Leh Trip Overview
Be amazed by some of the world’s most breathtaking locations and sights. as you dive into the earthen, imperfect, yet charming Likir Pottery with Lamchung and Rigzin – the last two active practitioners.
Learn various hand building and glazing techniques as you experience the beautiful and relaxing nature of the ceramic process and create your own objects and artefacts and in the process, preventing the art from extinction.
This nine-day edition has been curated to help you learn the basics and the specifics of Likir pottery in the exclusive masterclass of an expert artist-instructor while immersing in the Ladakhi way of life.
Escape to the remote villages, encounter royal palaces, meet local monks, admire centuries old paintings and artforms, star-gaze to your heart’s content, and witness silver sand-dunes – a fulfilling dream.
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Duration: 9 days
Starts: Leh, Leh
Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Transportation Services
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Be amazed by some of the world’s most breathtaking locations and sights. as you dive into the earthen, imperfect, yet charming Likir Pottery with Lamchung and Rigzin – the last two active practitioners.
Learn various hand building and glazing techniques as you experience the beautiful and relaxing nature of the ceramic process and create your own objects and artefacts and in the process, preventing the art from extinction.
This nine-day edition has been curated to help you learn the basics and the specifics of Likir pottery in the exclusive masterclass of an expert artist-instructor while immersing in the Ladakhi way of life.
Escape to the remote villages, encounter royal palaces, meet local monks, admire centuries old paintings and artforms, star-gaze to your heart’s content, and witness silver sand-dunes – a fulfilling dream.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive at Leh.
Stop At: Likir, Likir, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
From Leh airport we head to Likir village – home to the rare artform of Likir Pottery. For the upcoming days, we’ll be staying here with an artist family who are also neighbors of the potters. We’ll acclimatise and spend our evening interacting with the artists and each other, setting expectations, and being introduced to the history and craft of this ancient pottery.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll stay in a homestay with a local family
Day 2: Learn Pottery, Visit Likir Monastery
Stop At: Likir Monastery, Likir 194101 India
Introduction to hand-built pottery, its tools, see how the clay is prepared and get familiar with it. We’ll learn to mould the clay in basic shapes and form.
In the afternoon, we will visit the eleventh century Likir monastery.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll stay in a homestay with a local family
Day 3: Pottery Lessons + Half day Trek
Stop At: Likir 194101
In the morning, we will learn various hand-building techniques. In the noon, we will trek to a peak that no guidebook mentions.
It offers a stunning panoramic view of seven villages and seven waterbodies.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll stay in a homestay with a local family
Day 4: Pottery Lessons + Alchi Monastery
Stop At: Alchi Monastery, Alchi 194106 India
Today we’ll start working on our own ceramic product (the master potter and facilitators will guide you through the process)
Post lunch, we will visit one of the monastic jewels of Ladakh – Alchi Monastery, get to know it’s history and what makes it unique.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll stay in a homestay with a local family.
Day 5: Pottery Lessons + Saspol
Stop At: Saspol, Saspol, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
Continue working on our ceramic product. You are free to create whatever you fancy. The team will help you in the process.
After a picnic lunch by the river, we will visit the centuries old Gon-nila-phuk painted caves.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll stay in a homestay with a local family
Day 6: Pottery lessons + Nubra Valley
Stop At: Sangam, Sangam, Nagpur District, Maharashtra
Today, we will finish your ceramic object. If time permits, we can also decorate and glaze it.
In the afternoon, we will say goodbye to our local host family and the pottery masters and head towards Nubra valley.
Enroute, we will stop at Sangam – the confluence of Indus and Zanskar river.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Panamik, Panamik, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
We’ll visit the Panamic hotsprings, take a dip in the warm water. At night, we will camp under the sky, gazing intently at the billion stars.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll camp under the stars (subject to weather conditions)
Day 7: Nubra valley
Stop At: Nubra Valley, Nubra Valley, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
We’ll visit the sand dunes, watch the double humped Bactrian camel and pay visit to remote 600-year-old Ensa Monastery.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll stay in a homestay with a local family.
Day 8: Turtuk – Leh
Stop At: Turtuk, Turtuk, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir
Turtuk is the northernmost village of India. It’s the only region in India populated by Balti people. We’ll visit a heritage house and museum, polo grounds, and then have a traditional lunch.
Post lunch, we will start our return journey to Leh. Enroute, we pass through Khardung-la, one of the highest motorable passes in the world.
In the evening, we will wander around Leh market, checking out local drinks, food, crafts and traditional souvenirs.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: We’ll stay in a homestay / hotel with a local family
Day 9: Leh
Stop At: Soma Gompa, Leh 194101 India
Early morning, we will hike to Soma Gompa and get a panoramic view of Leh town.
After enjoying a delicious breakfast, wave goodbye to this spellbinding land as you fly home with stories, an artistic trait and a self-made memento of your time spent in Ladakh.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
