Transfer to the airport for an early morning flight to Leh. All flights to Leh depart early starting from 0530 Hrs till 1030 Hrs. It’s a short flight of around 1:30 Hrs.
Arrive Leh and transfer to the hotel

People start feeling the effect of high altitude after 3000 M altitude. Leh is situated at an altitude of 3500 M above sea level therefore this is recommended to have a complete rest on the day of arrival if flying directly to Leh. Effects of low oxygen levels: Low oxygen levels and a decrease in air pressure can be harmful to people who suffer from asthma, respiratory problems, and for senior citizens. It may get difficult for them to breathe. Everyone arriving in Leh by air has to keep a day free to simply acclimatize. Proper rest must be taken every day. Enough sleep, good food and no exertion will help your body get used to the heights, and low oxygen.
Breakfast will be served in the hotel. Rest and sleep ate highly recommended.
Post lunch, we will drive for a short sightseeing and walking tour near the town from Namgyal Tsemo. From the monastery, we walk down to the old town and market of Leh. A walk through the city, explores the corners and crevices, traces history and art across this ancient town with frequent stops to sample local flavour. Clearly the Namgyal dynasty’s last holding before the Dogras took over in the 19th century, walk through the old city and old residences of ministers and artisans of the king. This old city was almost crumbling before it was declared an endangered site on the World Monuments Watch List, and conservation work was then begun.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel

Drive up to the Leh Palace. Constructed in 1600, It is nine storeys high; the upper floors accommodated the royal family, while the lower floors held stables and store rooms. We start our heritage walking tour down to the famous Old Town of Leh and experience the daily routine of the locals. You make a stop at LAMO. The Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation (LAMO) is a public charitable trust established to articulate an alternative vision for the arts and media in Ladakh. It was established to provide a space for the understanding and development of the arts. Continue walking down to the Central Asian Museum. The museum looks at Lehs role in Silk Road trade, with rooms focused on Ladakh, Chinese Turkestan and Tibet. Post visiting the museum, you walk to Shanti Stupa. The Shanti Stupa holds the relics of the Buddha at its base, enshrined by the 14th Dalai Lama. The stupa has become a tourist attraction not only due to its religious significance but also due to its location which provides panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. We break for lunch at a nearby restaurant.

We will then visit the amazing Ice Stupas built in October 2013 when Sonam Wangchuk created the first prototype of 6 metres (20 ft) Ice Stupa by freezing 150,000 (40,000 US gal) in Leh without any shade from the sun. Water was piped from upstream using gravity. Electricity or machinery was not used for pumping water. With the aim to promote artificial glaciers and save water for irrigation, an Ice Stupa Competition has been held since 2019. In 2019, 12 Ice Stupas were built. In 2020 around 25 stupas are being built. We will have a great experience by walking on the ice glacier. One can also try ice climbing as an activity at the Ice Stupas
After a great visit to the Leh town we then drive back to our hotel. Dinner and overnight in the hotel.

Todays Experience- Centuries palace and monasteries, breathtaking walk along the river and Ladakhi village, a great culinary experience, introduction to ancient science of Tibetan Medicine.
Pre Breakfast, we have an early morning yoga and meditation session.
Post breakfast, a very short drive of 15 minutes brings us to the beautiful Shey Palace. Shey monastery and palace is located 15 kilometers from Leh town on the Leh - Manali road. Shey palace and the monastery were built in the 16th Century AD. This ancient monastery of Shey offers some dramatic panoramic views from its complex. The monastery which is mostly in ruins now lies on a hillock.
We start walking along the village and along the Indus to Thiksey monastery, This will be a one hour walk. The hike of 4 km from Shey Monastery to Thiksey monastery is described as “Ladakh’s biggest chorten fields”. It showcases hundreds of whitewashed shrines of varying sizes scattered across the desert landscape.
Drive 15 mins to the bank of Indus River for a beautiful outdoor barbeque lunch.
Post lunch, we carry on for a downhill hike to the Stakna monastery (8Kms/2 Hrs)
On the way back visit Tibetan Medicine Doctor.
Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Hotel

Todays Experience - A great drive over the Changla High Pass (5360 M) experience. Visit to 2 rarely visited monasteries


After early breakfast, drive back towards Leh from Changla Pass standing tall at 5360 meters. After a 1:45 hours drive, we reach the base of the pass to the southern side, visit the Takthok monastery, where PadmaSambhava meditated for many years. We have a cup of tea with the abbot of the monastery and then head out for our lunch in the village settings.
From here hike for 10kms/ 2:30 hours to the Chemrey monastery. Here we get an opportunity to meditate and interact with the monks.
Post our visits, we will drive back to our hotel.
Dinner and overnight in the hotel after a great hiking day.

Experience the raw valley of Leh as we take you for a cycling tour 18kms to SECMOL in the highest mountain range in India. The cycling route is right next to the Indus River with the Karakoram mountain range as the background.

SECMOL (Students Educational and Cultural Movement Of Ladakh) was founded in 1988 by a group of young Ladakhis with the aim to reform the educational system of Ladakh. The campus runs on solar energy and uses no fossil fuels for cooking, lighting or heating. Spend the day touring SECMOL. SECMOL Campus is located near the village of Phey in the Indus valley 18 km from Leh. Sonam Wangchuk, the founder of SECMOL is an Indian engineer, innovator and education reformist came into the spotlight in 2009, when his story inspired Aamir Khan’s character Phunsukh Wangdu or Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad (Rancho) in the Rajkumar Hirani directed film 3 Idiots

He also invented the Ice Stupa technique that creates artificial glaciers, used for storing winter water in the form of conical shaped ice heap.
Drive back to the hotel. DInner & Overnight

This will be our last morning in Leh and we fly out to Delhi early morning.