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Liqeni i Madh, the Great Lake, is the largest of the Lura lakes, a glacial lake in Lurë National Park, high on Kurora e Lurës in a large glacial cirque complex. Its water is clear and chilly; large white water lilies cover parts of it in summer, and it freezes over completely in winter.
History
After the fall of communism, illegal logging and forest fires damaged the ecosystems around the Lura lakes, which have been protected as a national park since 1966.
Visit
Swimming
No reliable information
Tips
The lake is about two hours on foot from the village of Lura e Vjetër, where there are guesthouses. By vehicle, take the gravel track of about 8.5 km that climbs from the SH34: it is rocky and bumpy, muddy when wet, usually impassable in winter and best left to a 4×4. June to September gives the clearest paths. A minibus runs once a day from Rrëshen, and most other routes need an off-road vehicle.
The lake is the starting point for climbing Kunora e Lurës. South of it, Lake Hot has a good place to camp, and the Flower Lakes, covered in white and yellow water lilies, are about 8 km on from Kunora. See the Lura Lakes page for more.
Nearby lakes
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Qafë Mollë Reservoir
Reservoir · artificial
~24 kmaway
167.88 metreselevation
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Sources & data
- OpenStreetMap: Liqeni i Madh (way 452551283), OpenStreetMap contributors
- Wikidata: Liqeni i Madh (Q22005363), Wikimedia Foundation
- Lura Lakes, Albanian Tourism Agency
- Great Lake of Lura, National Tourism Agency of Albania
- English Wikipedia: Lura Lakes, Wikimedia Foundation
- Lura Lakes, Albania Travel Guide
- Liqeni i Madh, Dangerous Roads
- National Park Lura, Parks Dinarides