Afetr breakfast proceed on sightseen tour of shey palace with its associated GOMPA housing the gigantic cooper-gilt statue of the buddha then the 12-stories thiksey MONASTERY dating from 16centurey and then the 17th centurey hemis MONASTER in ladakh in the late afternoon drive to visit the 9-story leh palace built by in 1600 AD and then explore the market s over night at the hotel
After breakfast leave for nubra valley via the khardingla (alt.18380ft/ 5602m).highest motorable pass in the world the pass offers spectacular views of the zanaskar rang across the indus valley in the south and the saser massif in the north reach deskit / hunder in the afternoon to explore the village and the white sand dunes where you can opt for a short camel safari on the double -humped bactrian camel found here over night at camp
After breakfast explore deskit (headquarters of nubra valley ) and then visit the 15th centure deskit monastery perched high on a rock overhang above the village thereafter drive back to leh via reaching in the after noon rest of the day at leisure over night at the hotel
After early breakfast leave for pangong lake via chang-la pass (alt.17370ft. / 5486m). pangong lake (14.500ft.0 is 4-5kms wide and over 135 kms along of which some two-third portion lies on the other side of the indo-china border after sighseen and admiring the dramatic setting of the lake drive back to leh reaching by the evening over night at hotel.
Early departure for leh driving across namika-la & fotula passes to reach lamayuru to view / visit the dramatically located lamayuru monastery and the adjoining moonland hills descending from lamayuru the road opens into the indus valley at khalsi and follow it all the the way to srinagar en-route you can view sangam (confluence of the indus & zanaskar river check the magnetic point on the highway & visit gurudwara patharsab & hall of fame (museum of militaryheritage) over night at hotel.
After breakfast proceed to kargil driving through sonmarg & zoji-la pass (11.500-fts. /3.505 m). zojila pass is th watershed between the lushness of kashmir and the barren trans-himalayan landscape of ladakh .drass has the repution of being the second coldest inhabited place in the world here you can view the famouse tiger hill and also visit the kagil war memorial from drass it is a short drive of one and half hour to kargil the 2nd largest urban centre of ladakh and headquarters of kargil distric over night in the hotel
After breakfast proceed to the airport drop tour ends on airport with happy memories.
