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I am Muhammad Ahmad from Pakistan
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A Trip To Northern Areas Of Pakistan ⛰
After a long time, about a year and the busy and rushy life of the city, we will little free to think and plan an epic road trip with the family. We plan for the tour of the beautiful beauty of Northern Areas of Pakistan. So get ready for this tour with full of adventure and and the beautiful Green landscapes touching your hearts and steal your breath away. This may be the discovery tour for us and maybe for my friends and you. So In this post I describe the ultimate details of our amazing tour, stay with us, let's start!
Our journey begins early in the morning, we get ready our vehicle from night and load it. At very early in the morning almost 4:30 AM when the sun was not in range we leave our home. All are so excited and full of spirits and the weather also makes the mood better. When we enter into the highway nothing wasn't quite like going on the highway very early in the morning.
In Highway
We slowly leave the lovely cityscape and melted into the beautiful and amazinggreen fields with the addition of hill. first the hill full of minerals comes the heavy coal and gas cave and chambers are clearly seen, this is the first time we see how the cave is, we all are so wonder and excited.
Coal Cave
We all are making goseps and doing discussions. Then after few hours of drive and the sun was also rise we temporarily stay at the hotel at 7:30 AM. Their was very rush on the hotel as this is the one of the top hotel almost every person stay here, as this hotel prices are too low and everyone can afford it. It special things of this hotel is this that you order for a one kind of dish it brings additional alot of kind of dishes with no cost. Here we order for a special dish chicken karahi and it is rich with aroma, fueling us for the adventure ahead. It was not only the stay here we can stretch our legs and remove tiredness. Then everyone was again full charged and reset for to resume our Northern quest.
Then we were back on the road and set our sight on Islamabad, Islamabad is a capital city and beautiful and is the pleasant one. With every mile the scenery become more beautiful and heart touching. After few hours we reach Islamabad at 9:30. We all are tired first go to the hotel to stretch our legs and become relax. The hotel name is "LEGEND HOTEL" the one of the best 5 star hotel.
Beautiful view from legend hotel
Then after half hour when everyone relaxed we planned to spend a day to explore the unique beauty of Islamabad. First we go for the popular Faisal mosque, it was the great mosque, here we also done pray. From Faisal mosque the margalla hills was clearly seen.
Margalla Hills
We watch them with binoculars present with the guard. From here we go high on the margalla hills and next stop comes was Pir Sohawa a beautiful and green. The time was almost finished but we managed it and visit to the Monuments a historical museum here you can feel the deeper taste of Pakistan's beautiful,vibrant cultural heritage.
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Monument in Islamabad
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Culture heritage
Then we come back from the Monuments it was a night all are tired and very hungery, so we order for the karahi and traditional BBQ. Then after eating it all are slept, all are so happy and spend the day with joy and happiness.
We skip the Murree and leave it because we go to Murree several times and also their was too rush and traffic in Murree and we go to the Nathiagali (Galyat region) , which is the one of the most beautiful place in Pakistan with lush Greenery and the uncountable long tree of Pines. We enter in the Galyat region the weather was too different from Islamabad it is too cold so we turn off the AC of our car and then enjoying the cool air and weather as we go from hot weather region ao we are very excited, everyone wants to put his head outside the window but my uncle strictly prohibited and very anger on it ,as it lead to the accident. In reaching Nathiagali we take almost 3 hours from Islamabad. Here we book the room in the hotel at the spot as it is average type hotel so it's room was not expensive and on reasonable rate, it name was Pine Heaven hotel, we book one large size room in almost $200 dollars. Then we bring the luggage from the car to hotel room. After almost half an hour rest we become relax then we go for exploring Nathiagali and their nearby areas.
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A beautiful view in Nathiagalli
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Beautiful view in Nathiagall
First we go to the tunnel of British era, which was recently discovered. It was amazing, the inner of tunnel is so cold and their wall was wet because their was raining every day in Galyat region.
British Era Tunnel
Their was also a track from the tunnel going to areas which name was not remembered to me, we walk on the track for a while then come back to the car to go another picnic spots in Galyat region near nathiagali. Then we go for a lake we enjoy their alot, and their was a fast food shop and we order hot pakoras which taste is brilliant, we also roaming around and the wall of lake, the water of lake was too cold, people place the bottles in the water to become cold.
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Lake in Nathiagalli
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Side view of lake
Then we go on the track to the wild life Zoo in Nathiagali, here we enjoy alot , we see different animals like tiger, Markhor, Bears etc.
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Little Markhor
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Tiger
After enjoying lake we come back to the hotel room, my uncle ordered for the chicken karahi with some other additional dishes. Everyone was so hungry and also tired it was a night. We all ate karahi and one visit to the Nathiagali Bazar at night also eat ice cream in cold weather which was much enjoyable and crazy, then we go to our hotel and immediately slept in hot heavy blankets.
Next day, we leaving the Nathiagali and continue the our adventure full journey to the famous Valley's Kaghan and Narran. In the way beautiful the beautiful and majestic sceneries coming and everyone was shocking at each turn enjoying nature, as the Nathiagali was on height and this time the way is descended our use brakes only.
Downward from nathiagalli
After an hour we car on the clear way to Narran, the road was shiny and clear, on the both side of road the high rise mountains and beneath the road the famous river was flowing named Kuhar-river which double the beauty. We thought that their was a landslided area but fortunately it was not, so we easily reach to Narran, in Narran we book the hotel room, the name of hotel is Green hotel ,it was an average hotel but the location of hotel is amazing, at the back of hotel river Kuhar was flowing and their roaring sound cheers our hearts.
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River Kunhar
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Spring from river Kunhar
Then we stretch our legs in hotel room and become relax. Then me and some cousins come out of room and roaming around Kuhar-river, it was also so risky because this is very dangerous river. Then we all sit in the car and exploring nearby areas and picnic spots, we also stopping at the scenic viewpoint and also stops for a tea spots which gave much pleasure to us and everyone completely enjoying it. We also visit Narran itself very well as it is a bustling hub especially in summer and have rushy Bazaar and also alot of hotels. Then we all decided to visit the famous lake Saif-ul-Maluk, the car was not gone to the lake because the way is too rough and dangerous, so their are special Jeep for visiting lake Saif-ul-Maluk , we book one Jeep for 20 dollars, everyone quickly occupy their seats then it's starts and we enjoy this adventure full ride of jeep on the dangerous way, finally we reach to the lake, we have two hours time to explore the lake and nearbys area. We quickly jump from the jeep and start exploring the lake and playing with each other and enjoy a lot ,
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Lake Saif-ul-Malok(one side)
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View Of Lake Saif-ul-Malok Lake from other side
After two hours we come back to the jeep, come to parking were our car was parked. Then we come back to the hotel and enjoy a lot dishes which my uncle ordered in advance also everyone was so hungry and tired. If condition was favourable we would like to visit Babusar-top the smooth peak of high mountains which are connecting Kaghan valley to Gilgit-Baltistan, Babusar-top has expensive stretch to the horizon and the air up there was incredible heart touching, we wish alot but can't visit it.
After a week spending in tour with adventure and we collect beautiful and precious memories. This time mean next day morning we our begins back to the home, we put luggage in the car. And then drive back, everyone fall in thoughts and their was silence in the car. The same roads and highways now felt different. We all are so tired, and a little bit tired as our amazing and adventure full journey was coming to close and in car everyone was asleep, and lost in dreams of the journey ( mountains and rivers ).
This summer vacation was really unforgettable, a deep and personal dive into the natural beauty of pakistan capture our hearts. I can't wait to share more updates and countless pictures as we capture along! Stay tuned, Steemians, for more more snippets from our best Northern adventure - an experience that truly touched our hearts and souls!
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Wow, what an amazing trip! Your photos make me feel like I traveled with you so many beautiful places at once. The mountains and lakes look breathtaking! I especially loved the colorful market scene; it feels so lively. Traveling to multiple spots in one trip must have been tiring but totally worth it, right? How did you plan such a perfect itinerary? Also, which place was your favorite? Thanks for sharing these adventures it’s like a mini-vacation for readers. Keep exploring and posting! Upvoted for the wanderlust vibes. ✨
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