Tso Kar, Leh – Connectivity

Tso Kar, Leh – Connectivity

The lake is located at about 22 Kms from Pang-Debering Intersection Point, 88 Kms from Tso Moriri, 153 Kms from Leh, 155 Kms from Leh Airport, 311 Kms from Pangong Tso, 317 Kms from Manali. The lake is situated at about 22 Kms to the south east of Pang-Debering Intersection Point on the Leh to Manali route. Leh is the nearest town situated close to this lake. Leh is located at about 215 Kms from Kargil, 419 Kms from Kashmir, 426 Kms from Manali and 661 Kms from Jammu. Leh Airport has flights to and from Delhi, Jammu, Srinagar, and Chandigarh. Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo & Vistara operate Delhi to Leh daily with multiple flights at peak times. There are no railway stations at Leh currently.

Leh is connected to the rest of India by two high-altitude roads, both of which are subject to landslides and impassable in winter due to snows. The National Highway 1 from Srinagar via Kargil is generally open longer. National Highway 1 typically remains open for traffic from April / May to October / November. The most dramatic part of this journey is the ascent up the 3,505-metre-high (11,499 ft) Zoji-la, a tortuous pass in the Great Himalayan Wall. The Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) operates regular deluxe and ordinary bus services between Srinagar and Leh on this route, with an overnight halt at Kargil.

Taxis (cars and jeeps) are also available at Srinagar for the journey. The Leh-Manali Highway (National Highway 3) can be troublesome due to very high passes and plateaus. This highway has served as the second land approach to Ladakh. It is open from June to late October, this high road traverses the upland desert plateaux of Rupsho, whose altitude ranges from 3,660 m (12,010 ft) to 4,570 m (14,990 ft). There are a number of high passes en route among which the highest one, known as Tanglang La, is sometimes incorrectly claimed to be the world's second-highest motorable pass at an altitude of 5,325 metres (17,470 ft).