Bumla Pass & Madhuri Lake
The Indo-China border at over 15,000 feet, and a lake that exists because an earthquake dammed a river.
- Duration
- Full day from Tawang
- State
- Arunachal Pradesh
- From
- ₹4,500 /person
- per person · full day · union vehicle, army permits and packed lunch. Indicative - we quote on your dates.
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Bumla is a day out of Tawang and one of the very few places a civilian can stand on the Indo-China border. The road climbs past Sangestar Tso to over 15,000 feet, through country that is rock, ice and army, and there is a handshake point where Indian and Chinese troops meet on ceremonial days.
Sangestar - everyone calls it Madhuri Lake, after a film shot here - was formed when the 1950 Assam earthquake dammed a stream, and dead tree trunks still stand in the shallows. It is bleak and beautiful and extremely cold. Both stops need army permits arranged in Tawang and are run by local union vehicles rather than your own car.
What's in it
- 01Indo-China border at 15,200 ft, permits arranged in Tawang
- 02Sangestar (Madhuri) Lake with its drowned tree trunks
- 03Union vehicle only - private cars are not permitted
- 04Weather and permit dependent, and often closed in snow
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