Nubra Valley Cultural Tour

Package Overview

Once served as a transit area for traders on the silk route, Nubra Valley, is now a must visit place for any traveler. Walking through breathtaking gorges and large meadows of the Nubra valley, our tour passes through Khardung La (5400m) which is also the highest motorable road in the world, an eternally snow bound pass connecting Nubra and Indus valleys.

Nubra, the name of the valley and the town as well, is a tri-armed valley located to the north east of Ladakh nestling between the tall Saltoro and Karakoram ranges. Locally and originally, the valley is named as Ldumra that means the valley of flowers. The flat and eloquent Nubra Valley is being criss-crossed along the Khardung La(5400m) granting the winding channels of the Shayok and Nubra Rivers.

NOTE:- All the itineraries can be customized to suit your own special interests, preferences, abilities, extension and reduction of numbers of days.

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Leh (3501m)

  Our Services Start with Your Arrival At Leh Airport. Meet & Greet and Transfer to the Hotel. Welcome Drink On Arrival. We Recommend You Completely Relax for the Rest of the Day to Enable Yourselves to Acclimatize to the Rarefied Air At the High Altitude, Tourist Can Explore the Leh Market and Shanti Stupa in the Evening Only if You Feel Fine. O/n Hotel.

  • Themes Hill Stations & Valleys
• Day 2 : Leh (full Day Excursion Monasteries and Palaces Tour) 112kms

  After Breakfast Take a Full Day Excursion to Renowned Monasteries and Palaces of Ladakh Region. After Breakfast Take a Full Day Excursion to Renowned Monasteries and Palaces of Ladakh Region.
  
  founded in 1433 By Palden Sherab. Thiksey Monastery is the Most Beautiful Monastery of Ladakh. this Monastery Majestically Overlooks the Valley, a Magnificent Group of About 80 Monks; Discovery of the Beautiful Inner Courtyard Which Distributes Access to the Various Temples. the Most Amazing is Certainly the Temple of Maitreya with Its Gigantic Interior Statue Which Covers all Floors of the Building. to Join the Next Site, We Will Take the Path of School Children.
  
  founded in 1632 By Lama Staktsang Raspa. Visit Hemis Monastery, It is a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery of the Drukpa Lineage. the Monastery Houses An Amazing Collection of the Age-old Relics such as the Idol of Lord Buddha Made Up of Copper Gilt, Gold and Silver Stupas It Holds the Distinction of Being the Biggest as Well as the Wealthiest Monastery of Ladakh. the Annual Hemis Festival Honoring Padmasambhava is Held Here in June.
  
  on the Way Back to Leh Visit Shey (built in 17th Century By King Deldan Namgyal) Capital of Ancient Ladakh, is An Interesting Complex Whose Importance is Still Measured By the Quality of the Paintings and the Astonishing Quantity of Chortens or other Votive Monuments that Surround It, Especially the Copper Gilt Statue of Lord Buddha the Rock-carved Statue of Five Buddha Can Be Seen Below the Palace On the Roadside, Which Was Probably Carved During the Reign of Singay Namgyal.
  
  built in 1825th By King Tsespal Tundup Namgyal. the Stok Palace , Residence of the Present Kings of Ladakh. Transformed Into a Museum , the Collections Presented Evoke a Recent Past Where the Royal Family Ruled Over this Valley.o/n Hotel.

  • Themes Trekking
• Day 3 : Leh – Nubra Valley (3040m)-Khardung la (5400m) 135kms

  Start the Day Getting Ready to Travel to the Nubra Valley. It is One of the Most Popular Tourist Destinations of Ladakh. The Unique Landscape Has Given It the Name of ‘desert in Sky’ Drive Through Khardungla (highest Motorable Road in the World) the Spectacular Views of the Never Ending Snow-capped Mountain Ranges Around Khardungla, Proceed to Nubra Valley, Post Lunch We Explore Nubra Valley We Start with Diskyid (founded in the 14th Century By Changzem Sherab Zangpo) Monastery Located On a Hilltop from Where One have the Panoramic View of Nubra Valley, this is the Oldest and Largest Monastery in Nubra Valley and Belongs to Gelugpa Sect, Then We Head to Hunder Which is Famous for Its Sand Dunes and for (double-humped) Bactrian Camels. O/n Fixed Camp.

  • Themes Hill Stations & Valleys
• Day 4 : Hunder-Turtuk Hunder (3040m) 180kms

  After Breakfast Drive to Turtuk, the Last Village On the Road Accessible By Civilians. as You Enter Turtuk, You Will Know What It Means to Be “frozen in Time”. One of the Gateways to Siachen Glacier, this Village Was Captured By Indians Army in War of 1972 with Pakistan. Drive Back to Hunder. O/n Fixed Camp.

  • Themes Hill Stations & Valleys
• Day 5 : Hunder-Ensa-Panamic-Sumur (3080m) 110kms

  After having breakfast we leave Hunder and heading toward Ensa Monastery via visiting Yarab Tso and Panamic.
  
  Ensa Gompa: A 260 year old Monastery, Ensa Gompa is located on top of a rock that overlooks the snow capped mountains of
  
  Nubra valley and here you will experience the true meaning of the middle of nowhere, coz this Gompa is located far from the village.
  
  Yarab Tso: Considered sacred, Yarab Tso is a small but beautiful lake located little away from main road. Panamic is another small but beautiful village called Panamic. Believed to be curative, the hot water springs are the prime attraction of this village. O/N fixed camp or hotel

  • Themes Hill Stations & Valleys
• Day 6 : Sumur-Khardungla-Leh 135kms

  Today early in the morning we will join the morning assemble (puja) in Samstanling Monastery which located in Sumur village, built in early 19th century by Lama Tsultim Nyima. The new assembly hall of the monastery holds elegant paintings and murals of Lord Buddha and his teachings, of Dharmachakra and other facets of Buddhism. Come back to hotel for breakfast and we drive towards Leh en-route we visit Zimskhang Palace is believed to be the residence of the royal family of Nubra, Then the drive is quite interesting loaded with breathtaking views of snow-peak mountains range and it takes us again to the world’s highest motor-able pass of Kharzong La (5400m); here we stop for some time and then continue our drive towards Leh.O/N hotel
• Day 7 : Leh

  Free time for personal activities. O/N hotel
• Day 8 : Leh-Delhi

  Early morning transfer to Leh airport to board flight back to destination. tour ends with sweets memories.
  
  For the more adventurous a drive to either Manali or Srinagar can also be arranged on request. The road journey is covered in two or more days with an overnight halt at either Serchu or Jispa, which lies on the Leh-Manali highway, or Kargil, which lies on the Leh-Srinagar highway.

Inclusions

• MAP (Room + Breakfast + Lunch/Dinner)
• Hotel
• Sightseeing
• Airport Transfers
• All Transportation By Taxi (point to Point Basis Only)
• Toll Tax, Parking Fee and Driver Allowance
• Hotel On Twin Sharing Basis.
• meal Plan On Map
• Wildlife Fee, Red Cross, Ladakh Environmental Fee and Inner Line Permit

Exclusions

• Any air ticket.
• Hotels & services in Delhi.
• Any extension tours.
• Anything not specifically mentioned under the head “Prices Included”
• items of any personal nature such as, Tip, travel insurance, Laundry and Phone Calls.
• Extra hotel nights
• Monument fee, camel safari and rafting
• Any Kind of Drinks (Alcoholic, Mineral, Aerated)
• Cost incidental to any change in the itinerary/ stay on account of flight cancellation due to bad weather, ill health, roadblocks and/or any factors beyond control.

Package Start From

• Leh Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India, Asia

Terms & Conditions

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• Leh Ladakh - 194101
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