Day 1: Day Of Rest at Leh. Evenings strolls in the community.
You will arrive at the Leh airport in the morning after a flight over snowy mountains. At an elevation of 10,500 feet, the air is thin and also it requires time for the body to get acclimatise. You will spend the day in the hotel to make sure that you get used to the weather and altitude. This likewise offers us the time to orient ourselves about Ladakh and also the locations to where we travel on the tour. Your tour guide will perform sessions on landscape and travel digital photography of the mountains.
Day 2: Check outs around Leh to the confluence of Indus and Zanskar, Basgo Fort as well as Shanti Stupa.
Early in the morning, we head out to visit the confluence of Indus and Zanskar at Sangam point. From there, we drive on to Basgo Fort, some 40km from Leh. From the abbey, we will head back to the nearest restaurant for lunch and rest the afternoon. At night, we will visit Shanti Stupa to witness the sunset as well as see the last rays of the sun review Leh Town and the bordering hills. Your guide will certainly collaborate with you on photographing the magnificent landscapes of Ladakh. Overnight at Leh.
Day 3: Drive from Leh to Nubra Valley via Khardung La
Being acclamatise helps made use of to 10,000+ feet elevations perfectly, we will currently head towards the highest possible point that we will get to of the entire tour – Khardung La. We will proceed driving past Khardung La and come down to Nubra Valley, with its amazing landscapes, spurting river, mild streams and guards herding their lamb. There is even more! White-sand dunes in the mountains been available in as an abrupt shock. We explore the sand dunes, trying to find intriguing perspectives to photograph. It is most likely to be a pleasurable evening today in Nubra, among the dune, Bactrian Camels and an attractive sunset.
Day 4: Nubra Valley.
Today, we drive via Nubra Valley, taking in the altering landscapes of one of India’s remotest areas. On the means back, we check out Diskit Monastery in the night.
Day 5: Go back to Leh from Nubra Valley.
After breakfast, we make a slow and simple drive back to Leh, Camera ready whenever we want to catch the landscapes as we pass through Khardung La. We will be back in Leh by mid-day. You can relax with the evening or walk Leh’s market area and also do some purchasing if you wish to.
Day 6: Drive to Pangong Lake, with a browse through to Thiksey Monastery en route.
After a short drive away from Leh, the monastery is home to more than a hundred monks as well as is one of the largest spiritual centres in the region. On a lucky day, we may be able to see prolonged prayers as an event in the monestary. Driving on from Thiksey, the mountainous landscape maintains changing by the height. After driving upstream Indus River for a hour, we will leave the Indus Valley and head towards the high-altitude plateau of Changthang region. As we climb up, it is another chance to see and picture a different sight of Zanskar Ranges. We will drive through a slim valley carpeted with rich green grass as well as streams flowing by. At Pangong Lake, be prepared for an excellent evening of enjoyable photography, with some incredible landscapes, stream-scapes, animal as well as bird life having fun in front of your camera.
Day 7: Drive to Leh from Pangong Lake.
We wake up early to have one more go at morning photography around Pangong Lake. After breakfast, we start our journey back to Leh, en route for lunch and also photography possibilities. In the evening, you are free to check out the busy community of Leh.
Day 8: Stakna Abbey.
We begin prior to dawn as well as set off on the Leh-Manali highway. Along a narrow area of the Indus river, on a tiny hill stands the Stakna Monastery. As the sunlight increases over the mountains behind us, the first light on the Stakna Abbey is a magical sight to see. In the afternoon, we do an extensive evaluation of the photos clicked during the excursion, sharing feedback and also reminiscing the fantastic tales from the past week.
Day 9: Trip Ends
A week in the highlands of Ladakh lastly draws to a close. Early in the early morning, we fly out of Leh with numerous remarkable sights from the aeroplane window, filled up memory cards as well as great deals of memories for a lifetime from this Himalayan photography tour.