Boats
Sailing and rowing.
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Naini Lake is a freshwater lake at the heart of the hill town of Nainital in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. The town wraps around it on the hillsides, and the lake's centre is less than a kilometre from the town centre in a straight line. It formed through movements of the earth and was once almost round, becoming crescent-shaped through repeated landslides. It is the third largest lake in Uttarakhand and one of the four main lakes of Kumaon, an area called India's lake district. The first European to see it was an English sugar trader lost on a hunting trip, and its discovery was reported in 1841. Green hills dotted with houses and forest surround the water, sailing boats and rowing boats drift across it, ducks and geese gather along the shore, and its colours shift with the passing clouds. You can take a boat or walk the road beside it, and the surrounding hills give wide views over the lake and town. The weather is mild in summer and cold in winter, and the town is crowded in the summer holidays.
Sailing and rowing.
From the hills.
Ducks and geese.
Nainital, Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India
Spring and autumn.
In summer holidays.