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Loktak Lake
🏞️ Lake📍 Nature🌄 Viewpoint

Loktak Lake

Moirang, Manipur, India

4.9 (0)
Overview

The largest freshwater lake in Northeast India, world-famous for its floating 'phumdis' — living rings of vegetation that dot the blue like green islands.

Why visit: The floating world of Manipur — boat among phumdis and fisher huts at dawn.

History: Lifeline of Manipur's fisheries and the only home of the floating Keibul Lamjao park; a Ramsar wetland since 1990.

Things to do
  • ›Phumdi boat rides
  • ›Floating fisher huts
  • ›Sendra Island views
  • ›Dawn photography
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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Boat fees

Est. budget

₹500–1,500

Duration

Full day

Nearby attractions

Within
1.9 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village
4.1

Karang Island (Cashless Island Village)

Karang, Manipur

A small mid-lake island community on Loktak — India's first cashless island — reached only by boat, wrapped in water on every side.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore
3 km
💎 Hidden Gem🏞️ Lake
4.2

Phubala (Loktak West Shore)

Moirang, Manipur

A tranquil western headland of Loktak with a resort lawn, boat ghats and quieter phumdi views than Sendra.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore
3 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Village
4.4

Thanga Island Village

Thanga, Manipur

The largest inhabited island of Loktak, a fishing community offering homestays, phumdi tours and life among the floating gardens.

Oct–Mar1–2 daysExplore
3.2 km
🌄 Viewpoint
4.5

Sendra Island (Loktak)

Moirang, Manipur

The classic hillock-island viewpoint rising from Loktak's waters, with a tourist resort, cafeteria and 360° views over the phumdi rings.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore
6.1 km
💎 Hidden Gem🦌 National Park
4.7

Keibul Lamjao National Park

Moirang, Manipur

The world's only floating national park — a 40 sq km phumdi meadow on Loktak, last refuge of the endangered sangai, Manipur's dancing deer.

Nov–Mar (deer visible)Half–full dayExplore
6.3 km
📍 Memorial
4.5

INA Memorial Complex, Moirang

Moirang, Manipur

Where the Indian National Army first raised the tricolour on Indian soil (14 April 1944) — a museum, Netaji statue and the historic flag-hoisting ground.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore
6.6 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Heritage
4.1

Moirang Kangla & Thangjing Temple

Moirang, Manipur

The ancient seat of the Moirang principality and shrine of deity Thangjing — heart of the Khamba-Thoibi legend and its great dance tradition.

Oct–Mar; Lai Haraoba (May)1–2 hrsExplore
8.5 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Temple
4.2

Bishnupur (Vishnu Temple, 1467)

Bishnupur, Manipur

The 15th-century brick Vishnu temple of King Kyamba — one of Manipur's oldest shrines, blending Meitei and Chinese-influenced brickwork.

Oct–Mar1 hrExplore
13.5 km
💎 Hidden Gem💧 Waterfall
4.1

Leimaram Waterfall

Leimaram, Manipur

A triple-drop forest waterfall in the western hills near Bishnupur, a cool green escape half an hour from the lake country.

May–OctHalf dayExplore
15 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Peak
4.3

Thangjing Hill (Ching)

Moirang, Manipur

The sacred 2,100 m peak of deity Ibudhou Thangjing rising west of Loktak, a pilgrimage trek with vast lake-and-valley panoramas.

Nov–Apr1–2 daysExplore
16.6 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Wetland
4.0

Ikop & Pumlen Wetlands

Thoubal, Manipur

Twin natural wetlands east of Loktak teeming with winter waterfowl, fishing communities and floating vegetation.

Nov–Feb (migrants)Half dayExplore
17.5 km
💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum
4.4

Imphal Peace Museum (Red Hill)

Maibam Lokpaching, Manipur

A Japanese-funded museum at Red Hill (Maibam Lokpaching) battlefield, telling the Battle of Imphal through relics, letters and reconciliation.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore