Entertainment & Leisure
Magnetic Hill
A stretch of the Srinagar highway where an optical illusion makes a stationary car appear to roll…
30 min
Free entry
A high valley over Khardung La with sand dunes, double-humped Bactrian camels and a 32-metre Maitreya statue above the monastery at Diskit.
Don't miss
- Hunder sand dunes
- Bactrian camel ride
- Diskit Monastery and Maitreya statue
- Khardung La crossing
- Time needed
- 8 hr
- Entry
- Free
- Best time
- Morning
- Photography
- Allowed
- Parking
- Available
Works well for
Friends
Couple
Family
Corporate
Tips from our editors
Overnight at Hunder or Turtuk rather than returning the same day. Khardung La at 5,359 m is not a place to linger — 15 minutes is plenty on the way over.
Where it is
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Viewpoints & Sunsets
Shanti Stupa
A white Japanese-built peace pagoda on a ridge above Leh, reached by 500 steps or a road, with the best…
1 hr
Free entry
Historic & Heritage
Leh Palace
A nine-storey 17th-century royal palace above the old town, modelled on the Potala and now partly…
1 hr
₹40
Markets & Shopping
Leh Main Bazaar
The pedestrianised old market below the palace — pashmina, apricots, prayer flags, and cafés where…
1 hr 30 min
Free entry