Wari La & Agham–Shyok Road
Agham, Ladakh, India
Nearby attractions
Chang La Pass
Tangtse, Ladakh
The 5,360-m snow-gate to Pangong, third of the great motorable passes, with a temple to its saint and yaks in the drifts.
Chemrey & Takthok Monasteries (Sakti Valley)
Sakti, Ladakh
Chemrey's wedding-cake hill gompa and Takthok, Ladakh's only Nyingma cave monastery, built around Padmasambhava's meditation grotto.
Thiksey Monastery
Thiksey, Ladakh
The 12-storey 'mini Potala' cascading down its hill — home to the serene two-storey Maitreya and dawn prayers with long horns over the Indus.
Shey Palace & Giant Buddha
Shey, Ladakh
The old summer capital's hill palace holding a 12-m copper-gilt Shakyamuni (1655) — Ladakh's largest metal statue — above fields of stupas.
Druk Padma Karpo School (Rancho School)
Shey, Ladakh
The award-winning eco-school made famous by '3 Idiots' — earthquake-safe mud architecture and the beloved 'Rancho's wall'.
Namgyal Tsemo Gompa & Tsemo Fort
Leh, Ladakh
The red temple and ruined fort crowning Leh's peak — a three-storey Maitreya and prayer flags snapping over the whole valley.
Leh Palace
Leh, Ladakh
The nine-storey Lhachen Palkhar of the Namgyal kings (1600s) — a mini-Potala of rammed earth and poplar looming over Leh's old town.
Stakna Monastery
Stakna, Ladakh
The 'tiger's nose' gompa on a river-girt crag — the Indus wrapping a Bhutanese-lineage monastery in the valley's prettiest bend.
Leh Old Town & Main Bazaar
Leh, Ladakh
The mud-brick maze beneath the palace — LAMO heritage houses, the Jama Masjid, apricot sellers and the pedestrianised bazaar's café life.
Sindhu Ghat & Choglamsar
Choglamsar, Ladakh
The ceremonial Indus riverfront of the Sindhu Darshan festival, beside Choglamsar's Tibetan settlement and the Dalai Lama's teaching ground.