Loktak Lake and Sendra Island

One of the most enchanting and biggest freshwater lakes in the North East is Manipur’s Loktak Lake, just 45 km from Imphal. The Sendra Island Tourist Bungalow offers dazzling views of the lake, its rich plant and avian life and the intriguing floating weed, shallow bowl-like islands (Phumdi) and the fishermen who live on them harvesting water chestnuts. Situated in the middle of the lake, the tourist home has a café and makes an ideal look-out. Boating has been introduced along the lakes labyrinthine water ways. Also on the southern part of the lake is the world’s only floating National Park, the Keibul Lamjao National Park, the unique habitat of the rare sangai, the brow antlered deer or the ‘dancing deer’. The entire lake complex is a wildlife enthusiast’s dream.