Kangra and Chamba - Town of Temples and History

Kangra Valley is one of the Himachal’s beautiful valleys. It rolls down the Southern edge of magnificent Dhauladhar Range in gentle slopes covered with forests of Pine, green tea gardens terraces fields. The Dhauladhar – The “White Range” rises up to 14000 ft. providing a dramatic backdrop to the hill resort of Dharmshala. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama resides here in Macleodganj, which is now a major center for Tibetan Government in exile and Tibetan culture. It has a school for Tibetan studies with rare manuscripts and ancient texts, Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and a handicrafts center Dharmshala has everything for a perfect holiday . Many ancient temples like, Masroor, Jwalamukhi, Bajreshwari, Chamunda and Baijnath ( Vaidyanath) lie on the plains below Dhauladhar.

Zanskar :- Its centuries of isolation with outside World and inaccessibility is reflected in its own introversive and unique culture. The old medieval system, “back of ponies” is the medium of transportation even now .
Zanskar, which means “white Copper” in the native language, is unlike anywhere else - Mysterious whistle of the wind, fluttering prayer flags on the gompa roofs, buzzing sound of the prayers from monasteries. The frighteningly beautiful landscape dominated by numerous shades of brown and red of the majestic high Mountain desert, mesmerizes all travelers by its unique Himalayan aura. Dotting the entire expansive landscape are, the tiny villages surrounded by the paddy fields, inhabited by courteous and friendly people. Unlike Suru Valley, which has Shia Muslim population, Zanskar valley is predominantly Buddhist. Monasteries of Phuktal, Karsha, Zonkhal, Sani and Zangla are unmatched in their unique architectural beauty and wealth of old thankas and paintings. These monasteries are the nucleus of social, spiritual, cultural, political and economical life of Zanskari folks

Ladakh – Last outpost of Tibetan civilization

Ladakh, the highest and the most extensive Himalayan region sandwiched between two vast mountain systems, the Himalayas to the south, the Karakoram to the north and beyond Karakoram lies another mountain Range, Kun - Lun. With its borders with Tibet, Chinese Sinkiang and Baltistan, Its location has earned Ladakh the nickname “Central Asian Diamond,” which brought the various realms of Asia together through certain important trade routes connecting lands lying on all its four sides. Ladakh served as a transit area, a region of interaction for people from neighboring regions.
Ladakh is divided into different interesting valleys; Zanskar to the south, Suru valley in the south West, Nubra Valley to the northeast, Markha Valley in the center and Rupshu to southeast. The major rivers of the region are Zanskar, Suru, Indus, Markha, and Shayok. Most of these trails for trekking and other travels always have a river, as a companion so during the travels in Ladakh, it is also interesting to connect our journeys with these rivers, along which flourished some of the great civilizations of the World.

These Valleys offers an amazing variety of ingredients for the travelers in terms of the ancient culture endowing it with the mystery as the result of centuries of isolation, its lunar landscape with beautiful monasteries constructed at the highest and isolated points on the rocky mountains and strikingly beautiful brackish lakes such as Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri, and Tso Kar.

The multi racial society is the result of intermingling of various ethnic groups such as Dards, Tibetans and possibly other races too.

It is also regarded as the last outpost of Tibetan civilization. Buddhist population dominates Ladakh and other religions preached being Islam.