Day 1:
Arrival in Delhi, flight to Leh.
Day 2: Tour of Leh city, including the seventeenth century
Palace and Gompa.
Day 3: Tour of Spitok and Phyang gompas.
Day 4: Tour of Shey and Matho gompas and Stok palace, the home
of Ladakhi royalty.
Day 5: Tour of Tikse and Hemis gompas, two the wealthiest and
most influential institutions in Ladakh. Camp at Hemis.
Day 6: Trek from Hemis to the village of Chogdo.
Day 7: Trek to Kongmaru La base camp.
Day 8: Rest day for acclimatization.
Day 9: Trek over Kongmaru La (5150 metres) to the plain of
Nimaling, a vast high altitude pasture.
Day 10:
Trek through the tiny settlements of Hankar and Umlung to the valley's
largest village, Markha.
Day 11: Trek to the lovely oasis at Tunespa.
Day 12: Trek to the village of Skiu, with its medireview gompa.
Day 13: Trek to Zanskar river. Take the pulley bridge across
before boarding the rafts on the Zanskar river. Ride the river to its
confluence with the Indus at Nimu, then board jeeps for the trip to
Alchi. Overnight at Alchi village.
Day 14: In Alchi, we tour the remarkably well preserved 11th
-century gompa and the famed frescoes within. In the afternoon, we
return by jeep to Leh.
Day 15: Rest day in Leh.
Day 16: Morning flight to Delhi. Check into hotel there. Stay
overnight at Hotel.
Day 17: Transfer to Airport for flight to onwards journey
