Bumla Pass, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh India

Bumla Pass is located 37 kms away from Tawang. It is one of the most off-beat passes in the world and is also known as the pass from where Dalai Lama entered India escaping from Tibet.

The road to Bum-la is also historical route in the sense that it is from here that the Chinese marched into India during the 1962 Sino-Indian war.

Bum La Pass, on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China, is about a three hour, but just 35 km drive from Tawang, over a very rough road.

The area is under Army control; to visit it, you need to get a pass from the DC’s office in Tawang, and have it stamped at the Brigade Major’s office opposite Tawang War Memorial after 5 PM.