After an early breakfast, set out with your personal car, driver and guide for the spectacularly scenic journey to Yangthang, a tiny cluster of traditional old homes built around a village square and shrine. From here, you’ll enjoy a guided 2-hour hike following paths that trace a route through a river gorge. Your destination is the Rizong Monastery, built nearly 200 years ago on the side of a mountain on the north side of the Indus River. From here, a 20-minute walk brings you to the Chulichan Nunnery where our expert guide will offer insight into the daily lives and spiritual traditions of its young residents. In the afternoon, you’ll visit Tia and Tingmosgang, two villages where you can experience the timeless rhythms of rural life here in the high mountains of northern India. After the day’s sightseeing, you’ll continue to the mountain village of Nurla where you’ll check in to The Apricot Tree, a welcoming hotel nestled among apricot and apple trees overlooking the Indus River. Meals B+L+D