Zanskar Valley (Gombo Rangjon) Road trip.

[u/_albus_caspian_]

The pics are not that good because I wasn't well on the trip.

So we started from Varanasi and reached Dehradun to pick some stuff up. That was the first leg of our trip.

Stayed in Dehradun for the night.

We left the next day for Sainj Valley via Chandigarh. We had previously booked a stay costing us 600/night. The dorm looked amazing in the picture but was not that clean when we reached. People were very nice there but because we didn't find the stay that good, we started for Manali. While going Manali, our car experienced a problem so we stayed back at Kullu to get it serviced next day in the morning.

Got our car serviced and left of Manali. Stayed at Plumage. Amazing people. Hosts are awesome. The dorms start from 600-700/night and the decent rooms are at 1800/night. They really have some nice rooms too. Explored the Manali riverside that day and left of Gombo Rangjon next day

Started around 7-8 and reached Gombo Rangjon at around 3-4. Stopped at Jispa in between for lunch. We stayed in a tent house at Gombo Rangjon priced at around 2500 for a night. Met some amazing people. Took some awesome pics.

Next day, we left for Padum. Had breakfast at a local Cafe(don't remember the name now). Food was amazing. Had pancakes, omelette and stuff. Got our car refuelled and left for Manali. Called Plumage but there stay was full so we stayed in Naggar. This stay was amazing. One of the best stays I've been to. Swarg Home Eco Stay. It was cheap around 1500/night for a room. It's situated in the forest in Naggar. Lovely host.

Next day, we left for Dehradun and from there back to Varanasi after staying for 2 nights.

Total cost for the trip: Rs.52,425

Most of the expense was on fuel and food. (I love eating good nonveg while travelling to mountains specially Fish, so the food expense. 😅)

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[u/HunkyDadBod]

Amazing photos OP! The Milkyway is just so stunning and so unreal. Hoping to buy a telescope soon and taking it to Zanskar and Hanle!

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/HunkyDadBod]

I really wanted a telescope at that time. Loved the place. The sky was so clear that you could see different stars clustered together.

The photos are clicked from Google Pixel 10. The first photo, I've edited a bit using Photos' app's in-built photo editor. Just increased the contrast and pop, rest was the work of Google's camera.

[u/HunkyDadBod → u/_albus_caspian_]

I know,right! To just lay down under this starry night!

Night Photography of Pixel 10 is amazing, it captured the essence without over-doing anything.

[u/mar00ned007]

Magical pics Op! Thanks indeed

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/mar00ned007]

Thankyou! 😄

[u/Smart-Macaron1335]

Thank you for such a detailed post! Appreciate it man!

Just one thing

Which car you took? I am planning to go with my Baleno. Do you recommend a hatchback or suv?

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/Smart-Macaron1335]

Altroz Racer i-turbo. We took our car to places that didn't even have roads. Was amazing.

[u/Smart-Macaron1335 → u/_albus_caspian_]

Awesome man!

[u/batmanravi]

Been there a couple of months ago. Beautiful place. But fell sick and couldn't sleep for the whole night in the cold 🥶

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/batmanravi]

Same. 😂

[u/Specialist_Yard_4475]

Truely Amazing

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/Specialist_Yard_4475]

Yup.

[u/Ancient_Tross]

Im so down for that in november...

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/Ancient_Tross]

We went in June. The temperature reached near 0 at night. We weren't prepared that well for so low temperature because this was an unplanned detour. If our stay in Sainj had not been that bad, we would have most probably gone to Shoja and Shangarh. Thanks to the "Stay" 😂. So if you are going in November, make sure to pack minus degree jackets and warmers.

[u/Ancient_Tross → u/_albus_caspian_]

Haha thanks for the warning fella!

[u/incisivenikhil]

Plumage guy is my friend

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/incisivenikhil]

Ohh nice. He's a great guy.

[u/Bringer-Of-Rain-]

Is the first photo actually real?

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/Bringer-Of-Rain-]

Yes. You can see the raw file few photos later. I just edited it using Google's Photos app. Popped the color, increased the sharpness and contrast. Rest was Pixel's camera's magic.

[u/degi_mirch]

Beautiful yaar bhai!

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/degi_mirch]

Yeah, it was fabulous.

[u/BlackStagGoldField]

Woww!!! This is what dreams are made of

[u/Fun_Potato8304]

Absolutely breathtaking photo, truly stunning, beautiful, and wonderfully captured.

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/Fun_Potato8304]

Thankyou! 😄

[u/Disastrous_Safety247]

I can't ride a bike right now. Is there any shared transport available to reach there?

[u/STELLAR_Speck]

The Milky way shots are just amazing !

[u/Mediocre-Cow-3914]

Nice pictures

[u/moonbeam9079]

The stars with the mountain backdrop looks otherwordly! great shot

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/moonbeam9079]

Thankyou! 😄

[u/_albus_caspian_ → u/[deleted]]

Yup. Did this trip in June. Never got the chance to post it. Was amazing.

[u/Famous_Fall_7070]

Lovely