Drift across
Loktak Lake in December
The lake of floating islands.
Quick answer. Cool, dry winter. Prime valley and lake season. For Loktak Lake specifically, December is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Status
- Largest freshwater lake in NE India
- Feature
- Phumdis (floating wetland masses)
- From Imphal
- About 48km
- Park
- Keibul Lamjao on the lake
- Month
- December, Manipur
- This month
- Cool, dry winter.
Why December here
Manipur’s great lake, about 48km from Imphal: phumdis, fishermen’s circles and Keibul Lamjao on its edge.
Loktak, in Bishnupur district about 48km from Imphal, is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India, and its surface is famously dotted with phumdis, the floating wetland masses that host villages, fishing circles and wildlife.
Wildlife this month: Birding at its best through March.
What to do
Phumdi dawn
Mist, circles of fishermen and floating meadows.
Sendra viewpoint
The island-hill view over the whole lake.
Elsewhere in Manipur in December
The wider Manipur calendar this month: Sangai Festival (if extending to December, announced annually). Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Loktak Lake in December, planned properly
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