Hemis National Park It is a
high altitude national park in the
eastern Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India comprising of Central Crystalline belt of the
Greater Himalayas. The park is bounded on the north by the banks of the
Indus River, and includes the catchments of
Markha,
Sumdah and
Rumbak, and parts of the
Zanskar Range. World famous for being the best place to see the snow leopard in the wild, it is believed to have the
highest density of snow leopards of any protected area in the world.
