Summer sunshine casts the rugged, breathtaking landscape of Ladakh in dazzling relief. Our trail winds through rose-colored canyons, medieval monasteries, and flocks tended by friendly shepherds.

Exquisite murals, statues and architecture preserved in the monasteries of ancient Ladakh attest to its former prominence on a southern artery of the old Silk Road.

The magnificent Taj Mahal; the pastel oasis cities of Rajasthan; Hindu temples and bathing ghats descending into the holy Ganges at Varanasi: this journey is truly a feast for the senses!

Elevation and amazement mount as we peregrinate from peaceful green valleys in the "Land of the Thunder Dragon" to the raucous flurry of Kathmandu and the austere heights of enigmatic Tibet. This is a cultural sampler sewn into the seams of the Himalaya.