Hi everyone, If you are planning to visit to Nepal and planning to trekking for two weeks you can book the trip to Tilicho lake trek, but I think many people have not been this area. it is very nice place although hard to get there if you are not lovers of the nature. This lake lies in such a high elevation. It is not popular as Annapurna Circuit or Everest trek but could be more beautiful than those. for more details please contact via email mishrashiva@gmail.com. Thanks, Kind Regards, Shiva

mrshiva · Jan 5, 2009 12:16 AM

I am sick and tired of seeing  Tilicho lake portrayed as the highest lake in the world not only  in Sajha.com but also in prominent Nepali  media. This simply is not true. Wikipedia (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... puts Tilicho lake's altitude at 4,949 m above sea level. Guru dongmar lake in northern Sikkim is located at a much higher altitude - 5,148 m above sea level (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G... ). I doubt even Guru Dongmar is the highest lake in the world. - Karmapa

karmapa · Jan 5, 2009 12:37 AM

As per wikipedia, "The world's highest lake is an unnamed pool in Argentina at 6,390 metres (20,965 ft).The Lhagba Pool in Tibet at 6,368 m (20,892 ft) comes second."  

chyantu · Jan 5, 2009 1:41 PM

Is Wikipedia a reliable source? I thought Wikipedia could be edited or added by anybody.

bisal · Jan 5, 2009 2:18 PM

Rank Name Meters Feet Region 1 "Ojos del Saldo Pool" 6,390 20,965 Argentina 2 "Lhagba Pool" 6,368 20,892 Tibet 3 "Changtse Pool" 6,216 20,394 Tibet 4 "East Rongbuk Pool" 6,100 20,013 Tibet 5 "Acamarachi Pool" 5,950 19,520 Chile 6 "Lake Licanc�bur" 5,916 19,410 Chile-Bolivia 7 "Aguas Calientes Pool" 5,831 19,130 Chile 8 "Ridonglabo Lake" 5,801 19,032 Tibet 9 "Poquentica Lake" 5,750 18,865 Chile-Bolivia 10 "Damavand Pool" 5,650 18,536 Iran 11 "Karda Lake" 5,643 18,513 Tibet 12 Thukpe Dzingbu 5,563 18,251 Tibet 13 Panch Pokhri 5,494 18,025 Nepal 14 Cholamu Lake 5,486 18,000 Sikkim 15 Gurudongmar Lake 5,243 17,200 Sikkim 16 Orba Co Lake 5,209 17,090 Tibet 17 Laguna Glaciar 5,038 16,529 Bolivia 18 "Imja Glacier Lake" 5,010 16,437 Nepal 19 Lake Ccascana 4,920 16,142 Peru 20 Lake Tilicho 4,919 16,138 Nepal 21 Suraj Tal Lake 4,883 16,020 India 22 Lake Sibinacocha 4,835 15,863 Peru 23 Lake Manasarovar 4,727 15,508 Tibet 24 Lake Namtso 4,718 15,479 Tibet 25 Rush Lake 4,694 15,400 Pakistan

_bored · Jan 5, 2009 8:01 PM

it's Sal-ado (without the hyphen) for the highest lake by the way, but Sajha thinks I'm using a bad word if i put it like that. Last edited: 05-Jan-09 08:02 PM

_bored · Jan 5, 2009 8:01 PM