Bumla pass is 37 km away from Tawang, On the day when you decide to travel to Bumla pass - you should start your day early by 7 am, so you can visit the Bumla pass and other lakes that come on the way.
Apart from Bumla pass, you will also see Madhuri lake, new name - Sangestar lake Tawang, PT TSO lake and many other lakes that come on the route to Bumla pass.
This is a highly sensitive area. because of India - China border, due to this there are restrictions of time when you can enter this area and the time by when you need to exit this area.
We did this journey on Thar vehicle that we hired at Tawang.
Driver - Tenzing - 8257817029.
Date of journey - 15th April 2022.
Following are the details of this tour from Tawang to Bumla and back.
Homestay -where we stayed at Tawang.
Sonam Tsomu Homestay - 9436091899
Other homestay details, i have not visited the below homestays but got these references from my homestay owner.
Roghi Heights
Owner: Ganga Ram - 8894442671
Potyan Homestays
Owner: Arvind - 9418629678
Vijay Kumar Homestay
9418628282
Aniket Negi Homestay
9459976137, 9459372137
Panga Teng Tso Lake - This was our first halt point on the way to Bumla - located 14 km from Tawang.
Tessri Udassi Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Guruduwara) - We visited this Gurudwara on our way to Bumla pass.
Our taxi driver suggested that we should first visit Shungaster lake(Madhuri lake) then go to Bumla.
Shungatser Lake - It is located 36 km from Tawang. This lake is also known as Madhuri Lake or Madhuri Point.
We continued our journey to bumla pass and in between we saw snow fall and mountains covered with snow which was beyond words.
Photography and videography is not allowed at Bumla pass.
Gyangong Ani Gompa - This is a 500 year old Gompa managed and run by nuns, this is a nunnery. We were told that this is the oldest monastery of Tawang region.
Hope you liked to watch this episode on the Tawang tour.
In the next episode you will see our journey to Holy waterfall - Chumi Gyatase.
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