Lower Kachura Lake also known as Shangrila Lake is located in Kachura village 20 minutes from Skardu city (nearly 2,500 m or 8,200 feet) town.

It is a popular tourist destination, and has a unique restaurant that is built on the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby.

The lake is also known as Shangrila lake after a resort built on its bank in 1983. Shangrila was named after a book titled Lost Horizon by James Hilton.

Shangrila was established in 1983 with the opening of the first Resort Hotel in Skardu, Baltistan. Shangrila Resort Hotel was founded by the late Muhammad Aslam Khan, the first commander of the Northern Scouts of the Pakistan Army.