Overview
Changing landscapes - Golden meadows - Barren Lands - Blue lakes – Cold Deserts!
World’s highest passes and towns – world’s highest, second highest motorable roads – Sunset Points – Monastery Circuits – off-the-beaten-paths!
Amazing games and music en-route - Capture landscapes and moments that adorn your wallpapers - Swanky Signboards like “Be Smooth on my curves” - Highways that will make you feel proud of India!!
Description
Day 1: Reach and Leisure at Leh - market & Ladakhi Life
Fly-in to reach Leh. Leisure & Acclimatize.
A colorful city amidst the gigantic mountains – some brown, some pink and some green – with hues of yellow and blue skies
Highlights: Stupas overlooking the city | Capture the nights of town from Shanti Stupa |Old Market Walks | local cafes - Chocolate Donuts – Local Organic Apricot Jams | Guided Walks
Stay: Beautiful hotel overlooking the mountains
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch
Day 2: Leh to Hunder via world’s highest motorable road into the cold deserts
A journey through world’s highest motorable road – Khardungla into the real cold deserts of Ladakh – The Nubra Valley
Highlights: Cold Deserts| Khardangla Pass canteen – Lemon tea | Sunset photography at the Sand Dunes | Double Humped Camel Safaris |Ladakhi food – Thukpa, thick soups – nourishing and mildly flavored | Diskit Monastery
Stay: Homestay/Camp; Meals: Breakfast | Ladakhi Dinner
Travel Distance: ~200 kms | Travel Time: 8 Hrs
Day 3: Hunder to Pangong Tso Lake – drive through white sands and a river bed
We take an off-the-beaten and one of the most beautiful paths in Ladakh region
Highlights: White Sands | drive parallel to Shyok river | Pangong Lake – the enchanted lake | Hike along the lake
Stay: Homestay/Boutique Hotel
Meals: Breakfast
Disclaimer: This route is subject to weather conditions. This road is mostly open only in May-June and October. If this route is closed then we shall drive back to Leh and then next day drive to Pangong Tso from Leh.
Day 4: Pangong Lake to Leh via Thicksey Monastery and Shey Palace
A leisurely travel day stopping at picturesque spots and experience the beautiful quaint villages around Leh.
Highlights: Stopover at picturesque points | local cafes | Stay Chang La pass – World’s 3rd highest motorable road | Sip Black tea at the summit for a photography break | Butter Tea – Seabuckthorn Juice
Stay: Village Stay – Stok | Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Travel Time: 5 hours
Day 5: Leh – Lamayuru Monastery Circuit
Highlights: Alchi Monastery | Liker Monastery | Magnetic Hill | Sangam – Indus & Zanskar river confluence | Gurudwara Pather Sahib | Hall of fame museum
Stay: Beautiful hotel/homestay overlooking the mountains
Meals: Breakfast
Day 6: Leh – Rafting, Leisure and the life of a Ladakhi
The vantage of the Ladakh mountains from its very own Zanskar river
Highlights: Night Photography | Bonfire & Dinner | Cheese Spinach Momos | Rafting on the Zanskar | Tingmo Tibetan Bread |Changspa Road | Leisure
Stay: Beautiful hotel/homestay overlooking the mountains
Meals: Breakfast
Day 7: A drop to the Leh airport
Inclusions
- Permits, tolls and taxes
- Games en-route
- Rafting
- Guide Fees
- Food as mentioned in the description
- Travel in and around Leh
- Stay on all 6 days
Exclusions
- personal expenses and anything not mentioned above
- Flight ticket