“DOLKHAR, LADAKH”

Ladakh is a valley perched between the high Himalayan mountain ranges. A valley that has a history wrapped up around so much folklore that it is difficult to tell fact from fiction. It is a traveler's dreamland for its beautiful landscapes of purple and grey mountains, for its lakes that reinvent shades of blue, for flora and fauna unlike anywhere else in the country and for people that are deeply connected to their culture in the face of the most rapid attempts at industrialisation the world has seen. Dolkhar is ideally located in Tukcha at the heart of the main town, Leh. The boutique stay is close enough so that you have access to everything you might need while still being far enough so you hear only the mountains echo.

Structures at Dolkhar are made out of locally sourced materials using local techniques of construction and by local artisans. The whole developmental process aims at creating a zero waste and zero plastic ecosystem. Adorned by the very essential rays of bewildered sunlight are the layered walls of Dolkhar’s seven duplex luxury villas. The rooms at Dolkhar are a perfect reflection of how they experience the landscape of Ladakh as the stone walls of the room share the same colours as the mountains outside and the ceiling made of exposed talu ldungma is a reminder of the long stretches of poplar that come back to life in the spring every year.