Zanskar is a sub district of the Kargil district of the Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir, located in the Zanskar range of mountains, and administrated by Padum. It is the country that lies in between the two branches of the Zanskar River, namely the Doda and the Lungnak. This arid semi desert lies on the northern flank of the Great Himalayas, and is geographically very similar to Ladakh, which is why it is usually ignored by tourists. But if you visit this beautiful kingdom of the skies you will curse yourself for ignoring it forever. At an elevation of 6000 m, Zanskar is the wild and untamed valley of the clouds, with the Himalayas guarding it like a mother; it is where the skies speak, and the mountains echo, and the poppies and the edelweiss bloom.