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Inner Line Permit (ILP) for Kinnaur & Spiti Valley (Step-by-Step Guide)
Inner line permit is an official travel document that allows an Indian citizen to travel to restricted/protected borders areas of India. Prior to August 2021, such areas extended from Ladakh Union Territory to Arunachal Pradesh all along the India-China border.
Ladakh UT administration waved goodbye to the ILP condition for domestic tourist in August 2021.
Among northeastern states of India, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Manipur state comes under the purview of ILP system.
Before 11 December 2019, ILP was only applicable to frontier states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, and Nagaland. A presidential order was signed on the day extending the purview of ILP to Manipur.
Apart from these Himalayan regions for India, ILP is also mandatory for Indian tourist planning to visit Lakshadweep (an archipelago off the coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea).
ILP is only relevant to domestic Indian travellers. If a foreign national wish to visit the region that falls beyond the inner line, he/she has to apply for the inward travel permit under Protected Area Permit (PAP).
So, if you’re a foreign national looking to explore these stunning regions, PAP is your pass.
Under the Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958, a protected area is the area between the inner line and the international border.
The following regions of Kinnaur & Spiti valley falls under the protected area:
Tso Moriri – Hiking Shores of Ladakh’s Azure Lake
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Sitting alone in silence on a mound overlooking the staggering blue waters of Tso Moriri, while the cold mountain winds froze my face in the searing afternoon heat of high altitude, it felt like life came full circle.
Five years before this moment, I was standing at that very same spot where the jeep track ended then, wondering how it might be to walk all the way till the blue lake disappeared at the far horizon where none seemed to want to go.
With neither time nor information in hand at that time, I turned back and drove towards another adventure, Tso Moriri to Pangong Lake via Chushul following a wonderfully uncommon route.
But who could’ve guessed that the universe was conspiring to make my unspoken (and even forgotten) desire come true? Five years later, I had just hiked from that far horizon where the blue disappeared to reach the said mound, finishing what I had unwittingly started.