Trekking Zingchen to Chilling

Tour Details
Duration of Trek:	03 Days.
Best Time:	Round the year
Highest Point:	Gandala (4380m)
Focus:	Monasteries, People, Villages
Highlight:	Trekking, Wildlife, People, Homestay, Monasteries and Landscape.
Physical Challenge:	Moderate overall.

Itinerary

Day 01 Leh to Zingchen to Rumbak 4-5 hours

After having breakfast, drive to Zingchen and walk towards Rumbak through a straight forward road. Leaving Zingchen village, you’ll enter the Hemis national park – habitat of Snow leopard and mountain ungulates etc. Walk through a narrow trail and the valley will widen as you arrive at Rumbak village. Rumbak offers you an opportunity to stay in a village house with a family – a trend that began in recent years under the homestay provisions being promoted and supported by the Government supported NGOs and travel agencies. You’ll get to try different local food during your home stay experience.
Day 02 Rumbak to Yurutse 2-3 hours

With a traditional warm Ladakhi breakfast your day will begin with a trek to Yurutse. At Yurutse, after having lunch, proceed for a short walk for wildlife sightseeing before returning to the homestay again in a local family house
Day 03 Yurutse to Kaya 6-7 hours

From Yurutse you’ll follow the path along mountains, and then cross a small valley to a zig zag steep path. Thereafter crossing the Ganda La pass (4380m), you’ll be walking for about two hours of descending walk and then you’ll reach the beautiful valley of Markha. A few hundred meters ahead is the Kaya village, where you’ll stay in a family house.
Day 04 Kaya to Chilling to Leh 2-3 hours

After having breakfast, you’ll walk towards Chilling across the Zanskar River and from there, you’ll be driven back to Leh. You’ll reach Leh by the evening.