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Damdama Lake
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Damdama Lake

Sohna, Haryana, India

4.2 (0)
Overview

The NCR's biggest natural lake under Aravalli ridges — boating, hot-air balloon mornings, rope courses and winter picnic flotillas.

Why visit: Gurugram's quickest real-outdoors day, herons included.

Things to do
  • ›Paddle & motor boats
  • ›Aravalli treks
  • ›Adventure camps
  • ›Sohna springs combo
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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free; activities ₹200–2,500

Est. budget

₹500–2,000

Duration

Half–full day

Nearby attractions

Within
1.3 km
🍲 Local Experience
4.1

Lohagarh Farms, Sohna Road

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Bhondsi Nature Park

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Sohna Vintage Car Rally Weekend

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Sohna Hot Springs & Shiv Kund

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Sulphur springs steaming from an Aravalli fault beneath a Shiva tank — the old hill bazaar's bathing ghats and the vintage-car rally's classic halt.

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💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum
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Heritage Transport Museum, Taoru

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🛕 Religious
4.2

Sheetala Mata Mandir, Gurugram

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Dhauj & Mangar Bani Sacred Forest

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Museo Camera, Gurugram

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Basai Wetland, Gurugram

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📍 Nature
4.4

Aravalli Biodiversity Park, Gurugram

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A mined-out wasteland reborn as 380 acres of native forest — India's first OECM urban wilderness, with trails where nilgai cross joggers at dawn.

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🍲 Local Experience
4.3

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