Imagine YOURSELF walking on this thin sheet of frozen river for 5 hours in -35 degree TEMPERATURES with your rucksack full of your luggage and accessories…

Sounds Horrific?

Well that is one of the reasons why chadar trek is called wildest trek in the world.

Just a sheer thought of falling in the icy cold water in -35 degree temperature is enough to stop anyone’s heat, but still this trek holds a special place in every wanderer’s bucket list.

Located in leh this trek is nothing but the frozen form of Zanskar River. And the best time for it, is of course the peak winter like i.e. January and February months.

The main attraction of this trek is Nerak falls.

Which is nothing but a frozen mesmerizing waterfall which you can’t take you’re off it.

And of course how can we ignore the heavenly beauty of leh. And that to leh with winter effects

This combination is irresistible i.e. winters + Leh

It looks like this

BTW those who are wondering, this is Nerak Falls…

Drop Dead Gorgeous! Isn’t it?

Well it indeed is.

By the way, how can we forget the most important part about this trek, that those who wants to do this trek has to do checkup in specified hospitals to get permission for the trek.

Because of the difficulty level of this trek, this permission plays a very important role cuz it is not everyone’s cup of tea right?

And finally one quotes with very depicts the experience of chadar trek…

“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks” – John Muir