You will be treated Land of the Snow If you would like more information, or to traditional foods and to sign up for this trip, please contact Leopard have the opportunity KarmaQuest at 650-560-0101 And Traditional Life to partake in farming, [email protected] butter-making or English www.KarmaQuests.com in an Ancient Buddhist lessons with the children, gaining new friends and Culture insight into another way Route. In Nubra you will visit a of life. 515-year-old monastery, and take Ladakh, India While you will be a safari on double humped Bactrian Aug. 30 - Sept. 14, 2012 very lucky to see a camels. snow leopard during This special offering is timed to KarmaQuest and the Snow the warm months, our coicide with the Ladakh Festival, Leopard Conservancy (SLC) the last remaining snow leopards guides will show you which will occur on your first day in present a special opportunity on earth make a home amidst their tracks and other signs made by Leh. for adventuresome members blue sheep prey, human shepherds, these magnificent cats. You may You will be accompanied on and friends of the San Francisco and tourists. also see blue sheep, ibex and the the trip by a Ladakhi snow leopard Zoological Gardens. Your journey begins with a impressive argali sheep, along with expert and a KarmaQuest director. spectacular flight from Delhi to golden eagles, snow cocks and • The chance of a lifetime to track Leh. While you acclimatize to the other unusual birds protected in a wild snow leopard... altitude, you will explore Leh and Hemis National Park. • A chance at survival for the take an overnight tour along the The colorful, vertical strata endangered cat... Indus River gorge to the Buddhist of ancient landscapes pierce the • Extra income for the mountain monasteries of Alchi and Liker. sky in dramatic, wind-eroded villagers who promise not to harm Your Hemis National Park formations, and the slopes are the leopards in exchange for your adventure begins with a leisurely carpeted with summer wildflowers. visit to their homestay. day-hike to the picturesque village Following your return hike of Rumbak (elev. 12,500 ft.), form Rumbak, and an overnight This trip takes you high into where you will be hosted for 2 days in Leh, you will visit the beautiful, the Western Himalaya where some and 3 nights by a Ladakhi family in remote Nubra Valley, driving over of the best preserved Tibetan art their simple, clean traditional home the 18,380-ft Khardungla pass We ask each participant to agree culture remain. It is where some of (see photos). (claimed as the world’s highest to the following terms: You will be introduced to motorable road). Nubra, opened • Doctor’s health clearance and the community and learn to tourists only in 1994, lies along Rx for Diamox (which helps with Central Asia’s ancient Silk Trade about SLC’s programs. altitude adjustment); • Self-coverage medical and medivac The trip surpassed our expectations. Everything was a great insurance; experience for us, including meeting Ladakhi people and having fresh food on the trek. • One month -John and Cathy Yee physical training --minimum exercise - The most frequent question I am asked is, ‘Would you do it 1 hr per day walking; again?’ My answer is, ‘In a minute!’ • Signed release -Mary Herrmann of liability for KarmaQuest and SLC