Must-see hotels in Nubra Valley

  • AO Guesthouse

    Nubra Valley

    This friendly place has a pleasant garden courtyard, a shared upper terrace and fine views from the best upstairs rooms. The guesthouse's proximity to the…

  • Kharmang Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    Turtuk’s long-term traveller favourite guesthouse has a pretty garden dining space, and panoramic views from en suite Room 201 and from the unadorned…

  • Turtuk Holiday

    Nubra Valley

    Turtuk Holiday is busy completing proper hotel rooms in the main building; in the meantime, uniformed staff welcome guests to a twinkling garden…

  • Sunrise Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    Reached through an ancient gateway stupa, this old traveller stalwart has excellent-value rooms on the upper floors (darker lower floor rooms cost ₹200…

  • Lotus Eco Resort

    Nubra Valley

    Set in sprawling, somewhat wild gardens, serenaded by a web of streams, this delightfully peaceful resort has six cottage units, each containing a pair of…

  • Ashoor Guest House & Restaurant

    Nubra Valley

    The top floor rooms are particularly comfortable here, with modern bathrooms and a rooftop terrace; and while the setting isn't as attractive as you'd get…

  • Kharyok Deluxe Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    A melodious stream runs directly behind this guesthouse's eight-room block that overlooks a garden with oblique views of Diskit Gompa high above. Upstairs…

  • Spangla Guesthouse

    Nubra Valley

    In a small, tidy garden with three apple trees, simple older-style rooms share a bathroom with geyser, while newer versions are fresh and clean with…

  • Yarab Tso

    Nubra Valley

    This impressive traditional-style Ladakhi building is set in farm-size grounds and boasts its own bakery. Rooms are let down a bit by simple bathrooms but…

  • Maha Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    This well-run and popular guesthouse has a dozen rooms with attached bathrooms and two garden sitting areas; it also serves up good food. It's a definite…

  • Kora Valley

    Nubra Valley

    Among Hunder's bedded tent camps, Kora is hard to beat. Its central knot of prayer flags frame a gorgeous mountain panorama. It's also very competitively…

  • Hunder Resort

    Nubra Valley

    All 16 rooms in this new three-block hotel are suites with modern bathrooms, balconies and sitting rooms of carpeted mats at Ladakhi chokse tables. It has…

  • Nubra Organic Retreat

    Nubra Valley

    The lush green grounds of this bedded tent camp are its big draw, with a stupa pond, labelled vegetable plots, hammocks and wicker chairs dangling from…

  • Nubra Eco-Lodge

    Nubra Valley

    Luxuriously spacious tent rooms and cottages ooze a whiff of style at this camp 2km south of Sumur. It's one of the best options around, though the barren…

  • Galaxy Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    Of several back-lane mini-guesthouses, Galaxy is one of the friendliest. It's run by a local family and is assiduously clean, set behind a typical garden.

  • Issu Homestay

    Nubra Valley

    Family-run Issu offers fresh, clean rooms and rooftop seating at the quiet eastern edge of Turtuk Farol. Be sure to try the Balti food for dinner –…

  • Sand Dune Hotel

    Nubra Valley

    Shaded by apricot trees and hop vines, the garden courtyard makes a pleasant oasis from the nearby bazaar but is usefully located for public transport…

  • Diskit Monastery Guesthouse

    Nubra Valley

    The main attraction of this new guesthouse is its location right at the base of the monastery and next to the Chamba statue. The nine rooms are spartan…

  • Namgyal Villa

    Nubra Valley

    At this friendly family mini-hotel, cheaper rooms are at the back and some have rather overindulged fake wood veneer, but the nicest front rooms look out…

  • Thachung Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    This guesthouse's entrance looks like a shopfront but leads down into a grassy courtyard of modern ensuite rooms. Handy for the bus stand. The dining room…

  • Cho Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    Guide and photographer Jigmat runs a simple but friendly family place. Two rooms have six or seven guest spaces per room on floor pads. There's a shared…

  • Khan Guest House

    Nubra Valley

    Key features here are the open if scrappy rooftop, with lovely views of the Pakistani mountains, and a small garden.

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