Chakula 1 And 2 Climbing Expedition

Below is the Specification for our Standard Trek package. Do note that our service is a full-board service from Leh airport back to Leh airport. Refer to inclusions and exclusions in the trek package description to know about it. This sections details the specifics of that inclusions.

1. Hotel In Leh: 3 Star superior hotel on double sharing basis in Leh city, not too far from city center, but not too close as well. Example Shanti nest or similar. For odd team size, 1 private, single room will be provided
2. Meals In Leh: In Leh, we provide buffet meal (only breakfast and dinner) through the hotel. The menu contains a mix of Indian, Ladakhi, Chinese and Continental menu options varying from day to day.
3. Service Expectation in Leh: A trek leader will meet you in the airport or hotel on your arrival and his role be as below, but not just limited to these:
   
   1. will brief you about the entire trek plan and day-to-day plans as well.
   2. will check your personal gears and suggest if you're good or need to buy anything from Leh.
   3. will take you on city walk to get you introduced to the city
   4. will show you important counters like foreign exchange, ATMs, main market, mobile shop, cafeterias, etc.
   5. will take you to acclimatization walks as per the itinerary
   6. will undertand your food choice and coordinate with his logistics team to plan the ration and menu on trek accordingly.
   7. will take concern of your medical sencitivities and plan accordingly
   8. will understand your communication comfort and plan accordingly
   9. will cordinate with you and keep the entire team on the itinerary and time
4. Transportation: All transportation will be in standard tourist vehicles on Mahindra Xylo, Suzuki Ertiga for longer tourts and Suzuki Eeco for city tours
5. Sleeping Tents: All-weather 4 person tent shared by 2 person (single accommodation available as add-on)
6. Sleeping Bags: 1 sub zero polyamide sleeping bag, 1 down sleeping bag inner
7. Sleeping Mattress: 1 hitlon mattress + 1 thick waterproof foam mattress
8. Light: solar lights in sleeping tents, mess and kitchen tent
9. Dining: Big mess tent with camping table and stools
10. Water: Boiled and hot drinking water in camps on morning, evening, dinner and on-demand
11. Meals on Camps: All meals from morning tea, breakfast, lunch, evening tea, snacks, soup, dinner, dessert and hot drinks. The menu contains a mix of Indian, Ladakhi, Chinese and Continental menu options varying from day to day. Our menu typically is like the one below, which is subject to localizations as per the region we trek in.
    
    
    Morning Tea: Black tea with ginger. Lemon, sugar, honey, etc can be added to it
    Breakfast: oats porridge, milk cornflakes, bread, chapatti with vegetables, boiled eggs, omelets, upma, pancakes, poha, etc.
    Fruits: Seasonal. Bananas, oranges, apples, watermelons, pears, peaches, plums, etc.
    Lunch: Rice, dal, curries, khichdi, pulao, seasonal vegetables, papad, pickle, salad, etc
    Evening Snacks: Pakoda, Popcorns, noodles, pasta, dumplings, maggie, soup noodles, fried noodles, poha, etc with coffee or tea
    Soup: Packet soup like tomato, mushroom, mixed veg, etc
    Dinner: Rice, chappati, pizza, pasta, dumplings, curries, dal, seasonal vegetables, papad, pickle, salad, etc
    Hot Drinks: hot chocolate, mint tea or ginger tea
    
    
12. Hot Washing Bowls: None 
13. Solar Charging: None 
14. Tea/Coffee/Drinks: only on breakfast, on reaching campsite and evening snacks
15. Camping pilllows: None
16. Hot Showers: None
17. Guide to Trekker Ratio: 1: 2
18. Cloakroom In Leh: Yes (its not a locker room, no fragile or valuable items)
19. Extra Summit Attempt: None. Only as per itinerary or extra cost

Our Premium trek package is a luxury, yet eco-friendly. It includes everything thats included in Standard package with topmost quality gears with below specifications and added services:

1. Hotel In Leh: 4 star premium hotel in Leh on twin sharing basis
2. Meals In Leh: same as standard, but with upgraded menu as per hotel
3. Transportation: All transportation will be in Toyota Innova
4. Sleeping Tents: premium all-weather tents on twin sharing basis
5. Sleeping Bags: super-down sleeping bag with fleece inner liner
6. Sleeping Mattress: 1 hitlon mattress + thick inflatable air mattress
7. Light: solar lights in sleeping tents, mess and kitchen tent
8. Dining: Big mess tent with camping table and chairs (instead of stools)
9. Water: Boiled and filtered hot drinking water in camps on morning, evening, dinner and on-demand
10. Meals on Camps: All meals as on standard but on upgraded menu with more emphasis on fresh fruits, meat or veg proteins and as requested
     
11. Hot Washing Bowls: Yes, morning and after reaching campsite 
12. Solar Charging: Yes
13. Tea/Coffee/Drinks: any time. It will be ready to drink in the mess tent
14. Camping pilllows: Yes
15. Hot Showers: yes, requested
16. Guide to Trekker Ratio: 1: 2
17. Cloakroom In Leh: Yes (its not a locker room, no fragile or valuable items)
18. Extra Summit Attempt: Yes, included 1 extra attempt in case of failure on first attempt, but within the same number of days in the itinerary.

Our trekkers come from far away countries and hence flights have their own limits on weight and also restictions on certain mountaineering gears. Also, our trekkers usually have long plans in India and they travel elsewhere after the trek. Keeping all of these in mind, we offer all the personal trek gears on rent so that you travel light weight and need to just reach us in Leh. We take care of the rest!

Do note that all personal climbing and camping gears are included in the trek cost. This is personal 'trekking' gears only and includes the below:

1. 65 Liter Rucksack with waterproof cover
2. Expedition Down Jacket Supports Upto -25 Degree Celcius
3. Trekking pole ( 1 per person)
4. Rain poncho
5. Waterproof Trekking shoes
6. Waterproof gloves
7. Headlamp

Trek cost for foreigners is slightly higher than the cost for our Indian guests, mainly due to the higher permit fee applicable for admission to National Parks or protected forest areas. Sometimes, it may be higher due to higher local crew wages and other specific arrangements we make to ensure a safe, comfortable and enriching travel experience in India. However, we absolutely DO NOT 'hyper-charge' our International guests ever and at the same time, ensure that we meet all the standards for highly qualified trek leaders and guides, safety, medical preparation, evacuation strategy, rescue arrangements, eco-sensitive travel, high-value knowledge sharing about the area and customs of the locals.

This cost includes:

1. IMF Peak Fee
2. Altoa Trekking Fee
3. Red Cross Environmental Fee
4. Inner Line Permit
5. Support Crew Adjustments
6. Document and Handling Charges

Free personal baggage load porterage, upto 11 Kgs per bag, is included in all of our package types like Fixed Departure/Standard Private/ Premium Private Treks. However, if you  need to offload more than 11 Kgs, then you may add this service to your cost. This typically applies for heavy camera gears, telescopes or similar things, as usually a trekkers bag weighs about 8 - 10 Kilograms, given that all technical gears, camping gears including sleeping bags, climbing boots, etc required for the trek will be carried by our logistics team.

For Personal Baggage Porterage, do note the below pointers: 

• cost is for a single bag only
• no duffel bags or suitcases will be allowed. only trekking rucksacks.
• The weight of the bag should not be more than 11 kg.
• bags will move from camp to camp and not with you during the trek
• if you offload your rucksack, you should carry a day pack with you containing emergency use items, rainwear, jacket, medicines, food, and water.
• it is either full or none and cannot be arranged on an ad-hoc basis in between the trek or for partial trek days only.
• you need to book your baggage porterage along with the trek booking as it cannot be served if too late.

We do provide single accommodation in hotels in Leh as Add-on service. However, since the cost of it depend upon so many factors, like the hotel, season and demand. It also depends upon which category of Hotel we will be staying as well, their availibilities, and so many other things. Hence we are not able to provide this cost now, but we can arrange this. Do let us know if you need us to book you single accommodation in Leh, and we will let you know the cost on actuals without any assumption

Single accommodation on tents is a very popular demand on our trek. Despite the fact that we provive 4 person tent for 2 people only, privacy sometimes is still important and we understand that well. You may book this Add-On service if you need single accommodation on camps and we will carry separate tents and all other required gears for that on the trek. Do note that sleeping solo on big tents makes it really cold, hence if you choose Single Accommodation, we will provide All-Weather 2 Person tent which will be spacuious as well as not that cold on higher camps.