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Top 18 most beautiful lakes in the world

There are millions of lakes on Earth. These lakes not only serve as a source of drinking water, daily life, irrigation or roads, but also contribute to creating beautiful natural landscapes. Many lakes are also recognized by UNESCO as world natural heritage sites. Let's take a look at the top lists of lakes that are considered the most beautiful in the world!

1. Lake Matheson, South Westland, New Zealand

At the heart of Glacier Country and Westland National Park, Lake Matheson is an incredibly beautiful sight. Lake Matheson was formed by glaciation 14,000 years ago, the lake is surrounded by an ancient forest, with forests that change color with the seasons, creating beautiful natural moments. Besides the name Matheson, the lake is also known by another name, Mirror Lake. From every angle, the lake surface is calm and blue, reflecting the towering Southern Alps with New Zealand's two highest peaks - Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. All create a wonderful scene for your photos.


Located in New Zealand's Southern Westland, Matheson Lake is like a giant natural mirror that perfectly reflects the scenery of the two peaks of Mount Cook and Mount Tasma. Due to the accumulation of organic matter from the decomposition of vegetation in nearby ancient forests, the color of Lake Matheson changes in a flexible and multi-dimensional way that is extremely impressive, especially the mysterious deep brown color.
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2. Dal Lake, Jammu and Kashmir, India

The 22 square kilometer Dal Lake is also known as the pearl of Kashmir. Surrounding three sides of the lake are snow-capped mountains, the other 15 km long side is bordered by lush gardens built during the Mughal period. Not only that, the lotus gardens floating on the lake surface further enhance the beauty of this place. The peaceful beauty of Dal Lake has attracted thousands of tourists every year. Visitors can rent small houseboats called shikaras to explore the dazzling natural beauty surrounding the lake. In winter, the lake water freezes and forms thick sheets of ice.

Dal Lake is the most beautiful lake in the Indian Kashmir region, the clear, quiet lake reflects the mountains and white clouds in the distance. Dal Lake is known for its unique water houseboats, where a series of houseboats are docked and which are also decorated very uniquely and specially. If you have the opportunity to stay overnight on the lake houses, in the morning you can see handmade trading boats here. Rent a local boat (Shikara) for the day, the boatman will take you deep inside Dal Lake, to see the lives of local people in Kashmir, buy one or two high quality Kashmiri scarves.
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3. Lake Manasarovar, Western Tibet

Manasarovar is a lake located at the foot of the Gurla Mandata mountain range covered with snow all year round. The lake is also known by another name, Sun Face Lake because of its shape similar to the sun. This is one of the lakes with the largest freshwater reserves in Tibet. The water in this lake is created by melting ice from Gurla Mandata and Kailash. The lake water is so clear that even the pebbles below can be seen. Lake Manasarovar is famous for its sacredness and is considered one of the holy lakes in Tibet. According to legend, drinking water or bathing in this lake “will wash away impurities and lock the door to rebirth in the lower realms.” Therefore, every year pilgrims from India, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and other European and American countries come in large numbers. They camp around the lake to pray, chant, walk meditation and bathe... There are 7 large Tibetan tantric monasteries around and a number of small guesthouses to serve pilgrims.
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4. Maligne Lake, Alberta, Canada

Visiting Maligne Lake is like seeing a landscape on a postcard come alive before your eyes. Visitors may have seen the island in the lake featured on posters and in movies many times, and the island has become a symbol of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. When seeing the lake for the first time, visitors will be impressed by its vast size, vibrant colors and pristine mountainous scenery. Of course Maligne Lake is more than just scenery; It has enough activities to keep visitors busy for days. Visitors can visit during the summer for the most diverse options.
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5. Five Flower Lake, Sichuan, China

Five Flower Lake in China is considered the most beautiful lake in the world. Ngu Hoa is a lake with five beautiful colors like the five colors of five different flowers. The lake never freezes even in winter, although other lakes are covered in ice and snow because of the bitter cold. If you haven't been there, you don't know Ngu Hoa Lake. Once you come, any tourist will be immersed in the space here and never want to return. Five Flower Lake is located in the center of Jiuzhaigou National Park, a scenic spot not to be missed and the pride of the Chinese people when it is among the world's most beautiful landscapes, a UNESCO natural heritage site. recognized since 1992 located in southern Sichuan province, China.

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6. Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia

Russia's Lake Baikal is not only considered the largest freshwater lake in the world but also an ideal destination for international tourists with beautiful scenery and unique cultural features. Perhaps there are no words that can fully describe the majestic beauty of Lake Baikal, a lake known as the fairyland in the land of Birch. Lake Baikal is located in Southern Siberia of Russia and is known as the "Blue Eye of Siberia" with the most. This is considered the oldest lake in the world. “Most lakes are less than 20,000 years old, but Baikal has existed for at least 25,000 years,” said Jack Sheremetoff, a local tour guide. UNESCO once compared Lake Baikal to Russia's Gagapagos. Lake Baikal is also the deepest lake with an average depth of 744.4 meters. The deepest place is up to 1642 meters, measured by Mr. L.G.Kolotipo and A.I.Culimov in 1983 while they were directly performing hydrological works.
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7. Lake Hiller in Australia

The lake is about 600 m long, covered by a sandbar and a dense forest of Paperbark and eucalyptus forests. A narrow strip of sand covered with vegetation separates the lake from the southern sea. Unlike pink lakes around the world such as the lake in Retba and the salt lake in San Francisco Bay, scientists have not yet determined the cause of Lake Hillier's pink color. However, many scientists speculate that the pink color of the lake is created by the organisms Dunaliella salina and Halobacteria. Another theory is that it is caused by a red bacteria in the salt crust. This color is also not a work of sunlight, because people took a bucket of water from the lake and the pink color remained the same even if the position of the bucket was moved. The lake provides visitors with the most amazing sightseeing spot, which is a natural wonder of the world.
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8. Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

Many people have whispered that in Croatia there is an earthly paradise where anyone who gets there is lucky. The blue lakes here flow on limestone and chalk foundations over thousands of years, blocked by Travertine stone, creating beautiful lakes, waterfalls, and caves. This is one of the natural attractions that tourists consider a must-visit in Croatia, each year it welcomes millions of tourists. This is the oldest national park in the Balkans region and is also a national park. largest in Croatia. Plitvice is Croatia's most popular tourist destination, one of the first world heritage sites recognized by UNESCO in 1979. Plitvie is located halfway from the capital Zagreb to the coastal city of Zadar.
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9. Lake Melissani, Cephalonia, Greece

Melissani Lake is located in Melissani Cave, Kefalonia, Greece - a place considered to have perfect timeless beauty and is the most popular tourist attraction in Kefalonia. The outside of the cave is covered by wild green jungle, but inside opens up a magnificent paradise, a stone cave filled with extremely magical clear blue water. Because of this beauty, Melissani Lake is always known as a special gift that nature has bestowed on Kefalonia, and is one of the 12 most worth-visiting places in the world.


Geologically, Melissani Lake and Melissani Cave are quite similar to caves you can find in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. In fact, Lake Melissani is an aquifer: The water inside the lake is seawater that has been sucked into the cave, after going through many layers of filtration, it becomes clearer and bluer than the water on Greek beaches. The water, after flowing into the cave, flows back to nearby Fridi beach, a cycle of reincarnation that causes the water in the lake to become brackish over time, not sea water as it was in the beginning. Physically, the surface of Melissani Lake lies 18m below the ground outside and above are prominent stalactites hanging down from the cave. Geologists have estimated that this cave is about 20,000 years old, which is relatively old compared to many other caves in the world.

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10. Lake Nakuru (Kenya)

Nakuru is one of three contiguous lakes in Kenya's Rift Valley province. These lakes are home to 13 species of birds that are threatened with extinction in the world. This is also one of the areas with the highest concentration of precious birds in the world. Among them, Lake Nakuru is hailed by ornithologists as the world's largest bird sanctuary, the most famous of which is flamingos. Nakuru is known as the "paradise" of tens of thousands, even millions, of flamingos including two types: large, long-legged, long-necked flamingos and small flamingos. The rich and diverse source of algae in the lake is a "weapon" to attract and "retain" this precious and beautiful bird. Meanwhile, flamingo droppings and the ideal temperature of the alkaline water in Lake Nukaru are also ideal conditions for the growth and development of algae.

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11. Lake Tahoe (USA)

If you are a person who loves traveling, has a heart that is always filled with the beauty of nature, is passionate about the magnificence of creation and longs to immerse yourself in the wonderful picture of nature, then you are It is impossible not to come to America's paradise - Lake Tahoe. This is the place where all your passions can be satisfied. Lake Tahoe is one of the most famous and oldest landscapes in America, 2 million years old. This freshwater lake is located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, stretching along the border between the states of California and Nevada and is located west of Carson City, Nevada. An interesting point of this magnificent landscape is that it is located on a towering terrain, with the largest area in North America (495 km2) and the second highest depth in the US (501 m).
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12. Lake Laguna Verde (Bolivia)

Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) is a famous shallow salt lake in Bolivia, located in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean National Biosphere Reserve and close to the Chilean border. The lake is 10.7 km long, 9.6 km wide, and the average depth is 35 cm. The deepest point of the lake reaches 1.5m. This shallow salt lake is called the red salt lake because from a distance, the lake's water surface is dyed a blood-red color. The cause of this unique water color is a type of algae and sediment deposited below. Around the lake are white salt islands. This striking combination of white and natural red has created an interesting destination, attracting tens of thousands of international visitors every year.
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13. Mount Katmai Crater Lake (Alaska)

A crater lake is a special formation created in the crater rim, filled with water. Sources of water can come from rains, circulating groundwater (hydrothermal water, often in the case of active volcanoes) or melting ice from mountain peaks. There aren't many volcanic lakes on the planet as breathtaking as Lake Katmai in Alaska. The lake, up to 244 m deep, was created from the terrible eruption in June 1912 of the Katmai volcano. 3 glaciers that once existed on the top of the mountain due to the eruption collapsed into the crater, forming a vast and deep lake.

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14. Moraine Lake (Canada)

Known as "the pearl of Canada", Moraine Lake crystallizes the most quintessential of nature, a blend of heaven and earth, mountains, forests and mirror-like water. Moraine Lake water is supplied from the glacier, and has a gentle blue color. Although the lake has a quite small area, about 0.5 km2, it possesses a wonderful view. Mother Nature has arranged the impressive landscape of this place with one side being rocky mountains with peaks covered in pure white ice, the other side being vast green pine hills stretching out along with the sky. blue sky. All are clearly silhouetted on the calm lake surface in the center. This place especially becomes more enchanting from mid-June to late October every year, when the snow on Ten Peaks mountain melts into the lake, thanks to the refraction of sunlight with rock powder deposited below. The bottom of the lake and the water surface change to a special, beautiful blue color that no other lake in the world has.

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15. Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy

Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy is one of Europe's most famous lakes with exciting water activities and picturesque hiking trails. Many villas on the banks of this beautiful lake are now owned by famous people. With previous trips to Italy, if tourists are familiar with places such as Rome, Milan, Venice... then Lake Como is famous for its extremely poetic natural scenery, vast lake and buildings. beautiful castle. Lovely small villages, interspersed with luxurious villas. This place is not only famous for its beautiful nature but also for its rich culture and architectural works along the lakeshore. That's why for centuries, artists, especially musicians, have considered Como an endless source of inspiration like Liszt, Bellini, Rossini and Verdi. With many towns winding along the lake's shoreline, visitors can find the ideal spot to enjoy dinner while watching the sunset gradually fall over the lake. In particular, visitors can also enjoy the famous fresh fish just caught from the lake.

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16. Lake Hallstatter

Lake Hallstätter is a lake in Salzkammergut, Austria. It is named after Hallstatt, a village in Austria, famous for its prehistoric salt mining and for being the starting point of the oldest and still functioning industrial pipeline - carrying salt water to Bad Ischl ( since 1596) and beyond to Ebensee. Located west of Hallstätter See lake, the village of Hallstatt in Austria is surrounded by majestic green mountains. That's why this place is known as the most beautiful lakeside village in the world. Its surface is about 8.55 square kilometers and its maximum depth is 125 meters. This lake with the village of Hallstatt is a popular destination for tourists, especially for scuba divers. Since around the 1970s/1980s, there has been a single Austrian mail train crossing the lake from the station on the east bank to the town on the west. In winter, the road on the west bank tends to be blocked by high snow or avalanche danger. When the ice on the lake was thick enough, a sled was pulled by people or horses, then a motor vehicle was used to transport mail and people. Later, a tunnel was built through Hallstatt and mail was transferred to buses and trucks.
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17. Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Lake Tekapo is a beautiful landscape of New Zealand. This place is famous for the Good Shepherd Church built on the lake in 1935. The scenery at Lake Tekapo becomes special in late spring and early summer when the lupines begin to bloom. Lake Tekapo not only has beautiful mountains and ancient churches, this place is also captivated and impressed by the natural brilliant colors of Lipins flowers. As the second largest lake of three lakes running parallel from North to South, along the Mackenzie River basin in New Zealand's South Island, Tekapo possesses beautiful mountain ranges and turquoise blue lakes.
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18. Lake Wanaka, New Zealand

Coming to Lake Wanaka, visitors have the opportunity to walk through majestic waterfalls and watch towering glaciers. Take a boat through the dark, drifting water and relax in the sun on the deserted sandy beach of the lake. Lake Wanaka has an area of ​​192 square kilometers, nestled at the foot of the Southern Alps. While nearby mountain resorts such as Cardrona and Treble Cone are famous for their winter sports, Lake Wanaka is home to many exciting activities throughout the year. Set out along miles of winding roads leading into dense bushland on the shores of Lake Wanaka.


Many fine sand beaches line much of Lake Wanaka and fishing is a popular activity on its shores. Don't miss the opportunity to catch salmon and grill it whole at locations scattered along the lake shore. The cool water is very suitable for visitors to take a relaxing dip before enjoying a delicious meal with fresh fish. If you want to go out to the middle of the lake to enjoy the view, you can rent kayaks and canoes in town. Visitors can choose a more luxurious option and spend a few hours exploring the lake by speedboat. Stop by small, tree-covered islands to search for rare native birds and discover your own secluded beach.

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