Once you reach Manali, our ground team will coordinate with you and update you about the meeting point. After that, proceed your journey towards the hotel Kanishka or similar, where you meet up and become acquainted with other fellow riders. You can rest for a while. Then, we will have a delicious lunch. Post Lunch, we will head out for a short orientation/acclimatization ride.

In the evening, the I NEED TRIP team will have a session to brief you on things to keep in mind for the next ten days of the cycling expedition. We will retire early and give our bodies a complete rest before the start of this cycling expedition.

Stay: Hotel | Cycling: 40km | Altitude: 3070 Meters

We have to get up early today. Get Ready and have a healthy & delicious morning breakfast. We will be starting our Manali-Leh + Khardungla cycle tour from the hotel itself. Hop on your bikes and get ready to begin this memorable cycling expedition. You will come across the Solang Valley The hub for adventure sports activities like paragliding, rope courses, horse Riding, etc. We will cross through Atal Tunnel, the longest tunnel at a length of 9.02 km, it is the highest highway single-tube tunnel above 10,000 feet (3,048 m) in the world. We will have our lunch at ATAL cafe in Sissu near Sissu Lake. Post that we will checkin to our hotel Aliyas or Similar in sissu and rest for the day.

Stay: Hotel | Cycling: 78km | Altitude: 3350Meters

The day will begin with an easy and gradual climb followed by an exciting downhill to Tandi.  This is the place where the river “Chandra” and the river “Bhaga” meet. This place is a holy place in Hindu belief. We will move towards Kyelang (also spelled Keylong) a beautiful town and the district headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti districts is home to most of the government offices and facilities in Lahaul. We will halt for lunch over here. Then move towards Jispa and check in to Hotel Padma Lodge or similar. This is the border of the Low oxygen area and the green belt. The day when you will witness greenery around. Post this till we don’t reach Lato the barrel mountains with beautiful giant landscapes we will pass through.

Stay: Domes / Camping | Cycling: 31 km | Altitude: 3820 Meters

With an easy start to the day, we will pedal towards ZingZingBAr. Today a rusty rocky terrain is waiting for us when we pass the tiny hamlet town of Jispa. There is much descent before the climb towards Patseo. Today will be the first time this expedition, where we will experience complete isolation from the outer world, and we will also be riding in the low oxygen region. After reaching Patseo, it will be a gradual and easy climb ride to upper ZingZingBar. The day comes to an end as we make a touchdown in upper ZingZingBar.

Get fresh and have a hot served dinner. Post dinner, you can retire to your cozy bed for a sound sleep to face the challenges of the next day. This is the first ever that we will spend in a big Dome together under the same roof.

Stay: Swiss Hut | Cycling: 41 km | Altitude 4255 Meters

After having an early morning bite, we gradually ascend towards the 2nd pass of this route, Baralacha La, via Zing zing bar. Today we do our climb mostly on a tarmac surface, with less traffic. After crossing the Naughty Baralacha La, the entire topography of the region changes and we get the first glimpse of the Mountain Desert. Thereafter we descend to Bharatpur and from there, we will take the rolling terrain toward today’s destination, Sarchu.

Once we reach sarchu we will do the photoshoot for group and solo and will create video’s of the group. This is more of relaxing and kind of celebration day for coming half way through of the expedition.

Stay: Domes / Camp | Cycling: 80 Km | Altitude 4370 Meters

Brace yourself up, for today’s adventurous and challenging ride, as we are going to cross two mountain passes in a single day. From our campsite, it’s a rolling terrain till the start of the Gata Loops. From here, we will start climbing. After climbing up to 21 Loops, we can have a relaxed ride, as we are going to pedal on the rolling terrain for a few km, just before we again ascend to the 3rd Pass on this route NakeeLa. We will also be passing through the ‘Lachlung La’ pass. The view en route is so mesmerizing and you will sense that your hard work pays off. From the ‘Lachlung La’ pass, we will descend to Pang, and relax in the stay domes for the night.

This day is the toughest day of the ride, but we have ridden for last in this terrain. So By this day, each one has done a great self-introspection about their riding skills so each rider can plan their ride strategy for the day with their buddy rider on tour.

Stay: Guest House | Cycling: 103 km | Altitude 4835Meters

This morning only a 5 km climb and you will touch the most beautiful route of your journey called Morrie plains. Scenic beauty with the full metal and well-maintained roads. This region has a wide horizon where on your left and ride for approx 2 km you will find plains and then the huge multi-color mountains. Then we will cross the Taglangla pass. The Taglangla is the second-highest motorable road of this expedition. You will witness long roads and a continuous climb of approx 15 km. The Taglangla pass is 5328 meters from sea level, which leads to a scenic descent towards Lato, Lato Guest House. Then, a zippy 35 km downhill ride awaits us, to reach today’s destination Lato.

Stay: Hotel | Cycling: 82km | Altitude: 3600 Meters

We will take it easy today and start with leisure. Cycling along the River Indus, we will be riding from Lato/Upshi into the main town of Ladakh Leh. On the way, we would be crossing some of the monasteries of the Hemis, Thiksey, and Shey regions and might visit a few of them depending upon the timelines. Once we reach the famous Leh-Gate, we will have a group picture clicked after which we can proceed our journey towards our hotel The Himalayan ladhak or similar.

Stay: Hotel | Cycling: 80km | Altitude 5360 Meters

Based on our last 5 years of experience, we have seen the riders feel content when they reach Leh. So they prefer to go sightseeing rather than attempt to climb to Khardungla.

Riders who wish to climb will leave early at 6 am for breakfast to leave for the Khardungla Pass, the world’s highest mountain pass. We cycle through the scenic valley on the world’s second-highest motorable road to the top of this journey with a sense of achievement that has no parallel. Celebrate this moment of pride and success with your bike and your fellow riders. Ride back to our hotel in Leh for the dinner celebration and to celebrate the completion of the tour.

Riders who go sightseeing for you taxi shall come to the hotel to pick you up and make you explore Magnetic Hill, Monastery, and the confluence of rivers where you can do adventure sports activities if you wish too. The lunch or any other adventure activity expense during the travel is of the rider himself or herself.

Drive back to our hotel in Leh for the dinner celebration and to celebrate the completion of the tour.

Today’s morning post-breakfast, you are free to plan your return. Participants can take a flight and return to their homes or they stay there to roam in and around Leh. The call is completely yours, in case you need any assistance in planning, we are here to help you out.