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Guesthouses may be busy at certain times of the year (such as Tibetan New Year – a moveable holiday dependant on the Tibetan, lunisolar calendar – and occasional gatherings of the exiled community) so check before arriving.

Sightseeing

Delhi has plenty of sights worth visiting, some of which are unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Red Fort, Qutab Minar and Humayun’s Tomb. Add the Jama Masjid, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Safdarjang’s Tomb and the Bahai’i House of Worship if you have a bit more time. The Taj Mahal in Agra is 200km south of New Delhi, and worth a day trip.

Getting to Leh from Delhi

By air or road?

Which of these options to go for is a question of balancing the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of travel. Your choice will largely be based on how much time you have, the current weather conditions and political situation.

Ladakh’s only public airport is in Leh with regular flights to Jammu, Srinagar and Delhi operated by a few airlines including Air India (www.airindia.in), Jet Airways (www.jetairways.com) and GoAir (www.goair.com). Because of the prevailing weather conditions, most of the flights take off and land in the morning. Flights are often delayed and sometimes cancelled. If you fly in or out of Ladakh, never make your succeeding schedule tight. Prices vary according to season and time of booking, and may be as low as Rs3000 or over Rs20,000 in the high season (one way). According to some Indian travellers, www.makemytrip.com is the best online booking service in India and can be used from Europe; it also enables on-line transactions made from other countries.