It is the greatest attraction of Srinagar. There are houseboats one one side and on the other side are shikaras where you can enjoy boating. The lake is huge and if one wants to experience peace and tranquility, u gotto take a shikara ride.

We enjoyed Shikara ( small decorative boat) all along in the famous Dal Lake. We had glimpses of a few nice attractions! Char Chinar was a great place- a tiny island surrounded by four Chinar ( maple) trees which incidentally a film shooting place! Lily...More

It was supposed to be a peaceful and enjoyable shikara that was marred by the many floating vendors plying their trade there. Dal Lake is indeed a very beautiful place to visit and taking a shikara ride is a must when visiting Srinagar. However the...More

there's nothing quite like a shikara ride on Daal Lake. Best if this is part of your stay in a house boat (we loved our time in the houseboat Acropolis). It's a beautiful place. We were blessed with a somewhat warm sunny day in October.

I love the life around this like the transporting flowers , moving local traders who also sells saffron, kids n mother rowing in small boats to school and there is a market inside the like a tailor shop also can be seen ... Beside nehru...More

Finally we embarked on the Shikara and the ride began!! Not all parts of the lake were beautiful, but yes we enjoyed the ride overall. We were shown some 10 points which comes over a Shikara Ride at Dal Lake. However the most annoying part...More

Dal lake has its own beauty. Go for evening Shikara ride. They offer 2 kind of Shikara ride - 3 point & 6 point shikara ride(double prie that of 3 point).