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The Deosai plateau in summer, wildflower grassland rolling to a distant snow line with Sheosar Lake below.

Deosai

The second-highest plateau on earth, in flower for eight weeks a year

Altitude

4,114 m

Worth going

Jul–Sep

How long to stay

1–2 nights

Getting a signal

No signal. Plan for it.

Four thousand metres of rolling grassland between Skardu and Astore, under snow for most of the year and carpeted in wildflowers for a short window in July and August. Himalayan brown bears live here, marmots are everywhere, and the silence at Sheosar Lake is the kind people remember for years.

  • Sheosar Lake, with Nanga Parbat on the horizon
  • Wildflowers at their peak in late July
  • Marmots, and — with luck and patience — brown bear
  • Camping on the plateau under an unpolluted sky

The honest downsides

  • Open roughly July to September. Outside that the passes are under snow.
  • It is 4,000 metres. Come from Skardu already acclimatised or you will feel it.
  • Nights are near freezing even in August.

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