India
The north
Ladakh, Sikkim, Darjeeling and the Andaman Islands
The high Buddhist country of Ladakh and Sikkim, the tea hills of Darjeeling, and far out in the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Islands.
Places to see
In the north
08 places
01
Leh and the Indus
Two days in Leh to get used to the height before anything is asked of you, then the monasteries upstream along the Indus.
02
Nubra
North of Leh, green in a country that otherwise is not, with Bactrian camels on the old caravan routes.
03
Pangong Tso
The lake on the frontier, across the Changthang plateau.
04
Gangtok, Rumtek and Yuksom
Gangtok and the monastery at Rumtek, seat of the Karmapa, then west to Yuksom, where the kingdom of Sikkim was founded, and the lake at Khecheopalri.
05
Pelling
The view of Kangchenjunga, if the weather allows it.
06
Darjeeling
The hill station among the tea, and the monastery at Ghoom. For walkers, a two-day walk up to Tonglu, at 3,070 metres, and back.
07
Havelock
Radhanagar beach and the reef off it, and nothing at all expected of you for three days.
08
Port Blair
The Cellular Jail, on the way home.
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Since 1997
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