Multi-Day Trip Himalayan Cycling Expedition from Manali to Leh
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2 weeks 1 day
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Enjoy 15 days packed with the right mix of cycling, leisure, adventure, and exploration from Manali to Leh escorted by a professional guide. Experience stretches that challenge your limits, sceneries that indulge your senses and engagements that expose you to the local culture. Challenge yourself on an adventure of the terrain, altitude, and the extremely unpredictable weather conditions. The trip includes the accommodation as per itinerary as well as breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Additional Info
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Confirmation to be made 30 days prior to the tour date. Subject to availability
Accommodation will be in independent tents and hotels/homestay on twin sharing basis
Minimum age is 15 years
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Vegetarian option is available
What To Expect
You will peddle daily distances range between 40 to 80 kilometers (25 to 50 miles) as the difficulty level will vary from being easy, manageable and extremely challenging along the journey. • Day 1: Distance cycled: 0 km Participants arrive in Delhi by 3pm and board a bus to Manali. The road to Manali is a 13-14 hour drive from Delhi to Manali • Day 2: Distance cycled: 15 km Arrive in Manali and check-in to your hotel, post breakfast, you can inspect and assemble your cycles. Post a short ride head back to your hotel and rest up for the expedition beginning the next day. • Day 3: Distance cycled: 36 km The road will weave through sparse alpine vegetation. As you gradually ascend along the road, you can look back at great views of the Manali valley below. Marhi (3,000m above MSL) is a small settlement located en route to Rohtang La. • Day 4: Distance cycled: 50 km Experience the bliss of riding through walls of snow as you cross the awe-inspiring scenery of the Rohtang pass. Rohtang Pass is at an altitude of 3,978 m • Day 5: Distance cycled: 58 km Jispa elevation 3,200 m is a small village with few hundred households only. It is a favorite camping place for mountaineers and adventure tourists along this route. • Day 6: Distance cycled: 32 km Zingzingbar is predominantly a basic road works camp area and you will be camping at an altitude of over 4,000 meters. • Day 7: Distance cycled: 62 km You’ll be crossing over from Himachal Pradesh into Jammu & Kashmir. Bara-lacha la (4870 m above MSL) is yet another popular high altitude pass along the Manali to Leh highway. • Day 8: Distance cycled: 64 km Through 2 high altitude passes a challenging terrain for cycling as you start ascending through the double pass of Nakee-la (4950m) and the Lachalung-la (5060m). • Day 9: Distance Cycled: 43 km Enjoy the vast plains and the feeling of nothingness at the Moore Planes • Day 10: Distance Cycled: 68 km Taglang-la (5,359m) is also the second highest motorable mountain pass in India. • Day 11: Distance Cycled: 68km Experience the Buddhist influenced Ladakhi way of life as you roll through several small towns • Day 12: Distance Cycled: 90km Located at an altitude of 5602m, the Khardung La pass was opened to motor vehicles in 1988. • Day 13, 14, 15: Enjoy a leisurely drive across picturesque Leh.
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Multi-Day Trip Himalayan Cycling Expedition from Manali to Leh
What‘s Included
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Lunch
Dinner
Breakfast
Use of helmet
Coffee and/or Tea
Support Vehicle with a driver
Snacks, juices and refreshments along the tour
Use of bicycle
Snacks
Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
Accommodation as per itinerary
Professional tour guide
Filtered water for drinking
Alcoholic & Aerated drinks (available to purchase)
Bottled Water (we are sensitive to the environment and avoid the use of plastic)
Laundry charges
Personal expenses
Camera Charges (both still and video)
Expenses incurred due to reasons beyond our control such as bad weather or road blocks due to landslides
Evacuation charges
Anything not specified in the itinerary
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Reviews
3 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Spiti Bike and Hike - A Superb Experience
Salilr,Aug 14, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was my third 'long-haul' trip with Unventured, and I would continue to recommend them to anyone who is thinking of doing one of their tours. The itinerary took us through some of the most amazing places in the region, the accommodation gave us no cause to complain (a very good thing after an intense day of cycling!), and the tour support was very good too. Functional aspects aside, the overall tour experience is what keeps me coming back to them. Tej and Guru are both a pleasure to travel and interact with, the support teams they work with at their tour locations are no less awesome (special mention - Sharmaji, who kept telling me the downhill was ''just after the next bend'', and without whom I might have thrown in the towel on a couple of days), and they are well-prepared for any contingencies that could suddenly arise. Tej was also very particular about getting in some practice climbs to prepare me for the level of intensity that the tour entailed.
Breathtakingly beautiful landscapes so well curated by Unventured .
Mekharajan,Aug 8, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Tejaswini co founder of Unventured accompanied us on this unforgettable tour of the Spiti valley . This is my third trip with them . And they always deliver what they promise . Off the beaten path , interaction with locals , interesting conversations , candid but everlasting memories, open to the groups needs and desires , and great story telling . My first trip with them was to Bhutan with my then 8 year old son. And that was brilliant too . With children also is extremely comfortable . One just knows that everything will be taken care of and that even if there are surprises in the way they will be dealt with in the most sensitive and creative manner possible. Their staff and the guides they work with are also very commendable . Kudos to their very detailed ground work and recces that translate to smooth transitioning journeys and adventures for us . Thanks Tej and thanks Guru . Thanks for unventuring us 😉.
Manali-Leh trip
Akash M,Nov 14, 2017
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This should almost go without saying but yes, the Manali-Leh highway lives up to its hype. It’s beautiful, breathtaking (literally at times!), wild, rugged, towering and surprisingly varied across it’s almost 500km of length. And to cap it off you visit the spectacular Pangong Tso. Not that you’d expect anything less from the Himalayas. Your cameras will be overworked, I can guarantee you that. Onto Unventured itself, they made it possible to enjoy the scenery and beauty without worrying about anything else. 1.First things first, the people were great. Guru and Aarthy cycled with the group all the way through and were never short of encouragement and maintained a jolly atmosphere around the group which is very important if you want to have fun and enjoy yourself. In addition, the support crew led by Raju was fantastic. They were ceaseless in their efforts to ensure we all reached Leh in one piece while still enjoying the ride. 2.The organization and the end to end logistics were all completely taken care of by Unventured. It’s one of reasons I chose Unventured and they did not disappoint. As a participant, all you have to do is buy your tickets show up at the Delhi airport. Everything else is taken care of. 3.The cycles are in very good condition and very well suited to the tough terrain. 4.The food was outstanding. Some of the dishes that were prepared at high altitudes and in the middle of nowhere were genuinely mind boggling. The Pizza at over 4000m was one of the best I’ve had! Plenty of bananas, juices and chocolates also helped us along on a daily basis while riding. 5.The Tents were spacious and 1 person per tent ensured the privacy that you tend to crave after a hard days ride. The sleeping bags were extremely cozy once everyone figured out the best way to fit inside them;) 6.Safety was taken seriously throughout the trip and while a lot of us were initially disappointed at having the Khardung La ride stopped half way through it was absolutely the correct decision in hindsight. It helps to have experienced people like Guru and Raju on the trip to ensure safety is never compromised. 7.The post Cycling leg of the tour was organized just as well. From a trip to the spectacular Pangong Tso to an authentic Tibetan dinner at a local homestay on our final day in the mountains, everything was great. The review would be incomplete without a shout out to all the lovely people I rode with for 10 days. They were all brilliant and let’s not forget the tense and captivating games of Mafia over dinner;) For anyone thinking about a Manali-Leh cycling trip, Unventured is the way to go. Worth every penny!
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