Do you like to explore the cold desert of India, Ladakh? may it be spotting double-humped Bacterian camels in Nubra Valley or vencturing to the world’s second highest motorable pass Khardungla or visiting Alchi, Thisey and Hemis monasteries or hiking through traditional villages of Ladakh or participating long trek from Lamayuru to Zingchen, daughters of the soil of Ladakh, members of the Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company will be there to guide you with utmost enthusiasm and promptness.
The Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company has been proving itself as a responsible tourism organization. The compaqny is owned and operated by women only. Treks are conducted by women guides. Porters are women. The company caters to women travellers and men accompanying them.
The company aims to provide women with a source of income and offer them a platform to express their talent and skill. It has been promoting homestays in villages of Ladakh which are run by women. Trekkers get the opportunity to stay in true Ladakhi homes where authentic Ladakhi meals are served and guests get chance to experience the local culture. The company arranges homestaying for non-trekker travellers also.
The Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company is the result of pathbreaking initiative of Thinlas Chorol, a native Ladakhi woman from the village of Takmachik in the Sham region of Ladakh. She is the first professionally trained female trekking guide in Ladakh. She started working as a guide in 2003. In 2007 Thinlas completed a mountaineering course at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. The following year she completed the spring semester course at National Outdoor Leadership School-India, a reputed America-based training institute, gaining a diploma in wilderness activities and leadership skills. In 2014, Thinlas completed the advanced course in mountaineering from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling.
Thoughts and initiatives of Thinlas Chorol were not self-centered. She has combined the idea of women empowerment with tourism. Women of the Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company under the leadership of Thinlas promote eco-tourism and are engeged in protecting nature of Ladakh.
Office Address: Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company, Shop 22, Hemis Complex, Upper Tukcha Road, Zangsti, Leh, Ladakh, India. Phone: +91 9469158137
Email: ladakhiwomenstc@gmail.com
Photo courtesy: Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company
