Lake Butrint Viewpoint

From a timber platform on the wooded ridge between Ksamil and the ancient city, the view drops to the salt marshes and open water where Lake Butrint meets the V…From a timber platform on the wooded ridge between Ksamil and the ancient city, the view drops to the salt marshes and open water where Lake Butrint meets the Vivari Channel, with the mountains of the interior beyond. The channel links the lagoon to the Ionian Sea at its southern end.

Lake Butrint covers about 16 square kilometres and reaches a depth of 24.4 metres, and mussel farms line parts of its shore. Around 247 bird species are recorded in the national park, about 70 per cent of them waterbirds.