Ansoo Lake
Is a high-altitude lake ( 5,027 metres) in the Kaghan Valley, Pakistan..
Ansoo Lake is a high-altitude lake (elevation 14927 feet or 5,027 metres) in the Kaghan Valley and is counted as one amongst the most beautiful lakes of the world. It is situated in the Mansehra District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is near Malika Parbat in the Himalayan range.
This lake can be reached by two different routes. First one is short but steeper trek from Saiful Mulook Lake. It takes more than 7 hours for a round trip to Ansoo lake starting from lake Saiful Mulook. The trek is covered with snow in most parts of the year. The best time to trek is from July 10 to August 15. The optimal time to set off for the lake from Saiful Mulook is around 06:00 in the morning. Horses can also be hired from the Lake Saiful Mulook along with a guide who will take you to Ansoo Lake. It costs almost PKR 1000-1500(in year 2011) per horse and PKR 1000 additional for the guide but one still has to walk more than 35% of the distance by himself. This trek can be further divided into two part. First half, which is towards Saiful Malook, is valley along the river and it goes up to Malika Parbat base camp. Second half is steeper starting from Malika Parbat base camp and ends with Ansoo Lake. This part is all about climbing on the mountain
Second trek to reach Ansoo Lake starts from the village Mahandri, which is 40 km south to Naran
Village, and it goes through Manoor Gali and Kach Gali. This trek takes
at least three days of 12 hour trekking to get to Ansoo Lake. Steepness
of this trek may be the same as of other one but travel in the valley
is lot more. This gives an opportunity to camp along the rivers, in
jungles, on the top of mountains and in abandoned towns.
Both of above mentioned treks run in opposite direction from Ansoo
lake and are connected via mountains top forming half circle 300–400
feet above the lake waters. From this altitude, there is an amazing
vista of lake on one side and top of Malika Parbat and beautiful skyline
of high altitude mountains covered with snow on the other side. There
is no risk free way to reach lake waters because it lies in the crater
with steep, snow covered walls. There is no apparent drainage of lake
water and no one ever tried to explore it because of its dangerous
approach and limited resources in that area.
The name "Ansoo" comes from its tear-like shape (the Urdu word Ansoo
means teardrop). This lake also resembles Human Eye with central ice
land resembling Iris of Human Eye and a ridge resembling Eyebrow
becoming even more prominent when ice melts on the Eyebrow in summers
Is a high-altitude lake ( 5,027 metres) in the Kaghan Valley, Pakistan..
Ansoo Lake is a high-altitude lake (elevation 14927 feet or 5,027 metres) in the Kaghan Valley and is counted as one amongst the most beautiful lakes of the world. It is situated in the Mansehra District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is near Malika Parbat in the Himalayan range.
This lake can be reached by two different routes. First one is short but steeper trek from Saiful Mulook Lake. It takes more than 7 hours for a round trip to Ansoo lake starting from lake Saiful Mulook. The trek is covered with snow in most parts of the year. The best time to trek is from July 10 to August 15. The optimal time to set off for the lake from Saiful Mulook is around 06:00 in the morning. Horses can also be hired from the Lake Saiful Mulook along with a guide who will take you to Ansoo Lake. It costs almost PKR 1000-1500(in year 2011) per horse and PKR 1000 additional for the guide but one still has to walk more than 35% of the distance by himself. This trek can be further divided into two part. First half, which is towards Saiful Malook, is valley along the river and it goes up to Malika Parbat base camp. Second half is steeper starting from Malika Parbat base camp and ends with Ansoo Lake. This part is all about climbing on the mountain
