Zanskar
Courtyard (homestay), Shagar Yokma, Zanskar, Ladakh,
India
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The Zanskar Courtyard is
a beautiful and comfortable homestay built by Sonam Dawa in 2020-2022. It is
located in the village of Shagar Yokma, some 15km
northwest of Padum in the valley of the Stod River.
It is an ideal base for many day hikes and longer treks, as well as for
visiting Buddhist gompas, in particular the Sani gompa (with its pre-Tibetan
Buddhist statues) and the rarely visited, but spectacular Zongkhul
gompa. Next to the homestay, a small cheese factory, also created by Sonam
Dawa, produces a very tasty cheese made with the milk of dzomo,
a female hybrid of yak and cattle raised above 3600m.
Sonam Dawa is the owner
and manager of Adventure Travel
Mark . He organized the logistics of five of my trips to Ladakh/Zanskar in 2016,
2018,
2019,
2022,
and 2024.
He can be contacted by
email at sdawa11@gmail.com and by phone
and WhatsApp at +91 94191 78963.
In 2025 the homestay was
getting a second floor.
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