Overview
This beautiful trek takes you through ancient Buddhist culture, monasteries and ever changing landscape of Ladakh. Being inaccessible for many months in the winter by snow the area is also home to some of the rare Himalayan wildlife. Our first part of the journey crosses through the Markha Valley, situated between the two high passes of Ganda La and Kongmaru La inhabits the villages of Skiu, Markha and Hankar, where the people still follow a lifestyle unchanged for centuries. Beyond Markha Valley lies the Ladakhi nomadic region of Kharnak, living in their yak-hair tents, and moving with their caravan for different grassland in every few months. This region, the Changtang plateau, extends far north into Tibet, and sits along the old Silk Route, once the main highway for the exchange of silk, tea, pearls, wool, salt and other commodities.
