| Markha Valley | ||
26 & 18 days Difficulty ** Maximum altitude: 5090 m |
14 days Difficulty ** Maximum altitude: 5030 m | |
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| LADAKH
SPECIAL OFFER 10 % to 20 % discount during summer 2002 |
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special offer is valid if your trek starts before end September 2002. |
| Markha Valley | ||
26 & 18 days Difficulty ** Maximum altitude: 5090 m |
14 days Difficulty ** Maximum altitude: 5030 m | |
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| Sham and Indus Monasteries | ||
17 days Difficulty ** Maximum altitude: 5300 m |
15 days Difficulty * Maximum altitude: 4200 m | |
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| Ladakh special offer summer 2002 (if your trek starts before 30-09-2002) | |||
| Price per person (in US dollars) according to the number of persons in your group. | |||
| . | 2 to 5 persons | 6 to 9 persons | more than 9 persons |
| Darsha - Padum | 760 $ | 721 $ | 682 $ |
| Padum - Lamayuru | 919 $ | 881 $ | 841 $ |
| Darsha - Lamayuru | 1010 $ | 949 $ | 888 $ |
| Markha Valley | 735 $ | 707 $ | 679 $ |
| The High Rupshu Plateau | 739 $ | 700 $ | 661 $ |
| Sham and Indus Monasteries | 756 $ | 725 $ | 694 $ |
| The special offer can be stopped at any time. The prices will be definitively fixed only when you will have asked for a quotation and paid the booking advance. |
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North of the Great Himalayan range, amongst a tangled knot of
jagged mountains, lies a rugged and fascinating land, the once independent kingdom of
Zanskar. Sandwiched between the Indus Valley and the main crest of the Indian Himalayas,
this remote and inaccessible setting, well guarded by snowy mountain passes, has kept
alive an archaic form of Tibetan Buddhism which flourishes in chain of far-flung
monasteries, most of which occupy spectacular fortified locations, high on rocky ridges in
isolated valleys. Lovely high meadow camp sites and dry desert land, high passes and
snow-capped peaks stunning scenery, Buddhist monasteries...
Since 1974, when Ladakh
first became accessible to foreign visitors, this high and arid region has captured the
imagination of adventure travellers. This itinerary between Ladakh and Zanskar offers a
large diversity of landscapes, from the jagged Kongmaru La pass (5000 m) to the green
oasis of the Markha valley with breath-taking views on the Korakoram snow-capped peaks.
Many scattered high villages , each with irrigated fields of barley and potatoes, add
colour to this otherwise quite barren environment, and provide the chance to meet the
Ladakhi peasants in the simplicity of their daily life. Markha will be an opportunity to
visit the old monastery, famous for its paintings. 
Southeast of Leh this high altitude cold desert is
the western extension of the Tibetan Plateau. Previously closed to visitors, this region
offers some of the most amazing scenery to be found in Ladakh. It is a land of monasteries
and high passes, dissected by numerous mountain ridges and traversed by a number of
ancient trading routes. We will venture in a mineral wilderness where only a few nomads
live, totally reliant on their yak and sheep herds for their subsistence. The all
prevailing Buddhist influence mixed with the "animistic Bon" religion...
Going through the Indus
valley and the ancient kingdom of Sham, this program is of moderated difficulty. It is an
opportunity to visit the most important monasteries of Ladakh and the magnificent sites
spread around: Shey, Thiksey, Hemis, Spitok, Phyang, Lamayuru and Alchi, which are
accessible by road and Temisgang, Ridzong and Likir, which line the trekking path. At an
altitude lower than 4500m, trails go across numerous villages where ways and customs are
Tibetan ones.