Kashmir Great Lakes Trek

Kashmir Great Lakes is one of the most beautiful treks in India. No question, it validates Kashmir's mythical status as heaven on earth with wild, rugged mountains, rolling meadows including turquoise alpine lakes.

Each day you can enjoy just perfect lakes surrounded by snow-capped mountains making it more beautiful. The alpine lakes are extremely beautiful. However, out of these alpine lakes, Gadsar may be the most untouched of the lot.

The thundering silence of the Kashmir lakes and their virgin beauty is spellbound. As a trek, you need great physical fitness to work on your health and prepare yourself before arriving here.

Trailing within the Maple trees uphill, trekkers can enjoy the crystal clear view of the nearby villages downhill and especially the Sonamarg village. Massively tiny brooks struggling through the meadows and snowy peaks of small mountains mark the land of Shekdur.

Shekdur is the only campsite with trees on this trek. The trek to the Kashmir Great Lakes Trek will provide the trekkers with a perfect flavor of all hues of terrain- innumerable meadows, snow-clad glaciers, and pinnacles, passes, rocky barren lands, struggling streams.

It's an extraordinary experience you can only feel that by visiting here.

The itinerary is as follows:

1st Day: Srinagar to Shitkadi - It takes 4 Hrs. from Srinagar by road to cover a distance of 80 km. Shitkadi is at a height of 6175 ft. Full cab cost is around Rs 3000 for 5 to 6 persons. Registration, Medical checkups, and verification of certificates will happen. 

2nd Day: Shitkadi to Nichnai - Trekking starts - distance 13.5 km- It takes 7 hours to reach a height of 11838 ft. Steep ascent journey through maple and pine forest. The last portion of the trekking route is by the side of a river valley. Finally, you will reach the campsite of Nichnai.

3rd Day: Nichnai to Vishnusar - 7.5 Hours trekking, 13.5 km - Gradual ascent and then a long climb to the pass. last one hour journey is descent and a flat walk and will reach you 12011 ft height campsite.

4th day: Vishnusar to Gadsar - 8 Hrs Trekking to cover 16 km - Mild difficult and steep ascent and then descend and you will finally reach 13850 ft height Camp.

5th Day: Gadsar to Satsar - 11.5 km trekking for 5 Hours - Initially steep climb and then leveled walk and will reach Maengandob plains. The final stretch is a gradual ascent through a series of lakes of Satsar - Height 12100 ft.

6th Day: Satsar to Gangabal - 9 km trekking takes 6 hours - This stretch consists of Boulders and steeply ascends and descends, little difficult trekking and finally you will be at a height of 11651 ft.

7th Day: Gangabal to Narang and then to Srinagar - Gangabal to Narang is 6 hours trekking to cover a distance of 13 km - Mix of ascents and descents and finally steep descent will reach down you to Narang. From Narang, you have to take a vehicle to reach Srinagar, 2 hours journey.

8th Day: Advice to take a rest and do local sightseeing. An additional day is to be kept in hand to avoid any unforeseen circumstances which may cause trekking delays for one day.

9th Day: Avail train or flight to reach your destination.