Day 01

DELHI-LEH
Departure by early morning flight from Delhi to Leh. Transfer from Airport to hotel in Leh. Leh is dominated by the nine-story Palace, a building in the grand tradition of Tibetan architecture, said to have inspired the famous Potala Palace in Lhasa. Lunch. Full day free for acclimatization at an altitude of 3500m or 11500 feet. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 02

LEH
Early Breakfast. Walk to the Shankar Gompa. Shankar is a small complex, the monk's dwelling surrounding three sides of a courtyard, which the fourth is made up of the Du-kang and-other temples. Their wall paintings are fresh and bright and the whole Gompa has a pleasantly clean and well-maintained appearance. Return walk towards your hotel enroute visiting the Ladakh Ecological Centre. Lunch. Afternoon visit Shanti Sputa on top of a hill commanding a nice view of the Leh and green suburbs of the town. Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 03

LEH - PANGONG
After breakfast drive to Pangong Lake (Alt.14450 ft/160 km). The drive passes one of the easiest passes Chang to (17820 feet) at such a height. This is an extraordinarily long and narrow drainage basin with width ranging between 2-6 km and length of nearly 150 km, out of which, only 50 km is inside, India and rest 100 km in Tibet. The lake itself, its expanse of crystal clear water shading away to an astonishing range of greens and blues, set like a jewel among the bare many-hued mountains, presents a scene of stark but drive to the camp little away from the lake Dinner and overnight stay at Camp.

Day 04

LEH - HEMIS
Morning free to explore the area of Chushul mountains and the Pangong lake. Here is a scattering of villages

along the lake's southern shore, where barley and peas are regularly cultivated during the summers by the Chang-pa people, the nomadic people of Tibet and southeast Ladakh. They unfold their tents-during winters and take their flacks of sheep and pashmina goats, out to the distant pastures. Drive, back to Hemis (I20 km). Lunch enroute. Dinner and overnight stay at Camp.

Day 05

HEMIS - THIKSEY - SHEY - LEH
After breakfast-visit Hemis monastery, the most important gompa, situated on the other side of the Indus river. The gompn has an excellent library, particularly well preserved wall paintings and large statues Buddha and Padmasnmbhnva. Lunch. Continue drive visit of Thiksey (28 km). The monastery is very picturesque and superbly sited on a hilltop overlooking the village and the Indus. Proceed to Leh (17 km) enroute visiting Shey-the old summer palace of the kings of Ladakh. Built nearly 600 years before, the Palace is in ruins but the Gompa has a 12-meter high seated Buddha image. Just close to the palace are five Buddhas of Meditation carved on rock. Dinner and overnight stay at Leh.

Day 06

LEH
Breakfast. Lunch. Full day free. (Various options like visiting monasteries, River rafting on Indus or walk around the Bazaar, observing the varied crowd and peering into the curio shops. A particularly charming sight is the line of women from nearby villages sitting along the edge of the footpath with baskets of fresh vegetables brought for sale to the townspeople). Dinner and Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 07

LEH - DELHI
Early morning transfer to Airport for flight back to Delhi. Breakfast on board the flight.

By Air:

Leh is connected by Air from Delhi with daily flights of Indian Airlines and Jet Airways
(Price per person for Delhi-Leh f light is Rs. 4300)

PRICE:

Minimum 2 persons

Ps. 8700 per person (Room on Twin Sharing basis)

4 Persons in 1 Car/Jeep

Rs. 6660 per person (Room on Twin Sharing basis)

Child: upto 5 years

Free on sharing the room with their parents)

Child: Above 5 years

Rs. 4350 per child (Extra Bed in the parents' room)