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Ladakh's Markha Valley and the high desert around Leh are magnificent — but Stok Kangri is closed and you land at 3,500 m. Here's the honest…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 4, 2026
Both sit inside the Himalaya, both promise thin air and prayer flags, and both are on every serious trekker''s list: the high desert of Ladakh in northern India, and the green ridgelines of Nepal. But they trek very differently, and one crucial difference —…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Ladakh''s single biggest catch is not the trek — it is the arrival. The regional capital, Leh, sits at roughly 3,500 m, and most visitors fly in directly from Delhi. That means you go from sea level to serious altitude in under two hours, before you have…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
The classic Ladakhi route is the Markha Valley trek, a 6–7 day walk through a stark, Tibetan-Buddhist high desert past gompas and homestays, crossing the Ganda La (4,961 m) and topping out at the Kongmaru La (5,260 m). It is beautiful in a lunar, treeless…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Ladakh''s season is short — roughly June to September, when the passes and roads are snow-free — and several trekking zones need Inner Line or Protected Area permits, which foreign and Indian trekkers arrange differently. Nepal has two long trekking windows…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
Choose Ladakh if the raw, high-desert austerity and Tibetan-Buddhist homestay culture are the whole draw, you can spare rest days to acclimatise on arrival, and you are travelling in mid-summer. Choose Nepal if you want a safer, more gradual climb to…
Travel Himalaya Nepal · News
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