A photo journey to Leh – Ladakh
A trip to Leh Ladakh is there on every travelers bucket list, but not everyone is keen enough to take a road trip to Leh Ladakh – The Land of Passes. We took a road trip, back in June 2017, to Leh Ladakh where we started off as 9 strangers but over the duration of the trip, turned into friends for life. Such is the beauty of a road trip – it turns strangers into friends and friends into family.
Follow me as I take you on a Photo Journey to Leh – Ladakh – The land of Passes .
We started our journey from the town of Manali, crossed Rohtang La pass , Baralach La pass and ended our journey for the day at the transit town of Sarchu, in Lahul and Spiti district. One can find plenty of tented accommodation in Sarchu, which also happens to be the border town of Himachal Pradesh and the gateway to entering Jammu and Kashmir.
Our Journey to Leh – Ladakh for the next day took us from Sarchu to Leh, crossing Tagalang La pass, Moore plains and the famous Gata loops.
Now that we had a good nights sleep in a quaint little home stay in Leh, and our bodies got acclimatized, we set out on our Journey to Leh – Ladakh, to explore the local attractions in Leh, such as Shanti Stupa, Leh Palace, Shey Monastery, Thiksey Monastery and the Hall of Fame.
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Our major Journey to Leh – Ladakh started the next day, when we were on our way to Nubra Valley, and crossed the mighty Khardung La pass on our way. At 18380 feet, its the highest motorable road in the world. We were lucky enough to witness snowfall whilst on the top and also some hail on our way down to Nubra from Khardung La. If crossing Khardung La pass was not enough, we spent the later part of the day at the sand dunes near Hunder in Nubra Valley, where we got to see the Double Humped Camels as well. Witnessing the sun set behind the mountains and the golden light hit the Maitreya Buddha Statue, was indeed a divine moment.
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The last leg of our Journey to Leh – Ladakh started with us crossing the mighty Chang La pass, to reach Pangong Tso, where one can easily see 4-5 shades of blue in the water. Though the lake has become quite a touristy spot ever since movies like 3 idiots, Jab Tak Hai Jaan came out, we were able to find our quaint little spot where we did some photo shoot of all Wravelers. We called a night after witnessing the Milky Way from our camps in Spangmik.
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And we were on our way back to Manali via Keylong, Leh, bringing the Journey to Leh – Ladakh to an amazing end with each of us becoming friends for life and carrying loads of priceless memories with them. Though the trip got over, the bond of friendship that each one of us developed during the trip, only got stronger with each passing day.
If you like our journey, you should definitely check out the 7 day Leh Ladakh Itinerary and become all set to get Leh’d.
Related : Leh Palace – Once the residence of Royals in Ladakh
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Beautiful pictures and it seems you guys had great fun. Ladakh is like me second home. Had been there countless times. My go to place. But the real beauty of Ladakh is beyond Leh and touristy spots.
This looks amazing! Your photos are incredible. I would love to visit here myself some day. I need these pics for myself!
Thanks, and yes you should definitely plan a trip and capture these memories for yourself.
Loved the photo journey. So beautiful and it looks like you all had so much fun!!
That we did!
Wow! Such beautiful landscapes! Thank you so much for sharing this, I hope we’ll get to go there too one day!
You should definitely plan up a trip to India soon and include Ladakh in your itinerary
I have always wanted to visit Ladakh! Love your photos. The sunrises look worth waking up for 😀 Sounds like you had an amazing trip, and made some great friends along the way!
True that
Looks like you had an amazing time on this trip. The mountain views are spectacular and I’d definitely want to do it myself, taking on all those high mountain passes.
Great photos!
Thank you so much
Beautiful and amazing. I love the way you’ve told this story. Apart from the stunning landscape, you’ve had a wonderful adventure too with the other people who you met for the first time.
True that, it was indeed a wonderful journey.
Tell me, is it possible for anyone to take bad pictures of Leh Ladakh? Really wonderful pictoral depiction. The pictures needs no words for description.
Thank you so much
This looks breathtaking! I wish you had filmed it as well! I was imagining what the temperature would be like inside those yurts at night.
We did capture some time-lapses as well, but most of the time we were capturing pictures only.
This is really gorgeous scenery and I especially love the yaks! Did you find that you had to train extensively for the physically demanding nature of this journey? I often struggle on multi-day hikes because my fitness level is not really high enough.
There were some members who got affected by the altitude, but yeah a regular dose of Dimox and plenty of water helped them out. There was no extensive training per say.
The road trip is indeed epic. The beautiful landscapes come alive vibrantly in the pictures. This must have been a wonderful experience with memories to cherish for a lifetime.
Thank you so much. and yeah it was indeed one hell of a wonderful experience.
Laddakh seems to be on every travelers wishlist. And so it is on mine. Your pictures are so beautiful that they are tempting me even more to visit here. Such a surreal place it is!
Am glad you liked my pics. Thanks
Such amazing pictures! I really hope to visit India someday! Thanks for sharing:)
You definitely should plan a visit soon, before the place gets too touristy.
I’m really jealous sight now! I wish i was there! Lovely photos!
xoxo
Kate
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This is a great post! very clear and constructive which is great especially since it is interesting and educational! keep up the great work. Brilliant use of photos, it really brought your discussion alive.
Thank you so much
This is such a beautiful place. Would you recommend backpacking or the whole trip should be planned? ❤️ See you on our facebook group Love! http://BloggyMary.guru here.
Ideally it should be a mix, initially go with a planned trip but dont book your return ticket. Once there, backpack after the planned one is over.
Wow!
Nine strangers. That’s a traveling leap of faith. Nice to read it was a success.
This was a great intro to a place I’ve never considered.
You really brought the place to life, it looks an amazing place to visit. The scenary was truly stunning. It wasn’t on my list but it sure is now.
Oh my gosh! I’ve wanted to travel here for the longest time. It’s just been sitting there on my list of places to visit but seeing all of your beautiful pictures has made me want to actually DO IT finally. Thanks for the info, and of course the amazing photos!
Thank you so much. Am glad the photos inspire you to take a trip.
What a post Arnav! I have so many readers in India; gotta book a trip and see one of the world’s most gorgeous places.
Looking good; keep doing those push ups 😉
Ryan
Aw man, this was wonderful to look at and read. Your photos are gorgeous! I’ve yet to get to India, but this place definitely made it onto my TO SEE list.
What a magical place! I loved the sunrise from your tents in Sarchu! That must’ve been stunning in person!
True, it was indeed a wonderful experience and I was the only one in the group to witness it,as the others were still in deep sleep.
Everyone has been to Leh-Ladakh except me. I really wish to go but I am tied down due to some things. But it is nice to see you upload these pictures. It helps quench my thirst for Leh-Ladakh a bit
Leh and Ladakh may be a little far to travel in India but this destination offers spectacular mountainous beauty 🙂 thanks for sharing this lovely post
Beautifully captured and captioned.
Thank You so much