DAY 01. ARRIVE DELHI
Arrive Delhi. You will be met on arrival outside the customs enclosure and escorted till your check in.
Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 02. DELHI - LEH BY AIR AND THEN BY ROAD TO ALCHI
You will be met by our representative and will drive straight from airport to Alchi. (70 Kms/44 Miles). Alchi is at an altitude of 3070 Meters which is lower then Leh and much favorable to the acclimatization process. On arrival check in hotel. Day rest to acclimatize. Evening visit the Alchi monastery, the only monastery in Ladakh amongst 34 monastery which is not on a hill top.

ALCHI GOMPA: 70 Kms from Leh, on the banks of the Indus, is the Alchi Gompa dating a thousand years back. One of its walls features thousands of miniature sized pictures of the Buddha. Three large sized images made of clay and painted brightly are its focal attractions.
Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 03. ALCHI - DHA
Drive from Alchi to the twin village of Dha and Biama, which is 105 Kms from Alchi enroute visiting Lamayuru monastery.

LAMAYURU GOMPA: The oldest holy site in Ladakh, it was a bon shrine prior to the advent of Buddhism. Also known as Yung Drung (Swastika) it is sited on a high promontory overlooking the village and valley. For sheer spectacle value no other Gompa can match Lamayuru.

DHA-BEMA: (The twin village of the Aryans): This village is famous for its people and are called the Drokpas (The pasture people), settled in the lower Indus valley are the descendants of "Aryans". They are Buddhist but also worship the nature Gods and Spirits as well as Dah & Tseringma protectors. Their tutelary Gods perhaps the most unique feature is their revulsion for Cows, Onions and Water, they believe bathing will drive their Gods away. It is also said that they were the decedents of Alexander's Army who came this way. As can one notice their physical features unlike any Mongolians, they are rather built like Germans with fare complexion and blue eyes. This villages been opened in recent years for the tourist and has been the study field for Anthropologist, Photographers and Historians of the world. A restricted area permit has to be availed before going there.
Overnight camp at Dha.

DAY 04. IN DHA
Explore the twin village. Walk in the village to interact with the people, your local guide will interpret for you. Take photograph of this colorful people and village. Overnight Camp at Dha.

DAY 05. DHA - ALCHI
Morning drive back to Alchi and check in at the hotel Relax for the balance day. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 06. TREK FROM LIKIR TO YANGTHANG (3,700M)
Morning after breakfast at the Alchi drive to Liker (09 Kms) start the trek towards south through trail behind the monastery, amidst wheat fields. After a walk for 20 minutes, you come down to the rough Motorable road to Hemis Shukpachan. Ignore the road and walk through the trail down the road along with Stupas west word.

The easy ascent starts, from here, which leads you to the top of the small pass "Chagatse La" (3,700M). Again leave the road on your right and walk through the trail down and up to the road. From here you can have the view of a hamlet called Saspotse. Walk towards the village leaving the road on your right hand side. The village is reached after crossing a river. Take the trail behind the village through a small gorge, which takes you to "Phoebe la" pass (3,849M). You can have the view of Yangthang village from here.

After a walk for 10 minutes through the road you arrive to the camping site. Overnight in the camps.

DAY 07. YANGTHANG TO RIZONG - YANGTHANG
Start the trek walking through village houses and along the river through the Gorge with Plantation of Apricot and Apple. After walk for an hour through the Gorge, you reach on a rough Motorable road, which enters into another gorge to your right hand side. It takes around 30 Minutes before you will have the view of Rizong monastery. Visit the monastery and Chulichan Nunnery. After the visit Of the monastery, you can also visit the monastery kitchen and have a Cup of Butter tea after the visit trek back to Yangthang. There is a shorter way to go to Hemis Shukpachan through a steep pass from behind the monastery.

RIDZONG GOMPA: Rizong is the most isolated monastery of all the monastery of Ladakh. There is no entry fee in this monastery, you can offer whatever you can. Rizong Gompa is known as the paradise for Meditation. Guru Padma Sambhava is believed to meditate here for years. One can still find the small caves where Lamas used to meditate for years cutting themselves from the rest of the world except for a one feet square outlet window from where they accept the one time meal of the day.

CHULICHAN: Chulichan, the nunnery is around one and half Kms. below the Rizong monastery; around 20 Nuns resides at Chulichan. They provide food and cloths to the monks and perform morning and evening prayers.

DAY 08. YANGTHANG - HEMIS SHUKPACHAN (3596 M)
Today is a shorter walk if you want to camp at Hemis Shukpachan village. You can also walk till Temisgam or village of Ang before Temisgam, which takes around 6-7 hrs. As soon as you cross The river, the climb of the phoebe La (4,000 M) Starts, which takes around 01 hour to reach the Top of the pass. After Another hour or half you reach Hemis Shukpachan.
Overnight at the camp.

DAY 09. HEMIS SHUKPACHAN - TEMISGAM
After an easy walk for an hour you will start climbing Meptak La. After the pass you reach Ang Villages near the river. After crossing the river you can walk down To Temisgam village. The Camp is near the road. We can visit the Temisgam Palace, monastery and Nunnery.
Overnight at the camp.

DAY 10. TEMISGAM - KHALSE - LEH
Walk towards Tia along the road for sometimes and then cross the river. After Walking for a few Minutes you will start climbing the Bongbong La. Then you reach the Leh - Srinagar highway. You can walk upto Khalsi along the road Otherwise your trek finishes here.
Evening drive on to Leh. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 11. LEH - DELHI BY AIR
Morning in time transfer to airport to connect flight for Delhi. You will be met on Arrival and Escorted till the hotel. After check in proceed for the city tour of Old and New Delhi.

During the city tour visit drive past the opulent Red Fort. Visit Jama Masjid - the biggest mosque of Asia, Rajghat - memorial site of Mahatma Gandhi and later enjoy a rickshaw ride through the busy streets of Chandni Chowk, the shopping center of Old Delhi. Later drive on to New Delhi and visit Humayun's Tomb - the mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Qutab Minar built by Qutab-ud-din Aibek. Drive past the secretarial offices, Parliament. Visit the India Gate - war memorial and Connaught Place the city center.

Evening at leisure and late evening transfer to International airport to connect flight for onward destination.

DAY 12. LEAVE DELHI
Take the flight home on this day

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