Arrival at airport ,meet and great by our hotel representative, transfer to Sonamarg Evening dinner at hotel.
Early morning, Pick –up From Hotel, transfer from Sonmarg to Baltal by car. Upon arrival at Baltal Depart for the Holy Amarnath cave by helicopter. Helicopters start operating at 6:00 a.m. (weather permitting) You will have approximately 1 hour for Darshan. Priority pass for Darshan is provided. Return to Baltal via helicopter , you will then be met by our driver and transferred by jeep/ Cab to Srinagar. On arrival at Srinagar check in at hotel, overnight stay in Srinagar Dinner and breakfast included.
After breakfast In-time Check-out from Hotel. Transfer To airport to Proceed Onward Yatra.
After very early breakfast, leave for Leh. Drive over Namikala ( 12200 ft.) Fatu-la (13,489 ft.) which is the highest pass on Srinagar – Leh road, enroute visit Mulbekh where Chamba statue is carved out of a single rock about 144 ft. high & Lamayuru monastery which is the oldest monastery in Ladakh. A distance of 230 kms will be covered in about 10 hrs. Dinner overnight in hotel
Morning after breakfast sightseeing of . Hemis Gompa, Thiksey Gompa and Shey Palace . Hemis is one of the largest and wealthiest monasteries in Ladakh and houses about 150 monks; it also stages the annual Hemis festival. On the way back to Leh, visit the superbly situated, 16th century, Thiksey Gompa, which is perched on a hill top. Last stop is the ruined Shey Palace, once the summer palace of the pre-Tibetan kings. The palace monastery houses a large, bronze, blue haired Buddha statue. Later drive back to Hotel for dinner and overnight in hotel.
Morning after early breakfast drive towards east of Leh via Chang-la Mountain Pass (18,000 ft / 5,475 m) to Pangong Lake, (4267m / 14000 ft.), 145 kms / 5 hours one way upto the shore of the lake and the first village, Lukung. Pangong Lake is 7 kms at its widest point, and over 130 kms long, and is divided by the international border between India and China only one-third of it lying in India. Spangmik, the farthest point is about 7 kms along the southern shore from the head of the lake. It presents a spectacular view of the mountains of the Chang-chenmo range to the north, their reflections shimmering in the ever-changing blues and greens of the lake’s brackish waters. Above Spangmik are the glaciers and snow-capped peaks of the Pangong range. The water o the lake is salty. Later drive back to Leh for dinner and overnight stay at Hotel.
After breakfast drive to KHARDUNG LA (THE HIGHEST MOTORABLE ROAD IN THE WORLD) AT 5,602 M / 18,390 FT, around 39 km from Leh. From the pass, one can see all the way south over the Indus valley to seemingly endless peaks and ridges of the Zanskar range, and north to the giants of the Saser massif. The views from the top of the pass are amazing. Return to the hotel on time for lunch. In the afternoon you can stroll around the market place for some last minute souvenir shopping. Dinner overnight in hotel.
Morning free. Afternoon visit Shanti Stupa built by Japanese, Shankar Gompa is associated with Spituk Gompa and serves as the residence of the Head Lama. The monastery has Dukar Lakhang with a Dukar figure, a most impressive representative of Avalokiteshvara complete with 1000 armes (All holding weapons), and 1000 heads. The painting of the walls is worth seeing Leh Palaceis to be visited by foot as it is situated on a hillock. It was built by Sengge Namgyal it is a 9-storey Palace, A building in the grand tradition of Tibetan architecture, said to have inspired the famous Potala in Lahsa. Dinner overnight in hotel.
Excursion of Stok, Matho and Stakna, Stok Palace Museumis about 12 kms from Leh across Indus River. It houses some old statues and other equipment. Matho is about 6 kms from Stok and houses some incredible statues and paintings. Later visit Stakna gompa, which is famous for it’s numerous statues and paintings. Dinner overnight in hotel.
After breakfast transfer to Leh Airport to catch flight for onward destination.