Responsible Travel

Mountain Intelligence – Explore Ladakh Like a Friend

Ladakh is not a destination; it’s a living, breathing home of wind-carved passes, whitewashed stupas and families who greet you with butter-tea warmth.
We arrive as guests, not customers, and guests leave the house better than they found it.

Our promise is simple: every step you take with us gives back more than it takes.

1.Tread Lightly

• Pack out every wrapper, every peel, every cigarette tip.
• Walk or pedal when you can; when we drive, we share low-emission vehicles.
• Camp on durable ground that’s already known the weight of a tent.

2. Spend Wisely

• Sleep in village homes; your room fee buys school books and winter fodder.
• Eat apricots from the orchard you pass, not plastic-wrapped imports.
• Choose hand-woven prayer flags over mass-market souvenirs—artisans keep traditions alive thread by thread.

3. Listen First

• Circumambulate clockwise, speak softly near chortens, photograph only with permission.
• Festivals are prayers, not photo-ops; if you wouldn’t snap pictures in your own church, don’t here.
• Learn ten words of Ladakhi; “Julley” alone opens more doors than any guidebook.

4. Stay on the Story, Not the Scree

• Climbers use fixed lines already in place; new anchors scar the rock.
• Trekkers follow cairned paths; one shortcut can loosen a century of soil.
• Drivers stay on established tracks; tyre spins bruise high-altitude meadows for decades.

5. Leave a Trace of Good

• Carry a refillable bottle; we’ll top it with filtered glacier melt, saving 30 single-use bottles per trekker per week.
• Donate to local waste systems, not orphanage selfies; transparency beats sentiment.
• Offset your journey with our village tree-planting fund—one tree neutralises 200 km of mountain driving.

Ready to become the guest Ladakh remembers for the right reasons?

Write us.
We’ll craft an itinerary where your footprints vanish, but your impact remains in stronger roofs, cleaner streams and stories told long after you’ve flown home.

Mountain Intelligence
Travel so light that only memories stay heavy.