DREAMLAND "KASHMIR"

Day 1 : Srinagar
On arrival at Srinagar, you will be met by our representative at the airport and transfer you to deluxe houseboat. Afternoon free for personal activities. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 2 : Srinagar – local sightseeing 50 kms
Half day tour of world famous mughal gardens visiting the nishat bagh (the garden of pleasure) and shalimar bagh (abode of love). Return to houseboat for hot lunch. In the afternoon shikara ride on the dal lake to enjoy the beauty that god has graced this city with which is often compared to venice. You will get a view of some very interesting places around the lake. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 3 : Srinagar – Gulmarg – Srinagar
Full day tour of gulmarg which is one of the most beautiful summer resort in the valley. It is also popular for its golf course (in summer), the highest in the world and skiing during the winter season. Enjoy the splendor of nature and the snowy mountains. One can have gondola ride (cable car) from gulmarg to khalinmarg. In the evening return to houseboat. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 4 : Srinagar
Transfer in time to the airport to connect onwards destination flight.

Rs. 4500 per person on twin share basis including transfers and sightseeing tours by qualis/tata sumo/gypsy/deluxe coach, deluxe luxurious houseboat/hotel accommodation, all meals during the tour (bed tea, breakfast, noon tea, lunch & dinner), service of our representative at the time of arrival and departure, all entrance fees, toll taxes, monastery fees and inner line permission fees.

KASHMIR SPECIAL PACKAGE

Day 1 : Srinagar
On arrival at Srinagar, you will be met by our representative at the airport and transfer you to deluxe houseboat. Afternoon free for personal activities. In the evening shikara ride on dal lake to enjoy the sunset. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 2 : Srinagar – local sightseeing 50 kms
Half day tour of world famous mughal gardens visiting the nishat bagh (the garden of pleasure) and shalimar bagh (abode of love). Return to houseboat for hot lunch. In the afternoon shikara ride on the dal lake to enjoy the beauty that god has graced this city with which is often compared to venice. You will get a view of some very interesting places around the lake. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 3 : Srinagar – Gulmarg 56 kms
After breakfast leave for gulmarg which is one of the most beautiful summer resort in the valley. It is also popular for its golf course (in summer), the highest in the world and skiing during the winter season. Enjoy the splendor of nature and the snowy mountains. One can have gondola ride (cable car) from gulmarg to khalinmarg. Overnight at hotel in gulmarg.

Day 4 : Gulmarg – Pahalgam 149 kms
After breakfast, leave from gulmarg and drive to pahalgam 2440 mtrs (vale of kashmir) on the way visit saffron fields and avantipur ruins which is eleven hundred years old temple. Finally by the lunch time you will reach pahalgam which is the most famous place for indian film industry. After lunch enjoy the nature charm of the valley. Overnight at pahalgam hotel.

Day 5 : Pahalgam

Day 6 : Pahalgam – Srinagar 93 kms
After breakfast leave pahalgam and drive to Srinagar at lunch time you will reach into the hotel. Afternoon free for personal activities. Overnight at hotel.

Day 7 : Srinagar – Sonmarg – Srinagar 196 kms
Full day excursion to Sonmarg which is the most beautiful drive from Srinagar. On the way you stop at many beautiful spots. Continue drive to Sonmarg 2690 mtrs (meadow of gold). One can ride on horse to visit. Thajiwas glacier where snow remains round the year and Sonmarg is known as gateway of ladhakh. In the evening return to houseboat. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 8 : Srinagar
Transfer in time to the airport to connect onwards destination flight.

Rs. 13850 per person on twin share basis including transfers and sightseeing tours by qualis/tata sumo/gypsy/deluxe coach, deluxe luxurious houseboat/hotel accommodation, all meals during the tour (bed tea, breakfast, noon tea, lunch & dinner), service of our representative at the time of arrival and departure, all entrance fees, toll taxes, monastery fees and inner line permission fees.

AMARNATH CAVE VIA BALTAL

Day 1 : Srinagar
On arrival at Srinagar, you will be met by our representative at the airport and transfer you to deluxe houseboat. Afternoon free for personal activities. In the evening shikara ride on dal lake to enjoy the sunset. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 2 : Srinagar – local sightseeing 50 kms
Half day tour of world famous mughal gardens visiting the nishat bagh (the garden of pleasure) and shalimar bagh (abode of love). Return to houseboat for hot lunch. In the afternoon shikara ride on the dal lake to enjoy the beauty that god has graced this city with which is often compared to venice. You will get a view of some very interesting places around the lake. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 3 : Srinagar – Sonmarg – Baltal 113 kms
Drive to Sonmarg which is the most beautiful drive from Srinagar. On the way we stop at many beautiful stops. Continue drive to Sonmarg 2690 mtrs (meadow of gold). Lunch at Sonmarg continue drive to baltal which will take you 1 hour from Sonmarg. Overnight at tents.

Day 4 : Baltal – Amarnath – Baltal 32 kms return
Leave early morning for Amarnath holy cave (3953 m) where you can see ice lingham. This is the holy cave for hindus and thousands of people visit the place during full moon day. From Amarnath steep descend towards baltal 4 hours walk. Overnight at tents.

Day 5 : Baltal – Sonmarg – Srinagar 113 kms drive

Day 6 : Srinagar – Gulmarg – Srinagar 112 kms
Full day tour of gulmarg which is one of the most beautiful summer resort in the valley. It is also popular for its golf course (in summer), the highest in the world and skiing during the winter season. Enjoy the splendor of nature and the snowy mountains. One can have gondola ride (cable car) from gulmarg to khalinmarg. In the evening return to houseboat. Overnight at houseboat.

Day 7 : Srinagar
Transfer in time to the airport to connect onwards destination flight.

Rs. 9300 per person on twin share basis including transfers and sightseeing tours by qualis/tata sumo/gypsy/deluxe coach, deluxe luxurious houseboat/hotel accommodation, all meals during the tour (bed tea, breakfast, noon tea, lunch & dinner), service of our representative at the time of arrival and departure, all entrance fees, toll taxes, monastery fees and inner line permission fees.

Day 1 : Leh
On arrival at leh airport, you will be met by our representative and transfer you to hotel. Lunch at hotel. Complete day for rest to get acclimatize with the high altitude in led (ladakh) which is 3500 mtrs above sea level. Overnight at hotel.

Day 2 : Leh
Morning half day tour of spituk and phyang monastery by jeeps. At the time of lunch return back to hotel. Afternoon visit by foot to kings palace, leh mosque, leh gompa and leh bazar. In the evening return back to hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 3 : Leh – Khardongla – Leh 85 kms
After breakfast full day excursion to khardongla pass which is the highest motorable pass in the world 5600 mtrs and has been recorded in the guiness book of world records. At the top enjoy the nature beauty of snow capped mountain. In the evening back to the hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 4 : Leh – Pangong Lake – Leh 290 kms
Leave early morning at 5am to pangong lake through changla pass 5486 mtrs arrive durbuk and from there a short drive takes you to lukung at the western shore of the lake and drive along the pangong lake upto spangmik (8kms) the last point allowed for tourists. Enjoy the landscape in the back drop of the lake. This famous blue brackish lake of pangong is 5/6 kms wide and over 144 kms long with half of its running the other side of the indo china border. In the late afternoon drive back to leh. Overnight at hotel.

Day 6 : Sarchu – Jispa – Manali 256 kms
Sarchu is the border line between jammu n kashmir and himachal pradesh after 20 kms drive we enter into himachal pradesh and we reach baralachala pass 4883 mtrs here on the top there is a lake known as surajtal. After hsort drive we reach keylong the head district in this area, continue drive to manali . Overnight at hotel.

Day 7 : Manali
Halt at manali for levish display and visit 400 years old pagoda temple of hadimba devi and old manali to see the manu temple. Afternoon one can visit to the vaishisht hot sulpher spring bath. Overnight at hotel.

Day 8 : Manali – Buntar airport/bus stand
After breakfast transfer in time to the buntar airport or bus stand.

Rs. 25000 per person on twin share basis including transfers and sightseeing tours by qualis/tata sumo/gypsy/deluxe coach, deluxe luxurious houseboat/hotel accommodation, all meals during the tour (bed tea, breakfast, noon tea, lunch & dinner), service of our representative at the time of arrival and departure, all entrance fees, toll taxes, monastery fees and inner line permission fees

Day 01: Delhi - Leh
Transfer to airport for flight to Leh. Arrive Leh, transfer to hotel, rest of the morning at leisure. After lunch visit Local Bazaar.

Ladakh
The mountain of Ladakh is not spectacular. As even the valleys are at an altitude of 3,500 mt the summits are only 3,000 mt higher. Because it is desert there is little snow on them and they look like big brown hills. They are dry and dusty, with clusters of willows and desert roses along the streams, yet Ladakh is a completely magical palace, remote with delightful, gentle, un-grasping people.

Land
4 mountain ranges cross Ladakh – Gt. Himalaya Zanskar, Ladakh and Karakoram – as do the Indus and its tributaries, Zanskar, Shingo and Shyok. Ladakh also has the world’s largest glaciers outside the Polar Regions, and the large and beautiful lake Pangong Tso, 150 kms long and 4 kms wide at a height of 4,000 mt.

People
There are four main groups: the Mons, nomads of Aryan stock, are usually professional entertainers, often musician; the Dards are found along the Indus valley, many converted to Islam, though some remained Buddhist; Tibetan from the bulk of the population in Central and Eastern Ladakh, though they have assumed the Ladakhi identity over generations; the Baltis with Central Asian Saka origins, mostly live in the Kargil region.

Spituk - is the oldest Delgupta monastery in the Indus valley, dating from 15th Century. It is interesting to note that the Delgupta monks created the precedent of building monasteries on hilltops, rather than on valley floors. This follows the Tibetan notion that the higher the monastery sites, the closer it is to the Gods. There was certainly no political significance attached to its strategic sting at the time. Nowadays Spituk administers Shanker monastery in Leh and also the Stokh village monastery.

Phyang - it was founded in the 16th century by king Tashi Namgyal, for a Lama he had invited to establish the Digungpa order (branch of the Kagyupa order). A prayer pole marks the place from which one can see the monastery and signifies that, from this point on, criminals escape punishment.

Stok
Stok is on the West bank of the Indus and close to the lamsar bridge. This is the royal palace dating from the 1840 when the king of Ladakh was deposed by the invading Dogra forces. The Place museum at Stok is a showpiece for the royal thanks, royal crown, dresses, coins, precious stones and turquoise head dresses.

Day 03 : Day return excursion to Alchi via Likir .
Leave after breakfast from Hotel for Alchi en-route visits Likir monastery.

Lekir
The monastery which has clay Buddha statues. The monastery was built during the reign of Lachen Gyalpo who installed 600 monks here, headed by Lhawang Chosje ( C 1088). The gompa was invested with a collection of fine images, thankas and murals to vie with those at Alchi.

Alchi
Alchi has a large temple complex and is regarded as one of the most important Buddhists centers in Ladakh and a jewel of monastic skill. There are five shrines in the Choskor complex (11th Century) which has some splendid wall painted wooden flags, a reminder perhaps of the presence in ancient times of lakes in this desert.

Hemis
The position of Hemis monastery lying in a small isolated valley south of the Indus, belies its importance. As headquarters of the Drukpa (Old Buddhist) order, it administers monasteries throughout the whole Ladakh - from the Indus to the Zanskar valley and from the Markha to the Sumdah valley. Hemis was established at the behest of Senge Namgyal in the early 17th century and since than has enjoyed the patronage of the royal family of Ladakh. It provides monks as caretaker for royal monasteries at the Basgo, Leh and Shey palaces.

Shey
The former palace of upper Ladakh before Leh was established, this site commanded an important vantage over the Indus valley. Since 1834 however, after the royal family moved to Stokh, much of the palace and fort fell into disrepair; even the marshland immediately below was once a clear lake.

Thiksey
One of the most imposing monasteries in the Indus valley, Thiksey was part of the original Delgupta order in the 15th century. The monk’s quarter’s stretch right the way along the hillside beneath the main assembly hall. The library at Thiksy is supposedly one of the finest in Ladakh and a multi - denominations Gompa has recently been constructed - proof indeed of the continuing vitality of Buddhism in Ladakh.

Day 05 : Leh - Khardon la - Leh

Day 06 : In Leh
Fullday at leisure. Overnight in Hotel

Day 07 : Leh - Delhi
Transfer to Leh airport for flight to Delhi