Ride of My Life
camping with the Chang-pa nomads

While announcing this new exclusive ride, we can't help but go back to 2001, when we started going on long distance rides to regions on which very little or no information was available. Navigation was through whatever maps were available, by asking the locals and sometimes instinct.

Out of many such rides till now, what still tops our list is Changthang, a 30,000 sq kilometers of vast desert expanse in Ladakh, North India running along the China border. Changthang was so remote, wild, stunningly beautiful and desolate, that it inspired us to make our first award-winning motorcycle documentary film "Riding solo to the top of the World" in 2004. Once motorcyclists around the world saw the film, they wrote to us wishing to visit the place and that is how Ride of My Life was born.

riding solo to the top of the world poster

So here it goes, announcing an exclusive ride to the wild Changthang, where very few people and zero tour companies go. Only one ride per year and limited to only 10 riders. Navigating through this wild and unmarked terrain needs a lot of experience, local knowledge, and contacts, especially when you are riding in the middle of nowhere with China and it's border posts in plain sight and through the historic battlefields of India- China War in 1962.

Having visited Changthang several times solo and have lived there for one year at a go. Gaurav Jani, almost got a lawsuit against him from the government for visiting areas in Changthang, where no outsiders had gone before, got arrested by the Border Patrol and warned about Chinese firing bullets at him, so in a quirky way, he knows the place well and he will lead this bare bone adventure ride designed only for riders who want to experience a minimalistic way of travel and see a part of India nobody visits.

Changthang is also home to Chang pa nomads, who wander from one grassland to another with their flock of sheep, goats, and Yaks. An integral part of this ride is to go back in the past by living, camping or staying with Chang pa nomads in their homes or grasslands, learn from the tribe which lives at the highest altitude used by mankind in the World. Part of the proceedings from the tour will be donated to agencies working for better lives of Chang pa nomads and also to the Clean Changthang Campaign.

Here is the trailer of our film Riding solo to the top of the World, it will give you a fair idea on what's in store for you on this ride.

Tour dates: 6th to 14th August - 9 days. Tour starts and ends in Leh.

Tour cost: for Rider Rs 79,990/- Sorry, no pillions allowed on this ride.

Please note, As this tour runs along the China border, admission is restricted to Indian Nationals only. We know it is a bummer but can't bypass government rules.

If you wish to be part of this unique ride, write to us at info@rideofmylife.in or call at +91 94087 15641 or +91 98688 77479 for more details.

Happy Trails,
Team Ride of My Life

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Announcing new tour to the Hidden Paradise of India!

by Ride of My Life on April 24, 2017



We are glad to announce yet another ride to the enchanting Himalayas, in the state of Sikkim in North-East India. A motorcycle ride to Sikkim has it all. From riding in the plains to oxygen deprived 17,800 feet. A motorcyclist's delight is the famous 56 hairpin bends at Zuluk. Plenty of rough roads amidst pristine beauty with several lakes and waterfalls. All in a land which has preserved it's heritage and culture till date after all Sikkim was a different country till it merged with India in 1975. Details of our Sikkim ride are here

Moving to the other side of the Himalayas, our popular Ladakh and Spiti tours are fast filling up, do contact us soon if you are interested as unlike other tours companies who take unlimited riders, we restrict the group size to 16 on all our tours.

If you are looking for an ultimate roller coaster ride and adrenaline rush, we recommend you check our two expedition grade rides to Pangi Valley and Arunachal.

For riders, looking for a cultural and medium level adventure, dates for Rajasthan and Bhutan have been announced too.

With couple of thousand happy customers so far and carefully planned routes. we hope to see you in one of these tours in the near future for a ride of a lifetime.

Safe Travels,
Team Ride of My Life

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2017 tours to Ladakh, Spiti and Pangi valley

December 7, 2016
After catering to more than 300 satisfied riders in 2016, we have a bigger platter of rides for motorcyclists hungry for adventure and off-beat travel in 2017. Along with a bit of a vertigo, we are excited to announce our latest tour - A ride to Pangi Valley, which is dubbed as the most dangerous […]
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New Rides, New Destinations, New Milestones

May 17, 2016
As the song goes, "big wheels keep on turning...". Ours are, for sure. And hopefully in the right direction too, mapping out new rides that offer a unique and unforgettable experience. So here it goes - Announcing motorcycle tours to two new breathtaking regions of India. First, the ride to Spiti Valley. A lesser known […]
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Kuzu Zampola!

February 5, 2016
To begin with, Happy 2016! Cheers to the new year and to new beginnings. We at Ride of My Life are excited about 2016, as the tour to Bhutan we announced last year now rolls out yearly. A guiding principle for Ride of My Life has been to only do tours where we as motorcyclists […]
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Announcing our 2016 motorcycle tours to Ladakh!

November 26, 2015
In spite of very many emails inquiring about our 2016 motorcycle tours to Ladakh, we took our time to perfect the ride flows. To be honest, there was a bit of laziness involved too. Both old habits that die hard. In 2015, we did 13 tours to Ladakh and every single tour ran on schedule. […]
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Announcing tours to Bhutan and Arunachal

September 10, 2015
Our budget tours to Ladakh in 2015 were a big hit. In all, we did 12 tours and transformed the lives of 228 riders forever. After all, one never really comes back from a ride in the Himalayas! Continuing our love affair with the mountains, we’re announcing tours to a destination that many of you […]
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Getting Leh’d in 2015

November 20, 2014

Getting Leh’d is now a commonly used term about people wanting to travel to Leh, Ladakh. Rightly so, as the Himalayan landscape and the experience is so magical, it is nothing short of getting hmm… You know what we mean! For our 2015 biking tours to Ladakh, we donned our thinking caps and have come […]

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Inviting you to a one-time-only budget tour to Arunachal

April 16, 2014

Our last blog post about Arunachal’s transformation resulted in a lot of inquiries from Indian adventure motorcylists who wished to do One Crazy Ride on their own motorcycle. Especially from people looking to share the thrill of adventurous Arunachal with their riding buddies before it’s lost to the inevitable march of “progress”. As motorcyclists first […]

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So long, craziness…

April 8, 2014

Next year onwards, “One Crazy Ride” won’t exist. Why? To put it simply – because there won’t be anything “crazy” left to do in Arunachal. The star attraction of the tour, the hanging bridges, will be replaced by sturdier bridges capable of supporting even trucks. The dry riverbeds and jaw-dropping river crossings that provide miles […]

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