Instructions Trekking Below is a description of the most important trekking areas in India.
It is an extravagantly beautiful land of flower-spangled meadows, wild orchards, spectacular coniferous forests, icy mountain peaks and clear streams and rivers. The capital, Srinagar , is the base for many treks, notably to the blue Zabarwan Hills and Shankaracharya Hill. Srinagar is also the roadhead for trips into the arid plateau of Ladakh , a country of perpetual drought, the home of wild asses and yaks and with high ranges that have some of the largest glaciers in the world outside the polar regions. Leh , the divisional capital, lies on an ancient Silk Road and is the base for spectacular treks across this remarkable landscape. Further south, excellent trekking may be had in the vicinity of Jammu, the railhead to the Kashmir Valley .