Haleji lake

       The tour of haleji lake

Haleji Lake (Urdu: ہالیجی جھیل‎) is located in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is the Asia's largest bird sanctuary.

          Just 77 kilometres from Karachi, this great lake was once a popular picnic destination and renowned bird sanctuary (it is still known as one of Asia’s biggest bird sanctuaries). But over the years,

With a surface area of only four kilometres (and a depth of five to seven metres), the lake is a big sanctuary for migratory birds (sadly not as big as it once was). More than 341 types of species have been identified on this lake.

The birds of haleji lake

Birds such as the European Widgeon, Dalmatian Pelican, Falcon, Harrier, Pallas’s fish eagle, Teal, Jacana, Flamingo, Pintail, and Northern Shoveller visit this lake every year from Siberia and different parts of Europe. The lake itself has different kind of fish and water animals, including three types of crocodiles and tortoise. The World Wide Fund has developed a sanctuary for crocodiles — with limited resources they are trying to protect the wildlife.

The fish of haleji

The local population depends on the limited agriculture and fishing at the lake, but most of the young population has little or no income opportunities.

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