13 days of Trekking
Trek to an isolated lake in Western Nepal
Maximum Elevation 2980 metres (9,700 feet)

Rara Lake is the focal point of Rara Lake National Park and is a good destination for a trek in western Nepal. The route is very much "off the beaten track" and affords glimpses of cultures and scenery very different from that in the rest of Nepal. Rara is a clear, high altitude lake ringed with pine, spruce and juniper forests and snowcapped Himalayan peaks. In winter there is often snow on the ridges surrounding the lake. Except for the army assigned to the park, nobody lives at the lake because the government resettled all the people of Rara and Chapra villages when the area was declared a national park.