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In season nowHanle
India's first dark-sky reserve and its observatory, at 4,300 m on the Changthang
In season nowHemis
The richest monastery in Ladakh, its summer festival, and the snow leopards of its national park
In season nowKargil
The halfway town on the Srinagar–Leh road, gateway to the Suru valley and Zanskar
In season nowLamayuru
The oldest gompa in Ladakh and the moonland, on the Srinagar–Leh highway
In season nowLeh
The capital of Ladakh at 3,500 m: palace, stupa, the Indus gompas, and two days to acclimatise
In season nowNubra Valley
Over Khardung La to Diskit, the dunes and camels of Hunder, and Turtuk
In season nowPangong Tso
The 134 km blue lake on the China border, over Chang La from Leh
In season nowTso Moriri
The high Changthang lake at 4,520 m, with Korzok its only village
In season nowZanskar
Padum, Phugtal and the frozen-river Chadar, at the end of two summer roads