Tour 2 Ladakh

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Day 01. Leh Arrival.

 On arrival, we receive and transfer you to the hotel. Acclimatize for the day, this is very crucial so that your body gets acclimatize to the sudden change in altitude. Our representative will visit you again in the evening to ensure that the family is doing perfectly fine. Overnight Hotel

Day 2 Leh Local/Shey/Thiksay/Indus Valley. 90 Kms approx/full day.

You begin the day by visiting Sindhu Darshan about 7 km from Leh on the bank of historical Indus river and then to Shey where you visit the Drukpa school populary called 3 idiot schools by tourists as part of the bollywood cult film was shot here. Later you visit Thiksay monastery, which is one of the most vibrant and active monasteries in the region built as a replica of the La potala in Lhasa. It dates back to the 16th century and is part of the Gelug-pa Sect. It is headed by successive reincarnations of the Khanpo Rimpoche. The monastery is 12 storied and painted in deep shades of red, ochre and white. It has evolved around a central courtyard with buildings surrounding it from three sides. At one extreme lies the main dukhang, which houses numerous racks containing religious texts. Behind the main alter lies a small chamber that contains images of revered deities.

We visit the Stok palace Mueseum where you are taken through the memory lane of erstwhile royals of Ladakh and their lifestyle.

Drive back to Leh and visit the Leh palace and after that experience the sunset over Leh town from the Shanti Stupa atop village Changspa. Drive back to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 03:Leh/Nubra Valley(148 Kms/6 hrs) Post breakfast we drive to Nubra Valley. The road journey from Leh to Nubra Valley passes over Khardung La (The Highest Motorable Road In The World) at 5,602 Mtrs / 18,390 Ft, around 39 km from Leh. From the pass, one can see all the way south over the Indus valley to seemingly endless peaks and ridges of the Zanskar range, and north to the giants of the Saser massif. Nubra Valley is popularly known as Ldumra or the valley of flowers. It is situated in the north of Ladakh between the Karakoram and Ladakh ranges of the Himalayas. The average altitude of the valley is 10,000 Ft. above sea level.
Upon arrival in Nubra we check in at our Camp in Hunder relax and get refreshed. In the evening we drive to Hunder where you have opportunity to ride on a bacterian camel (double humped) amidst the sand dunes of this high altitude desert with snow capped mountains on the horizon. Between Hunder and Diskit you come across sand dunes besides the road. It is indeed a strange sight since immediately on the left of the road are Rocky Mountains that characterize the Ladakhi landscape and in the distance, can be seen snow-capped mountains.  Overnight at Hotel/Resort. (Pack lunch will be served this day)

Day 4: Nubra Valley back to Leh- After breakfast visit Diskit Monastery in the morning overlooking the Nubra Valley. Later drive back to Leh. Explore the local market in the evening for last minute shopping. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 5: Departure- Get early drop back to the airport for flight back home.

THE ABOVE PACKAGE TOUR COST INCLUDES: -

  • Assistance upon arrival at Kushok Bakula Rinpoche Airport,
  • Traditional welcome in the Hotel with Welcome Drink (Hot Tea / Coffee / Kahwa) on arrival
  • 03 Nights Accommodation in Leh on twin sharing Basis as per the Itinerary with Breakfast and Dinner
  • Morning Tea / Coffee with Biscuits on the day of departure
  • Return airport and round trip transfeINR  along with all sightseeing touINR  by Non-Ac  | Xylo | Mahindra XUV OR Tempo Traveler (as per the option selected by client) for all Categories except for Standard Package for which we’ll use Scorpio|Qualis OR Sumo Grand as per the itinerary
  • Wild Life fees & Red Cross fee
  • Inner line permits to the restricted areas.

THE ABOVE PACKAGE COST DOES NOT INCLUDE:-

  • Any Airfare or Government Goods & Service tax
  • Any Kind of PeINR onal Expenses or Optional TouINR  / Extra Meals Ordered
  • Anything not specifically mentioned under the head “Prices included”.
  • The Services of Vehicle is not included on leisure days & after finishing the sightseeing tour as per the Itinerary
  • Guide fee, Camera fee & any monument Entrances
  • Medical & Travel insurance
  • Any changes you may choose to make during your tour
  • Additional costs due to flight cancellation, road blocks etc
  • Any additional use of taxis

Places

Standard

Deluxe

Super Deluxe

Luxury

Premium

Leh

Hotel Vajra Villa/

Gangzing Villa/

Jeevanam Villa

Hotel Mandala/

Royal Heritage Resort/

Hotel Sankar Residency

Hotel Maitrya/

Leh Plaza/

The Sipa Ladakh/

Sia Residency

Grand Himalaya/

Spic and Span/

Singge Palace / 

Ladakh Residency

The Grand Dragon/

The Abduz/

The Zen Ladakh

Nubra

Weeping Willow Camp/

Edelweiss Camp

Ladakh Summer Camp /

Royal Rider Camp/

Nubra Summer Camp

Avalon Resorts/

Hunder Resorts/

Nubra Ethnic Camp

Desert Himalaya Camp /

Mystic Meadows Earth Homes or similar

Hotel Stonehedge/

Organic Retreat/

Lchangnag Retreat

Pangong

Himalayan Inn Camp/

Good Luck Camp

Ladakh Summer Camp /

Regal Camp

Paramount Camp /

Himalayan Eco Resorts

Nature Nest Camp/

Alpine Villa/

Pangong Sarai/

Red Start Camp /

Gongma Residency Similar

Pangong Retreat/

4N/5DCOST OF THE PACKAGE (GST 5% Extra )

Category

Cost with Scorpio | Xylo

Cost with Tempo Traveler

Extra Bed

02 Pax

04 Pax

06 Pax

 

08 Pax

10 Pax

Standard

INR  21720

INR  16300

INR  11100

INR  12300

INR  11250

40%

Deluxe

INR  19440

INR  12,850

INR  12,498

INR  13390

INR  10900

40%

Super Deluxe

INR  20,262

INR  15390

INR  14,450

INR  15380

INR  13150

40%

Luxury

INR  26,862

INR  20,830

INR  19300

INR  20450

INR  18728

40%

Premium

INR  39,100

INR  32,150

INR  31300

INR  32300

INR  29980

40%

Ladakh ("land of high passes")  is a region in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Kunlun mountain range to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent.It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet.

Historically, the region included the Baltistan (Baltiyul) valleys (now mostly in Pakistan), the entire upper Indus Valley, the remote Zanskar, Lahaul and Spiti to the south, much of Ngari including the Rudok region and Guge in the east, Aksai Chin in the northeast (extending to the Kun Lun Mountains), and the Nubra Valley to the north over Khardong La in the Ladakh Range. Contemporary Ladakh borders Tibet to the east, the Lahaul and Spiti regions to the south, the Vale of Kashmir, Jammu and Baltiyul regions to the west, and the southwest corner of Xinjiang across the Karakoram Pass in the far north. Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture. Aksai Chin is one of the disputed border areas between China and India. It is administered by China as part of Hotan County but is also claimed by India as a part of the Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In 1962, China and India fought a brief war over Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh, but in 1993 and 1996 the two countries signed agreements to respect the Line of Actual Control.

In the past Ladakh gained importance from its strategic location at the crossroads of important trade routes, but since the Chinese authorities closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the 1960s, international trade has dwindled except for tourism. Since 1974, the Government of India has successfully encouraged tourism in Ladakh. Since Ladakh is a part of strategically important Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian military maintains a strong presence in the region.

The largest town in Ladakh is Leh, followed by Kargil.Almost half of Ladakhis are Shia Muslims and the rest are mostly Tibetan Buddhists.Some Ladakhi activists have in recent times called for Ladakh to be constituted as a union territory because of perceived unfair treatment by Kashmir and Ladakh's cultural differences with predominantly Muslim Kashmir.

In terms of pronunciation, the use of "Ladakh, the Persian transliteration of the Tibetan La-dvags, is warranted by the pronunciation of the word in several Tibetan districts.

Rock carvings found in many parts of Ladakh indicate that the area has been inhabited from Neolithic times.Ladakh's earliest inhabitants consisted of a mixed Indo-Aryan population of Mons and Dards, who find mention in the works of Herodotus, Nearchus, Megasthenes, Pliny, Ptolemy, and the geographical lists of the Puranas. Around the 1st century, Ladakh was a part of the Kushana empire. Buddhism spread into western Ladakh from Kashmir in the 2nd century when much of eastern Ladakh and western Tibet was still practising the Bon religion. The 7th century Buddhist traveler Xuanzang describes the region in his accounts.

In the 8th century, Ladakh was involved in the clash between Tibetan expansion pressing from the East and Chinese influence exerted from Central Asia through the passes.[citation needed] Suzerainty over Ladakh frequently changed hands between China and Tibet. In 842 Nyima-Gon, a Tibetan royal representative annexed Ladakh for himself after the break-up of the Tibetan empire, and founded a separate Ladakhi dynasty. During this period Ladakh acquired a predominantly Tibetan population. The dynasty spearheaded the second spreading of Buddhism, importing religious ideas from north-west India, particularly from Kashmir. The first spreading of Buddhism was the one in Tibet proper.