Silk Route and Both Most Beautiful Lakes

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Pickup from Srinagar airport and leave for LADAKH region. The drive is of around 07hrs to KARGIL. En-route visit Sonamarg, Drass. Have a glimpse of TOLO_LING, TIGER HILLS and Mushkoo Valley. These are places were the 1999 Kargil war was fought. Drass has played critical roles in passage of trade and cultural influences between Kashmir & Ladakh and on to Tibet and central Asian through centuries. Overnight Hotel at Kargil.

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Leave for Leh after breakfast around 07 AM. Around 07 hrs drive to Leh. En-route visit Mulbek Chamba, a 09m high rock sculpture of future Buddha [maitreya]. Lamayuru monastery is one of the most immediately striking in Ladakh. It’s position on top of a beautifully eroded crag, complete with rock pinnacles and caves, gives it an almost fairy-tale quality as it stands over the small village below. Overnight Leh.

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After a long strenuous journey from Srinagar rest for 1st half day. After lunch leave for local sightseeing around Leh. Visit Shanti Stupa, Leh Palace & Stok. Overnight Hotel.

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Leh to Nubra Valley (120 Kms); After Breakfast drive to Nubra Valley via Khardungla 5600m (Highest motorable road in the world). Start around 8AM. Check in to your hotel. In evening visit Insa Monastery, Sumur village and monastery. Overnight Hotel

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After breakfast Visit Diskit & Hundar villages / monasteries. One can do camel safari in Sand Dunes between Deskit and Hunder Village or hike.Drive to TURTUK village along old Silk Route.. Turtuk is the village which was under Pakistan until 1971. In a cold December night of 1971 Col. Rinchen and his Ladakh Scout officers and men silently took over Turtuk and a few villages of Pak Baltistan. Turtuk is one of the closest villages to LOC with Pakistan. Turtuk is scenically beautiful village and view from Turtuk Monastery is unparallel. On a clear day one can see K2, the second highest peak in the world. Overnight Camp.