Questions related to visiting various landlocked bodies of water. Prefer a more specific tag where relevant. Perhaps: [baikal], [great-salt-lake], [lake-constance], [lake-victoria], [salt-lakes]
Questions tagged [lakes]
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Is this airliner-shaped lake real?
On a flight over Utah, I spotted a strange shape on the flight route app
on the seat LCD that looks just like an airliner:
Not believing my eyes, I checked OsmAnd and sure enough, it's there!
Here it is on…
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How to reach the clearest lake in the world?
The clearest natural fresh water lake in the world is apparently Blue Lake, near Nelson in New Zealand.
I'm wondering how one would reach it - the tracks to take, walking times etc - ideally a map and directions would be a valid answer.
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How to visit Lake Hillier?
Is it possible to visit Lake Hillier?
Do I have to go with tour or can I for example rent a car and go there? I see no roads near it.
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Where was this photo taken (screensaver on LG Oled TV)?
Can someone please tell me where this picture of a church on an Alpine lake was taken?
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Are there paraglide/paramotor operators around Lake Toba?
I am looking for information on doing a paragliding trip around Lake Toba. I have no paragliding license, so I am looking for a tandem trip with a pilot.
I see references to this possibility on e.g. this site (archive link as original went down),…
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Where is this lake?
The filename of this image is "rocky mountains", but it rather looks like Norway to me. Where is it exactly? No source I find through Google Images or through tineye will be more specific than „rocky…
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How do I get to Abant Lake from Istanbul?
I'm planning to go to Istanbul and I heard that Abant Lake is nice throughout the year. So, I'm planning to go there for a day as well. What worries me is how to go from Bolu to Abant Lake. I found a lot of information how to go from Istanbul to…
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Inle lake entrance fee
Do you have to pay the entrance fee if you only want to visit the lake? We are not interested in visit the pagodas, but we would like to visit the area (may be do the Inle-Kalaw trek). Will they ask us for an entrance? When? When we arrive to…
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Water activities on West Scotland's Lochs
Since Scotland is full of small lakes that promise nice views due to their proximity to mountains, I am wondering if I can rent a boat/kayak/canoe on some of them? I'd be particularly interested in a place that is accessible by car (or by 0.5-1h…
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Beaches on lakes in Germany - security aspects
I usually travel alone, which raises security issues. The most serious they are on beaches near lakes - when I want to swim, I have to leave all belonging on the beach.
I've never experienced anything to be stolen neither from me nor from anyone…
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Park or lake with jogging and outdoor gym in Kuala Lumpur?
In many cities there's an obvious place to go for a run, such as along a beach front, around a lake, along the river, or some nice big park.
In Kuala Lumpur the river is sadly neglected and undeveloped but it would make a perfect park.
The only park…
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Travelling overland to Mammoth Lakes, California on a weekend
I will travel to Mammoth Lakes early May. I would like to minimise my flying to as few legs as possible (for ecological and sightseeing reasons), so I will probably fly to one of the nearest three major airports: SFO, LAX, LAS, or perhaps RNO, and…
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Lake McKenzie turning green?
One of the most magnificent tourist destinations in the world is the largest sand island in QLD Australia, called Fraser Island.
On it you can visit a crystal clear fresh lake, called Lake McKenzie. It used to look like this:
On a recent trip…
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Which is the coldest lake in Austria during summer
I am looking for the coldest lake, pond or reservoir in Austria suitable for swimming (i.e. where swimming is legal) during the peak summer months (July and August).
The location doesn't matter as long as it's publicly accessible (no matter if it…
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Crossing the Skadar Lake by boat or bicycle
I will be making a trip to Skadar Lake from the Montenegrin side. I searched a lot to find out if there are any services that take you to the Albanian side as well.
I know that I can visit the Albanian side from the town called Shkoder for which I…
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