Tours - Ladakh: Mysteries Unveiled
When to go: Jun-Aug.
Weather: Night 12-18, Day 25-32°C.
DAY 1 : LEH
Depart Delhi for Leh. Arrive Leh . Transfer to Hotel Kesar Palace / Mandala Hotel / Kanglachan.Rest of the morning is free. Evening visit a Ladakhi Cultural Dance program. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 2: LEH
After breakfast, Visit the Spituk Monastery, Stok Palace & Matho Monastery. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
DAY 3 : LEH
After breakfast, depart for Phey, to experience a 4hr rafting ride on river Indus. Packed lunch served on completion of the ride at Nimu village. Return back to hotel by jeep. Afternoon free. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 4 : TSO MORARI
After breakfast, drive to Tso Morari lake via Chumathang, enroute you will possibly meet Changpa shepherds, of the Tibetan origin. Tso Morari lake is approximately 40km long, with an average width of six to seven km situated at an approximate height of 4500 mts in the district of Rupshu, south-east of leh, it is flanked by the Trans- Himalayan range and the Great Himalyas. One can see bar-headed geese and brahminy ducks breeding in hundreds on the little islands in the Tso- Morari. Dinner and overnight in tented camps.
DAY 5 : TSOKAR
After breakfast, depart to Tsokar lake. The Tsokar to the west of Tso Morari lak are much smaller lakes. Dinner and overnight in tents at Tsokar.
DAY 6 : TSOKAR-LEH
After breakfast, depart Tsokar for Leh via the Tanglang-la pass. Arrive Leh late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 7 : LEH
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight at hotel.
DAY 8
2 nights / 3 days trek from Likir to Temisgan.
DAY 9
TREK
DAY 10
TREK Late afternoon return to Leh. Transfer to hotel. Dinner & overnight at hotel.
DAY 11: LAMAYARU
After breakfast, drive to Lamayaru monastery. The dry lake bed has undulating mud structure that looked like lions, the hill took the name Sengge Syang (Lion Hill). Lamayaru is known for these ‘moonscapes’, which have an uncanny resemblance to the surface of the moon. Return back to Uley Topko camps for overnight stay in tented accommodation at camping grounds. Dinner and overnight at Uley Tops.
DAY 12: LEH
After breakfast, a short trek brings you to Ri-dzong monastery, the only place in Ladakh where monastic discipline is followed in its orthodox form. After lunch, drive back to Leh via Alchi, one of the oldest monasteries in Ladakh. Alchi has an Indian style of architecture and décor, and the only remnant of Indian Buddhism in Ladakh. Dinner and overnight at hotel
DAY13:
After breakfast, depart Leh.
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