Itinerary | |
Day 01 | Arrive Leh by flight |
Best way to reach Leh-Ladakh is by flight from Delhi/Mumbai and all flights reach Leh before noon. Upon arrival at Leh, you are met and transfer to Hotel. Overnight stay: Leh. Meals: Lunch, Dinner. | |
Day 02 | Indus Valley Monastery tour (120 Kms round trip) |
Morning after breakfast, drive to Thiksey village, visit Thiksey monastery and drive to Shey Village to visit Shey Palace and Gompa. Thiksey Gompa: 19 Kms from Leh, Shey Palace And Gompa: Situated on a hillock 15 Kms upstream from Leh, it was once the residence of the royal family. According to tradition, it was the seat of power of the pre-Tibetan kinds. A 7.5 mts high copper statue of Buddha, plated with gold and the largest of its kind, is installed here. Continue your drive to Hemis monastery to visit one of the most famous monasteries of Ladakh. Later on the way back to Leh, Visit Stok Palace and Museum. Hemis Gompa: 40 Kms from Leh, it is the wealthiest, best known and biggest Gompa of Ladakh. Its popularity stems from the major annual festival held here in summer. The festival is in honor of Guru Padma Sambhava’s birth anniversary. It also has the largest Thanka in Ladakh which is unfurled once in 12 years Hemis was built in 1630 during the reign of Singge Namgyal, an illustrious ruler of Ladakh Stok Palace & Museum: The palace of the banished royal family, Drive back to Leh in the evening and relax at the hotel. Overnight stay: Leh. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), Dinner. | |
Day 03 | Excursion to Alchi and Likir (150 Kms round trip) |
Morning after breakfast drive to Alchi. Enroute visit Magnetic Hill, Confluence of Zanskar and Indus river. Magnetic Hill : Defying the Law of gravity. Confluence Of The Zanskar & Indus : On way to Sham Valley Visit Alchi Monastery and drive back to Leh. Enroute visit Likir Monastery. Alchi Gompa: 70 Kms from Leh, on the banks of the Indus, is the Alchi Gompa dating a thousand years back. One of its walls features thousands of miniature sized pictures of the Buddha. Likir Gompa: Founded in the 11th century and rededicated to a different monastic order in the 15th century, its earlier Gompa was destroyed in a fire. Drive back to Leh. Overnight stay: Leh. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), Dinner. | |
Day 04 | Excursion to Pangong Lake (280 Kms round trip) |
After breakfast drive to Pangong Lake on the Indo China border Pangong Lake: This route takes the visitor past the picturesque villages of Shey and Thiksey, and turns off the Indus valley by the side valley of Chemrey and Sakti. The Ladakh range is crossed by the Chang-la (18,000 feet / 5,475 M) which despite its great elevation is one of the easier passes, remaining open for much of the year even in winter, apart from periods of actual snowfall. Tangse, just beyond the foot of the pass, has an ancient temple. But the main attraction of this circuit is the Pangong Lake,situated at 14,000 feet (4,267 M). A long narrow basin of inland drainage, hardly six to seven kilometers at its widest point to which foreigners are permitted, is only some seven km along the southern shore from the head of the lake, but it affords spectacular views of the mountains of the Changchenmo Evening back to hotel in Leh for dinner and overnight. Overnight stay: Leh. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch (packed), Dinner. | |
Day 05 | Depart Leh |
In time transfer to airport to connect flight Meals: Breakfast. | |
Tour Itinerary
Rest of the day free to acclimatize to the high altitude of Ladakh. In the evening, visit the Leh Market, Leh Palace and Shanti Stupa.
spectacularly sited, Thiksey is one of the largest and architecturally most impressive Gompas. There are several temples in this Gompas, containing images, stupas and wall paintings of Buddha, which are exquisite.
. It flourished under the Namgyal Dynasty for the royalty favored the Drugpa sect, which is managed the monastery. It is divided into two, the assembly hall on the right and the main temple on the left. The hall (Dukhang) is also used as “green room” by the dancers during the festival. The temple is known as Tshogkhang. The verandahs have a surfeit of frescoes, among them the Buddhist “Wheel Of Life” (Kalachakra) and the lords of the four quarters, besides the prayer wheel.
Stokhas a museum which displays fabulous period costumes and jewelry of the royalty along with exquisite Thankas representing the life style of Shakya Muni. Interesting historical objects like coins, armor, weapons, precious jades and porcelain too can be seen here.
This place is close to the Gurdwara Shri Patthar Sahib. It has been noticed that when a vehicle is parked on neutral gear on this metallic road the vehicle slides up-hill that’s the Believe it or not of Ladakh!
before Nimu village one can have this magnificent view of two rivers in wed-lock! In seasons they have different colors and flow and wildness.
Three large sized images made of clay and painted brightly are its focal attractions. No longer an active religious center, it is looked after by monks from the Liker monastery. This is the only monastery amongst 34 monasteries, which is not located on a hilltop.
The present Gompa dated back to the 18th century. Skilled craftsmen producing excellent Thankas, earthen pots and carved wooden folding stools, live here in the village. Majestically situated, Likir commands a spectacular view. A magnificent giant Jupiter tree, one of the few survivors of its species, stands in the courtyard.
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range to the north, their reflection shimmering in the ever-changing blues and greens of the lakes brackish water.Above Spangmik are the glacier and snow-capped peaks of the Pangong range.
for onward destination.