CHADAR FROZEN RIVER TREK

Ladakh can be a difficult place to travel. The mountains are steep and in the winter snowfall closes many of the mountain passes and makes the few roads treacherous. Some villages become completely inaccessible between November and March. One method of accessing snow-bound villages during the winter is trekking on top of the ice of frozen rivers. The Chadar trek is one such route, connecting villages in the Zanskar valley (deep in the mountains) with Chilling (on the road to Leh) along the frozen Zanskar River. This route has been used for centuries for trade and transportation, and is most reliable in February when the ice is most stable.

Chadar Calendar

• 11th Jan to 19th Jan 2016. Few seats available.
• 16th Jan to 24th Jan 2016. OPEN
• 23rd Jan to 31st Jan 2016. Full
• 30th Jan to 07th Feb 2016. OPEN
• 31st Jan to 8th Feb 2016. Few seats
• 06th Feb to 14th Feb 2016

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Ladakh attracts foreign tourist

Ladakh is favorite tourist destination for foreigners. The cold desert - Ladakh is being visited more by the foreign tourists than domestic ones yearly," officials of state tourism department said.

Every year, more foreign tourists visit Ladakh than domestic ones, as foreigners love Gompas and rock carvings dotted across cold desert," tourism officials said.

Similarly, 43,900 tourists visited Ladakh in 2006, out of which 26,070 were foreigners and only 17830 were Indians.

Ladakh destination

Low intensity Kargil war and tension between India and Pakistan has had a negative impact on tourism in Ladakh over the years, a Leh-based tour operator said, adding that things are improving now.

Ladakh also known as Moonland, has always attracted foreigners, who had always outnumbered the domestic tourists since 1974, when frontier region of J-K was opened to them. Wrapped in the golden silence of rocky terrain, Ladakh is a repository of myraid cultures, traditions, heritage spots, scenic sites and religious influences.

It has 30 to 40 odd ancient Gompas, two to three high altitude lakes, two dozen naked peaks for mountaineers, two dozen mountain reeks, and markets. for Ladakh tour  you can plan your Ladakh tour with ladakhdestination.com

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Mountains rise up form the ground and the highest mountain peak in our world is Mount Everest, which is 8850 meters high from the sea level. However, the conditions on the top of Mt. Everest is not the same as that at our home. Its extreme and is difficult for human beings to survive for a long time there. Be it for achieving the summit or just for the love of it, human beings have challenged it and successfully achieved it. Perhaps its the nature of us humans to accept the challenge and get over it. For the love of the mountains, humans have to venture outdoors as the mountains wont be coming to us, we have to go to it. Not only that, a mountaineer has to face lot of difficulties including harsh and extreme weather, living and sustaining out of one’s comfort zone, exhaustion and the most important of them all – High Altitude. Read More
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