Tour Overview
DAY ONE : ARRIVAL SRINAGAR
ON ARRIVAL AT SRINAGAR, YOU WILL MEET OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE AIRPORT AND TRANSFER TO HOUSEBOAT.
HALF DAY TOUR OF WORLD FAMOUS MUGHAL GARDENS VISITING THE NISHAT BAGH( THE GARDEN OF PLEASURE) BUILT BY ASIF JHA IN 1636 AND SHALIMAR BAGH (ABODE OF LOVE) BUILT BY JEHANGIR FOR HIS BELOVED WIFE NUR JAHAN IN 1619. VISIT CHESHMASHAHI, HAZRATBAL MOSQUE & SHANKRACHARYA TEMPLE (SHIVA TEMPLE), OVER LOOKING THE MAGNIFICIENT SRINAGAR CITY AND LAKES.
EVENING LAKE TRIP, NEHRU PARK, OPEN LAKE VIEW, SWIMMING BOATS, KABUTAR KHANA, SHOOTING POINT MISSION KASHMIR, FLOATING MARKET, VEGETABLE GARDENS OF THE LAKE, FLOATING GARDEN, MEENA BAZAR BY A LUXURIOUS SHIKARA. OVERNIGHT AT HOUSEBOAT IN SRINAGAR.
DAY TWO : PAHALGAM - FULL DAY EXCURSION (196 KMS)
FULL DAY EXCURSION TO PAHALGAM (2440 MTS). ON THE WAY VISIT SAFFRON FIELDS, AVANTIPURA RUINS. ENJOY THE NATURE AND THE ROARING RIVERS. EVENING RETURN BACK TO SRINAGAR. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL IN SRINAGAR.
DAY THREE : GULMARG FULL DAY EXCURSION (112 KMS).
FULL DAY TOUR OF GULMARG WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUMMER RESORTS IN THE VALLEY. ENJOY THE SPLENDOR OF NATURE AND SNOWY MOUNTAIN. ONE CAN HAVE GONDOLA RIDE (CABLE CAR) FROM GULMARG TO KHILANMARG/ APARWATH ( AT OWN COST ). IN THE EVENING RETURN TO SRINAGAR, OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL IN SRINAGAR.
DAY FOUR : SRINAGAR - SONMARG (93 KMS).
FULL DAY EXCURSION TRIP TO SONMARG WHICH IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DRIVE FROM SRINAGAR. SONMARG (2690 MTS) KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY TO LADAKH. ONE CAN RIDE ON HORSE TO THAJIWAS GLACIER WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SNOW SLEDGE RIDES ROUND THE YEAR ( AT OWN COST )..EVENING RETURN BACK TO SRINAGAR. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL IN SONAMARG.
DAY FIVE : SONAMARG TO LEH.
VERY EARLY MORNING AFTER B/FAST LEAVE FROM SONAMARG TO LEH, ENROUTE SEE ZOJILA PASS, DRASS, KARGIL. LAMAURU. REACH LEH BY LATE EVENING. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL IN LEH.
DAY SIX : LEH LOCAL SIGHTSEEING.
LOCAL SIGHTSEEING OF LEH VISITING GURDWARA PATHER SAHIB, MAGNETIC HILLS, ZANSKAR AND INDUS RIVER CONFLUENCE ATNIMMU, RUINS OF BASGO PALACE . VISIT ALSO LEH MAIN BAZAR. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL IN LEH.
DAY SEVEN : LEH - NUBRA VALLEY.
OVERNIGHT TRIP OF NUBRA VALLEY ENROUTE STOP AT KHARDUNGLA PASS THE HIGHEST MOTORABLE PASS IN THE WORLD AT AN ALTITUDE OF 18380 FEET.
NUBRA VALLEY IS A TRI-ARMED VALLEY LOCATED TO THE NORTH EAST OF LADAKH VALLEY DISKIT THE CAPITAL OF NUBRA IS ABOUT 150 KM NORTH FROM LEH TOWN. THE SHYOK RIVER MEETS THE NUBRA OR SIACHAN RIVER TO FORM A LARGE VALLEY THAT SEPARATES THE LADAKH AND KARAKORAM RANGES. THE AVERAGE ALTITUDE OF THE VALLEY IS ABOUT 10,000 FT. I.E. 3048 METRES ABOVE THE SEA LEVEL. THE ULTRA WIDE LANDSCAPES, HUMONGOUS MOUNTAIN FACES, LOVELY TRAILS, WIDE VARIETY OF COLORS AND MUSICAL SHYOK RIVER FLOWING MIDST THE VALLEY WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY AT FIRST SIGHT. BETWEEN HUNDAR AND DISKIT LIE SEVERAL KILOMETRES OF SAND DUNES, AND (TWO-HUMPED) BACTRIAN CAMELS GRAZE IN THE NEIGHBOURING "FORESTS" OF SEABUCKTHORN. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL / DELUXE CAMP IN NUBRA.
DAY EIGHT : NUBRA - PANGONG LAKE.
LEAVE NUBRA EARLY MORNING FOR PANGONG LAKE WHICH IS SITUATED AT A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 4,350M ( 14,270 FT ). THE LAKE IS 134 KM LONG & 5 KMS WIDE AT IT BROADEST POINT. THE LAKE STRECHES BETWEEN INDIAN & CHINESE BORDERS. APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THE LENGTH OF THE LAKE LIES IN CHINA. DURING WINTER THE LAKE FREEZES COMPLETELY. THE LAKE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING IDENTIFIED UNDER THE RAMSAR CONVENTION AS A WETLAND OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE. GUIDES REPORT THAT THERE ARE NO FISH OR OTHER AQUATIC LIFE IN THE LAKE, EXCEPT FOR SOME SMALL CRUSTACEANS. ON THE OTHER HAND, VISITORS SEE NUMEROUS DUCKS AND GULLS OVER AND ON THE LAKE SURFACE. OVERNIGHT AT CAMP IN PANGONG .
DAY NINE : PANGONG - LEH.
AFTER STAYING NIGHT AT PANGONG DRIVE TO LEH TOWN. ON REACHING LEH CHECK IN HOTEL. OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL IN LEH.
DAY TEN : LEH AIRPORT DROP.
AFTER B/FAST TRANSFER TO LEH AIRPORT FOR ONWARD DESTINATION.
