Twelve days across Ladakh’s high passes, monastery towns and lakes that change colour by the hour — travelled privately, at your own pace.
Wake on a cedar houseboat, drift through Dal Lake at dawn and walk saffron fields with a guide whose family has farmed them for generations.
From apricot orchards in Turtuk to the cold desert dunes of Hunder — the Himalaya’s most surprising valley, on a route we have refined for 15 years.
We are a small Leh-based studio of guides, drivers and trip designers. No call centres, no coach groups — just carefully sequenced days, altitude handled properly, and the kind of access that only comes from being from here.
Pick the landscape that calls you — then let us shape the days around it.
Houseboats on Dal Lake, Mughal gardens, alpine meadows and the softest, greenest valley in the Himalaya.
Srinagar – Sonamarg – Gulmarg – Pahalgam – Srinagar
Delhi – Srinagar – Sonamarg – Gulmarg – Yusmarg – Doodhpathri – Pahalgam – Srinagar – Delhi
Srinagar – Sonamarg – Nichnai – Vishansar – Gadsar – Satsar – Gangabal – Naranag – Srinagar
Both regions on one journey, driven along the old Silk Route over the Zoji La — the best way to see either.
Delhi – Srinagar – Gulmarg – Kargil – Leh – Nubra – Pangong – Leh – Delhi
High-altitude desert, Buddhist monasteries and the lakes of the Changthang plateau — the Himalaya at its most elemental.
Leh – Monasteries – Sham Valley – Nubra Valley – Pangong Lake – Leh
Leh – Sham – Nubra – Turtuk – Pangong – Hanle – Umling La – Tso Moriri – Aryan Valley – Kargil – Leh
Leh – Chilling – Zanskar Gorge – Rumbak – Hemis National Park – Leh
The routes our travellers ask for again and again — every one refined over a decade of seasons.
Leh – Monasteries – Sham Valley – Nubra Valley – Pangong Lake – Leh
Leh – Sham – Nubra – Turtuk – Pangong – Hanle – Umling La – Tso Moriri – Aryan Valley – Kargil – Leh
Srinagar – Sonamarg – Gulmarg – Pahalgam – Srinagar
Delhi – Srinagar – Sonamarg – Gulmarg – Yusmarg – Doodhpathri – Pahalgam – Srinagar – Delhi
Four promises we make on every single booking — from the first email to the airport goodbye.
We work hard to make the Himalayas reachable for everyone — from first-time flyers to slow travellers who need an easier pace.
01Every journey includes handpicked stays, a private vehicle with a mountain-trained driver, permits and generous sightseeing.
02A local destination expert plans your route, watches the weather and adjusts the days so you never lose a moment.
03Reach a real human 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — before you book, on the road and long after you fly home.
04Send a short enquiry with your dates, group and travel style. No forms to fill for an hour.
01Within 12 hours a designer sends a day-by-day route, hotel options and clear pricing.
02Swap hotels, add a trek, slow a day down. We revise until it reads like your trip.
03We meet you at the airport with your driver, permits done, and stay reachable throughout.
04They told us in advance exactly how simple the Padum rooms would be, which meant we arrived with the right expectations and loved every night. The walk into Phugtal is the most extraordinary thing either of us has done.
Elena & Marc Dubois
Lyon, France · Zanskar & Phugtal
Eleven days, five passes over 5,000 m, and a night under the Hanle sky that made the whole thing worth it. They were also honest enough to talk me out of doing it on my first visit to Ladakh — I came back a year later and it was perfect.
David Okonkwo
Toronto, Canada · Hanle, Umling La & Aryan Valley
Booked six days as a test and immediately wished we had booked twelve. The dawn shikara ride on Dal Lake with almost nobody else on the water is a memory I will keep for a very long time.
Sofia Marchetti
Milan, Italy · The Great Kashmir Escape
Seven days, seven lakes, and a crew who had hot soup waiting every single evening. The Gadsar day is genuinely hard and the guide read the group perfectly — slowed us down, kept everyone together, got us all over the pass.
Yuki Tanaka
Osaka, Japan · Kashmir Great Lakes Trek
Driving over the Zoji La instead of flying to Leh was the single best piece of travel advice we have ever been given. Thirteen days and not one wasted afternoon. The houseboat and the Pangong camp were both far better than the photos.
James & Priya Whitfield
London, UK · Best of Kashmir & Ladakh
We were nervous about the altitude and they built the whole first three days around it. By Khardung La we felt completely fine. Tsering, our driver, stopped at places no itinerary mentions and knew every monk at Thiksey by name.
Anna Müller
Munich, Germany · Forbidden Land of Ladakh
One short form, one real specialist. No sales scripts, no obligation — just an honest plan and honest pricing for the trip you actually want.
Share a few details and a Ladakh specialist will send you a tailored itinerary with pricing — usually within 12 hours.
May to September is the classic window — all passes open, lakes ice-free and long daylight. July and August are greenest in Nubra and busiest in Leh. For photographers and quiet roads, late May or the second half of September are our favourites. Winter trips (January–February) are possible for Chadar-style landscapes and snow leopard tracking, with hotels heated and routes shortened.
Every itinerary is built around it. You spend your first 24–36 hours in Leh at an easy pace, then gain height gradually rather than driving straight to a high lake. Vehicles carry oxygen cylinders and a pulse oximeter, drivers are trained to spot early symptoms, and we keep a doctor on call. If anyone needs an extra rest day, we rearrange the plan — never the other way round.
Yes. Inner Line Permits for Nubra, Pangong, Tso Moriri, Hanle and Umling La are arranged before you arrive, along with monastery entries and wildlife-area fees where applicable. You only need to send passport scans a week ahead.
Handpicked boutique properties, heritage homes and the best available camps — chosen for location, warm water, heating and food rather than star ratings. In remote valleys the honest answer is that comfort is simple; we tell you exactly what to expect for each night and offer upgrades where they genuinely exist.
Every trip we run is private and every published route is a starting point. Add a trek, extend Nubra, slow the driving days, combine Kashmir with Ladakh over the Zoji La — tell us what matters and we redraw the plan around it at no extra design cost.
Full refund of the advance up to 30 days before departure, 50% between 30 and 15 days, and no refund inside 15 days — but we always try to move your dates instead. If a road or pass closes for reasons outside anyone’s control, we reroute at no extra cost and refund any unused services.
Tell us your dates and travel style. We will come back with a private itinerary, honest pricing and the small local details that make the difference.
