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Tilicho is a beautiful lake of Nepal.

Tilicho lake is the lake situated at the highest altitude in the word. Yes, in the world. It lies 4919 meters ( 16,318 ft.) from the sea level. The lake is situated in the Manang district of Nepal falling in the himalayan region. It is 55 kilo meters from the city of Pokhara as a direct pathway to the destination. To be precise, at 28.6833° N, 83.8567° E. According to the Nepali Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, no living aquatic organisms are reported in the lake. This might be because of the very low temperature in the himalayan belt. The glacial lake is extended to a large dimension. Its maximum length is 4km (2.5 miles) and the maximum width reads as 1.2 km (0.75 miles). The surface area of the lake is abot4.8 sq. Km . The lake is 85 meters deep. The reported water volume of the lake is 156×10⁶ L, around 41,000,000 US gal. The lake is surrounded by high mountains Muktinath Peak, Nilgiri, Khangsae and Tilicho.

The lake also holds the religious traces in the Hindu religion. The lake is believed to be the then Kak Bhusundi Lake mention in the holy epic Ramayana. According to the holy book, sage Kak Bhusundi is the person to detail the happenings of Ramayana to the Garuda. Garuda is known as the king of birds. The events was narrated near this lake. The sage transduced himself to the crow while elaborating the story to Garuda. Kak is translated to Sanskrit by a crow, this resulted the name Kak Bhusundi for the sage and thereby, the lake was called Kak Bhusundi lake by his name. Tilicho lake is one of the major sites of trekking in Nepal. It is the soul of the trek of the Annapurna circuit. Here, different travel agencies offer their respective plans and packages for the travel. On the way to the tilicho lake, we can also enjoy the numerous eye catching features, scenes and other specialities of the respective places. The trek starts from Chame. Chame is the small, low populated village of Gurung community. The tea houses there are the ones to check out for. The trek from Chame initiates to Pisang. There you can enjoy the Tibetian Inscribed mani stones and gompa. The soaring Annapurna II and Annapurna III also offers eye catching site you can witness through Pisang. The trek continues to the manang village where you can observe different natural enjoyments.

Way to Tilicho by Drive from Kathmandu

Day 01: Drive to Tal (1700m) via Besisahar (760m) (7-8 hours)
Day 02: Tal to Thanchok,
Day 03: Thanchok to Pisang, 3200m
Day 04: Trek to Manang, 3540m
Day 05: Acclimatization day
Day 06: Manang to Khangsar, 3756m
Day 07: Khangsar to Tilicho Base Camp, 4160m
Day 08: Excursion Tilicho Lake 4919m, back to Tilicho Base Camp and then trek to Khangsar
Day 09: Khangsar to Yak Kharka, 4040 m
Day 10: Yak Kharka to Thorong High Camp, 4900m
Day 11: Trek to Muktinath, 37850m via Thorong La Pass 5416m
Day 12: Trek to Jomsom, 2700m
Day 13: Flight to Pokhara from Jomsom
Day 14: Drive from Pokhara to Kathmandu on Tourist Bus