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Leh Ladakh on a Bike

10 days · 9 nights

Leh Ladakh on a Bike

Manali to Leh over Baralacha La and Tanglang La, Pangong Lake, the sand dunes of Nubra and Khardung La — and back by the same high road.

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Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

10 days · Manali · Leh · Nubra · Pangong

Leh Ladakh Bike Trip

Manali to Leh over Baralacha La and Tanglang La, Pangong Lake, the sand dunes of Nubra and Khardung La — and back by the same high road.

Duration
10 days · 9 nights
Starts
Manali
Highest point
5,360 m
Level
Challenging
Season
Summer, when the passes open
  • Baralacha La & Tanglang La
  • Pangong Lake
  • Hunder's sand dunes
  • Khardung La
  • A free day in Leh

Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Day by day

  1. Day 1Arrival in Manali

    Manali · Night: Manali

  2. Day 2Manali → Zingzing Bar → Baralacha La → Sarchu

    Manali · Atal Tunnel · Zingzing Bar · Baralacha La · Sarchu · Highest about 4,890 m (Baralacha La) · Night: Sarchu

  3. Day 3Sarchu → Pang → Tanglang La → Upshi (Rancho School) → Leh

    Sarchu · Pang · Tanglang La · Upshi · Leh · Highest about 5,330 m (Tanglang La) · Night: Leh

  4. Day 4Leh → Chang La → Durbuk → Pangong Lake

    Leh · Chang La · Durbuk · Pangong · Highest about 5,360 m (Chang La) · Night: Pangong

  5. Day 5Pangong → Durbuk → Shyok → Diskit → Hunder (sand dunes)

    Pangong · Shyok · Diskit · Hunder · Night: Nubra

  6. Day 6Nubra → Diskit Monastery → Khardung La → Leh

    Diskit · Khardung La · Leh · Highest about 5,360 m (Khardung La) · Night: Leh

  7. Day 7Free day in Leh

    Night: Leh

    No bike, no lunch plan — it's your day.

  8. Day 8Leh → Sarchu

    the same high road back · Night: Sarchu

  9. Day 9Sarchu → Manali

    Night: Manali

  10. Day 10Departure after breakfast

Altitude

This road crosses passes over 5,000 m. Allow time to acclimatise, drink plenty of water and follow your ride captain's call on weather and roads.

What to carry

  • Riding jacket, gloves and boots
  • Warm layers and a rain cover
  • Driving licence (riders)
  • Personal medicines
  • Sunglasses and sunscreen
  • ID

Included

  • Motorbike for the trip (rider plans)
  • Stays on the route
  • Ride captain

from ₹42,000/person

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What the ride looks like

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Riding to Ladakh — passes and water crossings
On the road past a waterfall

The road

Leh Ladakh Bike Trip

Manali to Leh over Baralacha La and Tanglang La, Pangong Lake, the sand dunes of Nubra and Khardung La — and back by the same high road.

Days
10
Highest point
5,360 m
  1. Day 1

    Arrival in Manali

    Manali

    Night: Manali

    A rider with his Royal Enfield
  2. Day 2

    Manali → Zingzing Bar → Baralacha La → Sarchu

    ▲ about 4,890 m (Baralacha La)

    Manali · Atal Tunnel · Zingzing Bar · Baralacha La · Sarchu

    Night: Sarchu

    A motorbike, chai and a snowy pass
  3. Day 3

    Sarchu → Pang → Tanglang La → Upshi (Rancho School) → Leh

    ▲ about 5,330 m (Tanglang La)

    Sarchu · Pang · Tanglang La · Upshi · Leh

    Night: Leh

    Riders on the road beside a mountain river
  4. Day 4

    Leh → Chang La → Durbuk → Pangong Lake

    ▲ about 5,360 m (Chang La)

    Leh · Chang La · Durbuk · Pangong

    Night: Pangong

    A braided river in the high valley
  5. Day 5

    Pangong → Durbuk → Shyok → Diskit → Hunder (sand dunes)

    Pangong · Shyok · Diskit · Hunder

    Night: Nubra

    Key monastery on its hill in Spiti
  6. Day 6

    Nubra → Diskit Monastery → Khardung La → Leh

    ▲ about 5,360 m (Khardung La)

    Diskit · Khardung La · Leh

    Night: Leh

    A motorbike on the road through the pines
  7. Day 7

    Free day in Leh

    Night: Leh

    A rider in a helmet on an autumn road
  8. Day 8

    Leh → Sarchu

    the same high road back

    Night: Sarchu

    A dirt bike on a snowy trail
  9. Day 9

    Sarchu → Manali

    Night: Manali

    A rider on the road under a waterfall
  10. Day 10

    Departure after breakfast

    A line of motorbike riders on a high road

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