Mayad Nalla is very less popular among regular tourists, apart from few adventures it gets negligible tourist traffic every year. The rainfall during monsoons is very less like Ladakh and Zanskar. During late June, July and August the complete valley covers under various Himalayan Flowers including the rare blue poppy.The trek is highly rewarding for the flora lovers, off course the unique culture and scenic beauty is all-open for the visitors. The valley is flanked on its northeastern side by the Great Himalayan Range, which separates it from the valley of Zanskar. We can see odd shepherd with their flocks of sheep and goat, wild Yak and the observant but elusive marmots. The valley of Mayad is situated right under the great Himalayan range, with huge peaks towering above the valley. The side valleys are often carpeted in alpine flowers.The Kangla pass was formerly used by the Lahouli people as a crossing point into Zanskar and Ladakh. Crystal clear pools of water offer us the chance to swim and rest tired feet.
Our recent Kangla expedition was for Korean Alpine Federation.
- International airport to hotel in Delhi transfer by small coach/ medium or large cars as per the group size
- Sightseeing/ monument visits as per the itinerary
- Delhi to trek beginning point and back to Delhi transfers
- Transfer to international airport in Delhi after the trip
- Transportation of porters, cook, kitchen staff to trek beginning point and back to their places after the trekking
Accommodation – city hotels with breakfast & remaining on full board
- Hotels as per the program
- Trekking duration camps with all meals
- Gala dinner at Delhi with expedition mementoes/ souvenirs
Staff
- Porters for the trekking part
- Cook and kitchen helper (01)
- Trekking guide (01) from trek beginning point to trek end point
- Local sightseeing/ city/ monument guide
Equipment
- Trekking tents for the members
- Trekking tent for cook+ helper and trekking guide
- Ground mattresses
- Kitchen tent, chairs, tables, stools, utensils, crockery and cutlery
- Toilet tents and toiletries
- Medical kit
- Maps and directions
- Ixe axe
Administrative assistance to the expedition team
- Intimation to the administration at Keylong
- Insurance of the staff and porters for trekking trips like Kangla Pass
The cost doesn’t include
- Air tickets of the expedition members
- Any kind of insurance of the clients
- Personal expenditures of the clients
- Helicopter rescue
- Personal sleeping bags and sacs
- Cargo handling charges
- Ropes
Day 02: Delhi to Chandigarh and to Manali: Drive to Manali
Day 03: Full day at leisure and preparations.
Day 04: Manali to Urgos (3300 Mt) over Rohtang La, we reach Lahaul valley and set our camp at Urgos which is the beginning of Miyar glacier. After an early breakfast we drive up to Rohtang La at 3980m. We quickly leave the lush green Kullu Manali valley and enter the rocky terrain of the Lahaul valley following the Chandra Bhaga River. Before Keylong we take a rough jeep track past the town of Udaipur passing several villages against the backdrop of the mountains. The Trilokinath and Shakti temples are frequented by pilgrims during the summer. Continue driving following the Miyar Nala and through this scenic valley to the village of Tingrit marked with chortens (Buddhist stupas) and we camp a little further in pastures near Urgos village - There is a small monastery above the villages. We cross the river by a wooden bridge and pass through terraced fields and pastures camping a little before Urgos village.
Day 05: Urgos to Khanjar (3685m) - 4 to 5hrs. Walk through Urgos and follow the rough jeep track before crossing the Miyar Nala at Chhaling village. Rough road followed by a wide valley climbing gently to the small village of Khanjar. Climb steeply through alpine pastures to camp in a beautiful spot by a stream. Most of the trail gets wonderful because of seasonal flowers and colorful bushes. Khanjar fascinates a trekker with its largely spread flower meadows and it truly deserves to be called as valley of flowers in Western Himalayas. Since now the road goes to this village, we can have almost one free day here for technical planning.
Day 06: Khanjar to Gumba Nala (3840m) - 5 hrs. Shortly after leaving camp, we cross a small river and trek through terraced fields. We climb up a ridge, the top marked by a chorten offering wonderful views. The walk continues through meadows and small lakes to a huge meadow. After crossing the big Gumba nala we continue through meadows up the wide Miyar Nala valley surrounded by peaks all around and camp by a small stream. The trail moves through lush green meadows and paths. Most of the upper parts of Miyar Valley is popular for its different variety of flowers and landscape. Once we move deeper in to the valley, we surely leave the flowery section but the wonderful mountains keep us fascinated all along.
Day 07: Gumba Nala Phalpu (3985m) or Alyas - 5 to 6 hrs. The morning starts with gentle climb from camp we continue through grassy meadows past a shepherd's hut and lake. We hop across several small streams all along rewarded with an amphitheatre view of peaks and glaciers. After lunch we follow it for about 2 hrs to camp. There are several campsites but we continue to the farthest one which is a dry lake bed surrounded by mountains and several glacial lakes, just less than two km from the snout of the Miyar glacier. Alyas is a word used by the shepherds of Lahaul and Chamba for the halt of sheep on the journey in mountains. Alyas so reflects a place where we can spend the night, mostly shepherds make stone huts with or without roof at places called Alyas.
Day 08: Phalpu Alyas to Camp I (4390m) - 7 to 8 hrs. We leave early this day and trek through difficult moraine. The climb continues through snow fields and moraine past glacial lakes to camp in a large snowfield in the middle of the glacier. A long day of about 7 hrs with much rock hopping makes the day trek. Camp is again in a beautiful spot surrounded by snow capped peaks.
Day 09: Camp I to Kang La Base Camp II: The climb is gentle, but due to the crevasses it can take time after mid July. In early summer (from mid June) the crevasses are covered and walking is easier but in late summer the crevasses would be open so it l takes more time to reach camp which is in a field on the glacier with views of the snowcapped peaks and glaciers all around. - 6 - 7 hrs.
Day 10: Base camp II to Cross Kangla Pass & reach other side of pass at camp III: We again start very early in the morning and walk along the middle of the huge snow covered glacier at a gentle incline for about 3 hrs, then rope up. Climb steeply for about an hour until a small summit. We zig zag our way around some crevasses to Kangla Jot pass (5450m). You are rewarded with stupendous views of snow capped peaks and glistening glaciers all around. We descend along the right side of the valley to the river, the junction of 2 valleys where we camp in a small meadow.
Day 11: Camp III to Bardan Gompa: This morning we descend on rocks and scree and follow an easy path by the Tema River through grazing grounds and meadows with flowers. The landscape gets more arid and stunning as you enter the Zanskar valley and the road head - back to civilization .We follow a rough jeep track for 2 km to Bardan Gompa set dramatically atop a riverside cliff, and camp in the school grounds. Bardan Gompa is a Kagyud-pa Gompa famous for its 180-cm high Mani prayer wheel. Shabdru, who also founded Hemis Gompa in Ladakh and later went to Bhutan, founded Bardan Gompa.
Day 12: Burden to Padum: (3650 meters): This day we can reach Padum by cars and rest for the day. Since we are not staying in the hotel so we have to either trek to KARSHA for camping or we will decide at the spot. With the help of local trekkers, we will sort out the location of our climbing ridge at Padum and make necessary preparations.
Day 13: Padum to Kargil by road( Mahindra Scorpio/Xylo cars) Overnihgt at hotel.
Day 14: Kargil to Leh drive and overnight at hotel
Day 15: Leh sightseeing
Day 16: Leh sightseeing
Day 17: Leh to Delhi flight in the morning, afternoon sightseeing of Delhi and later transfer to international airport.
Extension programs on additional cost:
1. We have discovered a nice peak of 5600 meters near Padum, so you can always test your climbing skills using 2 extra days near Padum.
2. You can go to Agra directly once you get down at Delhi air port from Leh. Spend one night at Agra and next day drive directly to Delhi international airport.
Getting there: Your nearest international airport is Delhi where you will meet with our expedition manager. After essential visits to IMF and cargo (if required), you will be escotrted towards the initial point of your adventure as per the program details.
After the expedition/ adventure journey, you arrive back to Delhi. After de briefing (in case of expedition) and farewell ceremony, you will be driven to international airport to board flight back to your home.
Airtickets: We have our partners in almost every foreign countries, so if you need any assistance in your air tickets bookings, you are always welcome to speak to us to know about our partner close to you.
Cargo Management: We have strong tieups with the cargo management companies to get your consignments clear timely in Delhi. In maximum cases, you will only need to spend just 2 hours for getting your consignmwent delivery. Once you send the documents and the boxes details, we start locating them in India.
Insurance : It is a condition of joining our trips that you must be adequately insured. All persons are expected to arrange their own insurance. Polices should cover any potential risks involved in such adventure.
Our hotels and camps: We offer you best economy hotels in cities and towns and till base camp we provide you very comfirtable tents with maximim possible faciltiies in the mountains. For the trekking, Jeep Safaris, MTB and other adventure journeys, we provide the most luxurious camps fitted with dining areas and modren toilet facilities.
Adventure India briefing: We have excelent maps, images and movies of majoriety of our adventure expeditions/ joiurneys and sports. A short briefing in our offices is highly recommended so the team understands logistics, forecarst problems and know where the solutions would be. We stress on planning, planning and planning in any adventure expediton and till now we have remained successful in all of our expeditions just because of our planning. So we need you to be an active part of it.
Rescue and helicopter evacuation: if the expeditons are well planned, rescue operations can be avoided. In the history of 14 years, we didn’t encounter any seviour requireemtn of rescue but still we can tie up with the agencies to provide helicopter evacuation on your request and willingness to pay the charges.
Peak booking formalities: already mentioned in detail in our mountaineering formalities in India link. For necessary applications either you can check the website of IMF or speak to us.
Ground transportation: We provide the ground transportation compriseing of best available cars/ copaches in fine roads and rough trucks in remote areas of the Indian mountains.
Porters and ponies: We provide ponies till base camp and HAP/ LAPs as per the requirement of the expedition.
Fuel and gases: Fuel (aftwer BC) is not a part of cost included section, but we will manage Butane / Butane propane gases for you on your timely request.
Trek & BC food : We offer a mixture of Vegetarian and Non vegetarian food till BC including the several herbs we have individually discovered with the medicinal values and capacity to keep the body warm. We have cooks who make Korean, Japnese and Continental food along with Indian food.
Our guides & instructors: Our guides are basically trained till BC trekking and support to establish BC. But our instructors do have good experience of mountaineering who can join the expeditions to higher levels too.
Ground Support system: We have fantastic ground support system developed in collaboration with the local people of nearest villages, army camps, porters and local guides. We have re discovered the use of traditional communication system also along with the setellite phones to stay in touch with the groups after BC. Our BC staff is trained to keep information of the groups at ABC and between and act as per the situation.
Cost Includes & not: The cost includes all hotels, guest houses, camps till BC, food till BC, ponies, porters, LAP/ HAP, food & tents for the porters, cooks and staff at BC, insurance of our permanenet staff, food for LO, cargo management, all transportation, all sightseeing, liasioning and coordination, trekking guides and BC management. The cost doent include IMF fees and environment levies, State Government fees and environment levies, porters insurance, clients air fares, helicopter evacuation, extra porters requirement from the BC, extra days at or above BC and any expenditure on personal level including clients insurance/ visa etc.
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