Open all through the the year

Mangyu Lodge

6 EN SUITE TWIN BEDDED ROOMS

Centrally Heated Rooms

CONCEPTUALLY DESIGNED FOR

WILDLIFE EXPLORATION

Multi National food

Lounge & Dine with Views

Perch Yourself For

Commanding Great Views

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FULLY RUN ON

SOLAR POWER

CONCEPTUALISED AND DESIGNED FOR WILDLIFE EXPLORATION

The Snow leopard lodge

Mangyu serves as a supremely comfortable and stylish base for trans-Himalayan wildlife exploration. It is open year-round and was carefully designed on sustainable principles.

High Altitude Comfort

The lodge features 6 passive solar and centrally heated en-suite rooms. Bathrooms have 24-hour hot and cold running water, showers, and modern toilets.

Why Stay With Us

Centrally Heated Rooms

Mangyu Lodge embodies sustainable conservation tourism. The lodge features 6 passive solar and centrally heated en-suite rooms. 24-hour running hot and cold water showers, modern toilets, and hot water bottles to ensure cosy beds, for extra warmth. Operations drive a "virtuous circle" supporting local employment and a monastery community fund.

Wild Exploration

The lodge provides an extremely comfortable base for exploring the wildlife-rich trans-Himalayan landscape both in the extreme cold of winter and through spring & summer. Guided by our expert trackers, Mangyu’s steep cliffs host wolves, ibex, and blue sheep, viewed from our panoramic terraces overlooking these elusive snow leopard habitats.

Creature Comforts

Mangyu Lodge offers six solar and centrally heated en-suite rooms. Creature comforts include 24-hour running hot and cold water, showers, and modern toilets. Rooms are well equipped for the cold winter and through spring and summer. Include picture windows commanding great views. Hot water bottles are provided for extra warmth.

Lounge, dine, hang out and watch

Guests can enjoy delicious, multi-national cuisine, as well as barbecues. The lodge is characterised by its hospitable service and panoramic views of the dramatic landscape. The centrally heated lounge and dining area offers an excellent selection of beverages and snacks throughout the day. It is a great community space to engage with other guests.

Indulging Landscape

Mangyu Lodge overlooks a dramatic intersection of valleys within the Stok range. Guests enjoy panoramic views of sheer cliffs, narrow gorges, and traditional homes built along picturesque ravines. Set within an apricot orchard, the lodge’s picture windows capture the timeless beauty of this high-altitude wilderness.

Wildlife Centric

Mangyu Lodge is a premier sanctuary for trans-Himalayan exploration. Strategically located near sheer cliffs and narrow gorges, it offers expert-led tracking of snow leopards, wolves, and bharal. Guests utilise dedicated vehicles and high-quality optics, with rare sightings often occurring directly from the panoramic terrace, all rooted in community-led conservation tourism.

Lunch time while looking for snow leopards. Ulley Valley, Ladakh Himalayas, India.

Explore in Comfort

Snow leopard tracking employs complex methods, collating information from local sightings, prey alarm calls, and tracks in the snow. Expert trackers lead the adventure while you play the waiting game in Mangyu’s six solar, centrally heated rooms. Enjoy picture windows and dramatic views of the Stok range.

Snow Leopard Lodge operates all round the year, offering distinct experiences each season. Winter and Spring are ideal for snow leopard tracking, while summer brings wildflowers, camping, and mountain biking. Wolves, red foxes, eagles, and urial can be spotted year-round, ensuring high-altitude adventures and diverse wildlife viewing across all seasons.

The Winter Program: The winter season is primarily focused on snow leopard and wildlife tracking. Your daily program is entirely dependent on information from the trackers, ensuring the best chances for sightings. Your wildlife excursions are self-contained, in your own vehicle accompanied by guide and carrying hot beverages, snacks, and picnic or packed lunches.
Beyond wildlife, you can also enjoy guided day trips or half-day trips to surrounding monasteries, villages, and ancient petroglyph sites.
Booking at the Snow Leopard Lodge offers the simplest way to look for snow leopards, providing complete flexibility in your length of stay.

The Summer Program: In the summer months, the Snow Leopard Lodge retains its focus on wildlife which, in the warm weather increases hugely to include a greater array of birds, butterflies, colourful insects, reptiles and stunningly beautiful flowers along with raptors, wolves, foxes, Ibex and wild sheep – many with young – and of course the snow leopard which is often sighted due to the lodge’s location and the trackers’ unmatched skill.
Summer also brings comfortable temperatures ideal for walking, day hikes, overnight camping, mountain cycling, bird watching, and photography
Guests can also enjoy outdoor dinners, BBQs, and stargazing in quiet, beautiful locations.

WILDLIFE SEASON

WINTER

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ALL YEAR ROUND

WILDLIFE & TRAVEL

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activities & experiences

snow leopard tracking

Seek elusive snow leopards in the vast, stunning landscapes of Ladakh.

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Mountain Exploration & Hiking

Experience the trans-Himalayan wilderness on foot during the vibrant summer months.

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camp under the stars

Explore the most remote, spectacular landscapes of the trans-Himalayan wilderness, camping.

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Mountain biking trips

The winding mountain roads and dirt tracks around Ulley and Mangyu are fantastic for mountain cycling.

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Cultural excursions

Guests can take guided day and half-day trips to access significant cultural sites in the region.

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Book this lodge for an exclusive private holiday?

Looking to celebrate an occasion, event, or just booking the whole place for a private holiday. Reach out to us and we will plan a unique experience for you.

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