Glacial lake Trek in Nepal

Nepal is a Himalayan destination either for tour or trekking. 80 percent of the people traveling to Nepal come for mountain activities, whereas 50 percent of trekking destination in Nepal has Lakes. Almost half of people come for glacial lake trek in Nepal and few are freshwater lake as well. Glacial lake trek in Nepal showcase the beauty of lakes on the lap of Nepal Himalaya is flourished with reflection of white peaks on the blue water of those lakes.

Variation, Famous & Selected Glacial Lake Trek in Nepal  are –

7 Days Tilicho Base Camp Trek14 Days Gokyo Renjola pass Circuit Trek11 Days Gokyo Ri Hike5 Days Gosaikunda Trek / 11 Days  EBC kalapatthar Trek/13 Days  Manaslu trek to samagaun/  12 Days Everest base camp trek/17 Days Humla Limi Valley Trek8 Days Manaslu Bhimtang Trek/  29 Days Amadablam Climbing 

18 Days Island Peak with EBC Gokyo TrekIsland Peak Climbing with EBC Gokyo Trek/  27 Days Upper Dolpo Trek18 Days Annapurna Circuit Trek/ 19 Days Rolwaling Tashi Lapcha Pass Trek/16 Days Rara Lake Trek20 Days Phoksundo lake Trek13 Days Numbur Chesse Circuit Trek19 Days Tsum Valley Manaslu Circuit Trek/14 Days Langtang Trek with Ganja la Pass

14 Days Langtang Gosaikunda Trek/Langtang Circuit trek 17 Days 11 Days Khopra Danda Trekking/  23 Days Kanchenjunga Trekking7 Days Short Gosaikunda Trek/11 Days Gokyo Lake Trek/ 19 Days Everest Three Passes Trek/17 days EBC Trek with Gokyo lake15 Days Gokyo Chola pass EBC Trek/16 Days EBC Trek/ 20 Days Arun Valley to EBC Trek16 Days Manaslu Trek8 Days Dudh Kunda Trek/ 23 Days Dhaulagiri Basecamp  Trek15 Days Annapurna Circuit Tilicho Trek19 Days Annapurna 2 High Passes Trek/

Lakes like Gokyo, Rara and Tilicho are very big or close to the snowy peaks to give mirror image on the blue water of lake.

Glacial lake Trek in Nepal
Gokyo Lake

Most of the glacial lake trek in Nepal are assumed holy either in relation with god Shiva or Buddha. People who worship nature also pay respect to the lakes as holy place. All the lakes in Nepal have interesting features. Like Gokyo lakes of Everest region is famous for its cascade pattern on 6 different lakes of same valley. The valley is called Gokyo. Tilicho Lake is the highest altitude lake with beautiful mountain reflection on its blue water. Tilicho lies near by Annapurna circuit trek. Another interesting glacial lake trek in Nepal is Rara Lake, which can be trekked or people fly on helicopter to get to Rara Lake.

Rara Lake is special because it changes its water into 7 different colors in a day. This natural phenomenon is because of its large size and reflection of mountains and skyline. Rara is the largest lake of Nepal.
Lakes in Nepal are in the cities as well. Phewa Lake in Pokhara has made Pokhara a precious place for tourist. This tourist destination of Nepal has beautiful reflection of wide Himalaya range on the water of Phewa Lake.

Apart from above discussed lakes there are 1000s’ of lake which are rarely discovered. Some of the famous glacial lake trek in Nepal routes are Annapurna or Everest or Manaslu whereas many of them are still unexplored and few of them are in the restricted trekking routes like Dolpo and Numbur cheese circuit.

Naming few other glacial lake trek in Nepal are as – Gosaikunda lake, Dudhpokhari lake, Damodar kunda lake, Gangapurna lake, Phoksundo lake, Imja Lake, Chola lake, Ghodaghodi lake, Rupa lake, Begnas lake, Jattapokhari lake, Panchpokhari lake and many other. The list of the named lakes in nepal will be long whereas there are still 1000’s of them which are waiting their first visit.

About Author

I grew up in the mountains & got university education in Kathmandu to become an engineer. But with homely environment of mountains interest me to become a trekking & tour guide, by passion. I have been 6574 meter to the highest & fortunately got chance to explore most of Nepal and bit of abroad.

Eventually, passion converted to profession and here i am on behalf of Nepalgram - a Trekking agency in Nepal.

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