“Shakti Ladakh Village Experience” —

Eight-day/seven-night village-to-village walking tour of “Little Tibet” in northern INDIA; stay in traditional Ladakhi homes. Through September. Highlights: Walk with guides and porters across high plateau (11,500 feet)/Stok Palace/Hemis Monastery/raft down Zanskar River/painted caves at Saspol/Himalayan capital of Leh. Land, $3,898. Shakti Tours (Guragon, India; phone +91 124 456 3899 or, in the US, 866/401-3705, www.shaktihimalaya.com).