Climb Kongyatse Shoulder (6200 mtrs )

Day 1: Delhi - Leh (3500 m), 1h 30min by flight – 
Take your flight to Leh, on board enjoy the view of majestic Himalayas. You will be landing at 3500m from the sea level. On arrival at Leh airport our representative will transfer you to the hotel. To get acclimatized, you will relax till the mid-day and leave for excursion after the lunch in the hotel. Walk to Shanti Stupa dominate the Leh town, Royal Palace built by 5th Dalailama in 17th century which looks like a little Potala of Lahasa. Stroll in the Bazzar and night in the hotel. 

Day 2: Leh –Stok - Thiksey-Shey –Leh.
 After early breakfast leave to Stock to get the better sun rise for photography. Visit the palace and village. Also visit the Museum in palace which houses valuable antique objects. We will stroll from village to village to meet the people and to see their daily activities. 

Visit monastery of Thiksey, A majestic monastery perched on a rocky outcrop built in the 15th century during the first wave of expansion of Gelugpa sect in Ladakh. There are paintings of protective deities and the great masters of the sect at the entrance. 

Shey, once the capital of Upper Ladakh has a monastery which housing rich murals painting, well restored and represent the 18 arhats (disciples of Buddha who attained enlightenment), back to Leh, night in a hotel.

Day 3: Leh - Chilling -Skiu. Skiu (3850) 4h30, Trek-1
Drive towards Chilling following the Indus river till the confluence of Indus and Zanskar river. Take u turn to entre in the Zanskar valley following the opposite flow of Zanskar river till Chilling. This village is famous for its silver-smiths who work quite typically on metal to make necessary utensils such as teapots and jars of Chhang pots etc.

Cross the river by Tyrolean gives an excellent experience. Then we take an easy path until Skiu following the Markha river for about 4 hours till Skiu where a beautiful ground serves us as campsite . night in camp.

Day 4: Skiu - Markha, (3710 m), 7h walk – TREK- 2
The day begins on the right bank of Markha river: attractive path with a lot of vegetation/ wood. After several successive crossings of left bank and right bank lead us to Chaluk (few houses). new traverses that flow before it, reaches after a short steep climb the beautiful village of Markha. We set up camp near the river. Visit village and old monastery. Night in camp.

Day 5: Markha - Tchatchutse (3750 m), 5h walk – TREK- 3
The track goes back up the main valley, the right bank. The path is sometimes difficult in the bed of the river. Before arriving at the village of Hankar, we visit the monastery Humlung, along the river. Little beyond Hankar, we abandon a wide valley on our right. We take a narrow valley going up higher and which obliges us to cross a bridge to the left bank to reach the pasture of Tchatchutse. Here we install our camp. Night in camp.

Day 6: Tchatchutse - Base of Kang yatse (5040 m), 5h walk – TREK- 6
The path rises very gradually, the river being rather far in our left. We continue near a small lake, then cross the pastures where herds of the yaks can be seen quite often. It is one of the most beautiful high valleys of Ladakh. Our camp will be fixed at the feet of the summit.  In the evening, we stroll till 5,400 m height to acclimatize our self. Night in camp.

Day 7: Attempt to Kang Yatse west shoulder (6200 m) - Nimaling (4700 m) – TREK- 5 + Climbing.
Departure between 2 am and 4 am in the morning. 6 /8 hours of ascent are approximately needed to reach the summit, easily accessible by a snowy but a little bit technical slope. Rock may appear at the end of season. ( in autumn)   After this extraordinary expedition day, we will return to the camp site of Nimaling.

Those who are not interested in the ascent will walk on the beautiful meadow of  Nimaling  to discover the sheepfolds of high altitude. Night in camp.

Day 8: Security day – TREK 6
This  day is proposed as security day in case of failure of attempt due to bad weather.  If the attempted is made as scheduled on day 11th of itinerary, in that case you will spend day at Nimaling to explore the area Or will cut short the  day 12th distance. Night in camp.

Day 9: Nimaling - Shang via Konmaru La pass(5 150 m), 7/8h walk - TREK 7
2 hours of gradual track to reach the pass, Back drop is stunning  view of Kongyatse which will remind you the route you have taken till summit, in front is panoramic view on the Indu valley and distant  mountain range of Zanskar  and Karakoram. We continue by a stiff zigzag descent on the north - east other of Kongmaru La. The trail crosses the magnificent multicolour river bed, at certain places trail is not easy for horses/ Mule. After several crossings of river, arrived at Shang a beautiful camp site near by monastery complex or near river bed. We can visit a small gompa not far from the village. Night in camp.

Day 10: Shang - Leh, via Hemis 60 Km - 2h
Vehicles join us in the morning and departure for Leh. En route visit Hemis monastery. A mass of splendid architecture on a green hill has been built by the inveterate royal architect Singe Namgyal in1630. The monastery belongs to Drukpa sect of Buddhism, site is privileged for Namgyal dynasty, its mural paintings represent the different divinities dated back to 18th sanctuary. There is a huge Thanka reputed to be the Largest in its existence, which is exhibited once in every twelve years. Afternoon will be free at Leh and Night in a hotel. 

Day 11: Flight Leh-Dehli and departure
Transfer to airport, flight to Delhi. End of services.

Cost per person: Sub. to change in case of economic fluctuation, exchange rates differences between euro and INR or hike in local life and tax implementation.