Trekking 4N5D 4 Nights / 5 Days

A warm welcome at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport in Leh at an elevation of 3500m above sea level and board the vehicle for a transfer to hotel. Check in to the hotel for a half day of rest for acclimatization. Evening drive to visit Leh Palace Known as Lhachen Palkhar. The former palace of the royal family of Leh was erected in the 17th century. The palace was one of the tallest structures with 9 stories during its heydays and now a wonderful example of medieval Ladakhi art. Later visit Shanti Stupa on a hilltop overlooking the beautiful city of Leh, a marvelous gigantic white domed dedicated to Buddhism was built in 1991 by Japanese and Ladakhi Buddhists to commemorate Buddhism and promote world peace. Here you can enjoy the various shades of the sky with the golden light illuminating the valley as the sun sets. In the evening walk around the local market. Dinner and overnight stay at the Hotel in Leh.

Today is an easy walk despite the pass because both the approach and the descent are of gentle gradients. The trail heads north, descending for a bit, crossing a stream before climbing up west again to Tsermangchen La (3750m). After a short rest at the pass we head down to Hemis Shukpachen. The village, named after the grove of cedars, is one of Ladakh’s prettiest. There are several sparkling streams surrounded by shady willows and large barley fields that provide a touch of green to the otherwise desolate, rocky mountains.

Over night stay in Hemis shukpachen in Guest house

Again this is a fairly easy day. The trail goes upward between two hillocks west of the village upwards until it veers south and climbs steeply up to the Mebtak La (3750m) marked by prayer flags. From the pass we head down the gorge to Ang, a charming village with apricot orchards, where we will proceed further towardsTingmosgang village. King Drag-pa-Bum built the Tingmosgang monastery during the time of 15th century. It is all the way through his grandson Bhagan that Ladakh's second empire originated –Namgyals which politically endure until the Dogra annexation in 1841 and whose family members still alivesand live in the Stok Palace. Tingmosgang is significant from an historical point of view. After the death of the FifthDalai Lama, the regent ruling Tibet sent the head of the Drukpa order here as an emissary, and in 1684 the Treaty ofTingmosgang, signed between Ladakh and Tibet, ending the Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War and demarcating theboundary between the two countries. The treaty also provided for Ladakh's exclusive right to trade in pashmina woolproduced in Tibet, in exchange for brick tea available from Ladakh. From Temisgam there would be a taxi waiting to take back everyone to Leh.

Early morning transfer to Leh airport to board flight back to destination. Journey ends with sweet memories of Ladakh