Manali – Ladakh – Manali bike trip – Biking adventures of Ladakh

Welcome Adventure Enthusiast..! Upon arrival at Manali, check into the hotel. We let you wander around the city if you have the energy left for. Our representative will meet you to greet and team up with fellow riders on this adventurous journey to the Himalayas. There, we prepare you for expected, and the unexpected – the roadmap, riding etiquette, pitfalls, & heavenly views with cold weather conditions followed a tasty dinner. We shall handover the bikes to all the participants, after which all the riders can go for a short drive from Manali to Nagar and back. Now, you are mentally prepared. Arrive at hotel for dinner by evening.

Don’t let your sleepiness make you late unless you want to stuck in traffic while riding alone on the narrow and serpentine road to Keylong. After breakfast start riding motorbike toward Jispa. Crossing over Rohtang Pass (3980 m) and crossing beautiful villages of Lahul Valley. Enjoy beautiful ride in bank of Chadra & Bhaga river. This is our first day of Leh Ladakh bike trip from Manali. Today we will ride over Manali Leh road. On arrival check in at camp/hotel. Overnight stay in camp/hotel.

After breakfast start your journey to Baralacha pass which is a high mountain pass in Zanskar range, connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu & Kasmir, situated along the Leh Manali Highway. En route you will be crossing Darcha – a village on the Bhaga River in Lahaul region and then you head towards Sarchu a major halt point with tented accommodation in the Himalayas on the Leh-Manali Highway, on the boundary between Himachal Pradesh & Ladakh. The halt will add an extreme adventure to your biking expedition with its camp. Because of its sky reaching altitude, the only means of accommodation possible in the valley is camping.

This day move towards Leh covering approx 260 kms on your 350 cc Royal enfield. En route cross Naki mountain ranges situated between Gurla Dhār and Handi Got, cross over Lahera Dhār, Lachang La (5065 m) and Tanglang La pass (5300 m) which is the supposedly the highest mountain pass on the Manali – Leh highway and the world’s second highest motorable road. Enter the Indus valley from the Zanskar valley. At an elevation of 6000m, Zanskar is the wild and untamed valley of the clouds, with the Himalayas guarding it like a mother; it is where the skies speak, and the mountains echo, and the poppies and the edelweiss bloom. ’Yes! I reached’ says your heart by looking at ”Welcome to Leh” board.

After breakfast, we leave the group to explore all the places in and around Leh. We’ll have enough time to visit the local places, monasteries, leh bazar and witness the friendly culture of Leh. Also there are plenty of options to try out local cuisine and continental cafes in and around the market place. In the evening, we’d have our dinner and prepare for next day’s exciting ride.

We will set of for the Khardung – La Pass (World’s highest motorable road at 18380 feet) at daybreak via cars/ jeeps. Khardung La is historically very important as it lies on the major Silk route from Leh Central Asia. About 10,000 horses and camels used to take the route annually. The view from the top is spectacular, stretching from the Indus valley in the south over the endless peaks and ridges of the Zanskar range to the giants of the Saser Massif in the north. Further continue the journey towards Nubra Valley. Enjoy the scenic beauty and reach the sand dunes to capture beautiful evening. Hunder is most popular for the double humped Camel ride in the high altitude cold desert. Dinner and overnight stay in Nubra.

This day we shall depart for visit the famous Pangong Tso. This route is less travelled, but definitely is the most adventurous..! Be ready to test your driving skills.  Pangong Lake, is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas, It is situated at a height of about 4,350 m (14,270 ft). It is 134 km (83 mi) long and extends from India to Tibet. Approximately 60% of the length of the lake lies in Tibet. The lake is 5 km (3.1 mi) wide at its broadest point.  Overnight stay in Pangong.

In the morning, get set for yet another journey exhilarating ride as you head back to Leh, via Chang La pass (the third highest mountain pass in the world) and Choglamsar. En route, stop at the famous Druk White Lotus School, featured in the blockbuster Bollywood movie ‘3 Idiots’ and Shanti Stupa, a beautiful white-domed Buddhist stupa surrounded by a stunning scenery of vast mountains. If time permits, you can even visit Magnetic Hill, War Memorial, and Gurudwara Pathar Sahib(At own cost). Overnight stay in Leh.

After an adventurous ride across Ladakh, it is time to head back to Manali. Undoubtedly the best stretch on the Manali-Leh highway, this section of the Manali-Leh highway will feel as if you’re on a roller coaster ride climbing up and down from one Himalayan pass to another crossing two high altitude passes, Lachlung La (16,616 feet) and Nakee La (15,547 feet) and a section of 21 switchbacks called Gata loops. Since Sarchu is snowbound for most of the year, there are no permanent structures here so you stay in Swiss Tents.

The Manali-Leh highway is considered the most beautiful yet demanding highway in the world. Your ride today is the toughest since you started. The mud covered climb and descent of the 13,051 feet high Rohtang pass will test your riding skills to the max. That’s the tough part, but what about the landscape? Lush green Himalayan mountains and waterfalls appear out of nowhere once you cross the Rohtang pass. Arrive at Manali to get refreshed in your own way. Say thanks to mighty Himalaya for your good & safe journey and enjoy overnight stay at hotel in Manali.

After breakfast its time for both of us to say good bye and your memorable dream  tour concludes here. Carry sweet unforgettable memories of Ladakh to cherish throughout life. Overnight journey by bus. Bike Trip ends.