{"id":414,"date":"2018-11-09T06:22:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T06:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chardhamtour.in\/blog\/?p=414"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:41:22","slug":"vasuki-tal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chardhamtour.in\/blog\/vasuki-tal\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasuki Tal Trek: A Complete Guide to the Himalayan Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vasuki Tal sits at 4,135 metres, eight kilometres above Kedarnath temple<\/a> in Rudraprayag<\/a> district. That figure comes from the Rudraprayag district administration and Incredible India, and it’s the one worth trusting. A few environmental surveys list the lake slightly higher, around 4,231 metres \u2014 probably a different reference point on the shoreline, not a different lake. The trail runs inside Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>. Not a national park. That’s a small distinction with a real consequence: it changes which permit you actually need, and most articles on this trek get it wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quick answer:<\/b> Vasuki Tal is 8 km one way from Kedarnath<\/a>, at 4,135 m. The trek is graded moderate to difficult by Uttarakhand Tourism’s own trek document, not simply “difficult,” and published duration estimates range from 5 to 8 hours for the return trip \u2014 plan for most of a day rather than a fixed number. May\u2013June and September\u2013October are the workable windows.<\/span><\/p>\n

One naming mix-up is worth clearing early. Government wetland records call this lake “Basuki Tal” specifically to separate it from a much smaller, seasonal pond near the Gangotri glacier that also gets called Vasuki Tal by trekkers on that route. They’re not close to each other and not comparable treks. This guide is about the Kedarnath-side lake \u2014 the 8 km day trek most people mean when they search the name.<\/span><\/p>\n