Eating and staying in Ladakh
893 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 187 towns and suburbs in Ladakh.
Ladakh accounts for 1% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 18th-largest of the 36 regions by venue count. Those 893 venues sit across 187 named towns and suburbs, of which 1 carry at least 40 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is concentrated: Leh (383), Hundar (38) and Turtuk (36) hold 51% of everything between them. The remaining 186 places average 2.7 venues each — a long tail of small settlements that we list on the nearest town page rather than give an empty page to.
The regional split runs 33% eating to 106% accommodation, against a national 66/34. That is a markedly higher share of accommodation than the country as a whole — the mark of a region that hosts visitors rather than only feeding residents.
40 venues in Ladakh carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on indian (16), regional (7) and coffee shop (6).
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 22 venues here publish opening hours (2% against 8% nationally), 24 list a website, and 4 record step-free access. Everything on this site comes from open data, so coverage reflects what mappers and councils have published — not what exists on the ground.
The category split
| Holiday parks and campgrounds | 409 in Ladakh · 46% of the region · 33% of New Zealand's 1,227 |
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| B&Bs and guest houses | 338 in Ladakh · 38% of the region · 7% of New Zealand's 4,782 |
| Restaurants | 189 in Ladakh · 21% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 28,244 |
| Hotels | 152 in Ladakh · 17% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 13,603 |
| Cafés | 87 in Ladakh · 10% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 10,105 |
| Hostels | 34 in Ladakh · 4% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 4,993 |
| Takeaways | 17 in Ladakh · 2% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 10,760 |
| Serviced apartments | 8 in Ladakh · 1% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 1,502 |
| Bars | 4 in Ladakh · 0% of the region · 0% of New Zealand's 1,747 |
| Motels | 3 in Ladakh · 0% of the region · 1% of New Zealand's 592 |
Towns and suburbs in Ladakh
A further 186 smaller places in Ladakh carry fewer than 40 venues each. Rather than publish a page with nothing to say, we list their venues on the town pages nearest them.