Srinagar’s Jewel – Dal Lake

Kashmir, a paradise on the Earth is a beautiful land in India. This land is blessed with natural beauty and that is why this is tourists one of the favorite destination. Kashmir is houses number of tourist’s attractions and Dal Lake is one of them. This lake is considered as one of the most visited and most favorite destination of the city and therefore Dal Lake is also known as Srinagar’s Jewel.

Dal Lake is spread over the straggling 24 km distance which is famous for house boats and Shikara riding, set against the snow clad glorious Himalayas and that is why Dal Lake is always the subject of several poets and artists. This beautiful fascinating lake is divided into two smaller parts, first the Lokut, the small one and the Bod, the big one. In the Western part of the lake one can glimpse a few islands in which some are smaller and some are bigger. The floating vegetable garden is one of the specialties of this lake. Potato, tomato, pumpkin, cucumber, radish and lots of other vegetables are grown here. Its unparallel beauty and scenic environs makes it ideal to stay aboard the luxury houseboats and enjoy the gleaming evening sun shimmering on the lakes.

Dal Lake is located 10 km from the center of Srinagar city and it is easily reachable by taxis and rental cars.  Besides this Dal Lake also hosts many water activities such as water surfing, boating, swimming, Shikara rides, kayaking, houseboat stays, angling and canoeing. Near Dal Lake there are many attractions to visit such as,

·         Nehru Park

·         Shalimar Bagh

·         Char Chinar

·         Nishat Bagh

This lake is one o the very beautiful places in Kashmir. The reflection of the huge Mt Kanchenjunga looks very beautiful as one can gaze at this huge and beautiful mountain from the boats. Most of the tourists include Dal Lake into their tourist’s attractions of Kashmir and prefer to in the nearby areas of Dal Lake as this region is having number of hotels and resorts and these hotels provide excellent facility to their customers. Hotels near Dal Lake and hotels near Dal Gate are very popular among the tourists as there are number of hotels available and one can easily catch the glimpse of the beautiful attractions from here.