Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Leh (Ladakh), India

Druk — Winter break in India, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Inner Line permits for the valleys

  1 jan – 31 decBoek vroeg

  Nubra, Pangong, Tso Moriri and the Dah-Hanu villages sit inside the protected belt and need a permit issued in Leh, foreigners on a different form from Indian nationals. Agencies turn it round in a day; the checkpost will not. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Chadar trek on the frozen Zanskar

  15 jan – 20 feb · meestalWandelseizoenRisicoBoek vroeg

  The Zanskar river freezes hard enough to walk for a few weeks in deep winter, and permits and a registered agency are required. Warm winters have thinned the ice and cut seasons short, so nothing is bookable with confidence until the December reports. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ladakhi Losar (1 dec – 10 jan (meestal)), Pangong and the lakes freeze (20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Dosmoche at Leh Palace

  10 feb – 5 mrt · meestalReligieus feest

  The old-year festival below the palace: cham dances, then a thread-cross effigy carried out of town to take the year's bad luck with it. Deep winter, so almost nobody from outside Ladakh sees it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Chadar trek on the frozen Zanskar (15 jan – 20 feb (meestal)), Pangong and the lakes freeze (20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Opening

  Srinagar road reopens

  20 mrt – 15 mei · meestalWandelseizoen

  The army's engineers cut Zoji La open through spring and the Srinagar road is normally the first of the two highways back, somewhere between late March and the middle of May. Until it goes, Leh is reachable only by air. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Dosmoche at Leh Palace (10 feb – 5 mrt (meestal)), Pangong and the lakes freeze (20 dec – 10 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Apricot blossom in the villages

  5 apr – 10 mei · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  The orchards along the Indus at Nubra, Sham and Turtuk flower before the passes open, which is the argument for coming early and flying in rather than driving. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Srinagar road reopens (20 mrt – 15 mei (meestal))

Druk — Summer vacation (north & east) in India

• Opening

  Manali highway season

  25 mei – 15 nov · meestalWandelseizoenSluitingen

  The high road in over Baralacha La and Tanglang La opens at the end of May once the Border Roads Organisation has cut through, and closes with the first heavy snow in November. Dates move by weeks either way. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Srinagar road reopens (20 mrt – 15 mei (meestal)), Apricot blossom in the villages (5 apr – 10 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Hemis Festival, Trekking and high-pass season

• Festival

  Hemis Festival

  24–25 junReligieus feestDruk

  Two days of cham mask dances in the courtyard at Hemis for Padmasambhava's birthday, on the tenth day of the fifth Tibetan month. It falls in the busiest fortnight of the Ladakh year and the taxis to the monastery are booked out. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Trekking and high-pass season

  15 jun – 15 sep · meestalWandelseizoenDrukBoek vroeg

  The window when Khardung La, Chang La and the trekking routes are all open at once, and when Leh runs at capacity. Everything above the town needs a day or two of acclimatising first, whatever the season.

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Manali highway season (25 mei – 15 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, Trekking and high-pass season

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Manali highway season (25 mei – 15 nov (meestal)), Hemis Festival (24–25 jun), Trekking and high-pass season (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — Trekking and high-pass season, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Manali highway season (25 mei – 15 nov (meestal)), Trekking and high-pass season (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Trekking and high-pass season, Ladakh Marathon

• Festival

  Ladakh Marathon

  5–20 sep · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  Four days of races out of Leh in September, from a five-kilometre run to an ultra over Khardung La at well over five thousand metres. Every bed in town goes the week before it. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Manali highway season (25 mei – 15 nov (meestal)), Trekking and high-pass season (15 jun – 15 sep (meestal))

Druk — Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) in India, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Manali highway season (25 mei – 15 nov (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec), Manali highway season (25 mei – 15 nov (meestal))

Druk — Winter break in India, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Ladakhi Losar

  1 dec – 10 jan · meestalChinees nieuwjaar

  Ladakh keeps its new year two months before the Tibetan one, with ibex-shaped bread, fire processions through Leh and masked dances at the monasteries. Deep winter, almost no visitors, and every guesthouse shut but a handful. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Pangong and the lakes freeze

  20 dec – 10 mrt · meestalIJsseizoen

  The high lakes set solid from about the turn of the year, and the road out to Pangong runs on cleared snow when it runs at all. The guesthouses out there are shut, so it is a long day from Leh and back. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Inner Line permits for the valleys (1 jan – 31 dec)