TRANS-ZANSKAR EXPEDITION (15 July – 6 August)

Alternative medicine and botany

Discover Ladakh’s Medicinal Plants, Wildlife, and Cultural Treasures on this Trek

This trek is designed for people passionate about the natural world, including the abundant diversity of Ladakh’s high-altitude plants, as well as its unique wildlife and culture. A key focus of the trek is medicinal plants, and their use in traditional medicine, and Kanji, Rangdum, and many other areas of the trail are gifted with medicinal plants. The trail also goes through high-altitude summer grazing pastures and to remote villages, each with a distinct lifestyle, culture, dialect, with the opportunity to meet traditional health practitioners (amchis) in Kanji, Rangdum, Hamiling and Lingshed.

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Itinerary

15 July 23

Day-1

LEH -KANJI: Leave Leh by taxi at 6 a.m

15 July 23

Day-1

16 July 23

Day-2

KANJI – NORTH BASE LA: 8hours

16 July 23

Day-2

17 July 23

Day-3

NORTH BASE LA – SOUTH BASE LA: 8hours, 5,150 meters

17 July 23

Day-3

18 July 23

Day-4

SOUTH BASE LA – RANGDUM: 7hours

18 July 23

Day-4

19 July 23

Day-5

AROUND RANGDUM

19 July 23

Day-5

20 July 23

Day-6

RANGDUM – PENTSE LARTSA: 6hours

20 July 23

Day-6

21 July 23

Day-7

PENTSE LARTSA – BOKS: 7hours

21 July 23

Day-7

22 July 23

Day-8

BOKS – SRINMOI NUMA: 5hours

22 July 23

Day-8

23 July 23

Day-9

SRINMOI NUMA – HAMILING: 6hours

23 July 23

Day-9

24 July 23

Day-10

HAMILING – RANTHAGSHA: 5hours

24 July 23

Day-10

25 July 23

Day-11

RANTHAGSHA – SANI: 5hours

25 July 23

Day-11

26 July 23

Day-12

SANI – PADUM: 4hours

26 July 23

Day-12

27 July 23

D-13

PADUM KARSHA: 3hours

27 July 23

D-13

28 July 23

D-14

KARSHA – PISHU: 5hours

28 July 23

D-14

29 July 23

D-15

PISHU – HANAMUR: 4hours

29 July 23

D-15

30 July 23

D-16

HANAMUR – NERTSE: 5hour

30 July 23

D-16

31 July 23

D-17

NERTSE – LANANG: 5hours

31 July 23

D-17

01 Aug 23

D-18

LANANG – LINGSHED: 3hour

01 Aug 23

D-18

02 Aug 23

D-19

LINGSHED – STYANGS: 6hours

02 Aug 23

D-19

03 Aug 23

D-20

STYANGS – PHOTOKSAR: 7hours

03 Aug 23

D-20

04 Aug 23

D-21

PHOTOKSAR – HANUPATA: 6hours

04 Aug 23

D-21

05 Aug 23

D-22

HANUPATA – WANLA: 6hours

05 Aug 23

D-22

06 Aug23

D-23

WANLA – HOTEL IN LEH

06 Aug23

D-23