Travel Idea: Most Amazing Lakes in the world

Annecy

Annecy's location seems perfect with lakes and mountains all around. It deserves its nickname "Pearl of French Alps".

Tours:
• France
• Annecy

Bled

Bled is a lake resort in Slovenia with great mountain scenery.

Tours:
• Slovenia
• Bled

Chiemsee

The Chiemsee (aka. the Bavarian Sea because of its size) is a lake in the province of Bayern.

Tours:
• Germany
• Chiemsee

Hakone

Hakone is a small city over a larger area. It features many hot springs and is home to lake Ashi, where (pirate) cruise ships can offer a great view of Mt. Fuji.

Tours:
• Japan
• Hakone

Inle Lake

Picturesque lake with fisherman, "longneck" women, a monastery dedicated to cats and lots of tomatoes. The village itself offers everything you need, like beds, restaurants and bicycles/motocycles to explore the area.

Tours:
• Myanmar
• Inle Lake

Interlaken

Interlaken is located in the heart of the Bernese Alps Interlaken is very well visited by tourists. And with good reason. The vicinity to the mountains, the abundance of activities, the unique location between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz and the excellent shopping make this a place well worth visiting. From here it is a short trip to Grindelwald or Lauterbrunnen for more scenery, waterfalls and the Jungfraujoch.

Tours:
• Switzerland
• Interlaken

Lago di Garda

Lago di Garda is the largest lake in Italy just south of the Alps with many resorts, camp sites and tourist locations.

Tours:
• Italy
• Lago di Garda

Lake Atitlan

Lake Atitlán is a lake in the Guatemalan Highlands of the Sierra Madre mountain range, with two volcanos, and the deepest lake in Central America. Panajachel is the pleasant city where most tourists will stay and do shopping.

Tours:
• Guatemala
• Lake Atitlan

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and contains more fresh water than any other lake. The lake has its own flora and fauna, above and under water.

Tours:
• Russia (Asia)
• Lake Baikal

Lake Chungara (Lauca National Park)

Lake Chungará is a lake situated in the extreme north of Chile at an elevation of 4,517 metres. It is one of the highest, navigable lakes in the world, in Lauca National Park, surrounded by volcanos.

Tours:
• Chile
• Lake Chungara

Lake Louise

Lake Louise is a beautiful lake in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.

Tours:
• Canada
• Lake Louise

Lake Malawi

Lake Malawi is the most important tourist destination in Malawi. It has lots and lots of fish species in perfectly clear fresh water. One could call this Africa's largest aquarium?

Tours:
• Malawi
• Lake Malawi

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park is a national park in the Eat of Tanzania that also includes the lake with the same name. More than 350 bird species have been observed on the lake.

Tours:
• Tanzania
• Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru National Park is best known for its thousands, sometimes millions of flamingos nesting along the shores. It can really color the whole lake pink. However, water level conditions have varied from almost drying up to complete floodings. Flamingos may migrate to other lakes according to this.

Tours:
• Kenya
• Lake Nakuru

Lake Ohrid

Lake Ohrid is located at the border between Albania and North-Macedonia.

Tours:
• Albania
• Lake Ohrid

Lake Toba

Lake Toba on Sumatra is simply impressive because of it´s mere size and history. Approx. 75000 years ago the super-volcano erupted and almost wiped out the complete world´s population. What remains now is a huge, deep lake with an island the size of Singapore. There are a few really nice hotels on the island...

Lake Toba looks amazing from the sky, for example on Google maps...

Tours:
• Indonesia
• Lake Toba

Lucerne

Most international visitors will make a stop in Luzern. The city offers the old Kapellbrücke as well as old buildings, murals, houses, souvenirs shops, a stone lion and lots more. Just around the corner are the Vierwaldtstättersee (aka Lake Lucerne) and the mountains with Rigi, Pilatus and Titlis the best known.

Tours:
• Switzerland
• Lucerne

Plitvice Lakes National Park

Plitvice is probably the best known national park in Croatia with lots of waterfalls and lakes.

Tours:
• Croatia
• Plitvice Lakes National Park

Puno (Lake Titicaca)

Puno is a village at Lake Titicaca. Puno is an important agricultural and livestock region; important livestock are llamas and alpacas, which graze on its immense plateaus and plains. Indios have floating islands on the Lake.

Tours:
• Peru
• Puno

Sun and Moon Lake

Sun and Moon Lake is the largest body of water in Taiwan and a major tourist attraction. There are some villages around the lake with nice hotels. Note that the area is known for earth quakes...

Tours:
• Taiwan
• Sun and Moon Lake

Zell am See

Zell am See is a famous, touristic small city in Austria. It is part of the Kitzbühler Alpen and in a beautiful surroundings with lakes and mountains.

Tours:
• Austria
• Zell am See