Rizong Monastery
Rizong, Ladakh, India
Nearby attractions
Sham Valley 'Baby Trek' (Likir–Temisgam)
Likir, Ladakh
The gentlest multi-day walk in Ladakh — low passes, barley villages and homestay dinners between Likir and Temisgam.
Alchi Choskor (11th-century Murals)
Alchi, Ladakh
The low riverside temple complex holding the Himalaya's finest early murals — Kashmiri-style mandalas untouched for 900 years.
Saspol Caves & Wanla Gompa
Saspol, Ladakh
Painted meditation caves in the cliffs opposite Alchi and the three-storey Avalokiteshvara tower of Wanla up the Yapola gorge.
Tingmosgang & Temisgam Villages
Tingmosgang, Ladakh
The Sham valley's apricot capital — a ruined royal fort, old temples and Ladakh's warmest homestay circuit.
Ulley Valley (Winter Wildlife Lodge Country)
Ulley, Ladakh
A five-house hamlet above the Indus famed for ibex slopes, wolf sightings and snow-leopard luck without the Hemis crowds.
Likir Monastery
Likir, Ladakh
The Gelugpa gompa of the golden 23-m outdoor Maitreya, gazing over barley terraces at the head of the Sham trek.
Basgo Fort & Maitreya Temples
Basgo, Ladakh
Eroded citadel towers of the old Namgyal capital, sheltering three gold-faced Maitreya temples of world-monument fame.
Chilling & Zanskar River Rafting
Chilling, Ladakh
The copper-smiths' hamlet at the Zanskar gorge mouth — put-in for India's most spectacular rafting run down to the Nimmu sangam.