Nubra Valley Experience: A very unique place with towering mountains, water streams and rivers, sand dunes and double hump camels - all unimaginable together but it does exist in Nubra.
Also you climb the world's highest motorable pas at Khardung La, with beautiful snow covered mountains / glaciers.
Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Hunder is popular for water streams, sand dunes and camel rides.
Diskit monastry has a very tall statue of the Future Buddha with the small town perched on sloping mountain side.
No food stall or shops at Hunder except in tourist camps if you stay overnight.
Diskit has a small bazar but finding food is not easy.
Activities & things to do: Must have a double humped camel ride on Hunder sand dunes.
See the Diskit monastery and the imposing statue of future Buddha.Enjoy the scenes, photograph the Diskit town on sloping mountain side and the vast valley below.
Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Nubra is about 160 kms and car / private taxi takes about 5-6 hours to reach.
On the way, you pass through the snow laden Khardung La pas- the world's highest motorable road at over 18350 ft above sea level.Carry warm clothes if you wish to stop at Khardung La where you also find only one restaurant serving tea, Maggi and Momos.
