Bhimtal Lake is a natural water body, surrounded by many hotels, resorts, and Temples. It was peak winter when I visited and there were not many tourists. I believe during peak summer the place will be full and one can expect slow traffic in and around Bhimtal

Bhimtal is a lake city named after Bhima, the mythological character of Mahabharata. We visited the Bhimtal from Nainital on a day trip. The Bhimtal lake is at a scenic spot with a small island at its centre. It offers splendid views of nature's beauty. The lake offered similar boating and water activities like other lakes, hence not done. As compared to Nainital, Bhimtal is a less crowded place. The lakeside houses several hotels and restaurants.

A tourist place adjacent to Nainital. Comparatively less gathering to Nainital. Roads are terrible. If you have visited Nainital then no need to come here. Hot air balloon and Para gliding are two extra attractions here. Simply wastage of money to visiting here.

Bhimtal ('bhim' means big and 'tal' means lake in Hindi) is the largest lake in Nainital district and Kumaon region and 2nd largest in state of Uttrakhand. It is situated at an altitude of 1370m above sea level and is about 22 km from Nainital. We reached here around 1:00 pm while travelling to Binsar from New Delhi. We paid Rupees 50 as entry tax in Bhimtal town. The lake is very beautiful and has wonderful views of hills all around with green slops. One can see the fascinating cover of clouds around there on hills. One can do boating here and can go to a small island which has a restaurant and has an aquarium to see. A masonry dam on the lake stores the water for drinking, for agriculture, for fishery and keeps the inflow of tourists here.