Tibet Adventure Tour – Lham Latso

Lham Latso is one of the most mysterious lakes in Tibet. Lham Latso means "auspicious Goddess lake" in Tibetan. It is located in Gyatsa County with an altitude of more than 4000 meters.

Lham Latso is a fresh water lake surrounded by mountais. It is an ellipsoid lake covers an area of about one square kilometer. It looks like a gorgeous mirror surrounded by mountains. The lake surface would be frozen for about 7 months every year. It would be pretty mysterious after it unfreezes in summer. It would be as tranquil and calm as a mirror in sometimes while waves with peculiar sounds even when the wind doesn't blow. This mysterious phenomenon would be available for tourists planning a Tibet adventure tour to Lham Latso if you are lucky enough.

Lham Latso means "lake of the soul of the Goddess" in Tibetan. It is highly respected by the followers of Tibetan Buddhism though it is not as big as other holy lakes in Tibet. Lham Latso enjoys special status in Tibetan Buddhism. Local Tibetans would make a visit to the lake before they start to look for the reincarnation of Dalai Lamas and Panchen Lamas.

The devout followers of Tibetan Buddhism would come to Lham Latso for pilgrimage between April and June according to Tibetan calendar. Tibetans hold that people could see their future from the inverted reflection in the lake. They do think that Lham Latso could give some prediction by showing some strange phenomenon.

Tourists planning a Tibet adventure tour to Lham Latso could also make a visit to Gyatsa Gorge which is thought to be the Cho Ming Valley in the famous movie "2012". A large number of tourists would like to make a visit to the mysterious before the "end of the world in 2012".