Day 2: Express Train to
Chandigarh, Drive to Manali.
Day
3: Day at Leisure. Stay overnight at Hotel.
Day 4:
Travel by jeep over 3978 Rohtang pass, gateway to Lahaul, then continue by
jeep over 4358 metre Kunzam La to Losar, the first village in the Spiti
valley.
Day 5: Continue by jeep to Kaza, the modern
capitol of Spiti.
Day 6: Travel by jeep to Dhankar fort,
the former capitol of Spiti, high above the confluence of the Pin and Spiti
rivers. We then continue to Tabo Gompa, one of the greatest artistic
treasures in the Himalayan region, to view its paintings and sculptures,
some of which are over 1000 years old.
Day 7: Travel by
jeep to Kyi gompa, the largest in Spiti, and Kibber, famed as the world's
highest village with electricity and daily bus service. Overnight at Kibber.
Day 8: Local walk around Kibber: to Gete and Tashigang,
two villages among the highest permanent settlements on earth. We return to
Kibber for the night.
Day 9: We begin our
trek with a short but steep climb to the grazing pastures above Kibber.
Day 10: Trek to Pangrochen, our last camp before Parang
La. Only a small spring sustains life at this high, rocky campsite. Day
11: Trek over 5577 metre Parang La and descend the dazzling Parang
glacier to the lovely oasis of Kharsa Gongma.
Day 12: Trek
down the valley of the Pare Chu (river) to Tarang Yogma.
Day
13: Continue down the Pare Chu, cross the river and camp at the broad
oasis of Norbu Sumdo.
Day 14: Trek to Kiangdam, on the
southern shore of Tso Moriri, the "Mountain Lake".
Day
15: Rest day in the incredible setting of Kiangdam. It's hard to imagine
a more spectacular setting than this.
Day 16: Trek to
Korzok, the village and gompa at the northern shore of the lake.
Day
17: Trek past many large nomadic encampments over Gyamsharma La to
Gyama.
Day 18: Cross the Kyamamuri La to Rajung Karu.
Day 19: Trek over the low ridge of Harlam Konka to the
small village and Gompa of Nuruchan.
Day 20: Trek to Tso
Kar, another of the remarkable lakes of the Changtang plains.
Day
21: Travel by jeep to over the 5328 metre Taglang La to Leh.
Day
3: Day at Leisure. Stay overnight at Hotel. 
