Campervan Camping Ladakh
Kick your “BUCKET LIST” this year … holiday for your soul
Host & Conductor: Capt Suresh Sharma, of your holidays in Ladakh
| 5 days Leh to Leh | Overland Truck Camping | Guest House | Food | Transport | Excursions |
Leh, Shanti Stupa, Hall of Fame, Stok Palace, Hemis Monastery, Thiksey Gompa, Leh Palace, Nubra Valley, Hunder, Diskit, Khardungla Pass, Pangong Lake.
Host & Conductor of your holidays: Capt Suresh Sharma, himself …
Holidays in 2021 are NOT at all for BUCKET LIST sake, you need to immerse your soul with the elements of Mother Nature and Ladakh is the best place to beat the mental fatigue and that of your Soul. This summer go on a holiday to relax, sleep & eat and repeat! And not to explore destinations.
And there is no match what Taurus offers as of now in India for outdoor ‘experiential holidays’ while enjoying intimate interaction with Mother Nature, social distancing at our ‘campervan camping’ where best SOPs for hygiene are in practice.
This is the “hot favourite” program voted by our guests in the last 6 years, it offers the best of Ladakh in shortest span of time to save your energy, time and budget.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Point of Arrival: Airport at Leh
- Point of Departure: Airport at Leh
- Campervan Camp in static mode.
- Capt Suresh Sharma as your host!
- Thrilling 5 days in Ladakh – 3 nights with Taurus in static camping mode outside Leh, 1 night stay in a guest house/ homestay in Nubra Valley.
- Suitable For: 1 year and above (person without any medical restrictions only)
- Group package for Max 10 persons. Min 4 persons
- Camp with ‘social distancing’ by default.
- Stay and food (Taurus and guest house/hotel)
- Hygienic kitchen
- Hired transport for excursions
- India’s First Luxury Overland Truck
- Experience “aristocratic nomadic lifestyle”
- Best of Buddhist Culture
- Most unique outdoor experience of lifetime.
- Unique Landscape of Ladakh
- Available for: Indians
- Tariff is dynamic
- Special Tariff available: for early birds, group bookings of friends, families, couples.
- List of What to Carry will be sent to you soon after the booking.
- NOTE: We also have the best rates for air ticket, please enquire.
ITINERARY AT A GLANCE
Day 1: Leh, check in at the camp, afternoon visit Shanti Stupa and Hall of Fame. Night camping with Taurus.
Day 2: Stok Palace, Hemis Monastery, Thiksey Monastery, Leh Palace. Explore Leh market. Night with Taurus.
Day 3: Nubra Valley: Khardungla Pass, Diskit and Hunder, night stay in guest house/ homestay.
Day 4: Drive to Pangong Lake via Shyok. Night with Taurus at Leh.
Day 5: Enjoy your last day with Taurus. Drop at the Leh airport.
Note: Excursions will be in a hired transport suitable for the group.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
- Pickup and drop (only from Leh airport as a group).
- Stay (as per the accommodation displayed on our website and some tents on ground) twin sharing, onboard Taurus in “static camping mode”, with sleeping bags. Single occupancy on demand will be extra.
- Morning tea with biscuits and rusks, from the kitchen of Taurus.
- Homely Indian veg breakfast (with eggs), as per the plan.
- Indian veg lunch at our camp on the first day.
- Evening tea (with biscuits and cookies) from the kitchen of Taurus, if you arrive at the camp on time, otherwise we lay the dinner.
- Indian veg dinner.
- Drinking water (filtered).
- Guest House stay at Nubra Valley (with breakfast and dinner), on twin sharing. Single occupancy with Single Supplement
- Local transport for the group for excursions as per this program above.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
- Journey to Leh and back home, pick up and drop for singles and twos (will be as extra).
- Inner-line permits, entry fee of all kinds, taxes on tariff, camel rides, guide, porter, escort.
- Any extra food other than buffet in our camp, non veg food, beverages of all kinds, any kind of food outside Taurus on day excursions/ sightseeing and travel/ journey. Extra Charges.
- Extra expenses caused by weather conditions and delays for any reasons (for stay, food and transport other than mentioned in your program).
- All kind of insurances.
- Masks, hand gloves and sanitizers, anything you need for the safety of Corona/ COVID.
- Extra Transport: Pick up on Day 1 from hotel and for ones and twos. Shopping trips. Any personalized trips.
- Medical emergencies (medicines, doctor, oxygen,), evacuations, transport, insurances, accident insurances.
- Anything not mentioned in the WHAT IS INCLUDED
Must also read this page: What is Included/ What is NOT Included.
Please go through all the information available on the links at the bottom/ end of this page.
- ₹ 26,800 per person if your group booking is for 8 to 10 people.
- ₹ 29,500 per person if your group booking is for 6 to 7 people.
- ₹ 32,900 per person if your group booking is for 4 to 6 people.
- ₹ 36,500 per person if you book as one person.
OPTIONAL We have some extra activities available on the basis “pay as you use”
- Activities at the Camp.
- Weber Barbecue Grill, games, hot snacks.
- Croquet game.
- Golf putting.
- Shopping trip to Leh.
- Light and sound show at the Zorawar Fort.
- Rafting in Indus River.
- Pangong Lake overnight stay.
- Tsomoriri Lake
- Pick up and drop as a single person.
ITINERARY IN DETAIL
Arrive at Leh, transfer to the camp offered by Taurus, on the banks of the river Indus outside Leh, to acclimatize as per the medical advice for high altitude sickness, while relaxing in hammocks. After lunch, transport will take guests to visit Shanti Stupa. Enjoy your evening tea at this location – a blissful experience beyond any price-tag and words and photos to capture; offers unlimited bragging rights.
It’s your much desired and awaited van-life night, which Taurus offers outside Leh.
- On arrival: Welcome drink – Tea/ Coffee.
- Indian veg-breakfast as buffet. It could be one of these (aloo paratha, aloo poori, upma, poha, bread and cutlets, bread pakoras), one item of egg, tea/ coffee.
- Indian veg lunch as buffet (if you are at the camp). If you wish you may enjoy with Weber Barbecue Grill (as extra, if whole group agrees) on the banks of the river and veg dinner from the kitchen of Taurus.
After you have been woken up with the sweet and gentle call by the whistling kettles for warm drinking water, enjoy your morning tea from the kitchen of Taurus, which only millionaires or royals could enjoy till Taurus offered to everyone. Breakfast is a treat for your soul at this place! After breakfast, drive in a hired transport to visit Stok Palace, Hemis Monastery, Thiksey Monastery and Leh Palace. Explore Leh market. Night with dinner in the camp hosted by Taurus, outside Leh.
After breakfast, your transport will drive you over the world’s highest motorable road Khardungla, with a very brief stopover of around 10 minutes to reach Nubra Valley, while enjoying mesmerizing views of the landscape giving you a feel being on a different planet. Enjoy your visit to the white sand dunes and Diskit Monastery, and you may opt for a camel ride if you wish, as extra activity.
Stay in homestay/ Guest-House/ Camp, enjoy your dinner as per the plan.
After breakfast at the stay, a long drive to reach Pangong Lake, via Shyok to enjoy and admire the most beautiful natural lake.
To avoid getting hit by “high altitude sickness” in such a remote place like Pangong Tso, where medical facilities are scanty, we drive back to Leh. On the way, if time permits, we stop at Chamrey Monastery. Night in camp Taurus outside Leh.
After your morning cup of tea and breakfast with Taurus, you may indulge in taking selfies with Taurus and your friends to fill the memory cards of your cameras and cellphones to turn you into the best story teller in your office and at home, we will say goodbye at the airport!
NOTE: Try to book your late flights for late departure from Leh, so you can have some extra time at this location. We would love to host you for one more session of morning tea at this location which everyone loves not to leave.
And of course you need an elaborate photo session with your group posing with Taurus!
OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS OF THE TOUR
You may prefer to stay back to explore the following options as extra, only if the group decides at the time of booking, else depends on the availability:
- Rafting in Indus River: Many travellers love to add rafting to their great experience in Ladakh; if you wish we may organise rafting for you as extra activity. The cost of stay and rafting will be extra than the tariff paid for the package.
- Visit to Lamayuru and Alchi: Offers an exhilarating journey with views of the famous Indus which flows along the road while hugging the gigantic mountains. Visit mountain caves used by the Buddhist monks for meditation and an old monastery at Saspul, missed by the most travellers. Visit Alchi Monastery (one of the oldest and well known for it’s unique architecture). Stay at Lamayuru in a homestay/ guest house Visit Lamayuru monastery.
- Visit the Aryan Villages: One of the most beautiful regions to offer peek into the life of the people who are so unique and different than the rest of Indians, known as pure Aryan people. The culture is completely different and is a special attraction for anyone; be a photographer, traveller or explorer. This will be a 2 night sojourn with Taurus camping on the banks of a stream whose gush offers you musical recital never experienced before. Enjoy your tea and hot snacks from the kitchen of Taurus and in a setting which will leave you in awe for life. A wonderful drive all along the river and rocky mountains for over 150 kilometers. Visit the villages Dah and Hanu, meet and greet the Aryan while they are moving around for their daily chores. One experiences quite a green view in this region which is studded with apricot trees. Dinner and night stay onboard Taurus at a soul thrilling location.
- Overnight Visit Pangong Lake: Considering the serious risks of the high altitude at Pangong and scanty medical facilities, we have not included overnight stay at Pangong. However, if you think you are physically fit, we can organise your overnight visit to Pangong (transport, food and stay) as extra.
- Tsomoriri Lake: Most of the first time visitors to Ladakh are confused about whether to visit both lakes or one and then which one, so we have kept this also as optional, at extra cost. We can help you organise transport, food and stay for your visit to Tsomoriri.
NOTES:
- You should be free of Corona (follow the guidelines of the Government, if you have any fever then get yourself examined by the competent authority with certificate).
- Please carry enough supply of your own masks, hand gloves and hand sanitizer.
- While in static camping we may host other guests also. But while on the move and its a package for “mobile camping” we host only 8 max.
- We have basic first aid kit available onboard only for emergency use.
- Please carry your own medicines too if you need.
- You must not have any ailments and should be medically fit for high altitude travel.
- Oxygen cylinders are available at the camp for emergencies – if you consume oxygen it will be as extra, to be be paid before checkout. If you need to carry oxygen cylinder on your excursions, we can make arrangements at extra cost and depends on the availability. But we will not be responsible for the quality and any technical failures of the oxygen kit, it will be made available from third party.
- Please read all the details on the website related to the product and terms, before booking please this link Pre-Booking Information
- The execution of the plan and delivery of the itinerary as mentioned is subject to the weather gods. We hold no responsibility of any kind, there are no guarantees of any kind under such conditions. In case of bad weather if you have to stay extra at any place, it has to be paid by you, before check out and there won’t be any adjustments or refund in the tariff.
- The program is subject to changes as per the effects of weather and other local conditions, more details may be sent later.
- You may write all your queries in one single mail to prevent confusion ensued by chain of mails.
- At our camp you will have to follow the COVID safety instructions 100%, failing which you may asked to leave the camp without any refund and transport – under your own arrangements.
- Must refer to “what is included/ what is not included” the details above are very basic.
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