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Manali
- Leh Highway
The table below
summarises the route, giving distances from the place above it, or the
distance since the last food or accommodation, in km.
Total distance
= approx. 500 km
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MANALI (2,050m
– 6,700ft)
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Distance
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Food
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Accom.
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Kothi Kodi (2,530m
– 8,300ft), dhaba, switchbacks from here to top of Rohtang
Pass.
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14km
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F (14)
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Rohalla Falls has
a tea stall.
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19km
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F (10)
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Marhi (3,300m –
10,900ft), dhabas and resthouses below Rohtang Pass.
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10km
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F (19)
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A (43)
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(Rough road) dhabas
1km below the summit of Rohtang Jot.
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F (11)
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ROHTANG PASS (3,955m
– 13,050ft)
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12km
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22km down switchbacks
(into Chandra River valley, joins Bhaga River valley before Tandi).
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Gramphu , dhaba.
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F (23)
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Khoksar (3,140m
– 10,300ft), police checkpoint, dhabas.
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22km
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F (34)
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Sissu (3,120m –
10,250ft), village has a rest house. Recent reports
say two rest houses, but the PWD one is apparently a ripoff. We
went with the nice family one.
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15km
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F (15)
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A (49)
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Gondhla (3,160m
– 10,350ft), "castle", village, shop sells biscuits, etc.
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8km
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F (8)
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Tandi, (3,100m
– 10,200ft), village with dhaba, has fuel station but only
diesel I think, no unleaded petrol. Next pumps are at Leh.
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13km
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F (13)
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KEYLONG (3,350m
– 11,000ft), hotels, restaurants, bank, shops, temples.
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7km
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F (7)
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A (28)
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Jispa (3,200m –
10,500ft), campsite, dhabas, hotel.
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21km
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F (21)
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A (21)
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Darcha (3,400m
– 11,150ft), checkpoint, dhabas, tent camp.
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11km
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F (11)
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A (11)
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Patseo (3,811m
– 12,500ft), rest house. Dhaba July-August only.
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17km
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F pre-Aug.
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A (17)
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Zing Zing Bar,
ascent to pass for approx.10km.
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BARALACHA LA
(4,880m – 16,000ft)
rough descent.
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32km
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Bharatpur,
dhabas.
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10km
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F (53)
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Sarchu (4,253m
– 13,950ft), checkpoint, tent camp, dhabas, petrol if you
ask around.
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26km
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F (62)
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A (62)
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25km of straight level
road then 10km of switchbacks (21 "Gata Loops"), then a
further ascent to Nakeela Pass.
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49km
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Descent to Whisky
Nullah. Only water after leaving the river 25km out of Sarchu
is a tiny stream about 2km before whisky Nullah on the way down
from the Nakeela Pass.
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8km
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LACHALANG LA
(5,065m – 16,600ft)
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6km
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Pang (4,630m –
15,200ft) tent camp, dhabas, army camp.
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25km
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F (88)
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A (88)
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7 km ascent to Moray
Plains, 45km flat desert plain, no water until dhaba/river
on far side of the Taglang La (4,700m – 15,400ft).
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7km
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Debring camp
(ruined village, approx 15,100ft), 20km gradual ascent on rough
road to Tanglang La.
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42km
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TANGLANG LA
(5,360m – 17,585ft)
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20km
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Rumptse (4,265m
– 14,000ft), dhabas, tent hotels.
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29km
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F (69)
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A (69)
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Upshi (3,500m –
11,500ft), dhabas, hotels, guesthouses.
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31km
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F (31)
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A (31)
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Karu (3,350m
– 11,000ft), dhabas.
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15km
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F (15)
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LEH (3,500m
– 11,500ft)
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46km
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Food
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Accom
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