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Sham Valley 'Baby Trek' (Likir–Temisgam)

Likir, Ladakh, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

The gentlest multi-day walk in Ladakh — low passes, barley villages and homestay dinners between Likir and Temisgam.

Why visit: All the culture of trekking Ladakh, none of the suffering.

Things to do

›Phobe La & Tsermangchan La
›Yangthang village
›Hemis Shukpachan cedars
›Homestay circuit

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Travel Information

Best time

Apr–Oct

Entry fee

Free/guide optional

Est. budget

₹1,200–2,500/day

Duration

2–3 days

Nearby attractions

Within

2.9 km

💎 Hidden Gem🐅 Wildlife

4.4

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.

Nov–Mar (cats); Jun–Sep2–4 daysExplore

3.6 km

📍 Monastery

4.3

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.

May–Sep1–2 hrsExplore

6.3 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Cave

4.1

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.

May–SepHalf dayExplore

6.4 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Monastery

4.2

Rizong Monastery

Rizong, Ladakh

The austere 'paradise of meditation' walled into a hidden amphitheatre gorge, with the Julichen nunnery below its apricot ravine.

May–Sep2–3 hrsExplore

7.5 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Monastery

4.7

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.

May–SepHalf dayExplore

12.6 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Fort

4.4

Basgo Fort & Maitreya Temples

Basgo, Ladakh

Eroded citadel towers of the old Namgyal capital, sheltering three gold-faced Maitreya temples of world-monument fame.

May–Sep1–2 hrsExplore

13.3 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village

4.1

Tingmosgang & Temisgam Villages

Tingmosgang, Ladakh

The Sham valley's apricot capital — a ruined royal fort, old temples and Ladakh's warmest homestay circuit.

Apr (blossom); May–Sep1–2 daysExplore

22.3 km

🌄 Viewpoint

4.4

Magnetic Hill & Sangam (Indus-Zanskar Confluence)

Nimmu, Ladakh

The gravity-teasing slope of the Srinagar highway and, just beyond, the two-tone meeting of the green Indus and grey Zanskar at Nimmu.

May–Sep1–2 hrsExplore

24.7 km

🪂 Adventure

4.5

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.

Jun–AugFull dayExplore