The Barren Lands Of Lakpath, Gujarat (Unexplored Lands)

A long drive on the lonely deserted road of Kutch for about 100km from Naliya, Gujarat, would lead us to the entrance of a forte wall, which holds a small town, Lakpath with a population not more than 1000 people. ‘Lakpath’ literally means the city of millionaires and had a glorious past of being a fertile rice cultivating region.The Sindhu River flowed through this town in the early 19th Century but turned its course, after the 1819 earth quake (now flows into the sea) leaving the soils of Lakpath dry and unusable.

The Exterior Fort Wall Of Lakpath

Lakpath is the western most land at the end of India bordering Pakistan on the Kori Creek and the seaward side is guarded by the Border Security Force. This extremely hot and dry place is unique, and is a perfect example of 'a no mans land'. It is deserted with few clusters of brick houses with nil activity of either people or animal around. The land is hard and barren devoid of any kind of vegetation. The huge fort surrounds  this empty town. This place felt so lonely and ghostly that we set a record of Lakpath being a place which we visited in a shortest duration so far. We drove around and took some pictures for our  album without meeting a single soul during the trip.

The town of Lakpath

Lakpath is a place which holds no tourist attractions except for a Gurdhwara which is said to be of historical importance as Guru Nanak had visited this shrine on his way to Mecca. 

A visit to Lakpath can be logged as a place of having traveled to the west most inhabited land of India for the adventurous travel bugs.