We are back again in Ladakh and it is already our 9th Edition!. Ladakh located in geographical and cultural Tibet, trapped in the extreme northeast of India between the Himalayas and the Karakorum, hides the Kingdom of Ladakh.
It is one of the last places in the world where it is still possible to experience the purest essence of Tibetan Buddhism.
Once again we return to the mythical Zanskar Valley in the heart of the kingdom of Ladakh, one of the most remote areas. and hidden. We will have the opportunity to experience the Lamayuru Festival, we will visit the Brokpa in Hanu, a more complete PhotoTour impossible!! We will continue to bet on Responsible Tourism, sleeping in Guesthouse Ladakhis, in this way we will live more intensely its culture, a people with a heart as big as its mountains!
International flight to New Delhi, India.
Night on board
We land in Delhi and after the entry formalities to the country we continue our journey to Leh, a beautiful flight through the Indian Himalayan mountains. Transfer to our Hostel, check in and rest. Today we will spend the day acclimatizing since we are at an altitude of 3,500 m, in the afternoon we will visit the city, surrounded by large peaks among them the Stok Kangri 6,137m that I had the pleasure of climbing 16 years ago!,,,Leh is small but very active and more in season, in the past it was an important commercial center where caravans coming from Tibet and Central Asia stopped before continuing on to Cashmere.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
Breakfast. Today we will take the opportunity to acclimatize in Leh and see the monasteries around the Shey Valley, Thiksey, Hemis, where we will have the first contact with Buddhist culture.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
Continue our Photo Trip to Ladakh, guided by the path of the Indus River, a very beautiful point where we will make a stop is the “Sangam Point” where we can appreciate the union of the Indus and Zanskar rivers. We continue our route to the Hanu/Dha area, a few kilometers from Pakistan are the Brokpa, they say they are descendants of Alexander the Great’s army, or the Dards, an Aryan tribe that centuries ago migrated to the West of Ladakh and Pakistan.
Without a doubt, they are different physically and culturally, there are many legends about them, such as that of free love (among them), since they are not related to other communities.
The women wear a woolen suit, adorned with silver jewels and covered with a goatskin, on their heads a hat decorated with flowers.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
Today we will spend the whole day living with the Brokpa people, visiting the surrounding villages, their lives and customs.
In the afternoon, we will be able to enjoy their typical dances and dances, a delight for lovers of the most remote ethnic groups.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
After the experience lived with the Brokpa, we begin to enter the heart of Ladakh in the famous Zanskar Valley.
We will visit the Wanla Village village and the Monasteries of Hanupatta, Fotoksar and the famous Singge Pass The 4952m, we will spend the night at Lingshed Camp, overnight at local houses.
Accommodation in Casa Local A.D
At dawn we head to Padum, a small town that is the administrative center of the Zanskar Valley.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
These two days we will be visiting the entire Zanskar area, breathing and living with the spirituality of the area. Villages and monasteries Karsha Monastery, Zangkul Monastery and Sani Palace, Khangsar Fuktal Monastery
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
We end our days in the Zanskar Valley, and we head to Kargil along one of the most spectacular roads in Ladakh where we will have the opportunity to see the Kun and the Nun, where peaks exceed 7000m.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
First thing in the morning we head to the Monastery of Lamayuru, today in the afternoon the festival begins and we will be able to see the first masked dances.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
Today is one of the great days, we are going to witness the Lamayuru Festival, a unique show of dances and masks, where we will be able to integrate with the locals on their big day.
At sunset we return to Leh.
Accommodation at Hotel A.D
First thing in the morning we take our internal flight to Delhi, rest in the capital and in the afternoon we take the international flight home.
Night on board.
End of our Photo Tour to Ladakh.
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