High desert, higher skies
Ladakh
A cold desert of ochre ridges, Buddhist monasteries and lakes that change colour by the hour. Ladakh is India's most cinematic road-trip landscape.
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Destinations
Travel in India
Curated India destinations, grouped by region so you can plan around seasons and distances.
The middle land
Spiti Valley
A cold desert valley of thousand-year-old monasteries, fossil villages and some of the highest inhabited settlements in the world.
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One of the Himalayas' last great frontiers
Zanskar Valley
A remote valley in Ladakh reached by long mountain roads — deep gorges, quiet monasteries, small villages and landscapes with very little between them.
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Meadows and mountain water
Kashmir
Alpine meadows, shikara mornings on Dal Lake and short treks into some of the greenest valleys in the Himalaya.
6–8 days including two valley bases.Explore
Mountains for every pace
Himachal Pradesh
From orchard villages and forest walks to high passes and cold deserts, Himachal covers the widest range of Himalayan travel in one state.
5–9 days depending on how many valleys you combine.Explore