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HOW TO REACH
Indian Airlines and Jet Airway cater to the need of world class Air services
for the tourists. Leh, the principal town of Ladakh has now become gateway to
the world by any connecting flight from Delhi one can fly in to Leh from abroad
in a day as well. All through the year, there is air service from Delhi, Chandigarh,
Jammu and Srinagar.
BY ROAD
The main overland approach to Ladakh is from the Kashmir valley via the 434-km.
Srinagar-Leh road, which remains open for traffic from early June to November.
The most dramatic part of this road journey is the ascent up the 11,500 ft.(3505
m high Zoji-la, the pass in the Great Himalayan Wall that serves as the gateway
to Ladakh. The J&K State Road Transport Corporation (J&KSRTC) operates
regular Deluxe and Ordinary bus services between Srinagar and Leh on this route
with an overnight halt at Kargil.Taxis (cars and jeeps) are also available at
Srinagar for the journey. Groups can charter Deluxe and A-class buses for Leh,
Kargil or Padum (Zanskar) from the J&K SRTC at Srinagar. Since 1989, the
473-km Manali-Leh road has been serving as the second land approach to Ladakh.
Open for traffic from around mid-June to early October, this high road traverses
the upland desert plateaux of Rupsho whose altitude ranges from 3,660 m to 4,570
m. A number of high passes fall enroute among which the highest one, known as
Taglang-la, is the world’s second highest motorable pass at an altitude
of 17,469 feet (5,325 m.) Himachal Pradesh Tourism, H.P. SRTC and J&K SRTC
operate Deluxe and Ordinary bus services between Manali and Leh. The bus journey
between Leh and Manali takes about 19 hours or two days with an overnight halt
in camps at Serchu and Pang. Gypsy and jeep taxis are also available, both at
Manali and Leh.
