Navigating Ladakh
THE 8 LEGENDARY MOTORCYCLE ROUTES
Browse our list of the most iconic high-altitude trails, mountain passes, and desert valleys across the Himalayas.
hard GPXManali to Leh Highway Expedition
Distance: 490 km •Duration: 7 Days
- ✓ Rohtang Pass (3,978m)
- ✓ Baralacha La Pass (4,892m)
- ✓ 21 Gata Loops Hairpins
moderate GPXSrinagar to Leh Highway Expedition
Distance: 434 km •Duration: 5 Days
- ✓ Zoji La Pass (3,528m)
- ✓ Kargil War Memorial
- ✓ Lamayuru Moonland
moderate GPXLeh to Nubra Valley Loop
Distance: 200 km •Duration: 3 Days
- ✓ Khardung La Pass (5,359m)
- ✓ Diskit Monastery & Buddha
- ✓ Double-Humped Camel Ride
moderate GPXPangong Lake Circuit
Distance: 320 km •Duration: 2 Days
- ✓ Chang La Pass (5,360m)
- ✓ Deep Blue Pangong Lake
- ✓ High-altitude Camps
hard GPXSpiti Valley Expedition
Distance: 900 km •Duration: 10 Days
- ✓ Kunzum Pass (4,590m)
- ✓ Key Monastery
- ✓ Hikkim Highest Post Office
hard GPXTso Moriri & Rupshu Plateau
Distance: 460 km •Duration: 4 Days
- ✓ Chumathang Hot Springs
- ✓ Rupshu Plains
- ✓ Nomadic Changpa Camps
hard GPXZanskar Valley Expedition
Distance: 625 km •Duration: 8 Days
- ✓ Nun Kun Peaks View
- ✓ Rangdum Monastery
- ✓ Pensi La Pass (4,400m)
hard GPXGrand Himalayan Circuit
Distance: 1800 km •Duration: 21 Days
- ✓ All Major Mountain Passes
- ✓ Khardung La, Chang La, Tanglang La, Kunzum Pass
- ✓ Pangong & Tso Moriri Lakes
hard GPXLeh-Siachen-Leh (9 Days)
Distance: 1100 km •Duration: 9 Days
- ✓ Siachen War Memorial, Nubra
- ✓ Umling La Pass
- ✓ Hanle Observatory
hard GPXLeh to Leh Zanskar Circuit via Shinku La
Distance: 1,180 km •Duration: 10 Days
- ✓ A true circuit — no road ridden twice, in and out of Leh airport
- ✓ Shinku La (16,580 ft) unpaved, ridden as the exit rather than the entry
- ✓ Drang-Drung Glacier from Pensi La
moderate GPXLeh to Srinagar via Zanskar & the Suru Valley
Distance: 790 km •Duration: 9 Days
- ✓ Fly into Leh, fly out of Srinagar — no backtrack to your arrival airport
- ✓ Drang-Drung Glacier from Pensi La
- ✓ Suru valley under Nun and Kun (both 7,000m+)
hard GPXManali to Leh via Zanskar & Shinku La
Distance: 870 km •Duration: 10 Days
- ✓ Shinku La (16,580 ft) — unpaved, the real Zanskar gateway
- ✓ Drang-Drung Glacier from Pensi La
- ✓ Phugtal cave monastery on foot from Purne
moderate GPXLeh to Leh 8-Day Ladakh Bike Expedition
Distance: 990 km •Duration: 8 Days
- ✓ Fly-In, Fly-Out From Leh — No Highway Days
- ✓ Khardung La Pass (17,582 ft)
- ✓ Nubra Valley — Diskit Monastery & Hunder Dunes
moderate GPXKashmir to Leh Group Join-In Tour
Distance: 750 km •Duration: 9 Days
- ✓ Srinagar Dal Lake Houseboat Party
- ✓ Zoji La & Drass War Memorial
- ✓ Dah & Hanu (Aryan Valley Cult)
hard GPXManali to Leh Group Join-In Tour
Distance: 850 km •Duration: 9 Days
- ✓ Manali Welcome Dinner & Party
- ✓ Ride Atal Tunnel & Baralacha La
- ✓ Khardung La (5,359m) & Nubra Valley
moderate GPXLeh to Leh 6-Day High Pass Group Tour
Distance: 750 km •Duration: 6 Days
- ✓ Leh to Leh 6-Day Fly-In Circuit
- ✓ Khardung La Pass (17,582 ft)
- ✓ Turtuk — Indo-Pak Border Village
hard GPXZanskar Gorge Expedition: Manali to Leh via the Chilling Road
Distance: 550 km •Duration: 7 Days
- ✓ The new Nimmu-Padam-Darcha road through the Zanskar river gorge
- ✓ Shinku La Pass (16,580 ft) — unpaved Zanskar gateway
- ✓ Padum, Karsha and Sani monasteries
hard GPXZanskar Traverse: Manali to Srinagar via Shinku La
Distance: 1,240 km •Duration: 12 Days
- ✓ Shinku La Pass (16,580 ft) — unpaved Zanskar gateway
- ✓ Padum & cliffside Karsha Monastery
- ✓ Phugtal Cave Monastery (optional trek day)