After breakfast you will drive to "Thiskey Village" visit Thiksey monastery and drive to Shey Village to visit Shey Palace and Gompa. Continue drive to Hemis monastery to visit one of the most famous monasteries of Ladakh. On the way back to Leh Visit Stok Palace and Museum.

Thiskey Gompa: Thiksey is one of the largest and architecturally most impressive Gompas. There are several temples in this Gompas, containing images, stupas and wall paintings of Buddha, which are exquisite.

Shey Palace And Gompa: It is situated on a hillock 15 Kms upstream from Leh, it was once the residence of the royal family. It was the seat of power of the pre-Tibetan kinds. A 7.5 mts high copper statue of Buddha, plated with gold and the largest of its kind.

Hemis Gompa:  40 Kms from Leh, it is the wealthiest, best known and biggest Gompa of Ladakh. Its popularity stems from the major annual festival held here in summer.  It also has the largest Thanka in Ladakh which is unfurled once in 12 years Hemis was built in 1630 during the reign of Singge Namgyal, an illustrious ruler of Ladakh. It flourished under the Namgyal Dynasty for the royalty favored the Drugpa sect, which is managed the monastery. 

Meals:  Dinner.

Overnight at Leh.

You will start our journey to chilling, on the frozen Zanskar river is 64 kms away from Leh. Drive on the Leh Srinagar highway till Nimu where the Indus and meets the Zansakar. At Nimu take the road heading left and drive along the Zanskar. Spot the frozen sheets of ice or Chadar forming on the river. An hour and half more along the Zanskar brings you to Chilling. A few army sheds and a couple of shut buildings dot the almost shut hamlet of Chilling.

Take your first few steps on Chadar, the Chadar surface can be of various kinds - a coating of fresh powder snow, hard and shiny ice, a freshly formed chadar, chadar thats weak and breaking or another new texture. The snow gives you good grip and you can walk normally. An old hard and shiny surface of ice is what is tricky ininitially. Do a penguine kind of walk on such a surface without lifting your feet too much off the ground. 

The Tilat Sumdo campsite comes within an hour of your trek. Sumdo means confluence. A local tributary joins the Zanskar from your left. An elevated level field makes a good camping spot. On the opposite side are a few caves were those not carrying tents can camp. The locals on their journey through the Chadar tend to stay in caves. 

Meals:Dinner.

Overnight at hotel.

In the early morning you leave to Tilat Sumdo and drive from Shingra Koma. Though the sun is up, Tilat Sumdo like most parts of the Chadar gets direct sunlight only during mid day. There can be certain sections where the Chadar has formed only on the real corners of the river and the corner is under a low over hang.

Meals: Dinner.

Overnight at Shingra Koma.

After breakfast you will walk through the trek Shingra Koma. While on the Chadar, do not be surprised to spot pug marks. The big cats roam around pretty freely though they are elusive to the human eyes. Shingra Koma is a big camping ground on your right as you walk up stream. Its right below a huge stone wall which is straight out of a hollywood movie. The Zanskar river takes a beautiful turn right in front of the camp site and sharp peaks rise on the other side of the river.

Meals: Dinner.

Overnight at hotel.

After breakfast you walk through a trek is a long and difficult journey. The word trek implies an extended trip that is hard a climb up a mountain or a journey through dense forests. In Star Trek, the crew of the Enterprise is on a journey through space that will last a long time. The locals on their journey through the Chadar tend to stay in caves. Shingra koma will be your first experience of camping out in the freezing temperatures. A campfire will make it better but it comes at the cost of the last traces of vegetation left on the banks of the Chadar.

Meals: Dinner.

Overnight at hotel.

After breakfast check out at the hotel, transferred to the airport for onward destination.