortens. Arrive Martsellang from where we will take jeeps for Leh via Hemis monastery.

• Day 11 :

  Transfer to Airport for Flight to Delhi.

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