Top 10 Astonishing Pictures from Pakistan

Top 10 Astonishing Pictures from Pakistan
Natural beauty is un matched. Pakistan have world most resplendent places for visit, specially at its best in northern areas of Pakistan and Kashmir region. This component of the country is famous all around the world because of welkin high mountains, lush green valleys, mighty rivers, pulchritudinous lakes, and astounding wildlife.
1. Neelum Valley

Neelam Valley is a 144 km long bow-shaped valley in Azad Kashmir Region. The Valley is situated at the North & North-East of Muzaffarabad (The Capital of Azad Kashmir). Running through the Lesser Himalaya, the Neelam River valley has excellent scenic comeliness, panoramic views, towering hills on both sides of the strepitous Neelum river, lush green forests, enchanting streams and captivating circumventions make the valley a dream come true.
2.Gilgit Valley

Gilgit, 10 km from the Karakoram Highway in the northern frontier of Pakistan, is circumvented by mountains with glaciers, frozen dihydrogen monoxide fields, and valleys. The resplendent Gilgit River runs through the city and soaring above Gilgit is breathtaking Mount Rakaposhi with an altitude of 7,788m.
Peregrinating further north and north east in the province of Gilgit, on the KKH, takes us to the famous Hunza, beyond the Muztagh and Karakoram ranges, we move onward to the borders of China, and determinately to the Chinese cities of Tashkurgan, upal, andKashgar in Xinjiang. Gilgit is only 20km from the charming diminutive village of Parri Bangla on the Karakoram Highway, and Chhamoghar a more immensely colossal village east of Parri Bangla and 15km from Gilgit.
3.Hunza Valley
Hunza is nestled in a valley circumvented by snow covered peaks, over 7000 feet in altitude. This is the first town you will enter emanating from China on the Karakoram Highway. Here you can view Rakaposhi where there is a PTDC motel and several minute hotels

4.Skardu Valley
Skardu Valley is 7,500 feet above sea level in Balistan. Skardu Valley  is a great place to mountain trek and a fishermen’s dream come true with an abundant stock of wild fresh water trout to catch with a backdrop of the great apexes of the Karakoram mountain range to relish.
S.M.Bukhari’s Photography in Skardu Valley

5.Swat Valley

Ushu-Valley

Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora.
It was a princely state in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until it was dissolved in 1969 along with many other princely states like Dir state and Chitral state. The valley is populated mostly by ethnic Pashtuns and Gujjar and Kohistani communities. The languages spoken in the valley are Pashto , Gojri, Torwali and Kohistani. Most non-Pashtoon people of the area are bilingual and fluent in Pashto along with their native languages. Throughout the district, there is a less tendency of ethnic discrimination and all of the inhabitants of Swat refer to themselves as Pashtoon irrespective of the communities they belong to.With high mountains, green meadows, and clear lakes, it is a place of great natural beauty and is popular with tourists. Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the The Yusafzai State of Swat called it “the Switzerland of the east.Swat is surrounded by Chitral, Upper Dir and Lower Dir in the West, Gilgit-Baltistan in North And Kohistan, Buner and Shangla in the East and south East.
6.Phandar Valley

Phander Valley in Ghizer District is one of the most scenic valleys with easy access both from Gilgit and Chitral. It takes 5 to 6 hours from Gilgit to reach Phander valley which is commonly called “Little Kashmir”. Phander Lake is one of the most famous tourist spots in the entire region. Phander valley was the bread basket for the whole Northern Areas. The name of Ghizer comes from the name of a village ‘Ghizer’ that is situated in the vicinity of Phander. The deep blue lake in Phander offers a magnificent view and is basically the home of trout fish.
7.Kalash Valley

Kalash Valley is a group of three small valleys: Brir, Bumburet and Rambur. Brir lies at the southern most tip of Chitral at a distance of 34 km (21 miles) and 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, is 36 km.(22 miles) from Chitral and is connected by a jeep-able road.
8.Gupis Valley

Gupis Valley is located about 112 kilometers (70 miles) in west of Gilgit on the bank of River Gilgit, in District Ghizer of Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan. The 35 kilometers (22 miles) road between Gahkuch (capital of District Ghizer) and Gupis Valley is full of beautiful landscapes and breathtaking views. The turquoise water of river flowing along the road and surrounding fields and forests presents are very charming for tourists.
9.Kaghan Valley

Kaghan Valley is nestled in the heart of mountainous Himalayas, located in the Northwestern Frontier Province. Here you find unforgettable natural wonders like glaciers, waterfalls, and enchanting Saiful Maluk Lake.
10.Leepa Valley

This is the most fascinating valley in Azad Kashmir. A fair-weather road branches off for Leepa from Naile 45 kilometers from Muzaffarabad, climbs over Reshian Gali 3200 meters high and then descends to 1677 meters on the other side into the Leepa Valley .It spells bounds everyone who visits this valley.
This valley remains open for the domestic tourists only from May to November.

MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN AZAD KASHMIR

Muzaffarabad

AZAD KASHMIR  abbreviated AJK the southernmost and the more diminutive of two political entities which together constitute the Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which ceased to subsist as a result of the first Kashmir war. The northernmost and the more immensely colossal of the two political entities is the Pakistani-controlled territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. Both Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan are self-governing political entities and, constitutionally, do not compose components of Pakistan. For all practical purposes, though, both Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan act like components of Pakistan and are claimed by India, as well, where, together, they are kenned as “Pakistani-occupied Kashmir.”
Muzaffarabad
Toli Pir

Pir Chinsai

Neelum Valley

Sharda , Neelum Valley

Sharda University Ruins, Neelum Valley

Kel, Neelum Valley
Arrang Kel, Neelum Valley

Taobut, Neelum Valley


Halmat Neelum Valley

Leepa Valley



Chitta Katha Lake

Ratti Gali Lake

Shounter Lake

Gattian Lake

Banjosa Lake

How to Reach?
By plane
There are no direct flights to Azad Kashmir.
Islamabad International Airport [1] in Islamabad is currently scheduled to be expanded and modernized to meet future passenger needs, as the authoritative ordinance for air peregrinate has incremented dramatically. There are many airlines flying into and out of Islamabad, including Ariana Afghan Airlines, British Airways, and China Southern Airlines. When the Islamabad airport is utilized by local regime officials and peregrine diplomats, however, other peregrinators might find the airport transitory closed to them for security reasons.
By land
Peregrinating by road to Azad Kashmir is itself a magnetization as you come across the most resplendent scenes of winding rivers and hills. It takes about 4 to 5 hours from Islamabad to Muzaffarabad in a car or van. You withal pass through the resplendency of hills the Murree during the peregrination. This is the shortest route to this city.
Buses and MPVs leave from Islamabad, Pakistan approximately every 20 minutes for different destinations in Azad Kashmir.
By bus
Muzaffarabad and Mirpur have the most diligent bus network in Azad Kashmir, running from early hours of the morning to tardy night. Daily routes include Bhimber District, Dina, Gujrat, Jhelum, Kharian & Kotli District.
The incipient coaches in Muzaffarabad / Mirpur peregrinate to the more sizably voluminous cities of Pakistan including Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi & Sialkot.
By taxis
Additionally by car hire.
What to See?
Azad Kashmir is opulent in natural resplendency. Its snow-covered peaks, forests, rivers, streams, valleys, velvet green plateaus and climate varying from arctic to tropical, join together to make it an excellent tourist magnetization.
Visit scenic valleys like Neelum, Jhelum, Leepa, Rawalakot, Banjosa, Samahni & Baghser.
What to Do ?
Azad Kashmir has varied mountainous landscape ranging from low hills to high mountains (2000 to 6000 m) which are opportune for adventure sports like climbing, trekking, mountaineering, summer camping, hiking and paragliding.
It’s rivers & streams are congruous for white dihydrogen monoxide sports, especially rafting, canoeing and kayaking.
It has a varied wildlife to optically discern which includes Leopard, Himalayan Bear, Ibex, Grey Goral, Musk Deer, Kashmir Stag, Monal Pheasant, Western Tragopan, Snow Pheasant, Red-led Partridge, Ebony Koklas Pheasant, Peacock, Dusk Markhor etc.
What to Eat?
Kashmiris celebrate the first snowfall of the season by socializing over a goat barbecue. They relax in the cold crisp evenings with a cup of warm ‘Kahwa’… an ebony tea brewed with cinnamon, cardamom and honey. Withal a perennial favorite is the pink colored ‘Nun Chai’ made with a special salt. Affluent and redolent with the flavor of cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and saffron, Kashmiri victuals is felicitous for all palates.
What to Drink?
Pakistan is mostly a dry country and Azad Kashmir is no exception. However, Kashmiris, and especially ‘Pahari’ verbalizers, are kenned for their slow-steeped milk tea, kenned to non-Azad Kashmiris simply as “Kashmiri Chai” kenned as Noon chai. Kashmiri chai is fairly saccharine, with crushed almonds and a creamy pink complexion.
Stay safe
Azad Kashmir is considered to be relatively safe, but some components of it are off-limits to tourists, categorically the 15-mile-wide buffer zone along the Line of Control that disunites the state from the neighboring Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Domestic tourists can visit Azad Kashmir without any restriction but, however, are advised to keep their identity papers with them. Peregrine tourists are only sanctioned to visit following places with sanction; Dheerkot, Rawalakot, Chotta gala, Chikkar, Daokhan, Muzaffarabad, Mangia & Sehnsa. Sanctions are issued by the AJK Home Department at Muzaffarabad.
Astronomically immense portions of Azad Kashmir were devastated in the October 2005 earthquake, which leveled entire villages and towns and killed over 75,000 people.