Sham Valley Trek - Ladakh
6 Nights/7 days

• Arrival at Leh and transfer to Hotel. Over night at hotel.
• Full day sightseeing to Shey , Thikse and Hemis Gompa. back to Leh.
• Drive to the trek head at Likir and trek to Yangthang 4 hours stay in Tents
• Trek to Hemis Shukpachan. 5 hours overnight at Tent
• Trek to Temisgam. 4 hours overnight at tent.
• Drive back to Leh over night at Hotel
  Departure transfer to Leh Airport.

• Early morning transfer to domestic airport in time to board flight for Leh (3500 M). Leh is situated on the banks of the river Indus. Arrive and transfer to hotel. Rest of the day free to acclimatise to high altitude and low oxygen levels in Leh. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
  
• Leh, Morning after breakfast leave for half day tour of Leh palace, Leh Gompa and bazaar. After lunch excursion to Spituk, Phyang and Shankar Gompas. Overnight stay in hotel.
  
• Leh, After breakfast leave for full day excursion to Shey, Thiksey and Hemis Gompas. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay at the Hotel.
  
• Leh, After breakfast leave for a full day excursion to Traktok and Chemrey Gompas with box lunch. Return to Leh late afternoon. Dinner and overnight in the Hotel.
  
• Leh, After breakfast visit Stok Palace and museum. Return to Leh enroute visiting SOS Tibetan Refujee camp at Choglamsar. Lunch at the hotel. Rest of the day free at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.
  
• Leh / Delhi (Flight) - Early morning transfer to the airport in time to board flight for Delhi.

• Arrive Leh, transfer to hotel. Overnight in hotel. Afternoon walking tour of the city to get acclimatize. Ladakh is far too kaleidoscopic to be dismissed with a string of platitudes. Its people, even the meanest peasant, are imbued with a culture handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Ladakh is the most interesting country to visit that one could possible imagine. It fulfills almost all the expectations of the traveler who is prepared to see it through his own eyes, to experience it through his own emotions, to comprehend it through his own sensibility.
  
• DAY 2 : Full day sightseeing with guide and picnic lunch to SHEY, THIKSEY, HEMIS.
  
• SHEY: Situated on a hillock 15km. Upstream from Leh was once the residence of the royal family . According to tradition, it was the seat of power of the Pre Tibetan kings. A 7.5 meter high copper statue of Buddha, plated with gold, and the largest of its kind is installed here.
  
• THIKSE: Spectacularly sighted, Thikse is one of the largest and architecturally most impressive Gompa. There are several temples in this Gompa, containing images stupas and wall paintings of Buddha which are exquisite.
  
• HEMIS: It is the wealthiest , best known and biggest Gompa of Ladakh. Its popularity stems from the major annual festival held here in summer. The festival is in honor of Guru Padma Sambhav's birth anniversary. It also has the largest Thanka in Ladakh, which is unfurled once in 12 years ( next in 2004 ). Hemis was built in 1630 during the reign of Sengge Namgyal , an illustrious ruler of Ladakh. It flourished under the Namgyal dynasty for the royalty favored for Drugkpa Sect, which managed the monastery. It is divided into two, the Assembly Hall on the right and the main temple on the left. The hall, Dukhang, is also used as a ' Green room ' by the dancers during the festival. The temple is known as Tshogkhang. The verandahs have a surfeit of frescoes among them the Buddhist Wheel of Life ( Kalachakra ) and the Lord of the four quarters, besides rows of prayer wheels.
  
• DAY 3 : Leh - Khardungla - Leh (drive / 39 kms / 2 hrs)
  
• DAY 4 : Leh - Tsomoriri (drive / 220 kms / 7 hrs)
  
• Day 5 : Tsomorini - Tsokar lake - Leh (drive / 220 km / 7 hrs)
  
• Day 6 Leh - Delhi (Flight)