Trekking and culture in LADAKH “Little Tibet”

On tours to Ladakh, you can look forward to an extraordinary, barren mountain landscape, green oases, snow-capped peaks, masterful monasteries and Buddhist-Tibetan culture. The scenery is virtually predestined for trekking and the rich culture invites you to immerse yourself in it.
Also because the monsoon season during the summer months in Nepal makes it impossible to run further tours apart from Upper Mustang and Upper Dolpo, the Ladakh tours are ideal for those of you who can only travel in the summer months. The best time to travel to Ladakh is in fact the months of June to September. July and August are the high season and are particularly warm. Large temperature differences can be expected here. In the cities, daytime temperatures can climb to over 35°C, while at night the temperature can drop to around 20°C. The snow line in the mountains in July and August usually lies at around 5,500 m, so the temperature there will not fall below 0°C at night.

Because of its well-preserved Tibetan-Buddhist culture and customs, Ladakh is also known as “Little Tibet”. It would not be wrong to say that Ladakh is a good mix of original Tibet and the Kingdom of BHUTAN. Anyone who finds Bhutan too expensive and Tibet no longer original enough will feel at home in Ladakh. Because Ladakh is part of India, you need an Indian visa to enter. Travel within India is by air from Delhi to Leh (the capital of Ladakh).

Depending on your flight schedule, all our Ladakh tours offer the option of visiting the Taj Mahal before you fly back home. You travel by train to Agra and take a short excursion to the famous Taj Mahal, the 17th-century mausoleum of Mumtaz, built by her husband, the then Mughal emperor Shah Jehan. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the new 7 Wonders of the World.

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