Suru Valley
Apricots below Nun and Kun.
- Where
- Kargil, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 33.8028, 76.4730
Get the Suru Valley stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Suru 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 Suru Valley
Pensi La 13 km
The pass between Suru and Zanskar, with the Drang Drung glacier laid out below it.
Kun 46 km
The lower of the Nun Kun pair, and the more climbed of the two.
Zanskar Valley 56 km
Cut off by snow for seven months.
Fotu La 58 km
The highest point on the Srinagar-Leh road, above Lamayuru.
Lamayuru Monastery 60 km
The oldest gompa in Ladakh, standing over eroded clay hills that people here call the moonland.
Namika La 65 km
The pillar of the sky, a pass on the Srinagar-Leh road between Kargil and Lamayuru.
Alchi Monastery 80 km
Kashmiri painting from the eleventh century, untouched.
Likir Monastery 88 km
A gold Maitreya sitting out in the open.
More offbeat places in Ladakh
Questions
Where is Suru Valley?
Suru Valley is in Kargil, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pensi La (13 km), Kun (46 km), Zanskar Valley (56 km).
How do I get the Suru Valley stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Suru 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 Suru 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.
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