Introduction

The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek is in no need of an introductory treatise. It presents the proem in itself. You can draw a preface of it by just hearing its name. Kashmir is a wonderful place and if you are on a himalayan trek you are bound to taste the natural beauty and adventure. The trek to the Kashmir Great Lakes Trek offers a lifetime experience of vintage memories that are so wonderfully tiring. The thundering silence of the Kashmir lakes and its virgin beauty is spell bound. Apart from the lakes, even the barren milky snow clad mountains stand out in might and proud.

Duration: 8 days

Itinerary

Day 1: Srinagar - Sonamarg

Arrive in Srinagar. Depart to Sonamarg in the afternoon. It is 3 hrs drive from Srinagar.

Day 2: Sonamarg (7,800ft) - Nichnai (11,500ft)

Sonamarg (7,800ft) to Nichnai (11,500ft) via Shekdur. Night stay in Camp.

Day 3: Nichnai (11,500ft) - Vishansar lake (12,000ft)

Nichnai (11,500ft) to Vishansar lake (12,000ft). Night stay in Camp. 

Day 4: Acclimatization + Rest Day

Mid trip acclimatization and rest day, needed for this long trek.

Day 5: Vishansar (12,000ft) - Gadsar(12,000ft)

Vishansar (12,000ft) to Gadsar(12,000ft) via Kishansar lake and Gadsar Pass (13,750ft). Night stay in Camp.

Day 6: Gadsar (12,000ft) - Satsar (12,000ft)

Gadsar (12,000ft) to Satsar (12,000ft). Night stay in Camp.

Day 7: Satsar (12,000ft) - Gangabal twin lakes (11,500ft)

Satsar (12,000ft) to Gangabal twin lakes (11,500ft). Night stay in Camp.

Day 8: Gangabal (11,500ft) - Naranag (7,450ft) - Srinagar

Gangabal (11,500ft) to Naranag (7,450ft) then drive to Srinagar. Night stay in Camp.