Karakoram Highway (KKH)
The Seventh Wonder of the world Karakoram Highway (KKH), starts at historic city Hassan Abdal, 50 KM from the federal capital Islamabad, the bitumen sealed motorway winds through gently rolling, sandy foothills for approximately one hundred and twenty kilometers before intersecting the Indus river. Abbottabad and Mansehra are the top ranked hill stations, renowned for [...]
Shangrila Lake
Shangrila Lake or Lower Kachura Lake is a part of the Shangrila resort located at a drive of about 20 minutes from Skardu (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. Shangrila [...]
Naran
At Naran, 23 kms from Kaghan you reach the halfway point. Naran also serves as the base for the whole valley. Most visitors to Naran pay a visit to Saiful Muluk Lake (10,500 feet) 6 miles east of town. Lake Saif-ul-Mulk, named because Prince Saif-ul-Mulk-supposedly drowned here together with his beloved fairy princess by her [...]
Baltistan
Baltistan (Urdu: بلتستان), also known as بلتیول (Baltiyul) in the Balti language, is a region in northern Pakistan, bordering Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. It is situated in the Karakoram mountains just to the south of K2, the world’s second highest mountain. It is an extremely mountainous region, with an average altitude of over 3,350 [...]
Shogran
For your drive to Kaghan, you switch over at Balakot to a jeep. Your first stop is 34 kms away at Shogran at 2,362 metres above sea level. At Kaghan, the little village that gives the valley its name-61 kms from Balakot. This village, sorrounded by peaks and forests, is east of the main Kunhar [...]
Chitral
Chitral, or Chatrāl (Urdu:), in the native language Khowar pronounced “chetrar”(chetr meaning field), is the name of a town, valley, river, district, and former princely state in the former Malakand Division of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. Chitral Town, capital of the Chitral District, is situated on the west bank of the Chitral (or [...]
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain on Earth. Nanga Parbat means “Naked Mountain” in Urdu, parbat deriving from the Sanskrit word parvata meaning “mountain”. Nanga Parbat was one of the deadliest of the eight-thousanders for climbers in the first half of the twentieth century; since that time it has been less so, though still [...]
Nathiagali
Nathia Gali or Nathiagali is one of the mountain resort towns of the Galyat area of Pakistan. Nathia Gali town also serves as the administrative centre of Nathia Gali union council. It is located in Abbottabad District, North West Frontier Province. At 2500m (8200ft), it is a popular tourist resort in the summer months. It [...]
Babusar Pass
Babusar Pass is at a distance of 80 km from Naran. It is on the way to the pass that the Kaghan valley’s scenery becomes most dramatic. Battakundi is at a distance of 16 km from Naran and provides access to Lalazar Plateau, lake Dodiputsar and lake Lulusar, which is the biggest natural lake in [...]
Balakot
At a distance of 220 km from Islamabad and 4 hours journey, lies Balakot, the ‘Gateway’ to the Kaghan Valley. The town lies on the bank of the River Kunhar and serves as a market for the surrounding villages. It is a famous tourist destination of the region is one of the first stops for [...]
