Satopanth Trek is well connected with most of the important towns and cities of Uttarakhand. Getting there guide below provides detailed information about how to reach Satopanth Trek by Road, Train or Flight.
Satopanth lake is situated on the elevation of 4,600 metres (15,100 ft) above sea level and nestled amidst panoramic scenery of snow capped peaks. Trekkers can start their journey from beautiful frontier village Mana, 3 Km ahead of Badrinath. This virgin trail has lot of scenic view on the way.
You can see spots like Vasundhara Fall, Laxmivan, Dhano Glacier and The back face of Mt. Nilkantha en route to Satopanth Lake.
The nearest railhead to Satopanth Lake is Rishikesh, which is 320 kms from here. You can reach Rishikesh from anywhere of India further you can hire cab or take shared taxi or buses from Rishikesh towards Badrinath via NH-58.
Mana is a last village, which connects through roads and base camp for Satopanth Lake trek that is about 18 kms. The distance from Badrinath to Satopant is 22 kms. Might be you have to split your journey in two part one day from Rishikesh to Joshimath and next day Joshimath to Mana due to some gate system (There is a time distributes for vehicles while travelling Joshimath to Mana and you can't drive after last gate exceed towards Badrinath, vice versa) between Joshimath and Mana.
Places during journey: Rishikesh - Srinagar - Rudraprayag - Karanaprayag - Joshimath - Badrinath - Mana - Laxmivan - Satopanth Lake