Ladakh In Winter Is The Best For Travelers And Not For Tourists

Marcel Proust says that real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The real meaning of Marcel Proust is realized when you find yourself in Ladakh in winter. You will be amazed to see the roof of the world separated from the rest of the world and well wrapped in glossy white blanket of snow and ice.

Overland Escape is one of the leading travel companies in India offering custom-made Leh Ladakh Trekking Hiking Tours. For adventure lovers, Overland Escape offers Ladakh Hiking tours in both soft and tough terrains of Himalayan regions that gives you a chance to get closer to nature’s wonders and get a closer feel of inside region.

Millions of emotions erupt when you find yourself in Ladakh admiring the frozen beauty in winter. It is an overwhelming experience to be in Ladakh in winter which is at 30 degree Celsius.

Leh Ladakh trip is really the best one for a traveler over a tourist. Explore in the harshest time and it rewards you stupendously.

The following reasons will explain why you should plan to go to Ladakh in winter:

1. You can experience the real hospitality of Ladakh in winter: It is the time to see the genuine beauty and get acclimatize to the local culture and habits. Most of the hotels are closed during winters so you can stay in traditional Ladakh houses.

2. You can get transported into the frozen nature: Everything frozen – valleys, mountains, vegetation and river shores The way from Khaltse to Lamayru valley in incredibly beautiful where you can come across frozen waterfalls, moon land, and frozen Indus shores.

3. Play cricket, drive car or somersault in frozen pangong lake: The freezing water together with sunlight produces different blue shades forms a layer of ice sheet where you drive a car, or play cricket or even do a somersault.

4. It tests both your physical and mental fitness. From December to March Ladakh breathes and lives ice hockey. You cannot expect the trekking to be monotonous and have different experience at different times.

5. You can become friends with local people who are free only in winter: In summer most of the locals are busy in earning their yearly living from tourism. Winter is the appropriate time to have the local people free to talk. Kids also used to have holidays and look out for playmates.

6. Enjoy and experience the Ladakh festivals: It is celebration time. The free time turns into celebration for the locals. Many festivals fall in winter such as Spituk Gustor, Ladakhi Losar, Thiksay Gustor, Matho Monastery festiva, Stok Monastery festival and Dosmoche.

7. It is the photographer’s heaven in winter: It is a great time for photography. Barren land with glossy white sheet frozen waterfalls, frozen rivers, wilted trees, frozen shores, interference free pictures, lots of festivals all make it a heaven for photographers.

8. Winter is the best time in Ladakh to have the sight of rare wild life: Winter is the appropriate time to spot the Snow Leopard. You can also lot of mountain fauna like wolf, blue sheep, magpies, wild hares etc.

9. You get the best value for your money in Ladakh winter: Comparing to tourist in summer season it is cheap in winter. The flight rates, cost of heated home stay, cost of shopping are at rock bottom.

10. You can skate and walk on the frozen Zanskar

11. Romance in God’s Den: Romancing in bone-chilling cold is the great thing that you will not forgive till the last breathe of your life. Make sure you are well wrapped up with different layers of clothing otherwise you have to get prepared for sever cough and cold.

Overland Escape takes special care of local communities and natural environment while organizing Hiking in Himalaya, India. India. It offers custom made Leh Ladakh Trekking Hiking Tours that enhances the dimension of your visit and supports of the economy of the local community.