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Khardung La Cafe
A tea stall at Khardung La pass in Ladakh, one of the world's highest motorable roads at 5,359 metres, where exhausted riders and drivers stop for chai.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Leh
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About Leh
Leh works well as a base: 10 minutes from Pituk, 58km from Nubra Valley.
Leh is in Ladakh, India, with about 37,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Pituk, about 5 km away.
Leh (Ladakhi: སླེ་) is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the largest city and the joint capital of Ladakh. Leh, located in the Leh district, has been the capital of Ladakh since the medieval period and was historically capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh.
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Leh Palace, the former residence of the royal family of Ladakh, was built in the 17th-century and is frequently contrasted with the Potala Palace in Tibet. Leh is at an altitude of 3,524 m (11,562 ft), and is connected via National Highway 1 to Srinagar in the southwest and to Manali in the south via the Leh-Manali Highway (part of National Highway 3).
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What is there to see near Leh?
Within an hour or so of Leh: Khardung La Cafe (13 km), Khardung La (13 km), Thiksey Monastery (14 km), Magnetic Hill (21 km).
Are there any good drives near Leh?
The nearest famous roads are Khardung La, Chang La and Tanglang La.
Where is Leh?
Leh is in Ladakh, India, about 5 km from Pituk.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 37,475
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Ladakh
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 34.1650, 77.5840
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Worth the detour from Leh
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
mountain pass
Khardung La
One of the world's highest motorable passes at approximately 5359m in Ladakh, a bucket-list destination for adventure motorcyclists on the Leh-Nubra Valley route.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Thiksey Monastery
A spectacular 12-story Tibetan Buddhist gompa resembling the Potala Palace, perched on a hilltop with a 15-meter Maitreya Buddha statue.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Magnetic Hill
A gravity hill on the Srinagar-Leh road 26 km west of Leh where a parked car appears to roll uphill, an optical illusion created by the tilted horizon of the surrounding ridges.
21 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
Chang La
One of the world's highest motorable passes at about 5,360 m, on the spectacular drive from Leh to Pangong Lake. Army-run tea stalls at the prayer-flag-draped summit revive frozen riders.
35 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Nubra Valley
A high-altitude cold desert valley with sand dunes, double-humped Bactrian camels, and the ancient Diskit Monastery overlooking the Shyok River.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Leh
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- Right hereKhardung LaOne of the world's highest motorable passes at approximately 5359m in Ladakh, a bucket-list destination for adventure motorcyclists on the Leh-Nubra Valley route.
- 35 kmChang LaOne of the world's highest motorable passes at about 5,360 m, on the spectacular drive from Leh to Pangong Lake. Army-run tea stalls at the prayer-flag-draped summit revive frozen riders.
- 75 kmTanglang LaAt 5,328 m, the highest pass on the Leh-Manali Highway and one of the world's highest paved roads, crossing lunar Ladakhi plateau between the More Plains and the Indus Valley.
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