Sand dunes at 3000m with double-hump camels, a monastery watching over the valley, and the last Indian village before Pakistan.
"Nubra is Ladakh lite. Zanskar is Ladakh extreme."
Nubra Valley scores 8+ out of 10 in these months — if you must go, this is when:
India's most inaccessible inhabited valley — where the river freezes into a walkable sheet and monks live in monasteries hanging from cliffs.
Zanskar is what Nubra was before the double-humped camel selfie became mandatory. Genuine Buddhist communities, frozen river treks, zero tour buses.
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