Pristine Beauty on Ladakh Tourism

Wish to experience one of the most fascinating roadMonasteries And Historical Monuments
journeys in the world? Come to Leh Ladakh. It is thePopularly known as 'Little Tibet', the entire region is
place where the nature's extravagance can be seendotted with countless Buddhist Monasteries/Gompas.
touching the skies? This snow desert is, undoubtedly,Alchi, Spituk, Mulbek, Khalsi, Likhir, Namgyal Tsemo,
a paradise for tourists with any kind of taste. Be itThiksey, Shankar, Hemis and Lamayuru are among
sightseeing, adventure, palaces and monuments orthe most beautiful, oldest and most frequented
even pilgrimage destinations- Ladakh has all what itmonasteries of the region. These monasteries
takes to make your holidays more exciting andcomprise of beautiful Buddha statues, paintings and
funny.thangkas. Huge prayer flags can be seen fluttering in
Natural Elegancethe air near these gompas. Besides, the famous Leh
While on Ladakh tourism you will come across aPalace and other historical monuments, with their
number of high mountain passes and significantantique items and murals, are counted as amazing
terminals of the highways. These passes arefeatures of Leh, the capital of Ladakh.
generally preferred as night halts and starting pointsAdventure And Shopping Opportunities
for mountaineering expeditions. A few of them areThe snow desert, lively rivers and mighty hills here
famous for lime stone masses while some are knownprovide a perfect base for adventure sports like
for spellbinding natural beauty and spectacular viewstrekking, white water rafting, mountaineering, archery
of the colourful hills & mountains of theand polo. It is a great place to shop for various
Karokoram, Zanaskar and Ladakh ranges. The Indushandicrafts as well. The market areas are loaded with
river and its tributary Zanskar is one of the strikingsaffron, shawls, carpets, paper mache articles,
beauty of this place. The best natural attraction hereKashmiri crewelwork, honey, almonds and fruits.
is the 'Magnetic Hill', where you can see for yourselfThis high altitude desert is one of the three Geo
vehicles moving up at a speed of 20 km/hour withcultural regions of the Jammu and Kashmir state.
the engines off.