Lamayuru - Alchi Trek
Duration : 17 Night /18 Days
Albeit short by Ladakhi standards, trek from Lamayuru to Alchi is one of the toughest in the region, winding across high passes and a tangle of isolated valleys past a coule of ancient Gompa, and offering superb panoramic views of the wilderness south of the Indus Valley, Its very hard to follow in palaces, so dont' attempt it without an experienced guide, ponies and enough provisions to tide you over if you lose your way.
Day 01 : Delhi
Arrive New Delhi International airport.
On arrival, the guest will be met by our representative and transferred to hotel.
Day 03 : Delhi
After breakfast sightseeing tour of old & New Delhi visiting India gate, Parliament house, President's house, Parliament Building, India gate, Jama Masjid & Qutab Minar, Humayun's tomb.
Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 04 : Delhi - Leh
Delhi - Leh (3500 m) by plane. Afternoon at leisure. We can visit the palace and the gompa of Leh and the Stock royal palace.
Leh : Leh has nonetheless retained a tranquil side, and is a pleasant place to unwind after a long bus journey. Attraction in and around the town itself include the former palace and Namgyal Tsemo gompa, perched amid strings of prayer flags above the narrow dusty streets of the old quarter. A short walk north across the fields, the small monastery at Sankar harbours accomplished modern Tantric murals and a thousand-headed Avalokitesvara deity. Leh is also good base for longer day-trip out into the Indus valley. Among the string of picturesque villages and gompas within reach by bus are shey, site of a derelict seventeenth-century palace, and the spectacular Tikse gompa
Day 05 : Leh City Tour
After breakfast sightseeing leh , soaking up the atmosphere of the bazaar. Sixty or so years ago, this bustling three-lined boulevard was the busiest market between Yarkhand and Kashmir. Merchants from Srinagar and the Punjab would gather to barter for pashmina wool brought down by nomadic herdsmen from western Tibet, or for raw silk hauled across the Karakorams on Bactrian camels. These days, though the street is swash with kitsch curio shops and handicraft emporiums, it retains a distinctly central Asian feel. Even if you’re not shopping for trekking supplies, check out the provision stores along the street, where bright pink, turquoise, and wine-red silk cummerbunds hang in the windows.
Day 06 :Leh to Lamayuru (11,033 ft/3,364 m)
The first Lamayuru monastery was built under Rinchen Zangbo at the end of the 10th century, under orders from the king of Ladakh , who altogether had 108 Gompas built in west Tibet. It was built on the broken mountain in the valley and consisted of five buildings, of which only the central building stands today. One can still see some remains of the four corner buildings to the west
Day 07 : Lamayuru to Wanla(10,135 ft/3,090 m)
Visit of the monastery at Lamayuru, which is the biggest in western Ladakh and was built in the 16th century on the site of a much older temple. The gompa is very well kept and famous for its many colorful wall paintings.
Day 08 :
Wanla to Hinju (12,421 ft/3,787 m)
Day 09 Hinju .Rest day.
Explore the village and its surroundings.
Day 10 - Explore Temisgam
Hinju to Marjek (11,152 ft/3,400 m)
Day 11 - Day at leisure.
Marjek to Lanka (13,547 ft/4,130 m)
Day 12 - Fly to Delhi
Lanka to Sumdah Choon (12,579 ft/3,835 m)
Day 13 -Delhi
Sumdah Choon. Rest day.
Day 14 - Relax in Delhi.
Sumdah Choon to Pulu (14,170 ft/4,320 m)
Day 15 Pulu to Alchi
Alchi is the most impressive of them all the least remote and the only one you don't need a special permit to visit nestled beside a bend in the milky blu Rive Indus amid some dramatic scenery.
Day 16 Drive Alchi to Leh
Alchi 70 km west of Leh harbours an extraordinary wealth of ancient wall paintings and wood sculputre miraculously preserved for over nine centures insides five tiny mud walled temples, The site's earliest murals are regarded as the finest surviving examples of a style that flourished in Kashmir during the "second Spreading" Barely a handful of the monasteries founded during this era escaped the Muslim depredations of the fourteenth century.
Day 17: Leh - Delhi
Afternoon Pickup from airport and transfer to hotel and evening rest and shopping.
Day 18 : Delhi
After Breakfast some shopping and afternoon drive to Delhi. evening transfer to the International airport for onward flight.
