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Ladakh en août: bus ou trek Manali-Phuktal, trek Malali-Leh en passant par Padum?
by Lnadaniel
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
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bonjour tous le monde
nous sommes deux a partir au ladakh en aout
je souhaiterai savoir si il est possible de faire le trajet manali phuktal en bus et si non combien de jours en trek?
combien de jours pour le trek total manali leh en passant par padum?
et si des parties de ce trek ne ce font qu'avec un guide?
je suis preneuse de tous renseignements sur ces trek ou trajets
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Bonjour,
il n'est pas possible de faire le trajet manali-phuktal en bus.... il n'y a pas de route pour aller à phuktal.
tu peux faire padum-raru en véhicule puis à pied jusqu'à phuktal. tu peux faire manali-darsha en véhicule puis à pied de darsha à phuktal.
Sam
"comme le voyageur s'arrête au gîte d'étape, l'être qui fait le voyage de l'existence séjourne dans une vie" -
vous pouvez le faire avec ou sans guide. En principe le "guide" vous loue des chevaux pour transporter votre matos et en plus de vous guider s'occupe de l'intendance et de la cuisine. Mais vous pouvez parfaitement faire cett randonnée en autonomie compléte. A partir de Darsha ça monte trés vite de 3800 a plus de 5000 au col de Shingo la, sans guide c'est pas trés évident. Mais cette partie Darsha via Padum avec le pettit crochet, Phuktal a Purne est la partie la plus interessante et la plus sauvage de la traversée du Zanskar. Reru Padum piste 4X4, je confirme. A Rarik qui est a quelque km de Darsha sur la piste. Tanzin sherab, trés trés sympa, il m'a hébergé en septembre et je lui avait promis de lui faire un peu de pub, se mettra en quatre pour vous organiser votre expédition vers Phuktal. Certainement moins cher qu'a partir de Manali, ce piége a touristes israéliens. Lui il habite une ferme avec son oncle sa femme et ses soeurs. Il a aussi de bons chevaux. Voila son adresse: Rarik P.O. Darsha Sumdo district (L.&S.) (H.P.) pin number 175132 iNDIA Pas internet ni téléphone écrivez lui mais internet a Darcha. Donnez lui une adresse internet pour une réponse rapide et passez lui le bonjour a lui et à sa petite niéce de la part du parisien de septembre 08 qui n'avait pas pris le temps de s'acclimater
Bonjour,
A condition de pouvoir porter son sac à dos avec tente et duvet, ce trek peut se faire entièrement seul sans avoir à se préoccuper de nourriture, il y a tout ce qu'il faut à chaque étape. Il est impossible de se perdre.
Darcha-Padum se fait en 9 jours avec le détour incontournable à Phuktal.
Padum-Lamayuru se fait en 10 jours. On peut gagner 2 jours en faisant Padum-Pishu en taxi (depuis 2008).
On peut aussi faire Padum-Lamayuru par la route en 2 jours, via Kargil.
" ... Mais cette partie Darsha via Padum avec le pettit crochet, Phuktal a Purne est la partie la plus interessante et la plus sauvage de la traversée du Zanskar. "
... cette opinion va à l'encontre de celle la plus communément exprimée, que je partage, selon laquelle c'est la partie Padum/Lamayuru est la plus sauvage et la plus intéressante ...
... tu peux nous expliquer ton point de vue ? 🙂
... cette opinion va à l'encontre de celle la plus communément exprimée, que je partage, selon laquelle c'est la partie Padum/Lamayuru est la plus sauvage et la plus intéressante ...
... tu peux nous expliquer ton point de vue ? 🙂
Padum Karsha c'est de la route goudronnée jusqu'au pont qui traverse la riviére Zanskar. Ensuite une piste 4X4 longe cette rivière jusqu'au trés beau village de Pishu, une région désertique superbe puis sentier sauvage trés trés beau jusqu'à Hanupata. C'est à partir de la que ça se gâte. J'ai pas aimé du tout. En août 09 ils était en train d'empierrer une grosse piste 4X4 plus loin elle est déjà goudronnée. Toute cette partie, "en chantier" avec des bulldozer alors, se fait dans la caillasse. Vous pourrez sans doute la faire en taxi et rejoindre le route de Leh Shrinagar par Wanla et rejoindre ensuite Lamayuru au lieu de vous y rendre en empruntant le sentier qui monte au Prinkti la et qui, à mon sens, n'est pas vraiment interressante. Cette arrivée sur Lamayuru est aussi décevante que l'arrivée sur Padum a partir de Mune ou Réru. Passer du sentier a la piste 4X4 est une expérience négative pour quelqu'un qui veut faire la totalité du parcours entiérement à pied sur de jolies sentiers avec des marmottes et tout. J'en avait tellement marre de piétiner dans la caillasse que j'ai fait le trajet de Photoskar jusqu'à Lamayuru au pas de charge en deux étapes en m'arrêtant sur la route la nuit à Phanjila. Le lendemain le 26 août j'étais vers midi a Lamayuru a la limite de la dépression ou de la décompression. c'était fini j étais parti de Darsha le 11 aout. Javais fait toute la traversé en autonomie et seul avec mes deux petits pieds et a l'arrivée j'étais pas fier et pas satisfait alors j'ai remis ça dans la Nubra valley etla c'est à pleurer. Le probléme avec cette "grande traversée" c'est que bientot elle ne sera plus le grand trek mythique qu'elle a été. Les pistes gagnent de plus ne plus sur les sentiers. Ça va sans doute dans un avenir trés proche sortir certain village de leur isolement et permettre a beaucoup de laddaki de passer les longs et éprouvants mois d'hivers à Leh, mais comme me le disait un horse men qui rêvait de conduire un 4X4. Ces piste vont favoriser les plus riches qui ont les moyen de vivre à la ville et méme de se rendre a partir de Leh a Delhi ou ailleurs mais au dépend des plus pauvres. Ces infrastruture routiéres sont en train de boulverser complétement l'économie et la physionomie de ces régions. A terme le tourisme remplacera le voyage et il n'est absolument pas sur que les laddakis conserveront la totale maitrise de leur environnement... Content de vous donner quelques p'tites infos sur cette magnifique régions, zo plaisir...
En en consultant mes notes pour répondre a une question sur ce forum, je m'apercois que la piste 4x4 démarre en fait bien avant Hanupata. Quand j'y suis passé en aout dernier il y'avait un bull qui la prolongeait. Pour passer le Sirsir la et joindre Photoskar ? ou bifurquer vers Kanji? Quelqu'un pourrait me renseigner à ce sujet? En 2004 ils étaient en train de réaliser une liaison à partir d Heniskot sur la route leh Shrinagar vers Kanji sans doute. On pourra ou on peut déja peut etre maintenant ou bientot rejoindre en rando Pishu a partir de cette bifurcation via les cols puis joindre padum en taxi a partir de cette localité. Quand le gros village de Lingshed sera relié (peut etre?) et au dela Rangdum à la route de kargil s'en sera fini définitivement de la traversée..snif snif
... tes infos sont plus récentes que les miennes ...
... et je n'en comprends donc que mieux le sens de tes propos !
... restons positifs : même si leur nombre a fâcheusement tendance à se réduire, il reste encore des endroits où le "sauvage" ne disparaît pas au profit du progrès ! 🙂
... et je n'en comprends donc que mieux le sens de tes propos !
... restons positifs : même si leur nombre a fâcheusement tendance à se réduire, il reste encore des endroits où le "sauvage" ne disparaît pas au profit du progrès ! 🙂
le sauvage ne l'est souvent qu'en apparence. Un bon sentier est savamment et régulièrement entretenue comme peuvent l'être les canaux qui irriguent les champs. Sentiers, canaux, habitation, champs, gompas sont des élément simples d'un paysage d'une extraordinaire lisibilité. Dans le moindre des villages il y'a une école et parfois une antenne médicale. A Lingshed sur la piste il y'a un hôpital rudimentaire et une aire d'aterrisage pour hélico en contrebas du monastère ect... Je ne suis pas un inconditionnel du "sauvage". Tout dépend de l'acception que l'on peut donner a ce terme. Il y'a plus de sauvagerie dans ces pistes 4X4 que de progrès. Qui aura la charge de leur entretien? a qui a quoi servent 'elles? qui décide de leur extension. Tout ça parait peu cohérent, mal intégré et que vont devenir les sentiers muletiers? les chevaux, les horse men? Ces vallées vont elle se reconvertir dans le tourisme? Un peu plus sans doute mais je garde a l'esprit que la fonction de ces voie de communication est avant tout de relier des villages qui sont isolés plus de 6 mois dans l'année et secondairement de permettre à certain d'avoir le simple loisir de voyager. Un sentier n'est pas ou peu praticable en hiver alors qu'une piste peut etre plus facilement déneigée et c'est moins de sauvagerie. Mais c'est peut etre aussi toute une culture à la base tibétaine et bouddhiste qui a su s'adapter a des conditions extrémement hostiles qui est en train de disparaitre ou du moins est en passe d'évoluer et sans qu'il y ait annexion "sauvage" et brutale d'un territoire. Est ce que ces villageois que j'ai rencontré vont t'il avoir le temps de s'adapter et de maitriser leur dévelloppement comme auparavant? tout est là... j'y retournerais... trés cordialement
... je ne peux que te donner raison dans tes réflexions, mais il va de soi qu'en utilisant le terme "sauvage" (que j'ai d'ailleurs failli opposer au "barbare" de la bitumisation et de la mécanique qu'on appelle "progrès") il n'était pas dans mes intentions de me lancer dans une analyse aussi poussée du conflit entre tradition et modernisme ... d'où les "guillemets" !
... je retournerai peut-être aussi un jour rechercher le bout de moi que j'y ai laissé ...
... je retournerai peut-être aussi un jour rechercher le bout de moi que j'y ai laissé ...
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Thanks in advance
Hi everyone,
I’d like to do the Mare a Mare Sud in May over 4 days. I’ve found quite a few places to stay along the route, but I’m stuck on the start and finish. I’ll be arriving by plane on Sunday evening and would like to start pretty early on Monday morning. Ideally, accommodation right at the trailhead (Alzu di Gallina) would be amazing, but I can’t find anything. Any tips? Also, for the transfer from Figari Airport to Porto Vecchio or Alzu di Gallina? At the end, I’d like to pick up a rental car—any advice on that too?
Thanks in advance!
Caro
I’d like to do the Mare a Mare Sud in May over 4 days. I’ve found quite a few places to stay along the route, but I’m stuck on the start and finish. I’ll be arriving by plane on Sunday evening and would like to start pretty early on Monday morning. Ideally, accommodation right at the trailhead (Alzu di Gallina) would be amazing, but I can’t find anything. Any tips? Also, for the transfer from Figari Airport to Porto Vecchio or Alzu di Gallina? At the end, I’d like to pick up a rental car—any advice on that too?
Thanks in advance!
Caro
I’m traveling solo by plane to Catania in May and plan to hike the northern side of Etna, starting from Linguaglossa where I’ll arrive by bus. After that, I’d love some info on how to get up to Piano Provenzana (shuttles or hitchhiking), since it seems there’s no public transport except in the summer. Can you sleep there in a free or cheap refuge, or camp? And how far up can you go without having to hire a guide? Thanks in advance. Bernard.
Hi everyone,
I’m heading to Morocco in August and we’ll start with a stop in Chefchaouen (we’re driving).
My question: can anyone suggest a 5-to-7-day loop hiking route from Chefchaouen in Talassemtane Park, ideally passing by the God’s Bridge? Or a paper guidebook that covers a few options?
We prefer wild camping and guesthouses.
Thanks in advance
Hi there, for those who’ve been recently—is it possible to find other solo travelers in March on the island to share transport or room costs? It doesn’t seem easy to travel on a budget.
If you have any recommendations for simple lodgings or places with dorms, I’d love to hear them.
For those who’ve done multi-day treks while moving around: do you need to bring your own sleeping bag? I’d love to hear about itineraries you’ve done without a guide, just with a map and GPS.
Thanks, and have a great day!
Hi everyone!
We’re planning a 15-day road trip to Scotland this summer, specifically to explore and hike on Lewis and Harris—places we’ve never been before. We’ve visited other islands on previous road trips in Scotland (we usually go in April for a week). This would be our first time in Scotland in the summer and for 15 days. We’re looking at late August to early September.
I’m currently drafting the itinerary. We’d be crossing from Ullapool and were thinking of spending 3 nights on Harris and 4 nights on Lewis.
Does that sound balanced to you? Is it better to keep the same accommodation on Harris and the same on Lewis to explore the area? I’d love to hear about any past experiences you’ve had on these islands. Thanks!
I’m currently drafting the itinerary. We’d be crossing from Ullapool and were thinking of spending 3 nights on Harris and 4 nights on Lewis.
Does that sound balanced to you? Is it better to keep the same accommodation on Harris and the same on Lewis to explore the area? I’d love to hear about any past experiences you’ve had on these islands. Thanks!
Hi there, I’m trying to leave for 15 days very soon to São Vicente. I’m either looking to join an agency or figure things out on my own to go hiking on one of these islands or both. From what I’ve seen, it’s not easy to organize with local transport, so it gets expensive. Can I use the services of a small local agency? I’m looking for the simplest way to hike for several days. Also, how do you get from São Vicente to São Nicolau? Thanks in advance and have a great day!
Aichatou
Hi there,
I’ve been wanting to do this for several years, and this year’s the one. Next September, I’ll be trekking in Tusheti (Georgia), from Omalo to Shatili. Of course, I won’t be renting a vehicle that’d just sit unused. No problem getting to Pshaveli, but from there to Omalo, it’s a dirt road (still the case?) There must be some form of public transport since there are so many guesthouses, and not all travelers come in a 4x4. If any of you have been to Omalo, could you confirm that these shared transports exist and how often they run?
I’ve been wanting to do this for several years, and this year’s the one. Next September, I’ll be trekking in Tusheti (Georgia), from Omalo to Shatili. Of course, I won’t be renting a vehicle that’d just sit unused. No problem getting to Pshaveli, but from there to Omalo, it’s a dirt road (still the case?) There must be some form of public transport since there are so many guesthouses, and not all travelers come in a 4x4. If any of you have been to Omalo, could you confirm that these shared transports exist and how often they run?
hi
we’re planning a trip to Yellowstone and hoping to do a three-day backcountry hike if we get a permit. if any of you have done this before, could you let me know if it’s possible to find water along the way? And if we can transport it, are we allowed to use a stove?
thanks for any tips!
sandra
we’re planning a trip to Yellowstone and hoping to do a three-day backcountry hike if we get a permit. if any of you have done this before, could you let me know if it’s possible to find water along the way? And if we can transport it, are we allowed to use a stove?
thanks for any tips!
sandra






