We promote this Markha Valley trekking holiday trip under our SLOW TOURISM section where we give ample time to the clients to relax and mix their minds completely with the nature.
The concept of Slow Tourism is just opposite to the life we are living in any progressive city/ town of the world. It’s just opposite to the phenomenon of programmed tour where almost everything is well planned keeping time in mind right from the wakeup call to opening and closing times of each monument of the day. SLOW TOURISM could be the right way of holidays for the present man who is bound to follow timing at work place as well as during structured holidays where he hardly finds a difference between the movements of both. For the people who correlate holidays with rejuvenation and recharge of body and mind, slow tourism is just a holiday opposite to the nature of his scheduled life under boredom of which he decides to take holidays for a complete change and relaxation.
Markha Valley trekking holidays under SLOW TOURISM are also well planned but there is no visibility of efforts both of the organizers and the travelers under this concept. A day doesn’t start with a wakeup call but the breakfast will be served to everyone according to the time they reach to the restaurant. Yes, all will move together for the sightseeing, but there is no restriction to stand with everyone in front of a monument just to show etiquettes if someone is not willing.
The first attempt:
We have first exercised this phenomenon in 2007 for a ladies group supported by ARR Vienna on the given below itinerary which was a great success.
Route detail and General Observations: The journey starts from Delhi by air to Leh; it includes comfortable hotels and descent camping with all necessary amenities inside the camp. Good amount of time for shopping in Leh, sightseeing of the monasteries and staying 2 nights at Nimaling in beautiful Markha Valley adds the charm of understanding nature in the best way.
- 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
Administrative assistance to the expedition team
- Cargo Management for big groups
- Insurance of the staff and porters for trekking trips like Kangla Pass
- Inner Line permits/ restricted area permits
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
Skiing supplement
- If you want to ski down from some point, you can write separately.
Day 01: Arrive Delhi - Welcome to India! Once you step out from the airport formalities, you will find our office representative to welcome you and take you to your hotel.
Day 02: Delhi to Leh by air- Morning you will be transferred to the domestic airport to board extremely spectacular Delhi- Leh flight. On arrival at Leh, there would be our next representative or office manager to receive you. Drive to your hotel and after check in our manager will brief you about the region, its altitude and days’ program which would never be hectic but absolutely relaxing. Afternoon you will be taken for “local walks” to get familiar with surrounding mountains and place where you are. The evening is free for individual activities. Day 03: Full day sightseeing in Leh -You spend this day in and out of famous monasteries of Leh and around. The day will be spent with combination of sitting in cars and walking on foot to give you perfect acclimatization experience for the upcoming trekking. Shey, Thiksey, Taktok, Chamre are prominent monasteries to explore nicely this day. If you have interest in visiting local community, schools, library or charitable works, you can do it in consultation of our local manager.
Day 04: Full day sightseeing & leisure activities in Leh
Day 05: Trek starts: Leh to Chilling by car and trek to SKIU: 3- 4 hours drive+ Trek- After the breakfast drive to Chilling and cross Zanskar River through trolley (cable car). Then start walking towards Skiu. Overnight in the Tent at Skiu (3300 Meters).
Day 06: Skiu to Markha: 7 hours trekking- From Skiu, follows a good path on the right bank of Markha where one can find great vegetation. Then cross right bank of river and cross through barren plain and arrive at Chaluk. Thereafter walk along the left bank of river and after another crossing climb towards Markha village. Good camp site beyond the village and near river. Overnight in tents.
Day 07: Markha to Thachungtse: 5-6 hours trekking- Morning after breakfast start trekking to Thachungtse via Hankar village. Overnight in tents.
Day 09: Thachungtse to Nimaling: 4-5 hours trekking- After breakfast start trekking to reach Nimaling. Nimaling (4900 M) has a sweeping pasture where thousands of sheep, goats, yaks and graze during the summer months, rising to the south is 6400 M high Kang Yatse (Nimaling Peak), a lovely mountain, but not an easy one to climb. Overnight in tents
Day 10 & Day 11: NIMALING- During these two days, you can have the best free time of your life. You can have little walks with your guide and make these moments the real time for rejuvenation and contemplation. These walks can be towards the base camps of surrounding peaks too if you desire more toughness any day, or the Nimaling valley is too open & wide to spend good time. Your camp at Nimaling will offer you the most comfortable camping experience where you will have good light in the nights in rooms and good facilities for toilets and showers.
Day 12: Nimaling to Shang Sumdo: 6 hours trekking- After breakfast start trekking to reach Kongmaru La (5100 M). The trek to Kongmaru la passes through narrow Gorges. At the top of the pass, you can have view of the Ladakh range and the villages of the Indus valley to the north is excellent. Cross the pass and proceed to Shang. Overnight in tents.
Day 13: Shang Sumdo to Hemis: 06 hours trekking and 2 hours drive to Leh with Hemis Monastery Visit- The trek starts from the riverbed, then follow a good path through large blocks and then go left bank. You reach a dusty trail suitable for motor vehicles and then pass a small house and series of Chortens. Leave Martsellang on the right and follow a gently rising trail till the road head. Drive to Leh after visiting famous HEMIS GOMPA.
Day 14: Leh to Delhi flight and later fly back home- Morning drive to Leh airport to board flight for Delhi. On arrival, you drive to your hotel and later sightseeing of Delhi will be organized (optional). In the late evening, drive towards international airport to board flight back home.
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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