Mountains

Indus River Camp

Canvas, river and high Himalayan silence

setting

Mountains

where

Leh, Ladakh, India

best season

Open 25 April to 10 October. June to Septemb…

ideal for

Himalayan Camp

( the feeling of it )

Forty acres on the Indus, built from the village's own mud brick and poplar. Leh is eight kilometres away and irrelevant.

( the story )

Forty acres on the Indus eight kilometres from Leh, with nine rooms built from village mud brick, poplar and stone — open late April to October.

The Indus River Camp holds forty acres of Ladakh riverbank, eight kilometres out of Leh and twenty minutes from the airport, which is close enough to be easy and far enough to be silent. It was built out of what the village already had: mud bricks, poplar and willow, stones and earth. There are nine riverside rooms — two chalets, three mud-brick cottages, two wooden cabins, a suite, and a 1,100 square foot villa with a roof terrace. The kitchen runs on a fresh-is-best principle with a set menu that changes daily across regional Indian and continental cooking. Days go to yoga, village walks, treks, downhill cycling from altitude, rafting grades one to three on the Zanskar, Royal Enfields, monasteries, and birding trips out after Pallas's cats, Tibetan wolves and black-necked cranes.

( field notes, dawn to night )

A day here

first light

Yoga with the Ladakh range going pink and the river already loud below.

morning

Village walk, or the long downhill ride from altitude, or rafting the Zanskar.

afternoon

A monastery — there is always another monastery — and butter tea you learn to like.

night

A daily-changing set menu, then a sky that makes people go quiet mid-sentence.

( worth underlining )

What sets it apart

Forty acres along the Indus, eight kilometres from Leh

Built from village materials — mud brick, poplar and willow, stone and earth

Nine riverside rooms only: chalets, cottages, cabins, a suite and a villa

Twenty minutes from Leh airport, and entirely out of the town

Rafting the Zanskar, high-altitude descents by bike, monastery days

Wildlife trips for Pallas's cat, Tibetan wolf and black-necked crane

What you can do

Yoga

Trekking & Village Walks

River Rafting

Cycling & Motorbiking

Wildlife & Birding Tours

Monastery Visits

On the property

Forty Riverside Acres

Mud-Brick Cottages

Roof-Terrace Villa

Daily-Changing Kitchen

Indus River Frontage

Ladakhi Village Build

( plan your stay )

Altitude strips out the noise. What's left is thinner, colder and much clearer.

The camp opens in April.

best time to visit — Open 25 April to 10 October. June to September is warmest, with the passes open and the river running high.

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