Destinations

A 3,490 m pass on the Mughal Road between Shopian and Poonch, with meadows and a Sufi shrine.

The last village on the Indo-Tibet road, along the Baspa river in Kinnaur.

The former Kingdom of Lo — cave cities, red cliffs and the walled capital of Lo Manthang.

One of the highest lakes in the world, sacred to Buddhists and Sikhs, on the Tibetan plateau edge.

A wooden village under sheer cliffs and a valley of rhododendrons and hot springs, with Zero Point beyond.

The zigzag Old Silk Route road through Zuluk, Thambi viewpoint and Kupup lake.

A remote valley near the China border with an old Buddhist monastery and the Siyom river.

India's largest monastery in a high valley near Bhutan and Tibet, reached over the snowy Sela Pass.