Pine forest, the Doodh Ganga and an easy walk to Nilnag lake.
Yusmarg is a long meadow in the Pir Panjal foothills, reached from Srinagar through Budgam and Charar-e-Sharief. The Doodh Ganga runs below it and the forest closes in on every side.
The classic outing is the walk to Nilnag, a small green lake in the pines, about an hour each way. Fitter walkers can go on to the higher meadows with a local guide. For a longer, wilder road, our quiet valleys loop carries on from here to Daksum and Sinthan Top.
Stay a night if you can. The tourist huts are simple, but the meadow at dusk, after the day visitors leave, is the best of Yusmarg.
Each one has a full day-by-day plan, and every one can be changed.
Doodhpathri, Yusmarg, Daksum, Sinthan Top and Srinagar
A week in the meadows most visitors skip. Two quiet valleys in Budgam, the forest at Daksum and the high road over Sinthan Top, ending on a Srinagar houseboat.
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Eighth-century stone temples and the high lakes under Mount Haramukh.
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Houseboats, old city lanes and the lakeside gardens. Every trip starts here.
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A meadow under Apharwat. The Gondola, ski slopes and high lakes in summer.
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The Lidder river, pine forest and Aru, the trailhead village above town.
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