The Most beautiful Places to Visit

The Most beautiful Places to Visit………. In Pakistan

            Pakistan has great and vast natural beauty and a very attractive culture that results in a lot of people visiting Pakistan every year. When it comes to travelling, everyone has different taste. Our bigger cities and cultural destinations like Lahore , Faisalbad and Karachi attract both foreigners and local tourists. The people who have interest in archeology have places like Taxila or Harrapa and Moenjodaro. Mountain trekkers have K-2 and Nanga Parbat

            Pakistan have world’s most beautiful places, specially at its best in northern areas of Pakistan and Kashmir region. This part of the country is famous all around the world because of sky high mountains, lush green and attractive valleys, mighty rivers, beautiful lakes, and amazing fauna and flora. The Pradise on Earth ‘Neelum Valley’ Mini Switzerland ‘Swat Valley’ and Mountain Kingdom ‘Hunza valley’ are the major tourist attractions in Pakistan. All these places have real natural beauty of the world.

Here I’ll discuss some  place for your interest  in brief.

Hunza Valley

        The visitors to Hunza are overwhelmed by the rugged charm, the fragrant breeze singing through graceful Poplar trees and the velvet-like green carpet of wheat fields, set against the background of snow-covered mountains.

Kalash Valley

          Kalash Valley is a group of three small valleys: Brir, Bumburet and Rambur. Brir lies at the southern most tip of Chitral .It is easily accessible by jeep-able road via Ayun. It is especially ideal for those not used to trekking. Bumburet, the largest and the most picturesque valley of the Kafir Kalash, Itis connected by a jeep-able road.
   

        Rambur is 32 km (20 miles) from Chitral, the road is jeep-able.
These valleys have an alpine climate. The people inhabiting these valleys are the primitive pagan tribes of Pakistan.Their origin is cloaked in controversy. A legend says that soldiers from the legions of the Macedonian conqueror, Alexander, settled in Chitral and are the progenitors of the Kalash.
                  The Kalash love music and their instruments are drums and flutes. Their colorful dances impart a feeling of peace, joy and contentment. If you join them in their dance, they interpret it as a sign friendship and will open their hearts to you and reveal some of their mysteries, their joys and sorrows. These beautiful people live native the most attractive and stunning place f the world.
 

Swat Valley
               Swat valley is one of the most beautiful valleys of the world. The lush-green valley of Swat, with its rushing torrents, icy-cold lakes, fruit-laden orchards and flower-decked slopes is ideal for holidaymakers. It has a rich historical past, too. This is "Udayana" (The Garden) of the ancient epics; the land of enthralling beauty.Some years back a military operation kept tourists from visiting Swat but now the situation is back to normal and Swat is yet again the paradise.

               Swat, the land of romance and beauty, is celebrated throughout the world as the holy land of Buddhist learning and piety. Swat acquired fame as a place of Buddhist pilgrimage.

Mingora and Saidu Sharif ar capital cities of Swat area.
It is mini Switzerland .Swat is surrounded by Himalayas and Hindukush. The valley is full of fragrant fruit orchads, rivers, and some glaciers. Marghazar, 16 km from Saidu Sharif, is famous for its “Sufed Mahal” the white marble palace of the former Wali (Ruler) of Swat. Kabal is 6 km from Saidu Sharif with its excellent golf course.

Malam Jabba
          At 2,636 m above sea level, Malam Jabba Ski Resort stands on top of a mountain of the Hindukush range, north east of Saidu Sharif. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif

Around The Swat
Miandam Valley, Madyan & Bahrain,Kalam,Ushu, Matiltan and Mahodand Lake,Utrot-Gabral Valley are the important places to visit

Kaghan Valley
           Kaghan is a jewel among the many beautiful valleys in the Mansehra District of Hazara in the KPK Province of Pakistan. This 160 kilometer long valley is most popular summer holiday spots for both Pakistanis as well as foreigners.

 It is terraced from river to hilltop. Kaghan valley is truly green with a lot of pine forest. Kaghan valleys lush greenry reminds you of the Alps. Kaghan valley offers great trekking opportunities. Many people visitng Kaghan valley go for Jeep safari. Kaghan valley is very beautiful. Travelling through the valley you can follow the bends and turns of River Kunhar and see the beautiful towns of Shogran, Kaghan and Naran.

            Naran is the middle point of Kaghan Valley and it is a place. This is the place of out-door pleasure. Here you'll depart from the river Kunhar and on both sides of road there are vast fields. Don't look here and there the melody you are hearing is provided by the river Kunhar who is with you on same level. If you like climbing this is a place for you because there are mountains all around you.

A vacation in Kaghan Valley is an unforgettable experience!

 Murree

             Murree is a very popular hill station about 50 km north of the capital Islamabad while Abbottabad is a city in KPK province. The main tourist stay is in the town of Nathia Gali and the resort of Ayubia. Nathia Gali is known as the City of Fog for it can get very foggy here. The usual definition of fog doesn't stand here.

            This area receives the highest rainfall in Pakistan and it always seems to be raining here. But the main beauty of this area isn't high mountains, it's the greenery. There is no place in this area where you won't find monkeys, real free monkeys. They are everywhere, in your hotel lobby windows, in the open barbecue, on the road; just everywhere you cannot miss them. The area is just brilliant with good hotels and all facilities. By the way, it can get pretty cool out here even in the summers so bring something warm.

Neelam Valley

             Neelum Valley is situated to the North & North East of Muzaffarabad. Running parallel to the Kaghan Valley, it is separated from it by snow covered peaks. Excellent scenic beauty, panoramic view, towering hills on both sides

of the noisy Neelum river, lush green forests, enchanting streams, high altitude lakes and attractive surroundings make the valley a dream.

Karachi beach.

     Karachi is not only about tall buildings, market places, buzzing traffic horns… The densely populated city Karachi is blessed with a range of beach spots where people can go and enjoy a calm holiday.

Some of the well known beach spots in Karachi are: Hawke’s Bay, Manora Island, Seaview, Cape Monze, Clifton Beach, French Beach, Gadani, Paradise Point and Sandspit Beach.

(Main Source:  www.tourism.gov.pk, and Wikipedia)