Hunder Sand Dunes
Cold desert dunes at three thousand metres where Bactrian camels left over from the Silk Road still graze.
- Where
- Hunder, Ladakh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 34.5679, 77.5084
Get the Hunder Sand Dunes stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hunder Sand Dunes. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Ladakh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hunder Sand Dunes
Nubra Valley 4.1 km
Cold desert at three thousand metres where sand dunes and two humped camels sit under snow peaks.
Khardung La 33 km
Fifty four hundred metres, long claimed as the highest motorable pass in the world, and cold in every month.
Diskit Monastery 35 km
The Maitreya looking towards Pakistan.
Saser Kangri 36 km
A wall of ice above the old Silk Road caravan track over the Saser La.
Likir Monastery 41 km
A gold Maitreya sitting out in the open.
Magnetic Hill 41 km
A stretch of road where the slope of the land tricks the eye into seeing cars roll uphill.
Basgo 44 km
Mud ramparts on a ridge, on the watch list once.
Shanti Stupa 44 km
A white dome built by Japanese Buddhists in 1991 on a hill above Leh, best reached on foot up the steps.
More offbeat places in Ladakh
Questions
Where is Hunder Sand Dunes?
Hunder Sand Dunes is in Hunder, Ladakh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Nubra Valley (4.1 km), Khardung La (33 km), Diskit Monastery (35 km).
How do I get the Hunder Sand Dunes stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hunder Sand Dunes and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ladakh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hunder Sand Dunes before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ladakh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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