Kashmir Great Lakes Trek with Himalaya shelter

The Kashmir Great Lakes Trek is the most popular hiking trail to experience the never-ending beauty of Kashmir region in North India. This high altitude alpine trek is located in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. Alpine lakes are the main attraction during the trek, it passes through some of the most beautiful and huge sized alpine lakes of India like Vishansar, Krishnansar and Gangabal. Kashmiri Hindus associate Vishansar Lake with Lord Vishnu, Krishnansar with Lord Krishna and Gangabal Lake with the holy Ganges which fills spiritual energy from within, also, many yoga practitioners come to this trek to increase their spiritual Interestingly, every lake has a unique color and view. Similarly, there are a total of 6 large lakes on the route and that is why this trail path is named "Kashmir Great Lakes (KGL)". During the trek, one can see alpine lakes as well as shepherd huts, spiritual places around the route, many small water bodies, glaciers, beautiful meadows, mountain peaks and high passes. Trekkers who have traversed this route spoke about the beauty of the trek as per their experience.

Shivam, a former trekker of Himalaya Shelter said, “I have done many treks in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand but this Great Lakes trek in Kashmir turned out to be the best and indeed a great trek because its beauty is something you can’t describe in words, it is all about seeing and capturing it in your heart, that’s all.”

Starting from Sonamarg Basecamp and ending at Naranag, the trail covers a distance of about 75 km. The duration of the trek depends on the itinerary selected by trekkers. Himalaya Shelter provides a safe and perfect itinerary to explore trek very well, which takes 7 days to complete including transport from Srinagar and return to the same point.