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Guardians of Pashmina Jul 25-Aug 03, 2025
Pashmina or as the west knows it - Cashmere is the finest wool from the land of Changthang and it literally means 'soft gold' in Kashmiri This fine thinner-than-hair wool is hand-woven into shawls by the Kashmiri artisans and sold world over But lesser known are the goat herders, the nomadic tribe endemic to the vast windswept high-altitude (4500m) cold desert plateau - Changthang It is located at the South-Eastern corner of Ladakh extending 1600kms eastward into Tibet and into modern day China With expansive highlands and giant sapphire lakes, it is home to the Changpas, the wandering nomads of this land
For generations, they have roamed its huge swathes of nutritious pastures with their flocks weathering severe temperatures, high winds, and inhospitable...
Jul 25-Aug 03, 2025
Jul 25-Aug 03, 2025
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Led by: Vishwas Raj
Parang La Trek Jul 12-Jul 27, 2025
An ethereal walk traversing countries and geographies, from Indian desert mounds-of-sand like mountains of Spiti Valley to the vast expansive high altitude plateau, Changthang - the home of the nomadic Changpa’s in Tibet, is the Parang la trek The trek reaches it crescendo, not just on one day – the day we cross the Parang la across the ragged mountains, but another – the day we soak in the serenity of the Tso Moriri The trek is an endless walk along through green meadows where the Kiangs (Tibetan wild horses) run wild, through little bushes of green in the arid brown of the Spiti that are the rhododendrons, along the cobalt blue stillness of the Tso Moriri and then on to the vast expansive ill-populated wetlands of the Changthang plateau This trek embodies...
Jul 12-Jul 27, 2025
Jul 12-Jul 27, 2025
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Led by: Vishwas Raj
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