Majority of the population in Ladakh is Buddhist and this could explain that Ladakh has the largest concentration of Himalayan Buddhist Monasteries, or Gompas, outside Tibet. The early streams of Buddhism have disappeared, but almost every sect of Tibetan Buddhism is represented here by way of monasteries and shrines, each a veritable museum, lavish with murals, frescoes, idols, sacred texts, and religious paraphernalia.
For this tour, Leh will be our base camp most of the time.