Shimla – Leh / ladakh via Spiti Valley

Arrive in Shimla, where you'll be transferred to your hotel. Explore the historical landmarks of Shimla, including the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Kufri Hill, and Wildflower Hall.

Embark on a scenic drive through pine forests, crossing Narkanda and enjoying views of the Shivlik ranges. Visit Sarhan, a tiny village with splendid views of Shrikanda Mahadev Peak. Explore the famous Bhimkali Temple and stay overnight in a hotel.

Drive along the Hindustan Tibet Border Road, offering spectacular views. Visit Kamru Fort, Nag Temple, and Chitkul, a fairyland with quaint wooden houses, temples, and stunning views. Overnight in Sangla.

Drive to Recong Peo, the capital of Kinnaur, and visit the monastery. Continue to Kalpa, where you'll explore the village, temples, and enjoy an overnight stay.

Drive through picturesque landscapes along the Satluj River to Tabo. Visit Nako Lake, Sumdo, and Gue with its Natural Mummy. Explore the ancient Tabo Monastery with its stunning artwork and stay overnight in Tabo.

Early morning drive to Dhankar Monastery, the old capital of Spiti valley, Dhankar big village once the residence of the King of Spiti on the hill you see his fort. Also today about 100 Monks are living in the Dhankar Monastery, still an important Monastery, with important scriptures, sculptures, frescoes, and statues.

Walking up to the Dhankar sacred Lake takes about one and a half hours. After Dhankar drives to Kee –Monastery, The Key Gompa, perched high on the Pyramid shaped mountain, belongs to the Gelugpa sect and there are as many as 500 monks, visit Kibber Village the highest motor connected village in the world, and Kibber monastery Overnight at Kaza.

Drive over Kunzam Pass (4501m), the panoramic view of Bara –Shigri Glacier and about a dozen peaks over 6000m enthralling and inspiring, crossing the pass the road descends into the Chandra Valley, the beginning of the Lahaul Spiti region a stark, dry, forbidding yet a magnificent land, The valley commands excellent views of the surrounding mountains, including the 6420meters high White Sail Massif (Dharamsala).

Bara-Sigri Glacier ,Lalana Peak and the C.B. Peak along the way .Before crossing Batal take a diversion to Chandertal Lake a moon Lake(4250m). Visit Sisu waterfall, have a look at Gondola Fort, The confluence point of Chandra Bhaga River, drive along with Chandra and Bhaga River, Keylong the district headquarter, and Stay in Keylong.

Early morning departure from Keylong to Sarchu (4200m), via Darch the gateway to Zanskar valley, Baralachala Pass (4800m), Keylong Sarai, a unique form of land, a different view, the valley of Sarchu, a small trek around the area. Distance 85 km, time 5 hours, stay in a luxury tent at Sarchu, 6-7hrs.

Sarchu to Leh (3600m), via Gata Loops, Nukeela Pass (4600m), Lachungla Pass (4900m), Pang, More Plain a 50 km long plain ground on an elevation of 4700m, Tanglangla Pass (5350m ) the second highest motorable road pass in the world, the area of IBEX, wild Ass, Marmot, a land of Gypsy. Overnight stay in Hotel. Distance 250 km, time 10 hours.
Leh, the headquarter of the Ladakh region, Indus Valley, the last Shangri-la, A business center of the Silk Route, A place where the Sindhu Civilization flourishes & the battlefield of different religious kings. It is the capital of Ladakh. A Land behind high passes, full of other dry grey valleys, beautiful snow-capped mountains with pinnacles of peaks, colorful mountains & artistic rocks. Place of monasteries, thankas & magnificent lakes.

After breakfast, we visit the Hemis monastery, tLadakh'sbiggest and a healthiest visit to the museum where the family heirlooms and relics are displayed. We visit the Tibetan Handicraft Centre / Tibetan school You walk past the Chortens and the Mani walls to enter the complex through the east gate. From Hemis, you are driven westwards to Thiksey monastery, located on a hilltop with formidable views of the Indus valley. After visiting the interiors of the monastery the tour continues to Shey the former summer palace of the King of Ladakh. Finally, we drive back to Leh to our hotel.

Drive upstream along the Right Bank of the Indus River via Shey, Thiksey, and Karu. Turn left towards Chemdey Gompa and continue along the steep roadside towards Chang La (17,350 ft.). Permits have to be verified at Zingrul traveling checkpoint (TCP) (13,500 ft.), 12 km short of the pass. There is a temple at the top of the Chang La and lots of prayer flags.

The Pangong Lake (which means hollow) is a very long narrow spread of water situated at an altitude of 14,500 ft. Extending from east to west through the whole length of the Ruthong region of Tibet to the neighborhood of Chisul, it bends to the northwest for about 25 miles and forms a boundary between Ladakh and Ruthong. Only a quarter of the Lake lies in India, the rest stretching into Ruthong. Rare black-necked cranes and other migratory birds are seen here. The water of the lake is salty. Dinner overnight Stay in a tent.

Return Drive to lLeh evening leisure in leh.

Today we travel north from Leh over the highest motorable road and the Khardungla Pass (5570m), to the Nubra Valley which is little visited, as it is inaccessible for all but a couple of months in the year, its high passes closed by the winter snows. In comparison to the Indus valley which is cooler, the Nubra is a comparatively warm valley where walnut, apricot, apple, and mulberry trees grow, and yak, sheep, and goats graze in small forests and along the river Shyok. The journey brings us an excellent view of the great Karakoram Range. Overnight stay in hotel.