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Hunder Sand Dunes & Bactrian Camels
📍 Nature🪂 Adventure📍 Camel Safari

Hunder Sand Dunes & Bactrian Camels

Hunder, Ladakh, India

4.6 (0)
Overview

Silver dunes at 10,000 ft ridden by shaggy two-humped camels — descendants of Silk Road caravans stranded when the routes closed.

Why visit: A cold-desert safari found nowhere else in India.

Things to do
  • ›Bactrian camel ride
  • ›Dune sunset
  • ›Shyok streams
  • ›Folk-dance evenings
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Travel Information

Best time

May–Sep; sunset rides

Entry fee

Camel ₹300–500

Est. budget

₹500–1,200

Duration

2–3 hrs

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