{"id":2668,"date":"2016-05-25T02:55:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T02:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vargiskhan.com\/log\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2021-07-01T21:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T21:17:05","slug":"long-take-pangong-tso-tso-moriri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vargiskhan.com\/log\/long-take-pangong-tso-tso-moriri\/","title":{"rendered":"Pangong Lake to Tso Moriri Travel Time & Road Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most common queries I receive on a daily basis is regarding reaching Tso Moriri directly from Pangong. There is a lot of confusion regarding how long it takes to reach from Pangong Tso to Tso Moriri. People would plan their itinerary assuming that it is a single day journey and they will make it to Moriri on the same day. Reality however is entirely different. Distance between these two lakes may not be that great but the fact remains that it is at least a 2 days journey. There is absolutely no way that you can make it to Karzok from Pangong while the sun is still in the sky and I am speaking this out of experience. While I did not do this intentionally and we ended up completing this journey on the same day but by the time we reached Karzok, it was pitch black all around and clock was showing just about midnight, after starting from Pangong at about 9 AM. The entire journey from Loma till Karzok was completed in rush due to no roads, no help and absolutely pitch black. We ended up getting lost as well which added another couple of hours to an already tiresome day.<\/p>\n

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There are 2 ways to reach Moriri from Pangong. One is either you return to Leh and then go to Karzok. If you are doing this then you already would know that it took you good 8 hours to get to Pangong from Leh so there is absolutely no way that you can reach back to Leh and continue to Moriri, hoping to reach in time before the sun sets. For this route, you would have to return to Leh, spend the night there and then continue to Moriri on the next day.<\/p>\n

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Another, shorter and more popular route is via Chushul. For someone who hasn\u2019t been to Ladakh and is planning their first trip, the small distance of 200 odd kilometers on this route gets misleading. If this is your itinerary then you must consider the fact that road on this route is almost non-existent. For most of the journey, you will have to follow a dirt track created by Army trucks, as shown in the pic above. Below is another pic of the road.<\/p>\n