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Pangong Lake

Ladakh

Experience the magic of Offbeat India

📅Best SeasonJun · Sep

🗓Trip Length3–5 days

💰BudgetVaries

👥CrowdModerate

📅Best TimeJun · Sep

🗓Ideal Duration3–5 days

💸Budget RangeVaries

👤Crowd LevelModerate Crowd

🧗DifficultyEasy

🌡Season Calendar

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Permits & passes

This trip touches a region that needs a permit, or passes through a seasonal mountain road — check the list below before you go.

Permits

Protected Area Permit / Inner Line Permit (specific routes, e.g. Nubra Valley, Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri, Turtuk, Dah-Hanu, Changthang)

Domestic tourists visiting specific restricted zones beyond Leh town; Leh itself and several nearby areas need no permit. Foreign nationals face additional/different restrictions on several of these same routes.

Official source

Seasonal passes

Zoji La

typically open late May/June – November, snow permitting — check official status

Official source

Khardung La

typically open April/May – October/November, snow permitting — check official status

Official source

Draft information — always confirm against the official source before you travel. Pass status is never a live claim; check current conditions before departure.

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