How Ladakh Treks Compare to Iconic Trails Around the World
A Trail Less Traveled, A Voice Less Heard The first silence I noticed in Ladakh wasn’t the absence of cars. It was the absence of hurry. That deep, alpine quiet—so unlike the hum of trekking hotspots like Nepal’s Everest corridor or the chatter along Peru’s Inca Trail—settled around me like a second skin. It had taken three flights and one breathless mountain road to get here, and yet somehow, it felt like stepping out of the global conversation and into something much older. For over a decade, I’ve consulted in regenerative tourism across the globe. From Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness model to the rapidly warming valleys of Patagonia and the carefully rationed Milford Track in New Zealand, I’ve walked trails that have been loved almost too much. But Ladakh? Ladakh is something else. It whispers instead of shouts, invites instead of sells. And in that, I believe it may hold answers to some of the questions we’ve stopped asking about what travel is supposed to mean. This journey beg...
