LADAKH
A PIECE OF BROKEN MOON LAND
LADAKH A PEICE OF BROKEN MOON LAND
Destination
Delhi – Leh – Khardung La – Nubra Valley – Panamic – Leh
Best Time to Travel: June to August (July And August Will Be Monsoon Season)
08 Days / 07 Nights
Trip Highlights
This tour covers monasteries and villages of all the three possible direction of Ladakh; Indus Valley at Leh – Manali Highway, Sham Valley at Leh – Srinagar Highway and Nubra Valley on the worlds Highest Motorable road towards Siachan glacier, once famous for the Silk Route Trade. During the visits you often walk from half n hour to two hours in the villages to see and observe local village lifestyle and interact will them.
Ladakh is very photogenic and has been favorites of many famous photographers and artist. The thin air, the blue sky and the barren Rocky Mountains with multi-colored rocks does all; you just have to do the clicks. We recommend you to take lots of films and batteries for this tour and a panoramic camera is an added tool.
Highlights:
Leh: Hemis, Thiksey, Shey
Nubra Valley: Highest Motorable Road In The World
Panamic-Leh: Ladakhi Village
Alchi: Monastery Of Lamayuru
Day Wise Plan
Day 01 : Arrive Delhi
Our representative will receive you at the international airport and welcome you and escort you to your hotel.
Overnight in Delhi.
Meals: None
Early morning, we will transfer you to domestic airport to board a flight to leh and our representative will receive you at leh airport and take you to your hotel for check-in. Spend the day free for high altitude acclimatization.
Overnight in Leh
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3: Leh – Indus Valley – Leh
Morning after breakfast, we will take you to a guided tour of the Monasteries of the Indus Valley. Your excursion would start with *Witness the Morning prayer ceremony at Shey Monastery is (15 Kms South of Leh), Hemis Monastery is (45 Kms South of Leh), Thiksey Monastery is (25 Kms South of Leh).
Return to your hotel by the later part of the afternoon. Evening you can walk down to the nearest market and spend some time at leisure.
Overnight stay in Leh.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4: Leh – Khardung La – Nubra Valley
After breakfast drive to Khardung La “La means Pass”( 5359 Mtrs.). The pass on the Ladakh Range lies north of Leh and is the gateway to the Shyok and Nubra valleys. The Siachen Glacier lies partway up the latter valley. Built in 1976, it was opened to motor vehicles in 1988 and has since seen many automobile, motorbike and mountain biking expeditions.
Later drive towards Nubra Valley, popularly known as the valley of flowers.
Overnight in Nubra
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5: Nubra Valley – Panamic – Leh
Morning after breakfast takes a tour of Panamic village (during the trade between central Asia and Ladakh, Panamic was the last major settlement before the caravans cross the Karakoram range.
Afternoon drive back to Leh.
Overnight in Leh
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 6: Leh – Lamayuru – Alchi
Today, we will take you to Alchi (around 64 kilometers west of Leh, south of the Indus river, is the little village of Alchi. It’s one of the most beautiful villages in Ladakh and an ideal place to get a feel for Ladakhi village life. Apart from its blissful tranquillity, Alchi has some of the subcontinent’s most impressive collections of Indo-Tibetan artwork).
Our first visit would be Monastery of Lamayuru (125 km from Leh, Lamayuru is a pretty little village surrounded by the rocky Hindukush peaks.
Later you will drive back to Alchi. Spend the evening at leisure.
Overnight in Alchi
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7: Alchi – Leh
Morning after relaxed breakfast, visit to Alchi Monastery (the village of Alchi is famous for the existence of Alchi Gompa- one of the oldest monasteries in Ladakh mainly known for its wall paintings which date back almost a thousand years.
Post lunch drive back to Leh. Upon arrival, check-in at your hotel.
A traditional dance (performed by local Laddakhi Artists) would be arranged especially in your honor at your hotel premises in the evening.
Overnight in Leh
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner
Morning after an early breakfast, we will transfer you to the airport to board the flight to Delhi upon arrival connect your flight for onward destination.
Meal: Breakfast