Road trip to Ladakh: A trip for lifetime

If you desire to experience paradise on earth, it would be Ladakh undoubtedly. The paradise is overloaded with fun when you experience it via road. Travelling to Ladakh by road is considered as one of the most thrilling adventure in India and bike-riding on this route is fantasized by many bike riders. Road trip to Ladakh would take you through snow filled mountains, valleys, high passes and many more fascinating elements of nature.

The natural scenic beauty of Himalayan Range and the Karakoram Range adds on to the charisma of this region. Apart from beauty of nature and mesmeric views, the road trip to Ladakh offers numerous challenges as living in such conditions along these regions can’t be predicted. There are two highways connecting Leh to the rest of the country, one is Srinagar-Leh Highway and the more popular one amongst bike riders is Leh-Manali Highway.

The reason Leh-Manali Highway is preferred by bikers is because it involves crossing several high elevation mountain passes, riding along with Himalayan range on one side and rivers following the course on the other end and above all is the pure adventure and thrill of riding one of the toughest motorable terrain.

 If you wish to see and experience snow, rivers, deserts, glaciers, best of lakes, deepest valleys and the highest passes in just one trip, then Ladakh is the answer to all your questions. Along with the natural beauty of Ladakh, you get a chance to experience its cultural beauty as well. The monasteries, prayer bells, colourful Tibetian flags and Tibetian Buddhist populace are some of the unique aspect of the journey.

Some of the worth visiting places in Ladakh are:

Most Beautiful Monasteries: Likir, Spituk, Hemis, Lamayuru

Most beautiful lakes: Suraj Tal, Tsokar, Tso Moriri, Pangong

Highest Motorable roads: Rohtang La, Khradungla, baralacha La, Warila, Tanglang

Desert Land: Sarchu, Nubra, Pang

Other beautiful locations:  Henle, Magnetic Hill

Ladakh has its historical importance as well; some of the monasteries built here are over 1100 years old and have been a place of learning in ancient times.

Even though its one of the highest motorable terrain with a lot less population as compared to cities, it still is a place of religious harmony. Some of the monasteries even worship Goddess Kali during festival times and there is a Gurudwara as well which was built in 1500 AD and it is dedicated to Guru Nanak. There is a lot to explore in Ladakh, you just need an adventurous soul.