Throughout the world, there are many lakes that have a variety of colors. These hues add an extra dimension to these picturesque landscapes and make them even more beautiful! So please join us on our journey as we explore amazing places with incredible watery palettes.
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Top 10: Laguna Verde
If you are looking for a fun-filled getaway, then head on over to Laguna Verde. Here visitors can experience all of the natural beauty that it has in store while having an exciting time with friends or family members. With plenty of activities like hiking and biking available at this park, there will be no shortage of things to do during your visit!
The Laguna Verde, a salt water lake in the southwest of Bolivia is an amazing shade of green. The color comes from debris that includes copper deposits and it’s also known for its beautiful surroundings with hot springs located nearby!
Top 9: Band-e Amir
You may have heard of Band-e Amir, a magical place that locals call home. It’s an oasis in the middle of nowhere and has been treasured by people from all around Iran for centuries as their retreat away from city life with its hustle bustles!
Band-e Amir is a chain of 6 deep blue lakes located high in the Hindu Kush Mountains. They became Afghanistan’s first national park and preserve its natural beauty by protecting these mineral-rich waters from tourists traipsing through their pristine landscape. The intense colors you will see when visiting this place are due to varying concentrations of minerals found there, including titanium which produces shades between dark olive green & grayish-black!
Top 8: Lake Pukaki
The scenic beauty of Lake Pukaki is a symbol of the best in New Zealand. With its clear blue waters and picturesque landscape, it’s easy to see why this lake has been such an important tourist destination as well!
Lake Pukaki in New Zealand is the second largest alpine lake and it has an icy-blue color because of receding glaciers. The particles from these glacial feeds give its waters their distinct glacier blue hue, which can be seen across Mackenzie Basin as well!
Top 7: Laguna Colorada
Laguna Colorada is a hidden gem in the Andes. When you get to this village, it feels like you are on another planet with all of its bright colors and smiling people dressed up in their finest clothes for Pride Day!
The Laguna Colorada is a beautiful lake located in Bolivia close to the border of Chili. The reddish color of its waters comes from sediments filled with red algae and pigmentation, which also home many flamingos! There are white borax islands too shaped by seasonal evaporation like at this magnificent lagoon.
Top 6: Kelimutu
One of the most amazing places I’ve been to is Kelimutu, an island with a lot more than just coffee! It’s like Lord of The Rings- you know that feeling when your reading and then suddenly there’s some part about their world or society which really strikes home? Yeah well, this place had those moments for me.
The beautiful and unique color combination of the three lakes that dot Kelimutu volcano is a draw for tourists, who come from all around to experience them. One theory as to how this happens in such an unusual place like on top of one another has been proposed by geologists who believe there are openings within the earth’s crust known simply as fumaroles which emit gas through volcanic activity – giving off different colors depending upon what type it might be!
Top 5: Havasu Falls
Havasu Falls is a hidden gem in the Grand Canyon. It’s not well-known and it has an unforgettable view, so you’ll want to visit this natural wonderland!
The Havasu Canyon is part of the Grand Canyon and inhabitants are a small tribe called the Havasupai. They live in Supai, Arizona which can only be accessed by helicopter or on foot from the Hualapai Hilltop parking lot at 8 miles with an extremely dusty trail through unfamiliar terrain–even for those used to living outdoors!
Havasu Falls is known for being one of the most colorful waterfalls in Arizona. The reason it’s so vibrant? Colored carbonate minerals settling at the bottom turn this otherwise white flow into an amazing blue-green color!
Top 4: Moraine Lake
Moraine Lake is a pristine gem in Algonquin Provincial Park. This lake has scenic views and it’s bustling with activities during the summer months, making it my favorite spot to visit!
Moraine Lake, located in Banff National Park is fed by the glaciers and has stunning blue waters. The coloration comes from light refracting off of glacier flour La Montagne Blanche (the white mountain). Located along with other beautiful Canadian Rockies scenery around it like Valley Of The Ten Peaks– check trail conditions before you go as they sometimes restrict hiking due to grizzly bear activity!
Top 3: Lake Nakuru
Lake Nakuru is famous for its diverse wildlife and vibrant birdlife. It’s also one of the few lakes in Africa that feeds an entire ecosystem, providing food sources to crocodiles as well!
One of the top attractions in Kenya, Lake Nakuru is a very shallow lake that lies at an altitude of 1930 meters. The algae here attracts vast quantities lesser flamingos to drink and feed on it sometimes more than one million at once! Sadly because environmental degradation has led them downhill over population decline due to pollution levels which leaves less food for these beautiful birds.
Top 2: Jiuzhaigou
The Jiuzhaigou Valley is a magical place where you can find sheep, goats, and yaks grazing in the fields. It’s also home to over 1500 waterfalls making it one of China’s most beautiful national parks!
The Jiuzhaigou Valley in China is home to dozens of blue, green, and turquoise-colored lakes that locals call “Haizi.” The numerous colorful bodies were caused by glacier activity. Today visitors can often see all the way down their clear waters thanks to a series waterfalls pouring into them from high above!
Top 1: Plitvice Lakes
A journey to the Plitvice Lakes will take you through nature’s breathtaking beauty. The lakes are famous for their turquoise waters which sparkle like diamonds in contrast with lush green trees on either side of them, giving visitors an experience like no other place on earth!
One of the most beautiful places in Europe, Plitvice Lakes are sixteen lakes that sit on either side of Croatia and Bosnia. The changing colors make them stand out from one another; blue ones can be found next to green or gray water with varying shades depending upon what minerals exist within each body’s composition.
