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Leave early from leh around 7AM.
Enroute visit Pathar Sahib Gurdwara, sangam point, Lamayuru monastery and stop at Mulbekh Chamba ,
which is around 45 kilometre east of Kargil town heading toward Leh, is the famous Chamba Statue in Mulbekh village, a striking enormous figure carved into the rock face on the right hand side of the road. It pictures a standing Maitreya Buddha or Buddha-to-come overlooking the old trade route and modern highway.
Some people believe it dates to the Kushan period in the early centuries CE.
Modern scholars date it as being from around the eighth century. Unfortunately, the lower part of the statue is partly obscured by a small temple built in 1975.
After lunch leave for Drass and visit Kargil War Memorial which is a built by the Indian Army, located in Drass, in the foothills of the Tololing Hill.
The memorial is located about 5 km from the city centre across the Tiger Hill.
It is located on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway 1D.
The memorial is in the memory of the soldiers and officers of the Indian Army who were killed during the 1999 conflict between India and Pakistan and come back by sunset. Evening at leisure.

After a sumptuous breakfast at the hotel, leave for Suru Valley.
Visit Kartse Khar Village which is an ancient village near the mouth of the valley, has a 7 m tall rock sculpture of the "Future Buddha Chamba", evidence of the passage of Buddhist missionaries through the region during the 7th to 8th centuries AD enroute to Tibet.
The statue has been carved out of a single rock piece which is believed to be a very unique art and the tallest standing Buddha in the world. June and July offers the best views of the valley.
The village boasts a small Khar (literally meaning “fort”) ruin atop a small hill in the middle of the village and the grave of Rgyal Khatoon, the queen and wife of the erstwhile King of Purig, King Namgyal in the 15^th Century.
Untouched, unexplored and serene, you will be the only people around, except the few villagers.
After kartse khar, leave further ahead for parkachik village to witness the Nun-Kun glacier, Enroute stop at damsna village and have your lunch with a beautiful view of the majestic twin peaks of Nun-Kun both of 7000 mtrs in the backdrop.
If time permits visit the famous Shrine of Sayeed Mir Hashim at Karpo Khar Come back to the hotel by late evening.
Freshen up at the hotel and talk a stroll in the market or visit the Munshi Aziz Bhat museum of Silk route trade and artefacts, a local family run museum that preserves the Silk Route trade heritage of Kargil.
Overnight at Hotel.

After breakfast of champions at the hotel, leave for Hundurman village to witness the Indo-Pak border and the Hundurman Museum of memories.
Hundarman, is an abandoned Purgi settlement in Kargil, located at the LoC. The settlement is frozen in time ever since the families migrated.
Unlock Hundarman- Museum of Memories is a permanent exhibition in this settlement through the narratives of war, arts and crafts, lifestyle and culture.
These stories are brought alive with the help of artefacts ranging from old utensils, farming tools, Karachi biscuits, books from Lahore, French coffee, medicines from Germany, war artillery found on site.
After Hundarman leave for Leh Via Batalik route, enroute visit the Apati Chamba, Apati village is about 25 km from Kargil, one has to walk through a small green village settled along a water stream, after crossing the village, a beautiful Maitreya Buddha statue with right hand in “Abhay Mudra” and in left hand is a “Kamandal” to carry water, the eyes are protruded out like Frog eyes, one can see the red colour in the parts above the shoulders and on the wall behind which has faded out with time. After Apati, reach Garkone village (Aryan Valley) by lunch, enjoy sumptuous lunch.
After which head towards leh