Charismatic Ladakh

POST A SCRUMPTIOUS BREAKFAST, BE READY FOR ADVENTURE. GEAR UP & HEAD OUT AND EXPLORE THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF LEH. VISIT HALL OF FAME AND FEEL THE PULL OF THE MAGNETIC HILL. PRAY AT THE GURUDWARA PATHAR SAHIB AND WATCH THE MARVELOUS SIGHT OF THE CONFLUENCE OF RIVERS OF INDUS AND ZANSKAR. LATER RETURN TO LEH, ENROUTE VISIT MAGNETIC HILL. OVERNIGHT STAY IS PROVIDED AT LEH

IN THE MORNING YOU, WE WILL TAKE YOU TO KHARDUNGLA PASS WHICH WAS THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOTORABLE ROAD SITUATED AT 18,400 FEET BEFORE UMLING LA PASS GETS OPENED. AND THEN DISKIT, HEADQUARTERS OF NUBRA VALLEY. ITS ATTRACTION IS THAT OF AN ANCIENT MONASTERY THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 14TH CENTURY AND IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MONASTERIES IN NUBRA VALLEY. FEEL A SENSE OF CALM AND SPIRITUALITY OF THE LOCATION WHILE EXPLORING THE ANCIENT MONASTERY. VISIT DISKIT MONASTERY BELONGING TO THE 14TH CENTURY, THIS MONASTERY IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LARGEST AND OLDEST MONASTERY IN NUBRA VALLEY. ALSO KNOWN AS DISKIT GOMPA, THE MONASTERY'S MOST PROMINENT ATTRACTION IS THE HUGE MAITREYA BUDDHA STATUE ATOP IT, WHICH WAS NAUGURATED BY HH DALAI LAMA. LATER ON VISIT SAND DUNES OF NUBRA VALLEY AND CAN ENJOY RIDE OF DOUBLE HUMP CAMEL RIDE. THESE CAMELS ARE VERY SPECIAL AND RARE IN THE WORLD, WHICH ONLY FINDS IN INDIA AFTER MONGOLIA. AFTER A MEMORABLE DAY IN NUBRA VALLEY, IT’S TIME TO RELAX AND END YOUR DAY WITH A TEMPTING DINNER AND OVERNIGHT STAY IN CAMPS AT HUNDER VILLAGE OF THE NUBRA VALLEY.

POST BREAKFAST, WE WILL HEAL TOWARDS TURTUK VILLAGE (A VILLAGE THAT INDIA RECAPTURE FROM PAKISTAN IN 1971). WHICH IS LAST SITE OF PAKISTAN SIDE. THEN VISIT LOC SIDE THANG AND TYAKSHI VILLAGE. TURTUK FALLS IN BALTISTAN- THE PLACE WAS UNDER PAKISTANI CONTROL TILL 1971, SO IT IS PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM. DON'T MISS THE CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE LOCALS AND THEIR FRIENDLY BEHAVIOUR - THE WHOLE FEEL IS LIKE BEING IN PAKISTAN. YOU CAN TRY DELICIOUS APRICOTS HERE WHICH ARE MAJOR SOURCE OF INCOME FOR THE LOCALS VISIT TURTUK WATERFALL AND TURTUK MUSEUM LATER ON ENJOY THE MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF K2 PEAK WHILE WALKING AROUND. OVERNIGHT STAY IN NUBRA.

POST BREAKFAST, TAKE A STROLL AROUND THE PLACE TO SEE THE LIFE STYLE OF PEOPLE LIVING AT THE NORTHERNMOST REGION OF INDIA. PROCEED TO PANGONG LAKE VIA SHYOK ROUTE. PANGONG LAKE IS A SALT WATER BODY OF 120 KM IN LENGTH AND 6 – 7 KM BROAD AT THE LONGEST POINT. IT IS BISECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER BETWEEN INDIA & CHINA (2/3) OF THE LAKE IS IN CHINA’S POSSESSION). VISIT THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE FAMOUS MOVIE “THREE IDIOTS” & ENJOY OUTING ALONG THE BANKS OF THE LAKE. ONE REALLY FEELS VERY CLOSE TO NATURE AT PANGONG LAKE WITH ITS SCENIC SURROUNDINGS. ON A CLEAR SUNNY DAY, YOU CAN SEE SEVEN COLOUR FORMATIONS IN THE CRYSTAL-CLEAR SALT WATER LAKE. OVERNIGHT STAY IN PANGONG

WE GET READY TO CHECK ANOTHER LOCATION THAT WOULD LEAVE US AWESTRUCK OFF OUR LIST - THE PANGONG LAKE! THE FIRST VIEW OF THE LAKE WILL LEAVE YOU SPELLBOUND AND AS WE BREATHE THAT IN. A SUMPTUOUS DINNER WITH A CHIT-CHAT SESSION WOULD BRING AN END TO THE DAY. WE WILL RIDE BACK TO LEH, CROSSING CHANGLA PASS 17,350 FT. (ONE )OF THE HIGHEST MOTORABLE ROAD IN THE WORLD). THE RIDE WILL LEAVE YOU SPELLBOUND WITH BEAUTIFUL VIEWS AND MIND-BLOWING LANDSCAPE. ENROUTE VISIT RANCHO SCHOOL (KNOWN AS 3 IDIOT SCHOOL), THIKSHEY & SHEY MONESTARY. WE RETREAT TO THE HOTEL FOR A NIGHT'S STAY. OVERNIGHT STAY AT THE HOTEL.

POST BREAKFAST, PREPARE FOR YOUR DEPARTURE. DEPART FROM THE MYSTICAL LAND OF LADAKH AND TAKE-HOME PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF YOUR WONDERFUL TRIP.