Lamayuru to

Chilling trek

Trek Highlights

This trek is also a very beautiful trek in lower part of ladakh as it gives an opportunity to visit not only some of the famous monasteries of ladakh (alchi, likir, lamayuru and wanla) but also give you the opportunity to interact with local people. Lamayuru monastry is one of the oldest in ladakh and was build by Lotsawa Naropa in the 10th century. At the beginning of the trek there are some ascends and descends and some nice panoramic views of leh and zanskar ranges and resume at chilling which is famous for metalwork’s like bronze, copper, tin, iron etc.

Day 1: Leh to lamayuru
We drive from Leh in the morning towards lamayuru through sham valley. We also visit Alchi and Liker monastry on the way. On reaching Lamayuru we visit the famous 11-century Lamayuru monastry and explore beautiful landscape around the village. Night halt at lamayuru in tent.

Day 2: Lamayuru-wanla- (3250m) 4 hrs
At the beginning of trek there is gradual walk up to prinkiti La (3750m). Good view of Zanskar Mountains from top and some descends will take u to village wanla. Overnight in wanla.

Day 3: Wanla-Hinju – 5 hrs
After breakfast we have to walk along the river on metallic road for an hour to Reach Fanjila, (3400m), walk along the houses for an hour and the trail goes down to the river and a pleasant walk to reach Hinju village.

Day 4: Hinju-Sumda Chenmo-5-6 hrs
From Hinju we have to walk up to the valley until we reach Konski La (4950m). From the pass you have beautiful panoramic views of snow capped mountains of Zanskar range and also the view all the back to the prinkiti la. From the pass the trail descends steep before reaching to village Sumda Chenmo.

Day 5: Sumda Chenmo-Dung Dung Chan La base (4440m)
The trail follows the river as it curves around to the east. The path is little hard as we have to follow the trail through the vegetation of sea buckthorn, willows and rose. After that we have to walk steep ascend and beautiful view leads up to base of Dunddung La.

Day 6: Base Dung Dung Chan La - Chilling 3560m 5-6 hrs
Today we have to follow the trail up to Dung Dung La (4900m) and offers beautiful views of zanskar range to the south and stok range to the east. The trail then descends from the pass leads to village chilling which is famous for producing some of the best metal work in Ladakh. From chilling we will drive back to Leh by car.