Stok - Stok Palace Meals

Nimmu House Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Transfer: 2 hrs

Activity: 1 hrs monastery ceremony / 2 hrs rafting / 1 hr Nimmu village walk

Morning: After delicious breakfast take part in a ceremony at local monastery, where many people gather to take part.

Day: Check out from the palace hotel and depart to the entry point to raft on the Indus River. Board the raft and paddle past Ladakhi villages as we negotiate gentle low grade rapids till we reach the Indus - Zanskar confluence at Nimmu (10,300 ft), where we can witness the point where the two colors of the rivers combine. Here, we get off the raft and drive to today’s final destination of Nimmu House.

In the evening, explore the tiny village of Nimmu and its peaceful surroundings, seeing its monasteries, old caravanserai, gardens and orchards.

Stok - Nimmu

Nimmu House Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Transfer: 2 hrs

Activity: 1 hrs monastery ceremony / 2 hrs rafting / 1 hr Nimmu village walk

Morning: After delicious breakfast take part in a ceremony at local monastery, where many people gather to take part.

Day: Check out from the palace hotel and depart to the entry point to raft on the Indus River. Board the raft and paddle past Ladakhi villages as we negotiate gentle low grade rapids till we reach the Indus - Zanskar confluence at Nimmu (10,300 ft), where we can witness the point where the two colors of the rivers combine. Here, we get off the raft and drive to today’s final destination of Nimmu House.

In the evening, explore the tiny village of Nimmu and its peaceful surroundings, seeing its monasteries, old caravanserai, gardens and orchards.

Nimmu - Uley

Snow Leopard Lodge Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Transfer: 2 hrs

Activity: 1 hr Alchi Monastery visit / 2 hrs village visit.

Day: Check out from Nimmu House after breakfast and hit the road to make our first stop at Alchi Monastery, also known as Alchi Gompa, located near the small village of Saspul. It is one of the oldest monasteries built in Ladakh, dating back to the 11th century. You will then be driven to the beautiful villages of Tingmosgang and Tia, then continue our drive for an hour and half to today’s end destination of Uley.

We will stay the next three nights at the Snow Leopard Lodge, located at an altitude of about 13,000 feet. The six-room lodge is simply furnished with three bathrooms, and dining and sitting rooms that look out over the valley and the surrounding hills. The setup is basic but has comfortable beds, toilets and washing facilities.

Uley - Hike to Hemis-Shukpachu

Snow Leopard Lodge Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Activity: 4-5 hrs hike / Cooking demonstration

Day: After breakfast, we hike to the village of Hemis-Shukpachu (12,073 ft) gradual hike up and down hills which will take four to five hours, opportunities to see wildlife, such as the bearded vulture, golden eagles, Tibetan hares, Himalayan marmots and Nayan sheep. Picnic lunch. Hemis-Shukpachu is a tranquil village with a small gompa, green pastures and babbling brook, making for an easy place to relax. In the village, enjoy tea at one of the local houses. Drive back to Uley.

In the evening, learn how to cook a Ladakhi meal in a traditional Ladakhi kitchen.

Uley - Hike to Saspochey

Snow Leopard Lodge Meals: Breakfast, lunch, Dinner

Transfer: 3 hrs

Activity: 5 hrs hike

Day: Start the day with a tasty breakfast. Today we hike to Saspochey village (12,175 ft). Hike is more difficult than the previous day for 5 hours, crossing a small stream and then hiking uphill until we reach the first ridge, where you can marvel at the amazing views of the Uley Valley.

Enjoy a picnic lunch on route.

We then head downhill for a small patch and later climb up the second ridge from where you will have the first view of Saspochey village. The hike from the ridge is downhill to the tiny village to enjoy a cup of local tea.

After drive back to Uley. after an easy breakfast we drive through the villages, fields and wildlife sanctuary to Kumarakom. This is the gateway to three days of relaxation and rejuvenation with massage, Ayurvedic treatments and Yoga available.

If you get itchy feet, you can always visit one of the local spice gardens to understand the background to traditional medicine and the spice trade.

Uley - Likir

Saboo Resort Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Transfer: 2 hrs Activity: 3 hrs cycling / 1 hr REWA visit

Morning: After breakfast and a short safety briefing, you will be ready to cycle approximately three hours down the Ladakhi Himalayas from Uley to Likir.

The road crisscrosses its way on the mountainside up to the village. On arrival to Leh we visit REWA Ability Center Ladakh, where we meet and interact with differently abled children. Children from all over the Leh Valley come for treatment here and they love a friendly visit.

We then transfer to a vehicle and drive to the village of Saboo (11,627 ft) located east of Leh to our hotel.

Saboo – Tso Moriri Lake

Exclusive tented camp Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Transfer: 8 hrs - 135 mi

Day: Today after breakfast we embark on a full-day drive to Tso Moriri (14,835 ft), stopping along the way at the villages of Gya, Meru and Lhato (the place where the Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate). Then we move across the very scenic and dizzying Tanglang La Pass (17,582 ft) – the world’s second highest motor-able pass.

The habitat attracts many migratory waterbirds including Brahminy ducks, black-necked cranes, great crested grebes, teals, sand plovers and the rare bar-headed geese, which cross the Himalaya to breed here during the summer around the inlets of the lakes, along with the last population of Tibetan wild kiang in India, Tibetan gazelles among other amazing wildlife. There are shared toilet facilities and another tent with a hot water bucket to wash up and change. Hot water bottles will be provided to keep you warm during night.Kerala has a unique network of canals and lagoons that are best explored by House Boat.

Drifting along these backwaters you’ll be treated to the sights and sounds of India and its wildlife: fishermen busy themselves setting nets next to you, whilst local people wash, walk and sell goods on the palm-tree lined banks.

We leave after a late lunch.

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Tsomoriri - Changpa Nomads

Tented camp Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Activity: Full day to hike, birding - 3 hrs morning / 3 hrs afternoon).

Day: Start the day with breakfast at the camp. Spend the day hiking around the lake showcasing a myriad of colors and unique mammal and birdlife.

Visit the small but interesting Karzok Monastery and explore this fascinating high-altitude desert which is the home of the Changpa nomads.

Explore their ingenious way of life attuned now to this unforgiving terrain as they abide by their millennia-old legacies and legends – from yak wool tents, shearing Pashmina goats and stories of a thousand mountain spirits.

Tso Moriri - Leh

Grand Dragon Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Transfer: 8 hrs – 135 mile:

Day: After breakfast, depart on an early morning drive back to Leh (11,500 ft altitude) via Chumathang.

Check into Hotel Grand Dragon in town and visit the markets for any last-minute purchases.

Evening: Enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant.

Leh - Delhi

Meals: Breakfast

Transfer: 1.5 hrs flight

Morning: Bid farewell to the enchanting and breathtaking mountainous and rugged terrain of Ladakh as you transfer to the airport for your flight to Delhi at 09:05 hrs, arriving in Delhi at 10:25 hrs and afternoon and evening in Delhi.

Day: After a relaxed breakfast you will drive to Kovalam where you can choose to enjoy the beautiful white sandy beach or spend some time relaxing and shopping in the busy market, where you can pick up souvenirs to take home.

Evening: A relaxing evening with excellent hospitality at a local hotel.

Departure: Return Flight

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