The destinations
Places worth the journey
High monasteries, salt-blue lakes and valleys few travellers ever reach. Each guide sets out when to go, how to arrive and what makes it remarkable.

Alchi
Sham Valley
3,100 m
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Hanle
Changthang
4,300 m
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Khardung La
Leh district
5,359 m
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Lamayuru
Leh–Kargil highway
3,510 m
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Leh
Leh district
3,500 m
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Nubra Valley
Leh district
3,144 m
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Pangong Lake
Leh district
4,225 m
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Sham Valley
Leh district
3,200 m
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Tso Moriri
Changthang
4,522 m
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Zanskar
Zanskar
3,650 m
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