Drift across
Loktak Lake in January
The lake of floating islands.
Quick answer. Cool and dry at Imphal-valley altitude (about 790m). Clear, crisp days. For Loktak Lake specifically, January 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
- January, Manipur
- This month
- Cool and dry at Imphal-valley altitude (about 790m).
Why January 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: Keibul Lamjao migratory-bird season runs November to March.
What to do
Phumdi dawn
Mist, circles of fishermen and floating meadows.
Sendra viewpoint
The island-hill view over the whole lake.
Pair it with
Loktak Lake in January, planned properly
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