Destination: Leh(2N) → Pangong(1N) → Leh(2N)
Duration: 5 Nights 6 Days
On arrival, pickup from the airport and transfer to hotel.
Later, acclimatize yourself with the low atmospheric pressure because of the high altitude of Ladakh.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
After breakfast, drive to Likir Monastery.
After sightseeing, have lunch and leave for Leh.
En route visit Sangam (confluence of Zanskar and Indus rivers), Magnetic Point, Gurudwara Pathar Sahib, Kali Mata Temple and Hall of Fame.
Be back to Leh by evening.
Overnight stay at the hotel in Leh.
After breakfast, departure to Pangong Lake via Chang La Pass (3rd highest motorable pass in the world).
Enjoy a full day of sightseeing around the lake.
Later, check-in at a tented camp near the lake for overnight stay,
OR drive back for 30 kms to the small township of Tangtse for overnight stay at a hotel / guest house.
After breakfast, leave Pangong / Tangtse and retrace the road to Leh after re-crossing the Chang-la Pass.
Upon reaching Karu, drive across the Indus and visit the famous Hemis Monastery.
Hemis is the biggest and richest monastery and the principal seat of the Drukpa- Kagyut monastic order in Ladakh.
Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.
In the morning, drive to Khardung-La (highest motorable pass in the world).
Enjoy spectacular views of the Indus Valley and the mountain ranges beyond while driving back from the pass.
Spend the rest of the day at leisure to explore the markets.
Overnight stay at the hotel.
After breakfast, drop to Leh airport to catch the onward flight back home.
