Day 1: Arrive in Leh.

Day 2: After breakfast visit Thiksay Monastery come for lunch at the hotel. In the afternoon walk to Shanti Stupa. Hotel

Day 3:  Drive to Chilling and trek to Skiu

After breakfast, the drive from Leh to Chilling is 2 – 3 hours. It’s like entering the ocean of barren, brownish yellow yet stunning region of the Himalayas. In the first half of the journey, Spituk Monastery and major monuments Gurudwara Pathar Sahib will quaintly welcome you. The silent and vibrant Magnetic Hill also passes by as you make your own way. Through the views of color changing rocks, dry grasslands you will cross the confluence of Zanskar and Indus rivers. Chilling is a popular village of Leh known as the Base camp for Chadar in winter and river rafting in summer. Walk to start with steep for lass than a hour from Bridge. Then  gradual it’s gradual through Kaya village to Skyu village 3430m. Overnight campsite.

Day 4: Skiu  to ( Markha 3750 m) 7 to 8 hrs walk .

Today is a long day for trekking with very less altitude gain/loss though there is a lot of distance to cover. From Skiu,  Walk alongside the Markha River with mountains on both sides.  In between there are few washout path sections requiring climb few meters up and down to pass those sections of the trail. And then you reach the place called Sara which has Homestay and camping groud. Walking about 2km from here you reached the bridge crossing. Once we crossed the bridge there are  cultivate barley frieds with 2 House. This is the suitable place for lunch.  After lunch walking for one and half Hours the  valley opens up to a river crossing. which leads you to Markha Village. You may find the level of water to be quite high, so wait for guide. If you arrive early. Once you cross the river it’s only about 30 minutes walk to Markha. Markha -the biggest village of the area. This village has 25 houses. An old fort dated back to 1830’s can be seen here. Towards your north, look for a renovated Gompa. Overnight in camping

Day 5: Markha  to (Thochuntse 4300 m)  5 – 6 hours walk.

 Today is a moderate day for trekking. Follow the trail from Markha village alongside Markha River, remaining at the feft side of the side River until reach at the River crossing point. Look for suitable spots to cross over Markha River. You will be required to cross over at least twice. After the second river crossing it’s two hours hike up to Umlung.  Look out for the Tasa gonpa on the cliff after the secound river crossed. You can get a breathtaking view of Mt. Kang Yatsa as you climb up from Umlung towards Hankar. Probably we have a Lunch in Hunkar Yogma. After lunch you walk up a gorge, you reach an old village named Hankar kongma with its magnificent ford on the cliff.. A km beyond Hakar the trail splits into two. One going to Thochuntse and the other to Zalung karpo La.  Stay on the same path without crossing the foot bridge to Zalung Karpo. From the junction it’s about 1-1/2 hours to Thochuntse. Overnight in camping.

Day 6: Thochuntse to base camp 4-5 hours trek. (5100m)

It’s a shorter walk but 800m height gain..15 minutes from the Thotchuntse campsite, we take the trail to the left. After an hour and half climb to small pass, which offers amazing view of Kang Yates and it’s surroundings, then the path becomes gradual.  From here walking for 30 minutes, brings you to a holy pond where you have a tremendous view of surrounding mountains again with kang yatse itself. from here we follow the right side of trail  A long walk on small gorge brings you to a beautiful base camp . You see streams on your left with a glacier of Kang Yatsa in front you.  The campsite of Basecamp is a completely exposed so you may experience some strong winds.

Day 7: Rest day plus acclimatise and equipment sort out day.

After breakfast we take a hike of 2- 3 hours with all our gear for training. To start with for first half an hour it’s steep with lose moraine. Counting the trial to reach the crampon point. Where you will be spending some time practicing some essential skills for tomorrow. From here you will be able to see more closely the kang yatsa and the route that we will follow tomorrow. After training we will return to base camp for Lunch.

Day 8: Established Camp 1 (5440m) / load ferry and return to Base camp

Day 9: Move to camp 1

Day 10: move to Camp 2 (5750)

Day 11: Summit and return to camp 1 or base camp

Day 12: Base camp to (chokdo 3960m) 7-8 hours. Then Drive back to leh

Today is a another long day due to the highest altitude  pass crossing of the trek. From base camp look ahead towards Kongmaru la Pass. Cross a stream section and proceed towards the east take you beautiful place nimaling, Yak herders from Hankar Village have temporary stone settlements here in the summer months. Once we crossed the Nimaling River on foot bridge we walk pthrough Yak Herders settlement, path becomes stepper leading us to Kongmaru la Pass 5200m. The hike from Nimaling to Kongmaru la takes around 2 -3 hours. At the top of the pass you will get a great view of Indus valley and Ladakh ranges.  You also get a mobile signal of network here. The downhill descent from the pass to chokdo is steep . The terrain is rocky and drops down steeply as you enter into a narrow canyon after trekking down 2 to 3 km. Following the trial we continue to chusukarmo where you can find Parachute tents pitched. The hike from chusukarmo to chokdo is a 40 minute walk.

Day 13: Extra day

Day 14: Fly back.