Snow Leopard Trek

Today is reserved for you to get assimilated into the cold weather of Leh. You need to get well- acquainted with the climatic conditions of Leh as in the coming days you must face most chilled weather of Ladakh. Get some sightseeing today and enjoy the local cuisine within the markets of Leh. Take a glance at the art and craft of the town market and purchase if you wish to remember this trip for your life and lock it up in your priceless possessions. Overnight stay takes place in your hotel.

Post your breakfast, kickstart this wonder trip by taking the trail that leads to Zingchen formerly and later to the valley of Rumbak. The trek for today gets concluded within 6 hours, thus reaching at an altimeter of 12, 000 ft approx. This valley has so much to offer to you, as this is the landscape where Hemis National Park is situated. You need to first drive to Phey. After reaching Phey descend into the gorge of Zingchen, moving past the Indus river and some rocky cliffs along the trail. On the last leg of the day, trek towards Rumbak Valley. Overnight stay takes place in the tents at the campsite.

After you are done with the appetizing breakfast for the day, move out of the tent site and trek towards Yurutse. Once you get along the trail, you must first reach to Stok La and further to Yurutse, the campsite for the night. Rumbak valley is a great landscape that offers you rich flora and fauna. Flora consists of distinguished flowers like juniper, populus - Salix forests, fir, Anemone, Gentiana, Thalictrum, Lloydia, Veronica, Delphinium and many other. The fauna includes most importantly snow leopard, Argali, Bharal, Shapu, Ibex and many more. Some of these wildlife species are extinct or endangered in most of the other parts of the country. Campsite for the night will be within this vicinity.

On all these 5 days you need to spot a snow leopard within the surroundings of Hemis National park. You need to move around the whole vicinity to see the signs of snow leopard. The winter time is the only period in which such wildlife creatures move to the lower ends of the terrains. After days of trying you are surely going to witness the beautiful yet fierce-eyed creature within the environment of the park. Come back to your respective campsite and get some hot servings within your tents. Stay overnight at the camping site.

After spotting a snow leopard and other wild creatures at Hemis National park, now it�s time to move back to the first leg of the trip, Leh. At first, you must revert to Zingchen through Rumbak village thus reaching Phey. Cross the bridge at phey and have a comfortable drive to the capital city, Leh. Check into the hotel and stay there overnight.