Snow-capped Rara attracts inflow of tourists

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 30Snowfall has been taking place in higher belt of Karnali since
Tuesday morning
The Rara Lake has turned further majestic with the snowfall covering the region.
'Snow-capped mountains turning black'
Snowfall affects life in Humla
Snowfall has added picturesque values of the region which has been an attractive tourism
destination of late
Domestic and foreign tourists have flocked in the area for snow fun
Tourists are thronging Rara for taking joy of snowfall without caring of bone-chilling cold. There is up to two feet snow
in the surrounding of Rara
All trees and plants around the majestic lake are apparently whitish with snow
Every things seem whitish in and around the arresting lake
With abundant snowfall, it seems as if a white quilt has been placed in the corner of the lake.Snow has added further attraction to the lake
which changes its forms in different colours in the winter season.Ram Shah, a domestic tourist who turned up here to take joy of exotic
Rara, commented that fortunate people only got such an opportunity to assimilate with the mesmerizing scenic beauty of Rara, rarely
manifested in this season.Tourists said the season was appropriate for Rara visit as one could observe the snow-capped Rara reaching atop of
Murma and sight-seeing of the mind-blowing ambience in the surrounding.The Rara has five-km length, around three-km breadth and 167-metre
depth
Rara is a home to rare species of snow trout fish and trout frog as well as 300 species of birds.According to the Rara National Park office,
the lake has been considered a special place to observe different wildlife, including musk deer, Red Panda, Himalayan black bear and wild
dog
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