Itinerary

This is a special package to discover Ladakh, the land of endless discovery. This package is stipulated in 7 days depending upon the time, interest and budget of the tourists.
1st Day: Delhi to Leh, 2 hours, by flight Reach Leh by Indian Airlines flight Leh is main Centre of Ladakh. With the inhabitants of 50,000, Leh is located in small valley just the north of Indus valley. The tourists are advised to take complete rest for the proper acclimatization to the high altitude atmosphere.

2nd Day: Local Sight Seeing, Leh to Lamayuru, Likir and Alchi and night halt at Alchi, 8 hours Whole day is dedicated for the local sight seeing. Lamayuru: After exploring villages around the area, it comes as a surprise to find that Lamayuru is a scruffy little place. The gompa, is the completely overshadowed and most famous spectacular monastery in Ladakh

Alchi and Likir Monasteries: These two monasteries are located near Saspol on the Srinagar-Leh road. They house many gigantic clay statue of Buddha in various forms. The primary attraction of these monasteries is , however, their 1000-year old wall painting which make a visit more than worthwhile.
 

3rd Day: Alchi to Leh, on the way back sight seeing of Rizong and Spituk, 7 hours After the night stay at the Alchi, on the way back, the tourists are visiting the few more gompas.

Rizong: About six kms along a steepish, rocky track from the main road is the starts of the area with the nunnery of Julochen and the gompa of Rizong. The gompa, belong to the Gelukpa.

Spituk Monastery: Just before Leh on the Srinagar-Leh road on the hilltop overlooking the Indus, the Spituk monastery boasts not only of some prized tankha, but also a chamber with enormous statue of Kali, whose faces are unveiled but once a year. The chamber contains an ancient collection of face masks too. It is recommended that you visit the monastery on the Puja day. It is 10 kms from Leh and houses of 135 yellow capped monks.

4th Day: Shopping and Cultural programme in the evening (Ladakhi Dance, Depending upon the strength of group) The whole day is dedicated to the shopping and to discover some interesting things about Ladakhi art and cultural by the visiting the Tibetan refugees camp Choklamsar, Library and Ecological Development etc.

5th Day: Local Sight seeing, Leh Bazaar, Leh Palace and Sankar gompa The women’s vegetable market in the afternoon and some interesting place to visit. And the evening the Sankar monastery.

Leh Gompa: It is situated above the Leh Palace and was built in 1430. It contains a 13.7 metres high statue of the Buddha which the Ladakhi call Chamba. According to the Lamas this splendid statue is the future Buddha. A butter burns day and night in front of this statue.

Sankar Gompa: Just 3 kms from Leh is this monastery that has a formidable collection of miniature of pure gold and a number of exciting painting. It is well lit and may be visited in the evening as well.

6th Day: Leh to Khardung-la top, Two more days will be added if group want to go Nubra valley The tourists will visit the Khardung-la. It Takes you to the highest motorable road of in the world Khardongla (18,380 feet or 5,578 m). Nubra Valley lies in the north of Leh. Apart from unparalleled trekking opportunities, the valley has several Buddhists monasteries such as Sumor, Tigar and 350 years old Diskit monastery.

7 Day: Leh to Delhi, 2 hours Tourist will fly back to Delhi, by the Indian Airlines flight.
What tourists have discovered?

• Famous monasteries of Ladakh
• Traditional culture and life-style of Ladakh on 11,000 ft
• Khardung-la, highest motorable road of world 18,380 ft
• Famous oldest monastery of Ladakh, Lamayuru.