The 12 best lakes and waterfalls in Armenia

Updated August 2026 · Chosen editorially. Rankings are never sold.

Lake Sevan in Gegharkunik and Jermuk Waterfall in Vayots Dzor open this list of the 12 best lakes and waterfalls in Armenia. The rest are spread across Tavush, Armavir, Syunik, Aragatsotn, Lori, Kotayk, and Yerevan. These are editorial picks, not a ranking — plan by region, not by a fixed route.

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   Gosh LakeTavush

   Gosh Lake is a small forest lake inside Dilijan National Park, about 2 km from Gosh village in Tavush region.

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   Parz LakeTavush

   Parz Lake is a small lake in Dilijan National Park, east of Dilijan in Tavush region, formed by natural climatic shifts.

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   Lake AknaArmavir

   Lake Akna is Armenia's lowest-lying lake, a small funnel-shaped body on the Ararat plain west of Etchmiadzin, fed entirely by groundwater.

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   Jermuk WaterfallVayots Dzor

   At 68 meters, Jermuk Waterfall is Armenia's second-highest, dropping over three rounded terraces on the Jermuk stream in Jermuk town.

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   Angeghakot ReservoirSyunik

   Angeghakot Reservoir is a small dam lake on the Vorotan River in Syunik, part of the Vorotan cascade, opened in 1977 for flow control and irrigation.

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   Kasakh WaterfallAragatsotn

   Kasakh Waterfall, near Ashtarak in Aragatsotn, drops 70 meters down the Kasakh gorge — Armenia's tallest, but only in spring.

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   Lake SevanGegharkunik

   Lake Sevan, Armenia's largest lake, sits at 1,900m in Gegharkunik province and ranks as the world's second-highest large freshwater lake, after Titicaca.

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   QaragölSyunik

   Qaragöl is a freshwater lake in Lachin district so scarcely recorded that its name is almost the only fact on file.

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   Shaki WaterfallSyunik

   Shaki Waterfall drops 18 m on the Shaki River in the Vorotan gorge, 3 km northwest of Sisian in Syunik Province, Armenia.

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    Trchkan waterfallLori

    Trchkan waterfall drops 22-23 m on the Chichkan river in Lori, the tallest and most water-rich cascade of its kind in Armenia.

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    Swan LakeYerevan

    Swan Lake is a decorative pool from 1963 by Yerevan's Freedom Square, just southeast of the Opera and Ballet theater.

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    Aghbyurak ReservoirKotayk

    Aghbyurak Reservoir is a 1953 dam-built reservoir on the Hrazdan River at Hrazdan town, part of the Sevan-Hrazdan hydro cascade.