Chadar Trek - The Frozen River Trek Ladakh

Class six rapids in summer, classic winter highway for centuries — the River Zanskar in Ladakh, boasts many distinctions. The most recent thrust upon the chadar trek has been that of offering the “wildest trek” in the world, where temperatures often goes to -30° at night and day -10° to -15° is normal, the ice puzzle constantly shifting to take your breath away, it’s a claim few dispute. There are few if any adventure treks on our planet to match the Chadar trek winter expedition for sheer, awe inspiring winter beauty and none to match it in terms of day to day challenge and excitement.

For us Chadar trek is not just a full scale winter expedition, but a travel into the past, where we enjoy in our ultrahigh-tech winter gears, will trek side by side with locals wearing woollen Gonchas (local winter dress) and sounding the ice-snow with their stout poplar staffs to drive away the demons that lurk there.

Tour Highlights

• Walk across the white frozen Zanskar river & waterfalls.
• Staying in caves and camps when trekking
• Get a glimpse of an ancient unchanged culture of the stunningly beautiful frozen Zanskar that remains inaccessible most of the year
• Discover ancient Buddhist monasteries and remote villages in the depths of deep gorges and valleys of trans Zanskar ranges
• Enjoy the winter Festivals in Leh
• Drive through some of the most amazing landscapes filled with snow in the high regions of trans-himalayas
• See and photograph the amazing span of semi frozen river Zanskar.Visit and photograph the vast ice-fields of Ladakh Plateau; admire and photograph fascinating formations of snow crystals, icicles and frost.
• Visit the decorated prayer halls of Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh that have followed an ancient tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
• Stay with locals to get to know about winter life of Ladakh region.

Short Itinerary : 

Day 1: Arrival Leh & Rest 

Day 2: Rest & Acclimatisation 

Day 3: Acclimatisation and Medical Checkup 

Day 4: Drive To Shingra & Trek to Rangpa Zangpo 

Day 5: Trek Rangpa Zangpo to Yokmado 

Day 6: Trek Yokmado to Nerak 

Day 7: Trek Nerak to Yokmado 

Day 8: Trek Yokmado to Shingra & Drive to Leh 

Day 9: Morning departure from Leh by flight