After breakfast Leave for an overnight stay to Pangong Lake. This route takes the visitor past the picturesque
villages of Shey and Thikse, and turns off the Indus valley by the side valley of Chemrey and Sakti. The
Ladakh rang is crossed by the Chang‐la (18,000 feet / 5,475 M) which despite its great elevation is one of
the easier passes, remaining open for much of the year even in winter, apart from periods of actual snowfall.
Tangse, just beyond the foot of the pass, has an ancient temple. But the main attraction of this circuit is the
Pangong Lake, situated at 14,000 feet (4,267 M). A long narrow basin of inland drainage, hardly six to seven
kilometers at its widest point to which foreigners are permitted, is only some seven km along the southern
shore from the head of the lake, but it affords spectacular views of the mountains of the Changchenmo
range to the north, their reflection shimmering in the ever‐changing blues and greens of the lakes brackish
water. Above Spangmik are the glacier and snow‐capped peaks of the Pangong range.
Overnight stay in Pangong.
