💎 Hidden Gem🏞️ Lake🥾 Trekking🛕 Religious

Kousarnag Lake

Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Overview

A 3-km sheet of glacial blue at 4,000 m in the Pir Panjal, shaped like a footprint of Vishnu — reached by a stiff two-day pilgrimage trek from Aharbal.

Why visit: The Pir Panjal's grandest lake, still wild and rarely seen.

Things to do

›Mahinag & Kongwattan camps
›Lake-shore ice floes
›Vishnupad lore
›Aharbal descent

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Travel Information

Best time

Jul–Sep

Entry fee

Free (guide advised)

Est. budget

₹3,000–6,000

Duration

2–3 days

Nearby attractions

Within

10.3 km

💧 Waterfall

4.4

Aharbal Waterfall

Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir

The 'Niagara of Kashmir' — the Veshaw thundering 25 m through a pine gorge of the Pir Panjal, trailhead for Kousarnag lake treks.

May–OctHalf dayExplore

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4.5

Peer Ki Gali (Mughal Road)

Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir

The 3,485-m crown of the old imperial route to Kashmir — Jahangir's caravans, a Sufi's windswept shrine and meadows dropping to Poonch and Shopian.

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