🛕 Religious🥾 Trekking🌄 Viewpoint

Dhankar Monastery & Lake

Dhankar, Himachal Pradesh, India

4.7 (0)

Overview

A fort-gompa fused onto eroding mud pinnacles above the Spiti–Pin confluence, with a turquoise lake an hour's climb behind.

Why visit: Spiti's most improbable building, over its most beautiful river junction.

Things to do

›Cliff gompa
›Confluence viewpoint
›Dhankar lake hike
›Old fort ruins

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Travel Information

Best time

May–Oct

Entry fee

₹25–50

Est. budget

₹800–2,000

Duration

Half–full day

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Within

16 km

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