Cant be done in one day sorry, even if you ride hard rohtang and the roads to chandratall wont allow you to do that in one day.
What you can do, reach Chandrataal (bike can be taken if the road is intact) , stay at Batal and return next day.

Hi guys

Can Manali Chandratal Manali be done in 1 day at end of July? Can we take the bike to Chandratal or do I have to park and trek to the lake?

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Hello All.


Finally one of our long awaited lifetime/dream ride is about to come true.
Me & my friend have been always fascinated about visiting Ladakh and the neighbouring places.
By looking at various travelogues, we have made the below itinerary.
Please let us know if the below mentioned agenda need to be optimized with respect to health or any other factors. We would like to cover & see maximum places as we never know when we could again plan such a trip :-)




FYI -


-> Flight tickets have been booked already.
-> We reside and will be travelling from Bangalore.


Trip Date Frame:
12th June 2014 - 30th June 2014.


Trip Agenda:


12th June - Thursday - Flight to Delhi from Bangalore. 10:30 AM we will land at Delhi. We take rest/roam around Delhi.
13th June - Friday - We start early morning. Delhi to Rampur.
14th June - Saturday - Rampur to Spiti Valley.
15th June - Sunday - Full Day Halt/Rest at Spiti Valley.
16th June - Monday - There are 3 route option. Goal is to reach Leh. Please advice which one is feasible.
17th June - Tuesday - Jispa Valley OR Baralchla OR Sarchu to Leh.
18th June - Wednesday - Full Day Halt/Rest at Leh.
19th June - Thursday - Leh to Khardungla to Nubra Valley. Same day return to Leh.
20th June - Friday - Leh to Pangong.
21st June - Saturday - Full Day Halt/Rest Pangong.
22nd June - Sunday - Pangong to Leh.
23rd June - Monday - Leh to Kargil. Same day, Kargil to Srinagar.
24th June - Tuesday - Full Day Halt/Rest at Srinagar.
25th June - Wednesday - Srinagar to Jammu. (I had read somewhere that on some specific days, the roads are blocked either from Srinagar to Jammu or Vice Versa. Hence we have to keep a day buffer time. Please advice).
26th June - Thursday - Jammu to Punjab.
27th June - Friday - Full Day Halt/Rest at Punjab. Look around.
28th June - Saturday - Punjab to Delhi.
29th June - Sunday - If we have our own bikes then we will send it to train to Bangalore. Please advice on the process of transporting our bikes.
30th June - Monday - Evening flight to Bangalore. 22:00 PM arrive at Bangalore.






Query -


0. Advice on Accommodation/Cost at Rampur/Spiti Valley, Any of 1 of the 3 places on 16th June, Leh, Pangong, Srinagar, Jammu, Punjab?


1. Which places do we need permit?


2. What should be the average budget(excluding air fare) for per person for the above itinerary? I am assuming 50k INR or more that that to be on the safer side?


3. Any other instructions/advice that we should be aware of?


4. We would be carrying 2 sleeping bags (recently purchased). 2 Jackets, few thermal wears etc.
Any advice/recommendation on the right attire/shoe's/maps/bike accessory/medicines etc for 19 days?


5. As we will transport bikes from Bangalore, we need to put them in Train in a manner it reaches before we land at Delhi in way we collect it before 12th June noon. Please advice on how do proceed the above bike transportation?


6. I have Pulsar 220.
My friend does not have a bike of his own. He knows to ride a geared bike. So he will have to borrow his friend's FZ16.
Just in case is he does not get's it, can u advice a good place for getting good conditioned bikes on Rent from Delhi? We have done some research and realized that for Thunderbird/Classic 500, they charge min 1.3k INR per day. Out trip will be at least 18-19days. And based on that the amount will cross 20k INR. Any advice on lowering the cost?
OR
He is even ready to buy a bike. He has his eyes on CBR250R. As its a tourer. Given the road conditions, Will that be a good option for touring Ladkah and nearby places?
Should he buy CBR250 OR any other good powered tourer within 2.2L INR OR just borrow his friend's FZ16, if not get rent bikes from Delhi?
I told him instead to wait and buy CS400 which would launch in 2015. It will be new and more power when compared to its competitors :-)

Thanks for the update. Is the Nagrota bypass completed too. Also, the various diversions till udhampur ?

Just a tip..
Those thinking of by-passing Jammu by going through Samba-Udhampur By-pass (Dhar road), it would be bettet to go through Jammu itself as the road condition on this road are really really bad and you don't want to stress the body even before kashmir.
Also, with new road construstion completed between Jammu and Udhampur, the road is really nice.

Hello guys,

Anybody riding to Leh in the last week of May or early June? I'd love to tag along from wherever you guys are at.

I'll be starting from Bangalore myself. I haven't fixed exact dates but that's about the time that I will be travelling. I want to be back in Bangalore by about the June 25th.

Also details - I ride a Duke 200. I've done plenty of long rides and upto 1250 KM in a day - Mumbai - Bangalore. No trips to the himalayas so this will be the first time I ride in the snow.

If the dates align with some of you then please leave me a message here or at [email protected]

Thanks!