[1] "Daral" is a Dardic word and literally means "stream" or "spring water".

Near the lake, there is an ancient mosque where shepherds and visitors offer their prayers and use it as a resting place for the night.

The lake is fed by melting glaciers of the surrounding mountains and gives rise to Daral Khwar which is the main left tributary of Swat River.

While in summer, it can be accessed from Bahrain in three to four hours of trekking on bare mountains, after which the trek descends down towards the east where Daral Lake is located.

[citation needed] An unmetalled-cum-jeepable road ends at Gabina Jabba where the trekking journey begins.