Yamdrok Yumtso Lake
Yamdrok Yumtso Lake
Yamdrok Yumtso means ‘swan pool’ in Tibetan language. Lies about a hundred kilometers’ distance to the southwest of Lhasa, Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is one of the three famous sacred lakes in Tibet and the largest inland lake north of the Himalayas.
With an area of 638 square kilometers and a coastal line of 250 kilometers,Yamdrok Yumtso takes a shape of paper fan and stretches roughly from northwest to southeast, while the south is wide and the north is narrow. Along the lake, there are many branches of the lake winding their way into the mountains. There is lush pasture around the lake with an area of 10 million square hectares and is one of the most famous pasturelands in Tibet. It is said that a fairy maiden left the Heaven and turned into the lake on earth. There are more than 10 islands in the lake, the large ones can hold 5 to 6 households while the small ones are only 100 square meters or so.
You would like to list the lake as a must go destination while going to Shigatse from Lhasa via the south route
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