Lakes
Saif ul muluk
Saiful Muluk National Park is located in the Kaghan Valley in Mansehra District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in northern Pakistan. The park was created in 2003. The scenic Saif ul Maluk Lake is in the park.The flora includes the trees, shrubs, perennials, and herbs of the Himalayan Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests and higher elevation Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregions.Some of the park's fauna includes the Snow leopard, Black bear, Marmot, Weasel, Lynx, Leopard, Himalayan Snowcock, and the Snow partridge. The park's lakes and wetlands habitats are of significant ecological importance for resident fauna and migratory waterfowl.
Lulusar lake
Lulusar is group of mountain peaks and a lake in the Kaghan Valley in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The word "sar" means "top" or "peak" in Pashto. The highest peak has a height of 11,200 ft (3,410 m) above sea level. The locale is famous for the scenic and large Lulusar Lake, which is a popular tourism attraction.
Ansoo lake
Ansoo Lake is situated in Kaghan Valley Mansehra District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located near Malika Parbat in the Himalayan range at the altitude of 4,245 meters (13,927 ft). This lake is considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes of the world.
The name "Ansoo" comes from its tear-like shape (the Urdu word Ansoo means teardrop). The lake also resembles a human eye with a central ice island resembling the iris and a ridge resembling an eyebrow, which becomes even more prominent when ice melts on the "eyebrow" during the summer. This ridge was partially destroyed in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
The lake is said to have been discovered in 1993 by Pakistan Air Force pilots who were flying low in the area. Earlier, the lake was not even known to the locals.
Ansoo Lake is situated in Kaghan Valley Mansehra District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located near Malika Parbat in the Himalayan range at the altitude of 4,245 meters (13,927 ft). This lake is considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes of the world.
The name "Ansoo" comes from its tear-like shape (the Urdu word Ansoo means teardrop). The lake also resembles a human eye with a central ice island resembling the iris and a ridge resembling an eyebrow, which becomes even more prominent when ice melts on the "eyebrow" during the summer. This ridge was partially destroyed in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
The lake is said to have been discovered in 1993 by Pakistan Air Force pilots who were flying low in the area. Earlier, the lake was not even known to the locals.
Dudipatsar Lake
Dudiptsar Lake or Dudipat Lake is a lake encircled by snow clad peaks in Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park. The lake lies in the extreme north of the Kaghan Valley, in the Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in northern Pakistan. The word "dudi" means white, "pat" means mountains and "sar" means lake. This name has been given to the lake because of the white color of snow at surrounding peaks. In summer the water of the lake reflects like a mirror. The word "sar" is used with the name of each lake in the area, translating as 'lake.'
Ratti Gali Lake
The Ratti Gali Lake is located in Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan at the altitude of 12,130 feet (3,700 m).
The lake is accessible from Dowarian by a 19 kilometers (12 mi) road cum hiking trek through breathtaking sites. Dowarian is the base camp to this lake.
Houz
It is located at village Madaklasht, thesil Drosh ,Chitral. It is little known in Pakistan and other places of the world. It is located between huge mountain, there are two lakes present one after the other.(as shown below)
Landscape
Tore chhat(houz) elevation is 12400 (estimated)
and More chhat (houz) elevation is 12100 (estimated).
The coordinates Tore chhat are 35*49'1.95"N and 71*59'39.5"E
and cordinates of More chhat are 35*49'55.44"N and 71*59'49.65"E. Hiker Akhtar (akhtar.ctl@gmail.com) Along with his group said that
"It took 1/2 day and 1 night (relaxed at shephard house) to reach at houz".
( The lake is dirty due to the rain)
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