How can I go to Manali from Ladakh?
The distance between Leh and Manali is 490 kilometres and is best covered by the road along the Leh Manali Highway. This highway remains open for only four and a half months in a year during the summer months from last week of May and then when the snow is cleared during mid-September. Connecting the Manali valley to Lahaul and Spiti valley, it is one of the most picturesque routes that you will see in your life. The most fascinating ways to journey from Leh to Manali is on a bike or in a rented taxi or car. You can also bring along your own vehicle if you prefer riding on the highway from Ladakh to Manali.

The highway is replete with numerous landscapes that will leave you speechless as you see so many small streams of ice-cold water, snow clad mountains and glacial melts. The highway is maintained by the Border Roads Organisation and boasts of supporting the heaviest of army vehicles. The two lanes wide highway has over a dozen Bailey bridges along with many damaged stretches which are prone to landslide during the rainy season. 

The route map from Manali to Ladakh is as follows:

Leh-Karu-Upshi-Gya-Tanglang La-More Plains-Pang-Lachulung La-Nakee La-Gata Loops-Sarchu(state border)-Bharatpur-Baralacha La-Zingzingbar-Darcha-Jispa-Keylong-Tandi-Kokhsar-Gramphu-Rohtang Jot-Manali.

The ride from Leh to Manali is generally preferred as one had already become familiar to the high altitudes and moving downwards become easy for the tourists. The first pass that you cross while travelling from Leh to Manali is the Tanglang La Pass. It is one of the most picturesque spots in the entire stretch and located at a height of 5328 metres. After that one crosses the More Plains which are flat bedded plains located amidst the highest hills of India. 

After that, at an altitude of 5079 metres, you will come across Lungalacha La and then Nakee La which is known for its inhabitation. From there the tourists need to cross Gata Loops which are a series of 21 hairpin bends running along a stretch of 7 kilometres. After that one comes across the Baralacha La Pass that connects Lahaul district of Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir. Along the way, there is Surajtal set in the foothills of Baralacha La Pass and known for being the second highest lake in India and the 21st highest lake in the world at an altitude of 4883 metres.

After crossing the Rohtang Pass, a distance of 51 kilometres remain to be covered up to Manali. The road condition from there is average and not as good as you would have seen for the rest of the journey.

The ride from Leh to Manali generally takes two days if you are doing it in a very quick paced manner and it could take more days if the condition of the roads and vehicle are not suitable. The travel time is very uncertain because of the weather and varies as there could be bad stretches of roads, snow crossings, water crossings due to glacial melts and occasional landslides.  The tourists can take overnight halts at Jispa and enjoy a stay in the tented camps at Sarchu. Other overnight stops can be made at Keylong Town.

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