This depends on how much time you have and the kind of activities you enjoy. I have, however, included some basic information below, allowing you to pick and choose what you would like to do.
Quarter day to half day sightseeing trips from Leh:
- Leh market
- Hall of Fame museum
- Shanti Stupa
- Spituk monastery & town
- Leh palace
- Namgyal Tsemo gompa & castle
- Thiksey monastery
- Shey monastery
- Hemis monastery & museum
- Stok palace & museum
You can drop by the Hall of Fame museum on your way to or back from Spituk, as it's along the way, and cover both in one half day.
You can visit Thiksey and Shey in one half day, and Hemis and Stok in another, or see all four in one day, if you take a prepaid taxi from Leh. You can spend the night in these monasteries for a small cost, or for free if they let you be a volunteer teacher.
One day or longer sightseeing trips from Leh:
- Pangong Lake
- Nubra valley (Sumur, Diskit, Hunder, Panamik)
- Likir monastery, Alchi Gompas, Basgo monastery & ruins, Lamayuru monastery, Pattharsahib Gurudwara & magnetic hill, Mulberk
- Chemrey valley
- Tso-Moriri
- Tso-Kar
- Uleytokpo
If travelling from Srinagar to Leh on your own, you'd be passing through Western Ladakh, so it would make sense that you break here or spend a night at Alchi or Uleytokpo, before proceeding to Leh.
Other activities:
One day rafting and kayaking trips are available from July onwards, once the rivers swell. You can go trekking through the Markha valley. Also, peaks like Stok Kangri & Stok-La are open to amateur mountain climbers.
Feel free to add to the information posted here.
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