Day 1 - Arrival at Leh
The nine member Explorer Group along with two representatives from WWF-India arrived at Leh. There were explorers from across India and two from Hong-kong and Australia. The first day was needed to acclimatize to the altitude and weather and was spent indoors at the Hotel Mahey Retreat in Leh. The group did however take a short walk to the Leh Market in the evening for dinner, some supplies and a few accessories for our trek.

Day 2 - Travelling around Leh
The group was now comfortable with the altitude and decided to travel to Lamayaru (The Land of the Moon) and spent the rest of the day visiting other attractions in and around Leh.

Day 3 - Arrival at the base Camp in Husing
We left the comfort of the hotel and arrived at Zingchan. We trekked for 1 and half hour towards Husing where our base camp was situated. We reached Husing just in time for a sumptuous lunch and spent the rest of the day scouting for blue sheep around the base camp and its surrounding valley. The Bharal (Pseudois nayaur), also known as the Blue Sheep, is a high mountain sheep that is the primary prey for snow leopards.

Day 4 - Trekking to Husing Nalla/Valley and Turbung Valley
We spent the morning trekking to the Husing Nalla/Valley and climbed a mountain close by to scan for the elusive and enchanting snow leopard. We didn’t end up having any luck and returned to the base camp for lunch. During the second half of the day, we trekked to the Turbong Valley and again scouted for snow leopards but did not sight any.

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