Leh Ladakh Kargil (8N/9D)

Description

Ladakh is India at its most otherworldly — a high-altitude desert of turquoise lakes, thousand- year-old monasteries, and mountain passes that touch the sky. The Leh Ladakh Kargil Tour by Indian Inspire Journey is the complete Ladakh circuit: 8 nights and 9 days covering Leh's monasteries and palaces, the sand dunes of Nubra Valley over the mighty Khardung La, the legendary blue waters of Pangong Tso, and the historic frontier town of Kargil on the old Silk Route.

The journey begins with four nights in Leh — deliberately unhurried, because acclimatisation to 3,500 metres is the key to enjoying Ladakh. These days unfold gently through Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, the great monasteries of Thiksey and Hemis, and the Sham Valley's Magnetic Hill and river confluence at Sangam.

Then the adventure proper: across Khardung La — one of the world's highest motorable passes — into Nubra Valley, where Bactrian double-humped camels walk the Hunder sand dunes beneath snow peaks. From Nubra, the route follows the Shyok River to Pangong Tso, the 134- kilometre lake of impossible blues made famous the world over. The final leg traces the Indus westward past the moonscapes of Lamayuru to Kargil, completing a circuit few travellers ever experience in full.

For international travellers from the UK, USA, and Australia, Indian Inspire Journey manages every permit, oxygen-readiness, hotel, and high-altitude detail — so the only thing that takes your breath away is Ladakh itself.