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Yasmin Trek & Tours was established in the year 1992 and is registered with Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department, Leh Ladakh. Over the years Yasmin Trek & Tours has emerged as a leading tour operator in Ladakh.


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Rafting in Ladakh!

Rafting in Ladakh is adventure par excellence. Here you get to enjoy the turbulence of  Indus and Zanaskar Rivers. Enjoying thrills and chills of Rafting and Kayaking from Grade-I to Grade-V through breathtaking landscapes and gorges of Ladakh Valley.

 


River rafting in Ladakh is quite unlike anywhere else in the world. It provides the best opportunity to enjoy and experience the natural beauty of the spectacular landscape with deep gorges, towering snow-capped peaks, hilltop monasteries, hillside villages, and glimpses of the unique wildlife.

Ladakh offers a range of rafting options on the Indus and its major tributaries. The best stretch for professionally guided runs in white water is on the Indus between Spituk and Nimu or Saspol, which rates 2 to 3 in the international river grading scale of 1 to 6.

Participants are required to be trained rafters themselves while the arrangements should be assigned to a dependable professional agency. Adequate arrangements for rescue coverage is an essential pre-requisite for embarking upon a white -water expedition on river like the Zanskar.

 

River Indus flows across high altitude cold deserts mountains of Ladakh in Indian Himalaya, which offers fascinating day rafting near to Leh and three four days trip can also be organized in the Indus Valley of Ladakh, starting from Upshi to Nimoo passing through villages, monasteries and gorges of Phey and Nimoo.

An ultimate white water rafting can be experienced in 14 days in Zanskar river expeditions with sight seeing of monasteries, riverside camp from July to September.

 

 

Following options are available on the Indus & Zanaskar river:

  • Padum to Nimo:
    Grade: IV
    Duration: 8-9 days.
    This is suitable only for well-organized white-water expeditions, prepared for about a week of rafting and camping in absolute wilderness. Participants are required to be trained rafters themselves while the arrangements. Adequate arrangement for rescue back-up is an essential prerequisite for embarking upon this white-water expedition.
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  • Hemis to Choglamsar:
    Grade: II - III
    An easy stretch with a few major rapids. This is a one-day stretch. Both these stretchescan be combined to make a multi day expedition.
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  • Phey to Nimo:
    Grade
    : II - III
    This is easily the most popular single day stretch because of its proximity from Leh and the easy but exciting rapids of Grade 2 & 3.
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  • Nimo to Alchi: This stretch is a difficult one as the Zanskar
    river joins Indus at Nimo and the the rapids can go upto Grade 5.
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Special Packages with us

Trekking
 

Rafting
 

Jeep Safari
 

Cultural Tours
 

Expeditions
 

Monasteries Tour
 

Mountain Biking
 




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Yasmin Trek & Tours


YASMIN TREK & TOUR
Fort Road,
Leh Ladakh 194101
Jammu & Kashmir (INDIA)

Phone: +91-1982-251071, 255098
Fax:       +91-1982-252631
Mobile:  +91-9419269690
Email:    info@yasminladakh.com


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