
Nubra river flows a deep blue amid white sands of Hunder in Ladakh, originating from Siachen Glacier
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wildlife · birds
Against a backdrop of the bare poplar trees of Ladakh, a Wall Creeper hops on to a mud wall, and does a Nuthatch type hopping routine back and forth, calling away in a short whistled note all the while.

hills · aerial
Himalayan winter vignettes from Spiti's Kibber - Chicham and the trans Himalaya into Ladakh and Indus valley. Phugtal gompa from the air.

river · snow
Leh wetlands, streams, snow-covered passes and high altitude meadows in Ladakh's fall colour season Pastureland across the Wari La pass, Sakti valley and Chemrey / Chemdey gompa, fall colours, driving along the Indus river plains.

lake · river
Driving en route Pangong Tso, past Chang La, and towards the lake in India's trans Himalaya, with a metalled black-top road leading to a turquoise blue mountain lake with puffy cotton woolly clouds in a deep blue azure sky, flying past graz…

wildlife · birds
Hanle Monastery, marshes of Hanle are Black-necked Crane habitat, in Ladakh L blue skies white cotton clouds

highway · snow
Fresh snowfall on the passes of Ladakh, and the roads become a passage nightmare, even as they look like a surreal experience and a calm beauty. Grasses and sedges get covered in snow. Prayer flags get submerged in white.

snow
Affixing chains on car tyres, to be able to drive in snow and ice conditions, in Ladakh, and to climb to 17, 500 foot passes such as Wari La and Khardung La in October, when the first snowfalls of the season have taken place.

school · hills
Hanle is noteworthy not just for the monastery but the vast wetland and plains that are favoured by the rare Black-necked Crane and the one of the highest altitude and most important / largest observatories in the world and moreso in India.…

hills
Markha valley in autumn dry desolation, Ladakh September 2021: Caragana shrubs and wide bare valleys present themselves to the off-season traveller-trekker.

hills · lake
KY2 Base Camp, KY1 and 2 peaks, lakes at the head of the Markha valley, and , yaks grazing in the late summer / early autumn.

farmland
The napsa, or harvest, at Phunchok's homestay in beautiful Agyam, below the Wari La pass down from Sakti in Ladakh, India. Green grass and people, Markha valley, Leh Ladakh

The berries of this plant can be crushed to make a very high Vitaman C content juice which is being made and sold by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) and by private entities in Ladakh and across the higher reaches of…

village · flowers
Garkone (or Garkon) is an enchanting village in the famous Aryan Valley of Ladakh, situated in the Kargil district along the Indus River.

flowers · village
Village Nurla drive in Ladakh during Apricot blossom season in April 2026: Blue skies brown mountains

lake · aerial
Brilliant turquoise waters and aquamarine skies! Kyagar Tso lake and Rupshu Valley: Changthang Ladakh, as seen aerially, in this aerial view from the air.

river · hills
Shyok river and valley in Ladakh, as seen aerially, with extensive sand bars and warm evening light

hills · village
Gonbo Homestay Leh - Walking in Ladakh. Walking a rugged hillside in Ladakh, through a copse of willow and Poplar trees near Gonbo Homestay.

Chirruping on a drab winter day, this Güldenstädt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus) sits out in the Ladakh cold winter, all forlorn.

hills · snow
Neat and cute as buttons, a covey of Tibetan snow Partridge huddle together on an icy snow slope in the Ladakh winter, rugged and tolerant to extreme temperatures. They band together to keep warm and share in each others' warmth.
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