Leh Ladakh
Leh Ladakh are two amazing place of visit especially during the onset of summers. This mountainous region has exemplary beauty of the landscape and holidays here could be like being cut off from an entire civilization. Leh is the capital city of Ladakh, while Ladakh is the plateau and the valley lying close to the Greater Himalayas. There are several ways by how you can reach there but depends on the route that would be open. Srinagar and Manali are two major gateways to Leh Ladakh. A part of the Himalayan kingdom, Leh lies in the district of Jammu and Kashmir. A hamlet of small wooden huts to keep off the cold winds, Leh has a great market for tourists. There are trekking opportunities to Ladakh and excursions to Shimla and other places in Himachal Pradesh. The place is connected to Srinagar from the northwestern part.
How to reach Leh Ladakh
You can travel to Leh Ladakh by air and road. There are regular services from Jammu, Delhi, Srinagar, and Chandigarh. There are flight services from Shimla as well taking hardly 40 minutes.
By road, there are two routes to reach Ladakh. From Srinagar, it is around 434 km travel open to tourists visiting the place between June to November. Another way to tread up the place is via Manali. The Manali-Leh roda is a stretch of around 485 km and is open from July to October. In December and January, because of the extreme temperatures, landslides hamper tours to great extent.
Leh Ladakh holidays
Having a rich trade history through the Rohtang Pass, Leh matured as a tourist destination over the years. Once it is snowing in Ladakh the adventure of the place gets intensified. Though there are few noted attractions in these two places, the Leh Palace is a popular place of visit. The palace built by king Sengge Namgyal has nine storeys with the royal family residing in the top floor before shifting their home to the Indus. The Karkoram range is another major attraction apart from the Himalayan mountain. The ridges and the peaks of high altitude are aprt for rock climbing, trekking, and skiing during snowfall.
Ladakh is alluring with its altitude of at least 9,000 feet overlooking the Kargil and Tibet border. Your holidays in Ladakh is more about adventure and photography that sightseeing. The Tibetan and Buddhist cultures have prevailed for centuries now in these two places of India. Many Buddhist monasteries are top pilgrimage centers in the country. Leh-Ladakh tour is a journey into the most fascinating peak and religious zone of the world accompanied by exceptional adventure sports activities throughout the region.
Sheltered from the rain clouds, there is just a minimum rainfall of 4 inches in Leh Ladakh annually. There is a lake system existing for ages maintaining the bio-diversity of the region. During summer months, the lakes in Leh have boating rides as the skies are thankfully clear for the whole year and the lake is not frozen.
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