Monastic Festivals
Every year a number of fairs and festivals are held in the Monasteries across Ladakh. These usually take place in winter when most people are idle. These are colorful song and dance festivals with the Monks dressed in splendid robes and fascinating masks. The winter festivals at Spituk, Thikse, Matho and Chemrey are particularly famous.

Ladakh Festival
The Ladakh Festival is held during the first two weeks of September. It opens in Leh with a spectacular procession through the streets. Villagers dressed in traditional costumes dance and sing folk songs, backed by an orchestra. The festival also features musical concerts, dances performed by masked lamas from selected monasteries, and mock traditional marriage ceremonies.

Hemis Festival
The two day Hemis Festival takes place in June/July at the Hemis Gompa to commemorate birth of Guru Padmasambhava, who founded Tantric Buddhism in Tibet. There's traditional music, colorful masked dances, and a fair full of beautiful handicrafts.

The Lake Circuit : Leh - Pangong – Tso Moriri – Tso Kar - Leh

• Pangong lake is at altitude of 14,000 feet (4,267 m) is a long narrow basin of inland drainage, hardly six to seven kilometer at its widest point and over 130km in length, it is bisected by the international border between india and china. It has a brilliant color variation including deep blue, turquoise etc
• Tso – Moriri Lake is at altitude of 15000ft is another high altitude lake set in the desolate landscape of Rupshu at a distance of 220kms from Leh. Night halt at Karzok village by the lake side. Requires two days.
• Tso - Kar and Statsapuk - Tso are two salt water and fresh water lakes respectively which can be accessed upon taking a diversion from Taglang La. Can be done on the return journey from Tso Moriri to Leh.

The Nubra Valley Circuit : Leh – Khardung La - Diskit – Hunder – Panamik – Sumur Leh

• Khardunga La is 39 Kms (2 to 3 hours) from Leh .The World Highest Motorable Road, Khardongla Pass ranging at (5603 meter, 18380 feet. At the top you can enjoy the nature beauty of snow capped mountain.
• Nubra Valley is nestled in the lap of Karakoram Ranges. The capital town of Diskit is at a distance of 118kms from Leh - attractions include the rolling sand dunes and hilltop monastery
• Hunder, 125kms from Leh is noted for it's small population of the double humped bactrian camels.
• Retracing the path and a diversion at Khalsar to the left will take you to Sumur, 115 kms from Leh, famous for Samstaling Monastery.
• Further ahead, lies the hot sulphur springs of Panamik, 140kms from Leh.

The Drok Pa Circuit: Leh – Dah/Hanu Settlements – Chiktan – Kargil- Drass

• 163kms west of Leh lies the Dah/Hanu villages of community tribe Brokpa, who are believed to be descendants of a lost Aryan Tribe. Contrary to the stark Tibetan features of Ladakh people, these people have distinct Aryan features.
• Coming towards Namika La from Dah/Hanu takes you through the ruins of Chiktan fort.
• Night halt at Kargil.
• The Drass valley starts from the base of the Zojila pass, the Himalayan gateway to Ladakh. For centuries its inhabitants are known to have negotiated this formidable pass even during the most risky period in the late autumn or early spring, when the whole sector remains snow-bound and is subject to frequent snow storms, to transport trader's merchandise across and to help stranded travellers to traverse it. By virtue of their mastery over the pass they had established a monopoly over the carrying trade during the heyday of the Pan-Asian trade. A hardly people enduring with fortitude and harshness of the valley's winter, the inhabitants of Drass can well be described as the guardian's of Ladakh's gateway.

The Zanskar Valley Circuit : Kargil – Pensi La – Ringdum – Padum and beyond - Kargil

• 140kms from Kargil upto Penzi La lies the beautiful Suru Valley with Nun-Kun massif rising in the background.
• From Penzi La, you get complete views of the majestic Drang Drung Glacier.
• It takes one whole day to reach Padum in Zanskar valley from Kargil. Leh - Padum cannot be done in one day. Needs a night halt at Kargil.
• Zanskar is virtually untouched by the winds of change owing to its inaccessibility. Zanskar is also known as Land of Religion with the highest concentration of Gompas(Monasteries)

And the grand monasteries of Course.

• Shey, Hemis, Thiskey, Lamayuru, Samstaling, Likir, Stakna, Chemrey, Takthok, Matho, Alchi, Spituk, Phyang, Rizong are a few of the many prominent monasteries of Ladakh.

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Ladakh is one of the dream destinations for mountaineers and amateur climbers from all over the world. You will find a number of base camps at the foot of the Ladakh Range and the Nubra Valley. In the middle of these lies the lofty Karakoram Range. The trekking options are also plenty in this region. Adventure tourists usually undertake treks lasting from 2 to 10 days that cover regions like Lamayuru in the Indus Valley, the Markha Valley, Stok-Khangri and the Shayok Valley.

For one of the most challenging and exhilarating white water rafting experiences, head to Zanskar river and end at Junction of Indus and Zanskar river ( Sangam Point )

Cruising along the rapids of Zanskar gorge, surrounded on both sides with towering vertical cliffs, is probably going to be the most exhilarating experience of your life, a challenge difficult to be capped in the thrill it offers. The icy, crystal clear, silvery waters of Indus River are infested with challenging rapids as well as with options that are much tamer.

River rafting in the River Zanskar is one of the most exhilarating experiences ever; however, you need to have had prior rafting experience to undertake the challenge.