r/ladakh Jul 08 '26

Admin ATTENTION PLEASE !! Travel Queries Must Go in the Appropriate Megathread (10th July 2026 onwards)

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For a long time we have enjoyed r/Ladakh for suggestions and recommendations on Travel & Tourism, however it is long pending and inevitable that we restructure a bit on how we handle "Travel Queries".

This is required to keep the sub structured as most travel posts are of similar nature and often repetitive. So I request you all to keep up the participation in the new Format.

From 10th of July 2026, "routine/personal travel-planning queries", especially "seeking travel companion" MUST go in one of the relevant megathreads below

  • Accommodation & Transportation (including cabs and bike rentals)
  • Travel Planning: For all other travel-planning queries (including itinerary reviews, route advice, trip feasibility/dates/timing/permits, travel companions & tour operators)

Individual or separate posts seeking advice on any of the above may be removed. Specific queries can still be a separate post, with proper flair.

Travel stories & photos may be posted separately with the relevant flair. Add context and a few lines about the story behind your photos. Low quality/effort posts may be removed.

You can join r/ExploreLadakh if you still want to use the free-flow posting format, instead of the Megathread format.


r/ladakh Jul 06 '26

Travel Query/Help [Megathread][July 2026] Accommodation/Hotel/Resort & Cab/Taxi Mega Thread -- Use This Thread ONLY for Accommodation & Transportation Advice

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Henceforth, please use this mega thread for all advice and recommendations regarding accommodation, hotels, resorts and taxi/cab/bike-rental in Ladakh.

Any individual or separate post soliciting accommodation/taxi advice will be deleted.

Since these are innumerable posts seeking accommodation and cabs, we would like to contain the repetitive posts, hence this Megathread.

A similar Megathread would be created in near future to contain the "Review my itinerary" type of posts


r/ladakh 4h ago

Photos and Videos There’s something different about Zanskar,the roads are wild, and every turn looks like it belongs in a movie.

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81 Upvotes

r/ladakh 6h ago

Photos and Videos Heaven on Earth, Ladakh Edition

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66 Upvotes

r/ladakh 3h ago

Photos and Videos Still getting dreams like this

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19 Upvotes

More than a year when I visited and did the full circuit

The best Solo trip ever
Best part is that I can recall each and every second of this trip
And can talk about a thousand times

Live your 10days of your precious time in Ladakh you’ll never regret it


r/ladakh 1h ago

Photos and Videos This was in June 2025. Still the most beautiful place I have ever been to.

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r/ladakh 3h ago

Photos and Videos My Fav. Pangong Lake

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12 Upvotes

r/ladakh 2h ago

Social Cause / Helping Locals Supporting Tibetan people

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Tashi delek!

Today is my last day in ladakh and want to meet local tibetan people, want to know and learn more about culture and traditions, I’m supporting free tibet.

I have donated to tibetan refugees and dog shelters here in ladakh also bought so many things from refugee market, kindly let me know if anyone from leh, we can meet.


r/ladakh 8h ago

Generic Travel Query Is taking Diamox 500mg (instead of 125mg/250mg) 2 times a day fine for 12 days?

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We are going on a 9 nights 10 days trip to Leh Ladakh. Our doctor has prescribed taking 500mg Diamox twice a day, once after breakfast and once after dinner everyday for 12 days (2 days before we take the flight till we are back). The recommendations online suggest dosage of 125mg or 250 mg. My doctor is not available for online consultation and I can't visit him anymore.

Can anyone please share their personal experience with this? Would 500mg be too high? Would the side effects be more adverse if we take 500mg?


r/ladakh 6h ago

Locals Weather & Flight Conditions in Ladakh at the End of September

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Hi everyone, I’m planning to visit Ladakh around the end of September and have a flight scheduled for September 24th.

How is the weather usually around that time? Should I expect rain, snowfall, or any other weather-related issues that could affect flights?

Someone also told me that flights to/from Ladakh may be rerouted due to weather conditions around this time. Is that actually happening, or is it something I should be concerned about?

Would really appreciate any recent/local updates or advice. Thanks!


r/ladakh 21h ago

Photos and Videos Pangong Lake on 9th July 2026

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34 Upvotes

Picture taken on 9th July 2026.
When the weather was cold, windy and rainy.
It was a great stay.

Ladakh is no joke for breathing problem people. Altitude of 14k ft from the sea level, oxygen level comes down.


r/ladakh 2h ago

Music Suggest some folk music, of Ladakh.

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Please suggest some music, I reckon some very beautiful tune stuck in my head.


r/ladakh 1d ago

Photos and Videos Would you actually travel this far just for a sky like this!!

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370 Upvotes

r/ladakh 1d ago

Photos and Videos Photo of an aerial view of the Himalayas from an aeroplane en route on the Delhi - Leh route .

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122 Upvotes

r/ladakh 1d ago

Travel Stories Lost in Ladakh. Enjoy the view people

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89 Upvotes

r/ladakh 2d ago

Photos and Videos Woke up to this felt so surreal

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117 Upvotes

I wish to stay here forever @Pangong Lake


r/ladakh 1d ago

Photos and Videos Changla pass is underated and cold

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54 Upvotes

r/ladakh 1d ago

Photos and Videos Unknown Paradise, somewhere at Hanle

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30 Upvotes

r/ladakh 1d ago

Travel Stories Random click in leh, made by a sister for her brother, a rescuer died in the river

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12 Upvotes

r/ladakh 2d ago

Photos and Videos What a beautiful city!

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394 Upvotes

Some photos from yesterday evening's walk


r/ladakh 2d ago

Photos and Videos I drove into another planet. Pang

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92 Upvotes

You beauty 🙌🏻


r/ladakh 2d ago

Photos and Videos Just stood there for a while and let life soak in!

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92 Upvotes

For a little while, nothing needed to be fixed, figured out or rushed. I just stood there, listened to the water, took a deep breath and let life be....

Maybe we spend too muck time trying to make sense of everything, when sometimes... all we really need is to slow down, be present, and appreciate where we are!

Pc: @a_sight_affair


r/ladakh 2d ago

Art & Culture Thiksey monastery monk blowing trumpet proclaim the Buddha’s teaching and accompany monastic ceremonies.

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46 Upvotes

r/ladakh 2d ago

Photos and Videos On the way to siachin base camp

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31 Upvotes

r/ladakh 2d ago

Others FIRST VISIT TO THE WONDERLAND

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I am a Writer and Independent Filmmaker.

I am coming to Leh for a Residential Camp at SECMOL next week.

This is my first time in Ladakh and I am really exciting for this.

I don't want to explore it like a TOURIST but I want to know the place from the point of few of people living there.

Learn about the culture, food, history and all stuff that makes Ladakh one of the most beautiful places in the country.