Nubra Valley
Cold desert at three thousand metres where sand dunes and two humped camels sit under snow peaks.
- Where
- Diskit, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 34.5512, 77.5485
Get the Nubra Valley stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Nubra Valley. 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 Ladakh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Nubra Valley
Hunder Sand Dunes 4.1 km
Cold desert dunes at three thousand metres where Bactrian camels left over from the Silk Road still graze.
Khardung La 31 km
Fifty four hundred metres, long claimed as the highest motorable pass in the world, and cold in every month.
Saser Kangri 36 km
A wall of ice above the old Silk Road caravan track over the Saser La.
Diskit Monastery 37 km
The Maitreya looking towards Pakistan.
Magnetic Hill 40 km
A stretch of road where the slope of the land tricks the eye into seeing cars roll uphill.
Likir Monastery 42 km
A gold Maitreya sitting out in the open.
Shanti Stupa 42 km
A white dome built by Japanese Buddhists in 1991 on a hill above Leh, best reached on foot up the steps.
Leh Palace 43 km
Nine storeys of mud brick, modelled on the Potala.
More offbeat places in Ladakh
Questions
Where is Nubra Valley?
Nubra Valley is in Diskit, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hunder Sand Dunes (4.1 km), Khardung La (31 km), Saser Kangri (36 km).
How do I get the Nubra Valley stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Nubra Valley and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ladakh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Nubra Valley before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ladakh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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