Ladakh Outing

Arrive Kushok Bakula airport Leh – 3500m above sea level. Transfer to hotel. Breakfast at the hotel before 09.30 am. Half Day at rest for acclimatization. Lunch at the hotel. After Lunch drive to Visit Shanti Stupa & Leh Palace, Later in the evening walk around local market. Overnight stay at the Hotel

AM: Excursion Spituk

PM: Excursion to Sankar Gompa & Shanti Stupa :

Post breakfast we depart for AM Sightseeing tour to Spituk, This is one of the most important monastery in Ladakh , its belongs to Gelugspa or yellow head order, Monastery was founrde by Lama Lawang Lotus and King Dragspa Bumlde in 15th ce, One could visit various temple dedicated to different deities.

Later we drive back to hotel on time for lunch

Later in the afternoon, visit Sanker Gompa, which is towards the north of the Town, The monastery is only 130yrs old and is the seat for the head lama of Spitok Monastery.

Later visit Shanti Stupa, The Japanese for World Peace built the Shanti Stupa, at Changspa, on the hilltop, and was inaugurated by Dalai Lama in 1992. Its state of the art work attracts a lot of tourists to Ladakh and is spectacular to watch. From there one can see spectacular view of Leh town and Indus valley. Overnight stay at hotel

Today we proceed for Indus Valley monastery tour. We start with a visit to Shey the ancient capital of Ladakh. The Palace here has a huge copper-gilded statue of Buddha Sakyamuni and a big prayer hall on the lower floor where the monks from hemis gather once in a year and recite Kangyur. Then we visit Thiksey Gompa an impressive complex rising tier upon tier on a hill above the village. The monastery has a beautiful 30 m high gold-plated statue of Maitreya Buddha, the Buddha of the future.after leaving Thiksay you will continue to Hemis visit the 17th ce old monastery. Hemis is belongs to Drugpa Kargyudpa school. this is one of the largets and most important monastery in Ladakh. After visiting the Monastery drive to Martsellang and trek to Shang Sumdhu, which will take 3 to 4 hrs. On arrival Check into camp. which will be set up for you to spend the night

Highlight of the Trek: The entire trek goes through Hemis National Park, which covers an area of 3200sqkm. there is good chances of viewing some of its wild life, like Blue sheep the most common one apart from this, Himalayan Marmoot, wolf, himalayan fox, Snowleopard, Golden eagle, Lammergier, himalayan Griffons, Sonw cock and Patriges etc.