Dal Lake
Kashmir's great lake: painted shikara boats, floating gardens and carved old houseboats.
- Price
- Shikara fares by the hour
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Best Time
- Dawn or sunset, May to October
- Address
- Boulevard Road, Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190001Directions
- Getting There
- Boats leave from the ghats along Boulevard Road.
Why Go
A shikara ride at dawn takes you through the floating vegetable market, past lotus beds and houseboats, with mountains behind.
Agree on the fare before you get in. Set rates are usually posted at the ghats.
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