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9 Days Leh to Shyam Valley Mountain bike

Shyam valley is mostly famous for trekking and sightseeing for its beauty of remoteness, beautiful culture and tradition and amazing landscapes, but we bring you this special tour that includes the cycling in these beautiful valleys and introduce you the western Ladakh.

Day 1 : Arrival at Leh Airport. Rest for acclimatization.

Coming straight to the altitude of min 3,200 m from a much lower place can cause some health problems. So to avoid that, we suggest our guest to take complete rest for a day to get acclimatized. Later there will be a briefing of the program by the agent or by the company representative.

 

Day 2 : Sightseeing to Hemis and Stok Palace

Second day is good to get out doing some sightseeing because you are already acclimatized. So we will start by visiting Hemis and Thiksey monastery at first and then Stok palace after a hot lunch at Chamba restaurant and also after lunch, checking of equipments for tour. 

 

Day 3 : Cycle from Leh to Likir.

Start cycling early after the breakfast towards the west of Ladakh around 45 kms away from Leh. Packed lunch will be served in a way. Since we will be cycling on NH1, so we might find road little busy. O/N Sham

 

Day 4 : Cycle to Likir to Hemis

Today we will pass 2 main passes to reach Hemis village. On our way we will come across two villages, which are Sumdo and Yangthang. Hot lunch will be served on a way at Yangthang. Once we reach Hemis village, we can visit some places like the small forest of Juniper and the Nunnery. O/N at Camp

 

Day 5 : Cycle from Hemis to Rizdong. 

After the breakfast, we will cycle down the Hemis village and reach the highway in half an hour. Afterwards, we will continue cycling towards Rizdong monastery and visit it and the Nunnery. After this we will cycle back towards the highway till Uley eco resort and call it a day. O/N at Uley Resort. 

 

Day 6 : Uley to Alchi. 

Today we will cycle to Alchi village which is around 2-3hrs ride from uley. After reaching the village hot lunch will be served. After that it’s a rest day.O/N at Hotel

 

Day 7 : Alchi to Mangue to Alchi. 

Cycling to Mangue village, which is a quiet and a very beautiful village. The village is famous for the Temple, which is same as that of Alchi, built in same period by the same founder. Lunch will be served in the village. After the lunch, we will cycle back to Alchi and celebrate for the ending of biking tour. 

 

Day 8 : Alchi to Leh drive. Evening complementary Cultural Show. 

Early in the morning, we will visit the temple and load our bike on the carrier and drive back to Leh before the lunch. Afterwards you can to the market for souvenir shopping and be back by evening for cultural show. 

 

Day 9 : Departure. 

Early Morning, transfer to the Leh airport for your flight to Delhi.