Manali-leh Bike Trip With Turtuk

Stay in Manali

Upon arrival in Manali you will make your own way to Hotel (Transfer cost additional), check in to your hotel and gear up for exploring the beautiful city (on your own)! In the evening, our tour manager will brief you about the various safety measures, riding tips, and gear checkups. The group would have an opportunity to get acquainted with the fellow riders at dinner time. Dinner & overnight stay at the hotel.

Transfer Supplement: Bus stand pick up and transfer to hotel INR 350 per person (sharing basis)

Manali to Sarchu via Atal Tunnel & Jispa (06 to 7hrs) 180 KMS

After breakfast, we will start our Himalayan expedition ride at 7:30 am ride to  Sarchu- via the amazing Atal Tunnel World’s Longest Highway Tunnel and continue ride to Sarchu via Jispa, Baralacha pass. Jispa to Sarchu (80kms/ 4 to 5 Hrs) Post lunch from Jispa ride will be a short one comprising of only 80 km. Enroute Sarchu, we will visit Suraj Tal and Deepak Tal. We will also cross the famous Baralacha Pass located at 16,616ft. This connects Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir. Upon arrival, we would settle down in our campsite taking in the beauty of our starting point in Ladakh and revamp for our long ride tomorrow. Dinner & overnight stay at our campsite in Sarchu.

Sarchu to Leh (250kms/10-11hrs)

After breakfast, we will start our ride towards Leh. This route will give you a mesmerizing view of the landscape of this beautiful cold desert which leaves one spellbound. We will be crossing the three legendary passes - Tanglang la (17,480ft.), Naki la (15,647 ft), and Lachung la (16,616 ft). We will also be riding across the famous More plains and Gata Loops. Upon arrival, we settle down in the Hotel and the evening is left free to our own disposal to explore the local market. Dinner & overnight stay at the Hotel.

Half Day Leh City Tour

Breakfast at the hotel, till afternoon you will take rest, meanwhile your bikes will go for services center

In the afternoon, at around 14:30 hrs you will leave your hotel rooms for visiting the very popular Shanti Stupa - erected on a hilltop in Chanspa in 1991. It is a white dome-shaped Buddhist stupa. Next, you visit the Chowkhang monastery - this serene monastery is marked by fluttering prayer flags further on Leh Palace. Later indulge yourselves in at the local market of Leh. Some of the best buys include Buddhist masks, prayer wheels, thangka paintings and woolen items like Pashmina shawls, gloves, sweaters and more. Dinner & Overnight stay at hotel.

Leh -Nubra Valley 120 Kms/ 4-5 Hrs

After breakfast, drive to Nubra Valley via Khardungla (Highest Motorable road in the World, 18,380 ft). Post-lunch, enjoy the camel safari at Sand Dunes between Diskit & Hundur Village. Dinner & overnight stay at hotel.

Nubra – Turtuk – Nubra (120KM/ 3-4 hrs) 

It is one of the most fascinating journeys in Ladakh. This is a less popular destination recently opened for tourists, if you have a thirst for a beautiful location this is the place. En route spectacular mountain ranges and Villages. This region is controlled mainly by the Ladakh Scouts, a rear department of the India Army. A border village that was recaptured by the Indian Army in 1971. Locals have relatives across the border (Line of Control) and depend mainly on farming of vegetables, apricot besides providing mules and porters. Baltistan a beautiful village with charming people “On the night of December 13, 1971, the people of this village went to sleep in Pakistan. The next morning, they woke up in India.” We are in Turtuk, listening to a villager recount the history of this remote northwest corner of Ladakh, which until that night was part of Baltistan in PoK. A full day of rough excursion, you will come back to Nubra Valley by the evening. Dinner and overnight stay at the campsite.

Nubra Valley to Pangong  via Shyok route (170 KM / 7-8 hrs 

After breakfast visit Diskit Monastery (Big Buddha), where you can have a magnificent view of Nubra Valley and later drive to Pangong via Shyok river with amazing landscape and adventure. Stop for lunch at Durbuk and 1hrs continue drive to Pangong lake. Enjoy the overnight at Pangong lake stargazing. Dinner & overnight stay at camp.

Pangong to Leh via Changla (160KM/7 hrs) 

In the early morning, enjoy the picturesque view of Sunrise on the lake. After Breakfast, drive back to Leh, en route visit Thiksey Monastery and Shey Palace. Our driver will drop you at Leh market where you can explore yourself. Later, a car will leave you at the service station. Dinner & overnight stay at Leh

Note: Bike ride tour will finish today here. You will hand over bike keys with gear to our Marshal.