3. About
• Ladakh "land of high passes“ is a region of Jammu and
Kashmir and lies between the Karakoram mountain range in
the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south,
inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan origin. It is one
of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and
Kashmir.
• Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and
culture. It is sometimes called "Little Tibet" as it has been
strongly influenced by Tibetan culture.
• Ladakh is the highest plateau of state of Kashmir with much of
it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). It spans the Himalayan and
Karakoram mountain ranges and the upper Indus River valley.
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5. How to get there
By Flight :
From Delhi & Srinagar - Indian
Airlines & Jet airways.
By Road :
Srinagar to Leh via Kargil ( 2-3 days)
Manali to Leh (2 - 3 Days)
These are the most beautiful &
breathtaking road journey’ on the
worlds highest road, crossing passes
as high as 15000 ft & even more..
Government run busses ply on these
roads, or else you can hire taxi / jeeps
or maybe ride your own way on
motor-cycles.
7. Visits in Ladakh
Leh City
Pangong Lake
Tso-moriri
Zanskar
Khardungla
Nubra valley
Kargil
Hemis gompa
8. Leh, was the capital of the Himalayan
kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh
District in the state of Jammu and
Kashmir, India.
Leh, with an area of 45,110 km2, is
the second largest district in the
country (after Kutch, Gujarat) in
terms of area.
Attractions
• Shanti Stupa
• Leh Palace.
• Hemis gompa
• War Museum
• Jama Masjid
15. PANGONG LAKE
Pangong Tso is an endorheic lake
in the Himalayas situated at a
height of about 4,350 m (14,270
ft).
It is 134 km (83 mi) long and
extends from India to Tibet. 60%
of the length of the lake lies in
China. The lake is 5 km (3.1 mi)
wide at its broadest point.
All together it covers 604 sq. km.
During winter the lake freezes
completely, despite being saline
water.
The brackish water of the lake has
very low micro-vegetation. Guides
report that there are no fish or other
aquatic life in the lake, except for
some small crustaceans.
16. Tsomoriri or Lake Moriri
(official name: Tsomoriri
Wetland Conservation
Reserve), in the Changthang
area, is a High Altitude Lake
(HAL) with an altitude of
4,595 m (15,075 ft) in Ladakh,
India and is the largest of the
High Altitude Lakes in the
Trans-Himalayan
biogeographic region, entirely
within India.
The lake formerly had an
outlet to the south, but it has
contracted considerably and
has become land locked; as a
result; the water is now
brackish to saline.
18. Zanskar is a sub district or
tehsil of the Kargil district,
which lies in the eastern half of
the Indian state of Jammu and
Kashmir. The administrative
center is Padum. Zanskar,
together with the neighbouring
region of Ladakh, was briefly a
part of the kingdom of Guge in
Western Tibet.
It also separates Kinnaur
District from Spiti in Himachal
Pradesh. The highest peaks of
Himachal are in Zanskar range.
21. Khardung La (Khardung Pass, la
means pass in Tibetan) is a high
mountain pass located in
Ladakh region.
The pass on the Ladakh Range
lies north of Leh and is the
gateway to the Shyok and
Nubra valleys.
Local summit signs claim that
its elevation is 5,602 m (18,380
ft) metres high and that it is the
world's highest motorable pass
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23. Nubra Valley is about 150 km
north of Leh. Local scholars say
that its original name was Ldumra
(the valley of flowers).
The Shyok River meets the Nubra
or Siachan River to form a large
valley that separates the Ladakh
and the Karakoram Ranges.
The average altitude of the valley
is about 10,000 ft. above the sea
level. The common way to access
this valley is to travel over the
Khardung La from Leh. Non-locals
require an Inner Line Permit
(obtainable in Leh town) to enter
Nubra.
24. KARGIL
• Kargil, the only town in the Suru valley, is the second most important town in
Ladakh
• Kargil was an area of conflict in the wars of 1947, 1965 and 1971 and the focal
point of a potential nuclear conflict during the Kargil War in 1999.
• The Ladakh region was bifurcated into the Kargil and Leh districts in 1979. In 1989,
there were violent riots between Buddhists and Muslims.
.Major tourist attractions in Kargil are –
• Drass War memorial
• Archery Contest
• Central Asian Museum
27. HEMIS GOMPA
The Hemis Gompa was built in 1620 by
the king-architect Singe Namgyal who was
a great patron of Buddhism, This is the
biggest gompa of Ladakh. It is situated 44
kms from Leh on the Leh-Manali road.
For a visit to this place one has to travel 8
kms via Karu, after crossing the river
Indus. Hemis Gompa is not visible from
the road. There are several temples
here, which contain stupas and precious
images made of gold.
The annual Hemis festival honoring
Padmasambhava is held in early June.
