Himalayas 2005 | The route

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Our route for the trip
What was planned, not what we finally did

I'll be putting up a map tracing our journey shortly. Omi has been promising me a soft copy of the map for a while now. Will upload it as soon as I get it...

TOUR ITINERARY (original plan):
Bangalore - Hyderabad - Nagpur - Gwalior - Agra - NewDelhi - Ambala - Chandigarh - Bilaspur - Mandi - Pathankot - Kathua - Jammu - Udhampur - Anantnag - Srinagar - Sonmarg - Drass - Kargil - Leh(KhardungLa-Khalsar-NubraValley-Leh) - Karu - ChangLa - PangongTso - Chusul - TsakaLa - Hanle - LamTso - Dutun - Hanse - Kaza - ChungTong - MarangLa - Korzok - Thukse-Pang - Keylong - Gramphu - Rohtang Pass - Gramphu - Batal - Kaza - Lori - Sumdo - Milling - Puh - Sangla - Rampur - Shimla - Chandigarh - Delhi and Back to Bangalore

ROUTE (STATE-WISE):
START : Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir(Jammu /
Srinagar)-Himachal Pradesh (Kyelong)-Uttar Pradesh (Dehradun)-New
Delhi-and Back.

ROUTE IN DETAIL:
1) BANGALORE TO HYDERABAD Distance : 563 Kms
Route : Bangalore-Chikballapur-Penukonda-Anantapur-Kurnool-Hyderabad

2) HYDERABAD TO SAGAR Distance : 688 Kms
Route : Hyderabad-Secundrabad-Kamareddi-Nirmal-Adilabad-Nagpur-
Seoni-Lakhnadon(NH26)-Narsinghpur-Sagar

3) SAGAR-DELHI Distance : 629 Kms
Route : Sagar-Jhansi(NH26)- (SH)Datia-Dabra-Gwalior-(NH3)Morena-Agra-
(NH2) N.Delhi

4) ONE DAY HALT IN DELHI

5) NEW DELHI-to-Chandigarh Distance : 345 kms.
Route : N.Delhi-85-Panipat-34-Karnal-34-Pipli-56-Ambala-30-Chandigarh.

6) ONE DAY HALT IN CHANDIGARH

7) CHANDIGARH-to-McLEODGANJ Distance : 263 kms.
Route : Chandigarh-57-Ropar, Bilaspur-105-Mandi, Jogindernagar-72-
Palampur-14-Yol-14-McLeod Ganj)

8) McLEODGANJ -to-JAMMU Distance : 176 kms.
Route : McLeod Ganj -80- Pathankot, Kathua, Samba-96-Jammu

9) JAMMU to SRINAGAR Distance : 293 kms.
Route : Jammu, Udhampur, Batot, Ramban, Digdaul-(Jawahar
Tunnel)-237-Anantnag-56-Srinagar.

10) Halt at Srinagar

11) SRINAGAR-to-KARGIL Distance : 295 kms.(appx.)
Route :Srinagar-19-Ganderbal-64-Sonamarg(via-Wayul-Kangan-Gund-Kulan)-111-Kargil.
(via : Zojila Pass-Matdyam-Machoi-Dras-Khpalu).

12) KARGIL-to-LEH * Distance : 210kms.
Route : Kargil-110-Khalsi(via : Shakulse-Mulbekh-Namika La
Pass-Hensikot-Futu La
Pass)-100-Leh(via : Kurla-Saspul-Niru-Spituk).

13) Halt at Leh for Inner Line Permits

14)* LEH to NUBRA VALLEY Distance : 100 kms.
Route : Leh-80-Nubra Valley via Khardung La Pass-80-Leh
(Stay at Nubra???)

15) Stay/Buffer in Leh for one Day

16) LEH-to-HEMIS Distance : 45 kms. (appx.)
Route : Leh-Choglamsar-Tiske-Hemis
(National Park at Hemis)

17) HEMIS to SPANGMIK (PANGONG LAKE) Distance : 100 kms. (appx.)
Route : Hemis Chemrey-Chang La Pass- Pangong Lake

18) to 24) Hanle Basin, Rupsu Valley,Kar Basin, Lahaul Valley, Spiti
Valley, Sangla Valley-Leh

Keylong (via : Choglamsar-Shey-Tiske-Karu (Hemis Gompa), - Chusul Dachung
Yogma-Tsaka La Pass-Gandpa Gompa-Nyoma Rap-Hanle
Basin-[Dutung-Hanse-Kaza]-{ChungTong-MarangLa]-{Korzok-Thukse-Pang –
Lachung La-Takh-Sarchu-Baralacha La-Suraj Tal-Jispa-Keylong.

Khoksar-(Gramphu-RohtangLa-Gramphu)-Batal-KunzumLa-Hanse-Kaza(Ki Gompa)

SPITI VALLEY
Kaza-TaboGompa-Lori-Sumdo-Milling-Nako-Namgia-Puh-RekongPeo-Sangla-Shimla

25-30) SHIMLA-to-BANGALORE Distance : +++kms.
Route :

Note: Inner line Permits in Leh at DC’s office important
3.Nubra Valley
4.Hanle Basin
5.If required for Rupsu Valley and Kar Basin also.
Days 18 to 24 will have to be traveled depending on the conditions –
these will be the most challenging days for which the buffers in other
cities have been given.
For all practical purposes we should be at Pangong lake on Day 15!!!