[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hi guys I hope you guys saw my previous video on 7 Day Itinerary to Leh and you loved it. Today’s video will be on how to plan a budget trip to Leh Ladakh . First things first, people with heart and lung ailments should literally avoid going to Leh. Why? because most of the places in Leh are10,000 feet above sea level and you may experience breathlessness because of the scarcity of oxygen which may lead to altitude sickness. What is Altitude sickness? See,
when you ascend to a higher altitude during a short period of time your body doesn’t get enough rest to adapt to the environment. Because of that you may experience vomiting, headache, hallucination and to avoid this you need to acclimatize to the environment by resting for 2 days when you go by air and a day is fine if you go by road as the highway you would take would be Manali Leh Highway or Srinagar Leh Highway which reduces the chances of AMS.
Important thing is to carry the oxygen tablets which are Diamox which help supply oxygen to your body when you feel breathlessnessplus Aspirin, medicines for headache, vomiting everything should be taken care of. Coming to when to visit Ladakh? So June to September is the most favorable time as the environment there is very pleasant.
Only thing is that the days are warm and the nights are cold, so don’t forget to carry as much as warm clothes with you hand gloves,mufflers everything and try to layer as much as clothes possible during the night time;and during the day please don’t forget to apply sunscreen with Higher SPF as you mayget a good tan. When we both arrived here we had got sortof black. The winter season is from October to Marchand in winters most of the places are covered in snow and the passes are closed, becauseof this you won’t be able to enjoy that much and explore locations. Second part is
how to reach Ladakh With Budget Price
There are three routes you can explore byroad, air or train. There is no direct connectivity of trainsto Ladakh. You will need to book a train ticket to Jammu, from Jammu you can take a local state transport bus till Srinagar which may cost you aroundRs. 500 to 800, from Srinagar you will need to book a sharing cab which will cost youaround Rs.2500. So overall expenses will be Rs.4000-5000 dependingfrom where do you board. The total travel time will be 48-50 hours if you board from Mumbai.
I don’t think this much of time anybody has nowadays. A good option is to go by air . If you book tickets 3 months prior to the decided travel time you would get it in Rs.5000, we had bookedit 1 month before so because of that we got a Rs.7000 ticket. I recommend you guys to go by air as it ischeap, takes less travel time & the view is also awesome. Third option is the road route, there aretwo highways, Srinagar to Leh & Manali to Lehboth are 400-500kms approx & it takes 2 days to cover all the tourist destinations alongthe way & to reach Ladakh. Traveling enthusiasts who are ready to explorethose routes can go ahead.
After reaching Leh airport you go towardsthe main road because if you take a cab from inside the premises, it will cost you more. From main road you can take a taxi which maycost you Rs.350-400 depending on the distance from the airport to your homestay. The homestay which we had booked costed us Rs.700,it was 1.8km from Leh market & the scenery was also awesome. It was a good homestay. One day when we were sick they gave us theirlocal food which they had prepared at home, it was really amazing.
On the first day you need to rest, just goat your homestay, have food there & rest for the complete day. The next day you can explore local food, youcan talk to the locals, fill your tummies with sumptuous momos, have thukpa, go forshopping, have some fun. Most important thing around 11-12pm go tothe DC office, there you will have to take out a permit. Just before that go to cyber cafe fill upthe online permit form with all your details, then you submit it to the DC office. The reason you need a permit of all the locationsyou are visiting is that you will come across different checkpoints, you need to show thepermit so keep 4-5 copies which will cost you around Rs.570 ( Rs.450 base price & Rs.20per day). Keep that in mind it is very important. After what you do is go to the travel agentwhichever is nearby you tell them if you are a group of 6 people that you want to go toNubra &
Pangong at so & so date they will brief you the pricing approx Rs.18-20k. Even if you are a couple let them know inadvance as they adjust you two with rest people who have booked the cab, but you need to informthem 4-5 days before. Day 3 what you do is rent a bike, moped orbullet. Moped costs you around Rs.600 & bullet willcost you Rs.1000 & above depending on the cc. If you don’t wish to travel by bike, you canbook a cab they charge around Rs.1500-2000 & they cover locations like Hall of Fame,Pathar Sahib Gurudwara, Leh Palace & Shanti Stupa;
but that isn’t recommended becausethere are many locations beyond Pathar Sahib Gurudwara which you can explore if you hirea bike. After Pathar Sahib, you go to Magnetic hillwhere you can ride ATV bikes which will cost you Rs.1100 but we did not like it so we didnot do it. And after that you can go to the Sangam whichwe missed because we had no idea that it is after that and it was actually sunset so wehad to go back early before the sun sets. If you wish, if you have time you can go toLamayuru. The next day you rent a bike and leave earlymorning around 7- 8 o’clock. First on the way you will get Shey Palace,after that Thiksey monastery and after that will be Hemis monastery so see out of allthree, Thiksey monastery was very beautiful.
You should not miss going there. If you have less time then please go there& return back to Leh. Fifth day you will get a shared cab from Lehbus stand to Nubra valley, which costs around Rs.500. There are rough roads on the journey, butI hope you enjoy it because it’s now or never. They will drop you at the Diskit taxi stand. At Diskit you talk to the other taxi driverand ask him how much he will charge you, please guys pay only 600-800 rupees because thereare only 2 destinations there to explore nearby. You will reach there somewhere around 2:00p.m. So local sightseeing there includes Diskitmonastery where you will get to see the tall statue of Maitreya Buddha & second is Hunderwhere there are double humped camels, white sand desert it is. There you can also take a camel ride for 300rupees. Next day you can go to Turtuk which is saidto be the last village of India, after that you see Pakistan. It is just a normal village but if you havetime then you can visit the village. We took a shared cab back to Leh. We had a talk with the travel agent for takingus to Pangong.
There were already 4 people in the cab,theyneeded 2 people. So according to that we paid Rs.1800 per headto go to Pangong & then return back.
You can’t complete Nubra itself and Pangongin one day, you need to stay there because the roads aren’t well so you can’t travelat night. We went to Pangong by travel agent’s car & thereyou can stay at luxurious tents which would cost you around Rs.2500 & above. So we prefered a homestay in Spangmik villagewhich is approx. 4 kms from Pangong lake, you can tell yourlocal cab driver to take you there. It costed us near around Rs.700 per head therewe got to have ladakhi local homemade food, it was quite a cozy place & the next day weleft for Leh. Coming to the final expenses. Air tickets 5000 rupees per head if we calculateto & from it will cost near around 10-12k, for transportation approx. 7000 rupees. per head, food approx. 500 rupees per head per day so 7*500= 3500,for stay 700-1000 rupees if you prefer homestays which makes it 4900-6000 varies dependingon which season you go. So overall expenses will be around 25-27kfor one person for approx. 7-8 days.
Yeah that’s it! If you want to know more about local food,what we had I have posted it on my instagram account do follow me on instagram. So this was all I hope this video helps youto plan a cheap Ladakh Tour. If you have any questions I am happy to helpyou, do mention it in the comments section down below. Share this video with your friends whom youwant to go Ladakh with, do share your wonderful experiences if you had any in Ladakh. Till then see you for the next time. Bye guys. Love you guys.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Related Ladakh Tours” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left”][products columns=”4″ orderby=”title” order=”ASC” ids=”5969, 5130, 4615″][/vc_column][/vc_row]