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| Phugthal (Leh) |
Phugthal is the most spectacular monastic establishment in Ladakh.
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| Rangdum (Leh) |
Rangdum is the most isolated part of the Suru Valley. It is an elliptical expanded plateau surrounded by colourful hills on one side and glacier encrusted rocky mountains on the other.
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| Sani (Leh) |
Sani is a picturesque village, 6 km west of Padum, on the road to Kargil. The chief attraction here is the castle like monastery which, unlike other monasteries of the region, is built on a level ground.
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| Sankoo (Leh) |
Sankoo is a picturesque expanse surrounded by colorful rocky mountains. It is a small township, 42 km south of Kargil.
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| Suru Valley (Leh) |
Suru Valley is one of the most beautiful regions of Ladakh. It forms the mainstay of the Kargil district.
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| Hemi (Leh) |
Hemi is the wealthiest, best known and the biggest gompa of Ladakh. The annual festival of the gompa is held in summer, in honour of Guru Padma Sambhav's birth anniversary.
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| Alchi (Leh) |
Alchi Gompa is situated on the banks of the Indus, 70 km from Leh and dates a thousand years back. The gompa is no longer an active religious centre and is looked after by monks from the Likir monastery.
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| Spituk (Leh) |
Spituk gompa stands prominently on the top of a hillock, 8 km from Leh and commands a panaoramic view of the Indus valley.
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| Phyang (Leh) |
Phyang monastery is located at a distance of 17 km from Leh on the Leh-Kargil road. It was built by Tashi Namgyal in the later half of the 16th century A.D.
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| Shey (Leh) |
Shey palace is belived to have been the seat of power of the pre-Tibetan kings. A seven and a half mt high, gold plated, copper-statue of the Buddha, the largest of it's kind, is installed in the palace.
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| Thikse (Leh) |
Thikse monastery,19 km from Leh, is spectacularly one of the largest and architecturally the most impressive gompas in Leh. It has images, stupas and wall-paintings of the Buddha which are quiet exquisite.
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| Jama Masjid (Leh) |
The historical Jama Masjid is situated in the heart of Leh. It was built in 1666-67 A.D. consequent to an agreement between the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and then ruler of Ladakh, Deldan Namgyal.
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| Leh Palace (Leh) |
The 17th century Leh palace is a distinguished monument and a historical building. The nine-storeyed palace was built by the illustrious ruler of Ladakh, Sengge Namgyal.
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| Drokpa Circuit (Leh) |
Drokpa Circuit is 200 km from Leh. The inhabitants are of the pure Aryan race.
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| Pangong Tso (Leh) |
Pangong Tso is 143 km from Leh. It is a huge, blackish water lake.
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| Tso Moriri (Around Leh) |
Tso Moriri is located in the Rupsu valley, about 140 km from Leh. It is a small village with a few huts.
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| Korzok (Around Leh) |
Korzok is a small village, close to Tso Moriri. There is a very unusual gompa in the village.
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| Nubra Valley (Around Leh) |
The Nubra valley, also known as the valley of flowers, has always been well cultivated and fertile.
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| Diskit (Around Leh) |
Diskit is a small village in the Nubra valley. It has a famous gompa, which is the biggest in the valley, nearly 350 years old with about 70 monks. It is the oldest gompa in the Nubra valley.
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| Sumur (Around Leh) |
Sumur, is a major village along the Nubra river side of the valley, it is a beautiful place, with a very colourful gompa.
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| Trekking in Ladakh |
Ladakh, tucked between two of the world's greatest mountain ranges -- the Himalayas and the Karakoram, offers adventure amidst beauty which surpasses any other mountain range. It's snow-clad peaks, translucent lakes, barren terrain and mystic culture has attracted tourists and explorers from all over the world.
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| Panamik (Around Leh) |
Panamik is a small village famous, for centuries, for it's hot springs and as the first or last stop along the ancient trade route between Ladakh and central Asia.
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| Tungri-Zongkhul Gompa Trek |
Ladakh is a miniature version of Tibet, the people are Tibetan in their culture and religion. Only where rivers, running from far away glaciers or melting snow, carry water to habitation do you find plant-life, since Ladakh is as dry as the Sahara. But most of all there are the delightful Ladakhis, friendly as only Tibetan people can be and immensely colorful.
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| Lamayuru Gompa |
On crossing Foto-La, the highest point on the Srinagar-Leh road, if you take a winding road that descends into the Indus Valley, a sudden bend reveals a strange village with a monastery overlooking it.
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| Mountaineering in Ladakh Region |
The Ladakh region also has many famous mountaineering peaks.
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