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 Early morning transfer to airport to connect flight for
Leh. On arrival you will be met by local representative and escorted till
hotel. This day relax to acclimatize.
Evening visit Shanti Stupa
and Sankar.
SANKAR GOMPA & VILLAGE: A relatively
modern monastery, it is closely associated with the Spituk monastery and
served as the residence of the late head priest-Kushak Bakula.
SHANTI STUPA (Japanese Peace Pagoda): Shanti Stupa/Japanese peace pagoda
is build by a Japanese religious organization headed by Head monk Nakamura
with the help from the organization and local people. Architecturally it has
the Japanese touch with small clean rooms on the side for meditators and the
main Japanese shrine at the entrance.
Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 03. IN LEH Morning sightseeing of Shey Palace and Stok Palace
museum. Hot lunch at the hotel and later in the evening visit the Leh
Palace.
SHEY PALACE AND GOMPA: Situated on a hillock 15
Kms upstream from Leh, it was once the residence of the royal family.
According to tradition, it was the seat of power of the pre-Tibetan Kinds. A
7.5 Mts. high copper statue of Buddha, Plated with gold and the largest of
its kind, is Installed here.
STOK PALACE & MUSEUM:
The palace of the banished royal family, Stok has a museum which Displays
fabulous period costumes and jewelry of the royalty along with exquisite
Thankas Represents the life style of Shakya Muni. Interesting historical
objects like coins, armor, weapons, Precious jades and porcelain too can be
seen here.
LEH PALACE (NAMGYAL TSEMO): King Gragspa
Bum-Lde built the "Red Gompa" known as Tsemo Gompa in 1430 AD. The
monument has three-storied Maitriya Buddha's statue and a one-storied statue
of Avaloketesvara and Manjushri.
Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 04. IN LEH Early morning drive from Leh to Thiksey monastery to
meet with the Morning Prayer ceremony At 6 a.m. Witness the ceremony
performed by several monks. After the ceremony drive to Hemis Monastery.
Visit Hemis monastery and drive Back to Leh. Hot lunch at hotel. Post lunch
drive to Sabu village to visit the Famous Oracle of Sabu who heals peoples
the "Shaman" way.
THIKSEY GOMPA: 19 Kms from
Leh, spectacularly sited, Thiksey is one of the largest and architecturally
most impressive Gompas. There are several temples in this Gompas, containing
images, stupas and wall paintings of Buddha, which are exquisite.
HEMIS GOMPA: 40 Kms from Leh, it is the wealthiest, best known and
biggest Gompa of Ladakh. Its popularity stems from the major annual festival
held here in summer. The festival is in honor of Guru Padma Sambhava's birth
anniversary. It also has the largest Thanka in Ladakh, which is unfurled,
once in 12 years (nest in 2004) Hemis was built in 1630 during the reign of
Singge Namgyal, an illustrious ruler of Ladakh.
ORACL OF
SABU: The Oracle of Sabu known, as Ayu Lamo is famous for her healing
and Prediction. Every day the Ayu Lamo goes into Trans to perform this.
People from all the religion And cast from different profession visits her
for Consoling. She was one of the India's first women To join the World
Oracle Conference in Europe.
Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 05. IN LEH After breakfast take the full day excursion to
Alchi and Likir, enroute visit Spituk, Phyang, Basgo And Liker monasteries.
Late lunch at Alchi.
SPITUK GOMPA: 8 Kms from Leh, it
stands prominently on the top of hillock commanding a panoramic view of the
Indus Valley for miles. Many icons of Buddha and fine Thankas are to be
found in this 15th century Gompa. The face of the Kali image is kept covered
and is revealed only at the annual function at January every year.
PHYANG GOMPA: 17 Kms from Leh on the Leh-Kargil road, it looks like a
huge palace from afar, build by Tashi Namgyal in the later half of the 16th
century AD, it belongs to the Red Cap sect of Buddhists. Hundreds of icons
of Buddha and other gods are kept on wooden shelves.
BASGO GOMPA: 40 Kms downstream from Leh, it was the seat of power of
branch of a Namgyal family. It was here in 1680 that invading Mongol and
Tibetan armies were held in check over a three-year-old siege. Original 16th
century murals and other arts at Basgo are well worth a visit.
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.
LIKIR
GOMPA: Founded in the 11th century and rededicated to a different
monastic order in the 15th century, its earlier Gompa was destroyed in a
fire. Majestically situated, Likir commands a spectacular view. A
magnificent giant Jupiter tree, one of the few survivors of its species,
stands in the courtyard.
Return in the evening to Leh and overnight.
DAY 06. IN LEH Full day excursion to Mangyu village.
VILLAGE OF MANGYU: The most beautiful village of Ladakh
lies off the Leh-Srinagar Highway into the mountains at an altitude of 13860
Ft. This petit village has few houses and nearest accommodation is at
Uleytokpo and Alchi. The village is approachable by walk from Uleytokpo.
Return to Leh and overnight.
DAY 07. IN LEH
Full day at leisure for relaxing or shopping. Overnight.
DAY 08. 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 overnight.
DAY 09. LEAVE DELHI In the
transfer to International terminal to connect flight for onward destination.
Ladakh
is a mysterious land shrouded in myth and legend. Much of its ancient
history is known only through the mythology of its people as its written
history is of very recent origin. Known for centuries as the 'land of
passes' - La-pass Dakh-land), Ladakh was described by Fa-hian, who traveled
across its inhospitable terrain in 399 AD, as "The land where snow
never melts and only corn ripens". 