Day 1 USA/DELHI:
Welcome aboard your jumbo jet flight to Delhi, your voyage to Ladakh travel, enjoy the regal hospitality by silk sari clad hostesses. Indulge yourself with delicious Indian and Continental cuisine.

Day 2 DELHI:
This evening arrive in Delhi, where you'll be received and escorted to Hotel Taj Palace/ Hotel Ambassador.

Day 3 DELHI:
Morning at leisure. Afternoon tour includes, the Presidential-Palace, Parliament House, India Gate, Qutab Minar Tower, Jantar Mantar, and the fashionable Connaught Circus. Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, Mahalaxmi Temple and Mahatma Gandhi Samadhi. Evening free.

Day 4 DELHI/LEH:
After breakfast flight to Leh. Leh is main center of Ladakh, located in small valley just the north of Indus valley. Today is free for complete rest for proper acclimatization to the high altitude atmosphere.

Day 5 LEH/ALCHI:
Local sightseeing, Leh to Lamayuru, Likir and Alchi and night halt at Alchi. Full day sightseeing Lamayuru. After exploring villages around the area, it comes as a surprise to find that Lamayuru is a scruffy little place. The gompa completely shadows and is the most famous spectacular monastery in Ladakh. Alchi and Likir Monasteries, these two monasteries are located near Saspal on the Srinagar-Leh road. They house many gigantic clay statue of Buddha in various forms. The primary attraction of these monasteries is, their 1000-year old wall painting which makes it a very rewarding experience.

Day 6 LEH:
Alchi to Leh, on the way back sightseeing of Rizong and Spituk. Rizong is about 4 miles along a steep, rocky track from the main road is the start of the area with the nunnery of Julochen and the gompa of Rizong. The gompa, belongs 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 once a year. The chamber contains an ancient collection of face masks too. It houses of 135 yellow capped monks.

Day 7 LEH/KARGIL:
Drive to Kargil. Sightseeing of Kargil, visit the Tete Sping and other interest places the Suru Valley which form the main stay of Kargil district. Lying nestled along the northeastern foothills of the Great Himalayan wall, it extends from Kargil town, first south ward for a length of about 45 miles up to the expanse around Panikhar, then eastward for another stretch of nearly 50 miles up to the foot of the Penzila watershed where the Suru River rises.

Day 8-13 Trek Zanskar:
The steep barren hills now stretch to the snow line. As the snows melt, the waters flow freely down into the heavily irrigated valleys. Here Tibetan-style settlements thrive. White washed mud and stone houses contrast with deep-green barley fields. Kargil 9,500 ft. 172 miles from Srinagar in the west and 192 miles from Leh in the east, is the second largest urban center of Ladakh and headquarters of the district of the same name. A quiet town now, Kargil once served as an important trade and transit center in the Pan Asian trade network. Numerous caravans carrying exotic merchandise comprising silk, brocade, carpets, felts tea, poppy, ivory etc. Transited in the town on their way to and from China, Tibet, Yarkand and Kashmir.

Day 14 KARGIL:
In Kargil for rest & relaxation

Day 15 KARGIL/SRINAGAR:
Drive to Srinagar via Drass, which is noted for its heavy snowfalls and extreme cold. Drass 10,600 ft. west of Kargil on the road to Srinagar, are a small township lying in the center of a valley of the same name. It has become famous as the second coldest inhabited place in the world by virtue of the intense cold that descends upon the valley along with repeated snowfall during winter. Winter temperature is sometimes known to plummet to below freezing levels. During the spring and summer, however the valley around the township becomes very picturesque as the gently undulating hillsides turn into lush green pastures are splashed with a variety of fragrant wild flowers. Its inhabitants are mainly of Darad stock, an Aryan race believed to have originally migrated to the high valleys of the western Himalayas from the Central Asian steppes. They speak Shina which, unlike the Tibetan-originated Ladakhi dialects spoken elsewhere in Ladakh region, belong to the Indo-European linguistic family. Their ancestral sport, Horse Polo, which the Darads play with particular zeal, resembles our modern polo. After Zoji-la pass we'll drive thru Sonamarg, the gold valley, past winding roads into Srinagar and our abode of luxury houseboat.

Day 16 SRINAGAR:
Cruise through Dal and Nagin Lakes float through a network of canals to the enchanted floating gardens of Nishat and Shalimar; built in the 16th C. by Moghul emperors. Lunch will be served onboard the Shikara (Gondola).Soak in the sun and swim or surf in the lake. This evening enjoy a Wazwan feast (Local multi course meal usually served on wedding occasions).

Day 17 SRINAGAR/DELHI:
Morning free. Afternoon fly to Delhi, time free for last minute shopping for gifts and prepare for homeward bound departure.

Day 18 DELHI/USA:
Early morning transfer to airport for flight bound for New York

Ladakh Festival




Buddhist Prayer wheels




Ladakh Palace




Camping in Ladakh