In search of Snow Leopards
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Highlights
- Trek in the mountains in search of snow leopards
- Guide and spotter to optimise sightings
- Homestays in remote villages
- Visit Hemis Gompa
- Walk on a frozen river
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- 13 nights accommodation on a twin-share basis including 7 nights in homestays in Ule
- Rumbak and Urutse; meals listed as included
- Porter charges from Zinchen to Rumbak, Urutse and Zinchen
- Services of a naturalist guide, spotter and Reni Pani escort
- Transfers, sightseeing and excursions as per the itinerary in an exclusive chauffeur-driven vehicle
- Return flights Delhi to Leh
- Monastery fees and taxes; wildlife permit fees of Rs2000 per person per day
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Itinerary
Your flight arrives into Delhi international airport where you are met by a local representative and transferred the short distance to your overnight hotel, Lemon Tree Premier. The remainder of the day is free, allowing you to rest after your journey. Hotel facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, spa, restaurant, bar and 24-hour coffee shop.
It's an early start as you are transferred to the domestic airport for the morning flight to Leh in Ladakh. Flight time is around 85 minutes, and you should get some stunning views of the Himalayas. On landing you are met and transferred to Leh's best hotel, the Grand...
After breakfast at the hotel you depart for a guided tour of nearby Hemis Gompa, the largest monastery in Ladakh. There are beautifully painted murals and thankas, stupas made of gold and silver and a statue of Lord Buddha, and the building is a good vantage point fro...
Have an early breakfast before setting off for the drive to Ule. After about 2 hours you reach the confluence of the Indus and Zanskar rivers, where you can stretch your legs with a half hour walk on the frozen Zanskar River, followed by lunch. Keep your eyes peeled a...
You have a full day to explore Ule with your guide. The snow leopard, known locally as shan and also named 'the ghost of the Himalayas', is at home in this mountainous landscape. Insulated by a thick coat of fur and with wide feet that act as natural snowshoes, they a...
This morning you have another chance to explore the area around Ule and continue the search for snow leopards and other wildlife. You return to Ule for lunch and are then driven back to Leh, a journey of about 5 hours, and your town centre hotel. Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Following breakfast you set out for Hemis National Park, for the next phase of the holiday, a multi-day trek. The park is famous for its snow leopard population: there are estimated to be some 200 leopards here, and while they are your main goal, there are plenty of o...
These days are spent trekking in Hemis in search of the beautiful snow leopard. They are solitary creatures and effective predators, primarily hunting mountain sheep and goats, though they have been known to target domestic animals, too. Their mottled coats provide go...
Today's trek takes you to Urutse at the foot of Gandala Pass, where ibex and Himalayan lynx are often seen. You head down the valley, all the while keeping watch for the silhouette of a snow leopard in the mountains above, stopping on the way to enjoy a packed lunch, and arriving in Urutse by the afternoon. After a short rest you are driven back to Rumbak. Breakfast, lunch, dinner
This is your final day in Hemis National Park, following a route through the valley past known snow leopard haunts, so keep up a close vigil for a last sighting. You walk past carved Tibetan prayer stones as you continue on to Zingchen. This trek takes about 5 hours, ...
Leave the hotel after an early breakfast, for the morning flight to Delhi, arriving in the capital at around 10:00. You are transferred to the Lemon Tree Premier Hotel, where the day is yours to spend as you while. A massage at the spa may be just the thing after seve...
It's time to pack your bags. A representative will collect you from the hotel today for the short drive to the international airport to check in for your flight home. Breakfast"
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Tribes Reviews & Ratings
Every aspect of this trip was brilliant. Seeing snow leopards in the wild has been a long-held ambition of my wife and me and this trip delivered big time, with no less than four separate sightings. Expectations were low given the difficulties involved an
Everything was awesome but if we had to single anything out it would be our homestay in Rumbak - a delightful family in a great community and with accommodation that...
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