Thatta is home to beautiful lake called Keenjhar. Many people from the neighboring district of Karachi make weekend-trips to this aesthetic place.Kalri Lake (Urdu: کلری جھیل) or Kinjhar Lake (Urdu: کینجھر جھیل) is located in Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan.Kalri Lake is the largest freshwater lake in Pakistan. It plays a substantial ecological role in the functioning of the Indus River basin. It is extremely important for a wide variety of breeding, passage and wintering waterbirds. The mid-winter waterbird counts of the late 1980s averaged 140,000 birds per winter.The Sindhi legend of Noori Jam Tamachi took place around the lake, and to this day there is a shrine in the middle of the lake marking Noor's grave. Everyday hundreds of devotees visit the shrine.
16 miles from Thatta on left side is the famous Keenjhar Lake with cottages for overnight stay. Here, the travelers can take a break, go boating, bird-watching and fishing and lit beachcombers' torches to have a session of fun and frolic at night before hitting the sacks in Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation’s (PTDC) cottages to begin again the next day.The cottages are booked through PTDC offices located in Karachi on Stratchen Road, opposite Hotel Metropole. Demand is heavier on the weekends, especially on Friday and Saturday evenings. The Family Area may be quite busy with many families staying overnight and inter-family games and festivities are not uncommon.
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