Ladakh

hills · village

Garkon Village in the Aryan Valley of Ladakh sits within a rugged mountain landscape marked by steep, rocky brown cliffs.

highway · village

A drive through Chushul Village in eastern Ladakh, India, filmed from a moving vehicle. The scene features a police post along a narrow paved road passing through the high-altitude settlement.

snow · river

Driving to Siachen Glacier launch point in Ladakh, along Shyok river in India Driving towards Thoise and Siachen Glacier Base in the barren mountains of Ladakh in India, during the winter snow season, in freezing temperatures.

wildlife · hills

In this engaging interview, a tourist shares his experiences exploring Ladakh and the surrounding Himalayan regions, highlighting encounters with nature, wildlife, and adventure activities.

highway · river

The Chang La (el. 5,360 m or 17,590 ft) is a high mountain pass in Ladakh, India. It is the third highest motorable road in the world. The Chang La is on the route to Pangong Lake from Leh.

hills · river

Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent.

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

river · highway

A view of Himalaya in Ladakh region of the Indian states of Jammu & Kashmir. One can see the Indus river amid of the mountains and Hindustan Motor's Ambassador passes through on a road along side the river.

Another day in the greater trans Himalayan Ladakh range! Kids run along with their encircled wire toy car and a Buddhist monk rides a bicycle through Hanle town - Hanle of the observatory and Black-necked Cranes marsh fame...

hills · aerial

Aerial views of Nubra Valley in Ladakh, India with winding, serpentine river channels cutting through a high-altitude landscape.

snow

Alectoris chukar or Chakor Partridge scrabble around in the snow on a sunny winter day in Ladakh Chukar Partridge scrabble around in the snow on a sunny winter day in Ladakh

Ladakhi women wear an attractive headgear called Perak, made of black lamb skin studded with semi precious turquoise stones, covering the head like a cobra's hood and tapering to a thin tail reaching down the back.

river · highway

Upshi is a village and road junction on the Leh-Manali Highway in Ladakh region of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 47 km to the southeast of Leh along the Indus river valley and Tanglang La on the Leh-Manali highway.

hills

People of Ladakh wears thick clothes with full dedication constructs a stupa for well being of all living. Two men does final touch to stupa, one man makes wall and other are constructing drain.

highway

National Highway 1D (NH 1D), also known as Srinagar-Leh Highway, is a National Highway entirely within the state of Jammu & Kashmir in North India that connects Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh.

highway

National Highway 1D (NH 1D), also known as Srinagar-Leh Highway, is a National Highway entirely within the state of Jammu & Kashmir in North India that connects Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh.

festival · hills

Shey Palace in Ladakh is perched atop a cliffy slope, with a row of chortens and a marshy valley floor below. The Palace and Monastery of Shey are in the vicinity of the village by the same name.

music · dance

What is this Ladakhi music pipe called? This is not your typical Ladakhi music performance. Instruments like Dimjang, Linyu (flute), Damnyan (string instrument) Pivang, Khakong, (sitar) Daph (Dafli) are also facing the threat of extinction,…

With a disproportionately big head, the kiang is the largest of the wild asses. It usually weighs 250 to 360 kilograms, almost the weight of three to four adult men.

hills · desert

The Nubra Valley in Ladakh stretches across a high-altitude cold desert landscape surrounded by massive, barren mountain ranges.

hills · river

The Indus River winds through the rugged landscape near Garkon Village in the Aryan Valley of Kargil district, Ladakh.

old town

The Turtuk Traditional House and Museum displays local Ladakhi heritage through preserved artefacts and architectural features.

hills · snow

This beautiful scene from a remote valley in Ladakh captures a narrow frozen stream running through the cold desert, lightly blanketed with fresh snow.