Day 1: Arrive New Delhi International airport
You will be met and greeted by our staff and transferred to your luxury hotel. After relaxing, refreshing and dinning, your adventure begins. Late afternoon you travel to your luxury hotel in Agra. Don’t forget the camera.
Day 2: Agra
An early morning call and maybe even a cry from the peacocks before breakfast and a sunrise rendezvous with one of the “Seven Wonders of the World”. The fabulous Taj Mahal. We couldn’t make it up if we tried. Late morning leaving Agra and returning to Delhi.
Day 3: Delhi – Parwanoo
After breakfast we depart from Delhi and enjoy the steady journey to Parwanoo. Having seen the Taj Mahal, the excitement has already set in and by the time we leave the main highway, we head into the foothills of the Himalayas. Late afternoon meet your support team and get acquainted with your “Bullet”. We take a short steady ride for you to get used to the handling of the 500cc machine.
Day 4: Parwanoo – Mandi
The heart beats faster and you’re breathing slightly heavier than before and the excitement is uncontrollable. But don’t worry, you will soon be heading onto some of the highest roads on earth, and we head for Mandi. This journey takes you through winding roads – zigzagging upwards and onwards and Mandi is a small hill station residing on a steep mountainside and our wonderful overnight stay where local hospitality is charming
Day 5: Mandi – Manali
You are now well and truly amongst the lush greenery of the Himalayan foothills and our destination Manali. On the way to Manali, you will encounter some fantastic views as we ride along the Beas River with its snowmelt waters
Day 6: Manali
Relaxing in your mountainside hotel, will give you the flavour of things to come and what to expect ahead and our first high pass the Rohtang at nearly 4000m
Day 7: Manali – Jispa
A short but testing and invigorating ride to Jispa, with head-turning views and also the first of two acclimatisation stops
Day 8: Jispa – Sarchu
Again short but very spectacular ride to Sarchu where an overnight stop is required for acclimatising for our stay on the Ladakh Plateau. A fantastic luxury camp with food to salivate the taste buds
Day 9: Sarchu – Leh
After breakfast, an early start to the journey as today is a long ride to Leh, the Capital of Ladakh on the Tibetan plateau. Before this we have to cross over the Tanglang La at 5360m
Day 10: Leh
We spend the day in Leh and take a morning ride to Khardung La, one of the highest passes in the world standing at 5603m. The afternoon is spent at leisure and visiting local shops for Ladakhi/Tibetan gifts
Day 11: Leh – Lamayuru
Described as something out of ‘Star Wars’, Lamayuru village is built into the side of the rock-face and it’s monastery lies high above the village, again built into corrugated structures of sandstone. An amazing piece of ingenuity first propagated by monks centuries back
Day 12: Lamayuru – Kargil
On the journey to Kargil, and leaving Lamayuru early, a visit to the village of Dah, has been described as travelling back in time to when ‘Alexandra the Great’ and his army trudged these parts of the Himalaya. Aryan tribes-people still survive here, left when ancient armies returned to their homelands
Day 13: Kargil – Srinagar
Kargil is built on the mountainside with views of dried arid landscape that stretch for miles. From here you can take a glimpse of your tracks left behind
Day 14: Srinagar
Our stay here is complemented by our stay on one of the luxury houseboats on Dal Lake. A must when in Kashmir and the Kashmiri hospitality is something to savour
Day 15: Srinagar – Sopore
We leave the hustle and bustle of Srinagar and head towards the little hamlet of Sopore, some 52 Kilometres from Srinagar. Our stay is on a houseboat, but on the freshwater lake of Wular. We also journey onto Gulmarg and a ride on the highest gondola-lift in the world
Day 16: Sopore – Jammu
Jammu a busy city with a mosaic of avenues providing the visitor a plethora of palatable dishes to satisfy the most discerning of food lovers – enjoy
Day 17: Jammu – Dharamsala – Mcleod Ganj
Mcleod Ganj – the exile home of his holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet
Day 18: Mcleod Ganj
A visit to the monetary is not to be missed. Hear the monks chant and spend time in complete silence contemplating what you have experienced on your journey so far
Day 19: Mcleod Ganj – Amritsar
We take a cross – country ride and the journey just gets better and better. We head to Amritsar and the Golden Temple, to see its simple grandeur
Day 20: Amritsar
The Golden Temple and the Wagah Border where Indian and Pakistani border guards’ face-off each other in a spectacle which is meant for tourists and nothing of the fighting nature
Day 21: Amritsar – Chandigarh
Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh, a tribute to modernity and modern architecture
Day 22 Chandigarh – New Delhi
Transfer to Delhi on luxury coach to your hotel before flying back home, last minute shopping and your thoughts on what you have accomplished.
Day 23 Homeward flight
Thank you for joining us and maybe we’ll see you on one of our other expeditions
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