Dal Lake Kashmir– Dal Lake is one of the most famous tourist
place and tourist attraction in Kashmir in India. The lake water is fresh water
and is the 2nd largest lake in Indian state Jammu and Kashmir. The lake is around 22 square kilometers area and
population lives in dal lake is near about 50 thousand. The dal lake is located
at Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is most popular for Indian
tourist and also abroad the world. In this article I try to best idea about Dal
lake in Srinagar and its village life of dal lake people and most beautiful
floating market in India.
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Houseboat dal lake | Village life of Dal Lake |
In India where we lives like house, village, Lane or town is connected with other city or village by road. So, we all need a common skill like riding a cycle or by-cycle or car driving but a place located in Kashmir where you have must needed a skill that is boating because you have seen in dal lake, most of the area is filled with fresh water and the house looks floating in lake. There are many boat and Shikara are the only carrier to travel one place to another place and carrying goods. Here most attraction for tourist comes to see beautiful house boat and floating market in Srinagar known as “Meena Bazar” like fish market, vegetable market on boat and also floating shop, house hold, post office, bank , ATM, are available in Dal lake. Most of tourist comes srinagar to stay and enjoy houseboat in dal lake.
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What is the best time to visit Dal Lake in Kashmir?
Summer means March to August is the best time to explore
and visit Dal Lake in Srinagar in Kashmir. Feb to May is best for tourist, In
winter the temp decrease up to – 5 degree Celsius and that’s why the lake is
covered with snow . At that time the beauty of lake is Amazing but it will be difficult
to visit interior part of the lake and can nor explore village life of Dal lake
people. In January, light ice floating on lake, it broke when sikara runs, at
that time you can not walk on floating ice.
In 1986 in winter, ice formed on lake, man also walks and play on
floating ice along with 3 months. When most of the people carry with portable
heater to safe themselves from cold. The amazing heater name Kangri, which do not
need electricity and not charge, Kangri makes local people by a kind of wood
and inner part mud used koala for heart generation. Kangri is mostly used in
Kashmir in winter 3 to 4 months every year.
How to reach Dal lake in Srinagar?
An amazing beautiful tourist place and the beauty of Dal
Lake is eye catching that increase more in night when the light reflects on
lake water. It beauty cannot express in words, if you don’t visit dal lake in
Srinagar.
Srinagar airport to dal lake distance
Hotels near dal lake
According to tourist rivew, some hotel and homestay
you can book or stay near dal lake.
- 1 Hotel lake side -The hotel has 4.4 rivew on
- 2 Redbry Homestay -The homestay has 4.9 customer rivew Location Dar Mohalla, Bren, Brein, Srinagar
- 3 Hotel Aziz
- 4 Lake Avenue by stay paltern
- 5 Zostel Srinagar
- 6 Hotel sultan Residency
To stay in dal lake, you can book or directly reach on
amazing house boat in dal lake kashmir by riding shikara a kind of boat. House boat is most attractive
for tourist. You will be very excited to visit house boat in dal lake and feel
like your home. The boat house is quite beautiful, nicely decorated and re
arrange for visitors and get available facility like bed, dining room, dressing
room, toilet and wash room to stay. The
furniture of boat house is made akrut wood and devdar tree. The price will be
2000 to 3000 rupees per night to stay on house boat in Srinagar.
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