Colours
Blue and turquoise.
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Pangong Lake is an endorheic salt lake in eastern Ladakh, India, at 4,300 metres above sea level, about 110 km east of Leh in a straight line; the road there over mountain passes takes many hours. The lake covers about 604 square kilometres and is 134 km long and 5 km wide at its broadest, with much of its water stretching east beyond Ladakh. A high ridge separates it from the Indus basin; its water is saline in the west and alkaline in the east, and it freezes in winter. The water shifts through shades of blue and turquoise with the light and time of day, ringed by bare brown and grey mountains capped with snow, with pebble beaches along its shores. The sky is clear blue on most summer days. Visitors spend a day or a night in camps on the shore watching the water change colour. A protected area permit, arranged in Leh, is required, and spending a few days in Leh first helps with acclimatising to the altitude.
Blue and turquoise.
Snowy peaks.
On the shore.
Eastern Ladakh, India
Yes, arranged in Leh.
June to September.