Visiting Places
Karnali
Rara Lake
Nepal's largest lake — a mirror-still blue sheet ringed by pine and snow in the far west.
KarnaliKarnali Province
Rara is the largest lake in Nepal, a deep blue sheet ringed by pine forest and snow peaks inside Rara National Park. Its remoteness in Mugu district keeps crowds away and the water mirror-still. Reaching it usually means a flight to Talcha plus a short trek.
Known for
- Nepal's largest lake
- remote national park in the far west
At a glance
- Region
- Karnali
- Province
- Karnali
- Getting there
- Fly Nepalgunj–Talcha (Mugu), then a short trek; overland is a long, rough journey.
- Best time
- September–November and April–May; winter snow can close the airstrip.
Things to see & do
- The deep blue lake at 2,990 m, often glass-still at dawn
- Pine and rhododendron forest and the snow peaks of Rara National Park
- Genuine remoteness — among the least-visited corners of Nepal