Parang La Trek

Parang La Trek Package - Daywise Detailed Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrive in Manali (2000 Meters). Today is the arrival day in Manali and we expect you to reach our designated hotel by evening today. Nothing much to be done today, but we will have a team introduction, trek briefing, and a look at your trek gears and clothing to check if it's sufficient to sustain the long and cold trek. Tomorrow's gonna be a rest and acclimatization day. Hence, no hurry today. We need to rest our bodies well before venturing into the cold desert landscape.
• Day 2: Drive from Manali to Kaza, via Chandra Tal (4250 Meters) and Kunzum La (4550 Meters). Today, early morning we board our SUVs to take over the rough road trip to Kaza, via Chandratal and Kunzum La. Get ready to hold back your seat as you would be passing through some of the most exclusive Himalayan landscapes in India and witness the beauty of some of the most elegant peaks around. On reaching Kaza, we need to give our bodies some good rest. We need to note that Kaza is at an altitude of 3800 meters and the wind here is very dry which might hamper your breathing for a little while at the beginning.
• Day 3: Rest and Acclimatization Day in Kaza. Understanding that we traveled through rough roads for the last 2 days and brought ourselves to a High altitude zone, it is very important that we rest this day and allow our body to acclimatize and adapt well to the high altitude.
• Day 4: Explore the Spitian village of Kaza (3800 Meters). It's important that we acclimatize well for the trek. However, acclimatization does not happen indoors but by relaxing and exploring the valley and local culture. We take on a road trip to the historical and revered places of the Spiti Valley, namely Komic, Langza, and Hikkim. We return to Kaza by evening.
• Day 5: Drive to Kibber (4135 Meters). Trek to Dumla (4100 Meters, 2 hours trek). Today we start our trek. We visit the Key Monastery and the village of Kibber - one of the highest settlements in the Himalayas, the home to the Snow Leopard as well. We start our trek to Dumla by afternoon and its a short trek today, to begin with. We need to note that the altitude ticks 4200 by the time we start our trek which is higher than the summit of some of the beautiful peaks of the Alps.
• Day 6: Trek from Dumla to Thalthak Meadow (4650 Meters, 4 hours trek). Today, as we start the day, we gradually climb to the open meadow of Thalthak 
• Day 7: Trek from Thalthak Meadow to Bongrojen (5100 Meters, 7 hours trek). Today we trek to the base of the Parang La. Be prepared for a long walk.
• Day 8: Cross Parang La (5572 Meters) to camp at Dak Karzong (4800 Meters, 8 hours trek). Today we cross the pass of Parang La and descend down following the Pare Chu river to the campsite of Dak Karzong in Ladakh. It's an exhausting switchback to the top of Parang La and the descend initially needs careful steps crossing theParang glacier. We camp after crossing the snout of the Parang Glacier.
• Day 9: Trek from Dak Karzong to Datang Yongma (4600 Meters, 6 hours trek). Trek downwards by following the river gorge, crossing the Parre Chu multiple times, and finally camping in the meadow of Datang Yongma.
• Day 10: Trek from Datang Yongma to Norbu Sumdo (4500 Meters). Trek down to the tri-junction of three routes - From Spiti, Ladakh, and Chumur
• Day 11: Trek from Norbu Sumdo to Kiangdom (4500 Meters, 6 hours trek). It requires us to cross the Pare Chu for one last time on this trek and climb up gently to the habitat zone of Kiangs. The campsite is beautiful overlooking the beautiful Tsomoriri Lake. A Birdwatcher's delight.
• Day 12: Full exploration day in Tsomoriri and other nearby lakes.
• Day 13: Trek from Kiangdom to Korzok (4530 Meters. 6 hours). Drive from Korzok to Leh (3500 Meters): A long walk to the village of Karzom ends our trek. We board our cabs from Karzok and drive towards Leh.
• Day 14: Depart from Leh or explore further