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Dudiptsar lake or
Dudipat Lake is a
beautiful lake
encircled by snow
clad peaks. The lake
lies in the extreme
north of Kaghan
Valley and is about
a four hours drive
from chief town
Naran. The road is
not entirely
accessible for cars,
even Jeeps and from
a certain point the
visitors have to
trek to reach the
lake. Its water is
beautiful greenish
blue and very cold
too Dudipatsar is
also close to
another major Lake
lulusar which is
main contributory to
Kunhar river that
runs through Kaghan
valley. At a
distance from the
lake lies the
Babusar Top or the
Babusar Pass which
is the end of 150 km
long Kaghan valley.
The word "dudi"
means white and "sar"
means lake. This
name has been given
to the lake because
of the white color
of snow at
surrounding peaks.
In summer the water
of lake reflects
like a mirror. Its
not easy to visit
this lake as there
is tough hike. Its
gonna take you four
to six hours for
this lake after
tough hiking and
trekking.
The word "sar" is
used with the name
of each lake in the
area meaning lake.
In the summer when
the water of the
lake reflects like a
mirror a large
number of visitors
from different areas
of the country come
to watch the
enchanting views of
these lake. Dudipat
Lake (Dudipat Sar in
local language) is
six or seven hours
walking distance
from Besal. Half of
this distance is
steady climbing on a
clear path then the
valley opens out to
wide, flat
pastureland.
The deep blue
Dudipat Sar, at
3,800 meters, is
surrounded by green
hills at about 4,800
meters, with snow
patches in the shady
hollows. This lake
is very little
visited by people
and its natural
beauty is still very
much protected.
October 8, 2005's
earthquake in North
Pakistan has made it
more difficult to be
accessed. However
the government of
Pakistan decided on
March 14, 2006 to
take all steps to
restore tourism of
the Kaghan valley
which includes
building new tourism
spots and rebuilding
previously destroyed
ones.
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