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Starting From Rs. 23800 (Per Person twin sharing) PACKAGE NAME : AN UNTOUCHED PARADISE- LEH LADAKH PRICE INCLUDE Flight,Hotel,B/fast & Dinner,Cab,Airport Transfers,Activity,Sightseeing Day : 1 Arrive in Leh Ladakh is a mountainous region and the coldest desert in the world.In Ladakh the nature has rendered a magical, unbelievable and fantastic landscape which is extremely breathtaking.Ladakh lies in the north-east region of India and is surrounded by the world’s highest mountain ranges, Karakoram and Great Himalayas. The Ladakh district occupied Kashmir in the west and China in the north. Ladakh is an exotic destination considered as the highest plateau lying at an altitude of 9, 800 ft. Ladakh is the 3rd province of Kashmir Valley. The population of Ladakh is about 2, 60,000 which contain a mixture of many different ethnic groups. It is known for its extreme deserts, blue waters, freezing winds, glaciers and sand dunes. Ladakh is a region of India which is totally isolated from the modern world. The main source of water is the winter snowfall on the mountains.The life in Ladakh is mainly characterized by spirituality because from the beginning it is being faithful to its ancestral customs and traditions or in other words we can say that the way of life in Ladakh is simple, as modernity has not touched Leh town. Ladakh is also known as a mysterious Land which has never ceased its beauty and nature like its highest peaks, snow capped mountains, flowing rivers. The architecture in Ladakh exhibits strong and deep influences from Tibet and India which shows great regional diversity. -
Mail: [email protected] ) and Marco ([email protected] ), Switzerland
Ladakh 25 Febraury – 14 March 2020 Paola (mail: [email protected] ) and Marco ([email protected] ), Switzerland We went to Ladakh especially for the snow leopard, and in winter because was said that is the best period to see the animal. Practicalities We (Marco and Paola) generally take “last minute” decisions for our travels and also this time we began searching the web in December for a local company. We found Exotic Travel (Phunchok Tzering, www.Exoticladakh.com) in Leh; there were good comments in the web about the company, we took contact and in less than 2 weeks everything was organized, and at a reasonable price. At this point we want to comment about prices and the using of foreign companies. Has been more than 30 years that we travel around the world, especially for birding, always using local companies or even contacting directly local guides, and we never had bad experiences. Through other birders or mammal-watchers’ trip reports (www.mammalwatching.com) is now quite easy to gather comments on local guides and local companies and so finding a reliable one. If you are able to arrive by your own at the destination (this time Leh), from there you can use the local company, saving good money and being freer. Anyway, foreign companies often relay on local companies for the final organisation in loco. Many young people could not afford the price of a foreign company but could using the local one! If you are just two, or travelling with known friends, you can also be more flexible and still adapt the itinerary as the trip unrolls. -
Ladakh Travels Far and Fast
LADAKH TRAVELS FAR AND FAST Sat Paul Sahni In half a century, Ladakh has transformed itself from the medieval era to as modern a life as any in the mountainous regions of India. Surely, this is an incredible achievement, unprecedented and even unimagin- able in the earlier circumstances of this landlocked trans-Himalayan region of India. In this paper, I will try and encapsulate what has happened in Ladakh since Indian independence in August 1947. Independence and partition When India became independent in 1947, the Ladakh region was cut off not only physically from the rest of India but also in every other field of human activity except religion and culture. There was not even an inch of proper road, although there were bridle paths and trade routes that had been in existence for centuries. Caravans of donkeys, horses, camels and yaks laden with precious goods and commodities had traversed the routes year after year for over two millennia. Thousands of Muslims from Central Asia had passed through to undertake the annual Hajj pilgrimage; and Buddhist lamas and scholars had travelled south to Kashmir and beyond, as well as towards Central Tibet in pursuit of knowledge and religious study and also for pilgrimage. The means of communication were old, slow and outmoded. The postal service was still through runners and there was a single telegraph line operated through Morse signals. There were no telephones, no newspapers, no bus service, no electricity, no hospitals except one Moravian Mission doctor, not many schools, no college and no water taps. In the 1940s, Leh was the entrepôt of this part of the world. -
Insights Into the P–T Evolution Path of Tso Morari Eclogites of the North-Western Himalayas: Constraints on the Geodynamic Evolution of the Region
Insights into the P–T evolution path of Tso Morari eclogites of the north-western Himalayas: Constraints on the geodynamic evolution of the region Preeti Singh, Ashima Saikia∗, Naresh Chandra Pant and Pramod Kumar Verma∗∗ Department of Geology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India. ∗Corresponding author. e-mail: [email protected] The present study is on the Ultra High Pressure Metamorphic rocks of the Tso Morari Crystalline Com- plex of the northwestern Himalayas. Five different mineral associations representative of five stages of P–T (pressure–temperature) evolution of these rocks have been established based on metamorphic tex- tures and mineral chemistry. The pre-UHP metamorphic association 1 of Na-Ca-amphibole + epidote ± paragonite ± rutile ± magnetite with T–P of ∼ 500◦C and 10 kbar. This is followed by UHP metamor- phic regime marked by association 2 and association 3. Association 2 (Fe>Mg>Ca-garnet + omphacite + coesite + phengite + rutile ± ilmenite) marks the peak metamorphic conditions of atleast 33 kbar and ∼ 750◦C. Association 3 (Fe>Mg>Ca-garnet + Na-Ca amphibole + phengite ± paragonite ± calcite ± ilmenite ± titanite) yields a P–T condition of ∼28 kbar and 700◦C. The post-UHP metamorphic regime is defined by associations 4 and 5. Association 4 (Fe>Ca>Mg-garnet + Ca-amphibole + plagioclase (An05) + biotite + epidote ± phengite yields a P–T estimate of ∼14 kbar and 800◦C) and association 5 (Chlorite + plagioclase (An05) + quartz + phengite + Ca-amphibole ± epidote ± biotite ± rutile ± titanite ± ilmenite) yields a P–T value of ∼7 kbar and 350◦C. 1. Introduction (UHPM) and their subsequent exhumation and preservation at surface conditions (e.g., UHPM Reported occurrence of coesite, the high pressure rocks from the Kokchetav massif, Kazakhstan; polymorph of quartz as inclusions in the garnets Dabie-Shan, China and western Gneiss Region, of eclogitic rocks from Norway and the Alps region Norway, Dora Maria Massif, W. -
No Longer Tracking Greenery in High Altitudes: Pastoral Practices of Rupshu Nomads and Their Implications for Biodiversity Conse
Singh et al. Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2013, 3:16 http://www.pastoralismjournal.com/content/3/1/16 RESEARCH Open Access No longer tracking greenery in high altitudes: Pastoral practices of Rupshu nomads and their implications for biodiversity conservation Navinder J Singh1,2,3*, Yash Veer Bhatnagar2, Nicolas Lecomte4, Joseph L Fox1 and Nigel G Yoccoz1 Abstract Nomadic pastoralism has thrived in Asia’s rangelands for several millennia by tracking seasonal changes in forage productivity and coping with a harsh climate. This pastoralist lifestyle, however, has come under intense transformations in recent decades due to socio-political and land use changes. One example is of the high-altitude trans-Himalayan rangelands of the Jammu and Kashmir State in northern India: major socio-political reorganisation over the last five decades has significantly impacted the traditional pasture use pattern and resources. We outline the organizational transformations and movement patterns of the Rupshu pastoralists who inhabit the region. We demonstrate the changes in terms of intensification of pasture use across the region as well as a social reorganisation due to accommodation of Tibetan refugees following the Sino-Indian war in 1961 to 1962. We focus in particular on the Tso Kar basin - an important socio-ecological system of livestock herding and biodiversity in the eastern Ladakh region. The post-war developmental policies of the government have contributed to these modifications in traditional pasture use and present a threat to the rangelands as well as to the local biodiversity. In the Tso Kar basin, the number of households and livestock has almost doubled while pasture area has declined by half. -
2000 Ladakh and Zanskar-The Land of Passes
1 LADAKH AND ZANSKAR -THE LAND OF PASSES The great mountains are quick to kill or maim when mistakes are made. Surely, a safe descent is as much a part of the climb as “getting to the top”. Dead men are successful only when they have given their lives for others. Kenneth Mason, Abode of Snow (p. 289) The remote and isolated region of Ladakh lies in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, marking the western limit of the spread of Tibetan culture. Before it became a part of India in the 1834, when the rulers of Jammu brought it under their control, Ladakh was an independent kingdom closely linked with Tibet, its strong Buddhist culture and its various gompas (monasteries) such as Lamayuru, Alchi and Thiksey a living testimony to this fact. One of the most prominent monuments is the towering palace in Leh, built by the Ladakhi ruler, Singe Namgyal (c. 1570 to 1642). Ladakh’s inhospitable terrain has seen enough traders, missionaries and invading armies to justify the Ladakhi saying: “The land is so barren and the passes are so high that only the best of friends or worst of enemies would want to visit us.” The elevation of Ladakh gives it an extreme climate; burning heat by day and freezing cold at night. Due to the rarefied atmosphere, the sun’s rays heat the ground quickly, the dry air allowing for quick cooling, leading to sub-zero temperatures at night. Lying in the rain- shadow of the Great Himalaya, this arid, bare region receives scanty rainfall, and its primary source of water is the winter snowfall. -
Regional Expert Consultation on Underutilized Crops for Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific
Regional Expert Consultation on Underutilized Crops for Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand, November 13-15, 2017 Thematic, Strategic Papers and Country Status Reports Citation: R.K. Tyagi, A. Pandey, A. Agrawal, K.S. Varaprasad, R.S. Paroda, R.K. Khetarpal (2018) Regional Expert Consultation on Underutilized Crops for Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific – Thematic, Strategic Papers and Country Status Reports. Asia-Pacific Association for Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI), Bangkok, Thailand, November 13-15, 2017, x+349 p. Cover page photo identity: Front cover page: Amaranthus caudatus (chaulai) Back cover page: Carissa carandas (karonda) (Photo credit: Dr K.C. Bhatt, NBPGR, New Delhi, India) Editors: Rishi Kumar Tyagi, Anjula Pandey, Anuradha Agrawal, K.S. Varaprasad, Raj S. Paroda, Ravi K. Khetarpal Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication is provided on an “as is” basis with full responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions with the authors and not on the editors. Some contents of chapters have been sourced by the authors from their prior publications, and APAARI is not liable for any copyright infringement whatsoever. Published by: Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) 2nd and 4th Floor, FAO Annex Building 202/1 Larn Luang Road Pomprab Sattrupai District, Bangkok 10100, Thailand ISBN: 978-616-7101-10-1 Copyright © APAARI For copies, please contact: The Executive Secretary Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) 2nd and 4th Floor, FAO Annex Building 202/1 Larn Luang Road Pomprab Sattrupai District, Bangkok 10100, Thailand Phone: +662-2822918; Fax: +662-2822920 Email: [email protected]; Website: http://www.apaari.org Contents Foreword iii Acknowledgements v The Organizers vii Thematic Papers 1. -
Small Group Holiday Itinerary
Gentle Walking Little Tibet & Indian Himalaya A perfect summer walking holiday to the mountains and monasteries of ‘Little Tibet’. Group departures See overleaf for departure dates Holiday overview Style Walking Accommodation Hotels Grade Gentle / Moderate Duration 14 days from London to Delhi Trekking / Walking days Walks on: 9 days Min/Max group size 4 / 12. Guaranteed to run for 4 Trip Leader Local Leader Ladakh Land only Joining in Delhi, India 3,700m/12,139ft, Prikti La, Day 9 Max altitude (or optional pass on day 5 - 4,000ft/13,127ft) Private Departures & Tailor Made itineraries available tel: +44 (0)1453 844400 fax: +44 (0)1453 844422 [email protected] www.mountainkingdoms.com Mountain Kingdoms Ltd, 20 Long Street, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 7BT UK Managing Director: Steven Berry. Registered in England No. 2118433. VAT No. 496 6511 08 Last updated: 06 April 2021 Departures Group departures 2021 Dates: Fri 18 Jun - Thu 01 Jul With Hemis Festival Sat 17 Jul - Fri 30 Jul With Dakthok Festival 2022 Dates: Tue 05 Jul – Mon 18 Jul With Hemis Festival Thu 04 Aug – Wed 17 Aug With Dakthok Festival Will the trip run? This trip is guaranteed to run for 4 people and for a maximum of 12. In the rare event that we cancel a holiday, we will refund you in full and give you at least 6 weeks warning. Many trips do fill up quickly – we advise you to book early if you want to secure a place(s) on the dates of your choice. Group prices and optional supplements Please contact us on +44 (0)1453 844400 or visit our website for our land only and flight inclusive prices and single supplement options. -
Mesmerizing Manali to Ladakh
Manali 1 Night Mesmerizing Manali to Ladakh Sarchu 1 Night MTL-7A Leh 3 Nights Pangong- Nubra-1 N 7 Nights / 8 Days 1N Over Day Night Remarks Meals Arrive & check in to hotel, A relaxed day exploring Manali market & Beautiful 1 Manali culture. Dinner Manali –Rohtang –Keylong –Jispa –Baralacha –Sarchu (230 Km / 8-10 hrs): The 2 Sarchu highway crosses some of the highest mountain passes in the world and promises to Breakfast be one of the most memorable and scenic experiences of all time. & Dinner Sarchu –Lachulung La –Tanglang La –Leh (244 Km / 6/7 hrs): Proceed to leh via 3 Leh TanglangLa pass. In the Evening Relax or visit to Leh Market, Leh Palace, Shanti Breakfast Stupa & Leh Gompa. & Dinner Leh to Nubra (135 Km / 5 hrs): After breakfast drive to Nubra Valley via Khardong Breakfast 4 Nubra Pass, explore Deskit, Hunder Villages and Camel Safari in Sand Dunes (Own). & Dinner Nubra Valley (Local Sightseeing) and back to Leh (135km / 5 hrs): visit: Diskit & 5 Leh Hunder Villages and monasteries, the life style of people living at the northernmost Breakfast region of India. & Dinner Leh to Pangong Lake via Shey & Thiksey (160 Km / 6 Hrs one way): enroute visit: 6 Pangong Shey, Thiksey Monasteries and Sindhu Ghat and then proceed to Pangong Lake Breakfast (14,500ft), through Chang la Pass 17,350 ft. & Dinner Pangong to Leh via Hemis Monastery (160km / 6 hrs): En route take a short halt at 7 Leh Changla Pass to enjoy a cup of hot steaming tea , later visit Hemis Monastery. Breakfast Afternoon is Spent in Leh Market to Collect Souvenie & Dinner 8 Depart for Leh Airport Breakfast Day 01 : Arrive Manali On Arrival we proceed to Hotel in Manali : Manali, at the northern end of Kuluvalley, is a beautiful Himalayan hill station with an unbeatable location. -
Rockwall Slope Erosion in the Northwestern Himalaya 10.1029/2020JF005619 Elizabeth N
RESEARCH ARTICLE Rockwall Slope Erosion in the Northwestern Himalaya 10.1029/2020JF005619 Elizabeth N. Orr1 , Lewis A. Owen2, Sourav Saha3, Sarah J. Hammer4, and Marc W. Caffee5,6 Key Points: 1GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, 2Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric • Rates of periglacial rockwall Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, 3Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, slope erosion are defined for the 4 northwestern Himalaya using University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, cosmogenic 10Be concentrations in USA, 5Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 6Department of Earth, Atmospheric and sediment from medial moraines Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA • Tectonically driven uplift offers a first-order control on patterns of rockwall slope erosion • Precipitation and temperature play Abstract Rockwall slope erosion is an important component of alpine landscape evolution, yet secondary roles in this erosion the role of climate and tectonics in driving this erosion remains unclear. We define the distribution and magnitude of periglacial rockwall slope erosion across 12 catchments in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu 10 Correspondence to: and Kashmir in the Himalaya of northern India using cosmogenic Be concentrations in sediment from 4 4 E. N. Orr, medial moraines. Beryllium-10 concentrations range from 0.5 ± 0.04 × 10 to 260.0 ± 12.5 × 10 at/g SiO2, [email protected] which yield erosion rates between 7.6 ± 1.0 and 0.02 ± 0.004 mm/a. Between 0.02 and 8 m of rockwall slope erosion would be possible in this setting across a single millennium, and∼ >2 km when∼ extrapolated Citation: for the Quaternary period. -
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Status Survey of Endangered Species lang• Statu.s ,Survey of Endan,gered Species Status of Kiang, Equus kian,g Moorcroft, 1841 (Perissodactyla: Equid,ae) in Eastern L,adakh, India J.R.B. Alfred, J.M. Julka*, R.S. Mehta**, R.M. Sharma*, p.e. Tak**, D,.K. Shanna* and R. Paliw,at* Zoological SUf11ey of India, M~Block New A.lipore, Kolkata-700 053 *High Altitude Zoology Field Station, Zooiogi,cal Survey of India, Solan ~ 173211 **Zoological Survey of India, Northern Reg.ional Station, Dehra Dun Zoological Survey of ndia Kolka'ta CITATION Alfred, 1.R.B.; lulka, 1.M.; Mehta, H.S.; Sharma, R.M.; Tak, P.C.; Sharma, D.K. and Paliwal. R. 2006. Status Survey of Endangered species. Status of Kiang, Equus kiang Moorcroft, 1841 (Perissodactyla : Equidae) in Eastern Ladakh, India: 1-23. (Published by the Director, Zoo I. Surv. India, Kolkata) Published : February, 2006 ISBN 81-8171-093-2 © Government of India, 2006 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any from or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. • This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade, be lent, resold hired out or otherwise disposed of without the publisher's consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. • The correct price of this publication is the price printed on this page. Any revised price indicated by a rubber stamp or by a sticker or by any other means is incorrect and should be unacceptable. -
Ladakh 2020 Delhi - Leh - Srinagar - Delhi
ROAD TRIP TO LADAKH 2020 DELHI - LEH - SRINAGAR - DELHI 3000+ KMS 13 DAYS OF DREAM TRIP CUSTOMIZED PACKAGES FOR GROUPS 100+ FIXED DEPARTURES + CUSTOMIZED PACKAGES HIGH PEAKS & MOUNTAINS KHARDUNGLA. CHANGLA, TANGLANG LA AND MANY MORE PHOTOGRAPHY PARADISE UNLIMITED VIEWS TO CLICK ENDLESS MOMENTS ASSURED UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS DAY DELHI TO CHANDIGARH 01 INDIA GATE 250 KMS MURTHAL DAY CHANDIGARH TO MANALI 02 LOCAL SIGHT SEEING MANALI MALL ROAD 300 KMS HADIMBA TEMPLE DAY MANALI TO JISPA 03 LOCAL SIGHT SEEING ROHTANG PASS 13,050 FT 140 KMS KEYLONG DAY JISPA TO SARCHU 04 DARCHA PATSIO 90 KMS ZING ZING BAR BARALACHA LA 16,040 FT DAY SARCHU TO LEH 05 GATA LOOPS NAKEE LA 15,647 FT LACHULUNG LA 16,600 FT 250 KMS PANG MORE PLAINS TANGLANGA LA 17,480 FT DAY LEH (RE ST DAY) 06 MAGNETIC HILL SHANTI STUPA LEH MALL ROAD 30-50 KMS HALL OF FAME HEMIS MONASTERY DAY 07 LEH TO NUBRA VALLEY KHARDUNGLA LA 17,582 FT DISKIT MONASTERY 140 KMS SAND DUNES DAY NUBRA VALLEY TO PANGONG TSO 08 SHYOK RIVER TANGSTE 140 KMS PANGONG TSO 14270 FT DAY PANGONG TO LEH 09 CHANG LA 17,590 FT 3 IDIOTS SCHOOL 140 KMS DAY LEH TO KARGIL 10 ZANSKAR RIVER LAMAYURU 218 KMS FOTU LA 13,480 FT DAY 11 KARGIL TO SRINAGAR WAR MEMORIAL ZOJI LA 11,575 FT 200 KMS SONMANRG DAL LAKE DAY SRINAGAR TO PATHANKOT 12 JAWAHAR TUNNEL BEAUTIFUL VALLEYS 350 KMS JAMMU DAY 13 PATHANKOT TO DELHI 478 KMS END OF THE TRIP INCLUSIONS EXCLUSIONS Accommodation in Hotels / Camps / Guest Houses Personal expenses like Telephone, Laundry, Tips on double / triple sharing from Day 01 to Day 12 and Table Drinks etc.