Day
1 : Arrive Delhi
Welcome on arrival at Delhi international
airport and transfer to hotel.
Day 2 : Delhi
After breakfast, guided tour of historic city of
Delhi. The city where one can experience the
influence of the many rulers who ruled this
region, a city built and destroyed and re-built
over seven times. The tour includes the
magnificent Red Fort, the Jama Masjid, Asia's
largest mosque, Humanyun Tomb, Birla Mandir,
Qutab Minar, drive through India Gate,
President’s House and Connaught Place. Evening,
see Son-et-Lumerie at Red Fort (optional).
Overnight at hotel.
Day 3 : Delhi – Leh (flight)
Catch an early morning flight to Leh. On arrival
at Leh airport, you will be met by our
representative at the airport and escort you to
hotel. Breakfast at hotel. Complete day for the
acclimatisation, which is 3500 mtrs above sea
level. In the evening short walk around Leh
bazaar. Overnight at hotel.
Day 4 : Leh – Monasteries
Day excursion to the famous monasteries, it is
interesting to visit early in the morning to
enjoy the praying ceremony at Thiksey monastery.
Continue drive to Hemis monastery, which is one
of the most famous monastery of the Ladakh
region. On the way back visit Shey Palace.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 5 : Leh- Alchi – Uletokpo (75 kms)
Leave for Uletokpo camping which is one of the
most beautiful camping in the Ladakh region on
the way visit Spituk monastery that is just 5
kms from Leh town. Continue drive to Alchi
monastery is the only monastery in the Ladakh on
flat ground. By the lunchtime you will reach
Uletokpo. Evening enjoy to sit on the bank of
river coming down from the Ridzong side.
Overnight at camp.
Day 6 : Uletokpo – Lamayuru – Leh (180 kms)
Leave Uletokpo and continue drive to Lamayuru
via Khaltsi. From here another 22 kms drive will
take you to Lamayuru. The oldest and
spectacularly set Lamayuru monastery founded in
the 10th Century. Visit the monastery. In the
late afternoon drive back to Leh, which will
take about 4/5 hours drive, on the way back we
stop at magnetic hill. Overnight at hotel.
Day 7 : Leh – Khardongla Pass – Leh (85 kms)
After breakfast full day excursion to Khardongla
pass which is the highest motorable pass in the
world 5600 mtrs and has been recorded in the
Guinness Book of World Records. At the top enjoy
the nature beauty of snow capped mountain. In
the evening back to the hotel. Overnight at
hotel.
Day 8 : Leh – Pangong Lake - Leh (290 kms)
Leave early morning to Pangong Lake through
Changla pass 5486 mtrs. While ascending Changla
pass 5486 mtrs, enjoy the beautiful panoramic
view of the villages below the pass. After
crossing the pass halt for picnic lunch at
Tsoltak, the summer pastureland of the yaks.
Arrive Durbuk and from there a short drive takes
you to the western shore of the lake. Enjoy the
landscape in the backdrop of the Lake. This
famous blue brackish Lake of Pangong is 5/6 kms
wide and over 144 kms long with half of its
running the other side of the Indo China
Border’. One rarely feels so close to nature and
environment and the scenery is unforgettable. In
the late afternoon drive back to Leh. Overnight
at hotel.
Day 9 : Leh – Delhi (flight)
Transfer in time to the airport to connect
flight to Delhi. On arrival in Delhi, transfer
to the hotel for wash 'n' change and proceed to
international airport for connecting flight to
onward destination. |
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