Ladakh Trips & Tours

Forget Ayurvedic spas and pristine beach retreats – if you want to find inner calm, it’s the utterly peaceful Buddhist enclave of northern India, Ladakh, that you really need. This lofty mountain kingdom is not, however, for the faint-hearted: in winter, it’s one of the coldest places on the planet, and then there’s the staggering height of the villages – between 3,200 and 4,000 metres – and the sparse but spectacular terrain to contend with. But touchdown in Leh, the multicultural capital city, and you’ll be glad you braved it. This is a place of charming homestays that will connect you with both land and people, blood-pumping cycling trails and rafting excursions, and, of course, the Buddhist monasteries and temples, magnificently imposing and best visited at dawn for the most humbling of experiences.