At last, world highest motor able road Umlingla pass is in operation for bike trip, it was few years into the making and now is ready to be conquered. This Umling-la bike trip is no walk in the park, make no mistake about it. You have to come prepared both physically and mentally, keep in mind that no Cellular service works in the area except for Bsnl Postpaid that too in Hanle. After departing from Hanle you will come across Hanle bridge, punch some kilometres and you will see the Kalatartar plain, ( Barren straight road), and if you are lucky you will get the chance of seeing the majestic Tibetan Gazelle on this road.
Umlingla bike trip is not complete without the plains of kalatartar and blacktop road, which is amazing landscape and picturesque. And after riding for a while you will come across Nerbo-la pass. ( 5282 m ), take a break for a while and enjoy the view. And after a short break head towards Umling-la, on the way you will come across a sign board which says “now you are above Everest base camp” this is heartwarming and an accomplishment of this ride. And just after an hour or two you will come across the highest motor able road in the world Umling la pass ( 5798 m ) It has dethrone the khardong-la pass of ( 5603 m ) as the highest road in the world.
If you go a bit further you will come across the last village of Indo- china border which is Demjok.
From Hanle to Umling-la there is no restaurant or Atm. And the distance from Hanle to Top is 75 km and takes roughly around 5 hrs when riding from Nerbo la pass, there is another road which leads to the Top via Photi la pass and it is around 115 km and takes roughly 7 hrs to cover one side distance, So go with all these things in mind.
To do this trip you have to reach Hanle, and there is few ways you can reach Hanle
First Route- fly directly to leh and after 1 day break visit hanle via Karu - Upshi - Chumathang - Nyoma - Hanle. Distance will be around 260 km, duration will be 8 hrs
Second Route- you can start from Manali - Jespa - Serchu - Tsomoriri - Hanle. Distance will be 490 km. Duration 2 days.
Third Route- you can do Nubra and Pangong trip and after that you will go to Chuchul - Tsaga-la - Nyoma- Hanle.
We have few guided group departures, in which everything will be taken care of, feel free to enquire or call us for Umling-la bike expedition.