Leh offers a variety of accommodation to suit almost every pocket or preference. Most hotels and guesthouses are family run businesses and as such, services are more personalized than professional. The guesthouse is a less formal facility offering rooms in a part of a residential house or its annexe. The newly opened areas Nubra,Changthang and Dahanu-tourist infrastructure is not yet adequately developed. State tourism department are trying to develop the accommodation facilities like tourist bungalows or Hiker's Huts in these areas.
Our trips are equipped with all camping gears and supported by kitchen crews to prepare you the meal where accommodation facilities are not adequate or not available.
Money and Foreign Exchange
The State Bank of India has foreign currency exchange facilities at Leh. Some hotels in Leh also are licensed to deal foreign exchanges. But rates can be lower than you can have in Delhi.
Communication :
Beside a General Post Office and a Central Telegraph Office, Leh has worldwide direct dial telephone facility.
Some hotels also do have e-mail facilities to provide their clients.
Health
Ladakh is a high altitude cold desert with a low level of atmospheric oxygen. Tourist reaching Leh from the plains of India by air are required to allow time for acclimatization before engaging in any physical activities. While SNM hospital in Leh is fully equipped and staffed with a team of specialists to take care of any eventuality, the rarefield atmosphere of the area may cause high altitude ailments necessating instant evacuation of visitors unable to get acclimatized.
Please read information about Acute Mountain Sickness.
Evacuation of Casualties
Jammu and Kahsmir Tourism initiates and co-ordinates evacuation of causalties by IAF helicopters in case of accidents or sickness while trekking, mountaineering or river rafting trips in remote Ladakh. The evacuation is subject to payment of the operatational cost of the aircraft. A written guarantee indicating the source of payment and address for billing,etc is required to be furnished to the authorized officer of the State Government while requesting for the evacuation.
Our company takes the responsibility on your behalf for all these formalities and you or your relatives or insurance company has to pay the bill after the operation.. |