Chandra Taal
A crescent lake at four thousand three hundred metres, reached on foot over the last stretch, frozen most of the year.
- Where
- Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 32.4752, 77.6171
Get the Chandra Taal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandra Taal. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chandra Taal
Kunzum Pass 9.1 km
The gate between Lahaul and Spiti.
Bara-lacha la 37 km
A pass at 4,889 metres in the Zanskar range, on the road from Lahaul into Ladakh.
Rohtang Pass 37 km
Thirty nine hundred metres, open roughly five months a year, and the old gate between Kullu and Lahaul.
Deo Tibba 38 km
A flat-topped peak above Manali that looks easy from the valley and is not.
Bhrigu Lake 41 km
A high lake above Gulaba the sage Bhrigu is said to have meditated by, and gods bathe in.
Key Monastery 42 km
A thousand year old Buddhist monastery stacked on a hill in Spiti at four thousand metres, rebuilt after fires, raids and an earthquake.
Tabo Monastery 46 km
A thousand years of murals in mud walls.
Solang Valley 47 km
Snow in winter, paragliders in summer.
More offbeat places in Himachal Pradesh
Questions
Where is Chandra Taal?
Chandra Taal is in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kunzum Pass (9.1 km), Bara-lacha la (37 km), Rohtang Pass (37 km).
How do I get the Chandra Taal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandra Taal and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chandra Taal before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Himachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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