Heaven on Earth

Batura Glacier Patundas Trek, Upper Hunza

Yes, you read it right. When it comes to breathtaking landscapes and mind-blowing sceneries, Pakistan is absolutely matchless.
Pakistan is rich in exotic and beautiful places for tourism. It is a country which have all four seasons and also full of naturally beautiful places; lakes, mountains, beaches, glaciers, water falls, rivers, canals, valleys, deserts, forests, lush green plains.

Here are few of those places,

1.Gawadar, Balochistan

Kund Malir is a beach in Balochistan, Pakistan located in Hingol National Park, about 145 km from Zero-Point on Makran Coastal Highway. The drive between Kund Malir and Ormara is considered to be scenic.
The area is part of Hingol National Park which is the largest in Pakistan. Travelling time from Karachi is around 4 hours and there are no food and fuel facilities available on the way after Zero-Point. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches in this world. However lacking the basic facilities like hotels, restaurants, fuel stations and no cell phone signals it still is worth visiting with a really calm peaceful and soothing environment.

Kund Malir Beach, waves

2.Bara Pani, Deosai

Pakistan is blessed with many amazing places. One such place is Deosai National Park. This amazing national park is located in Skardu. The word Deosai means ‘the land of Giants’. The major reason behind the popularity of Deosai National Park is the amazing beauty of the place and the spectacular flora and fauna in this National Park.It is called Deosai because of the vast open fields and huge mountains that surround them. The average elevation of the Deosai National Park is 4,114 meters (13,497 feet) above sea level. The total area of the Deosai National Park is around 3,000 square kilometers. The landscape of the Deosai Plains will take your breath away.

Himalayan Brown Bears are often seen in this amazingly beautiful place.

3.Shangrila Lake, Skardu

Shangrila was established in 1983 with the opening of the first Resort Hotel in Skardu, Baltistan. It was named “heaven on earth” because of its spectacular beauty,and breathtaking view and peaceful atmosphere. It is a popular tourist destination, and has a unique restaurant that is built on the fuselage of an aircraft that had crashed nearby.

A vacation spent at Shangrila Resort is a once in a lifetime experience that one would want to relive again and again. Located at a height of 2500 meters, this area is more commonly known as "The Roof of the World".

4.Hunza Valley, Gilgit Baltistan

Hunza Valley is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit Baltistan province of Pakistan. Hunza Valley is located in the extreme northern part of Pakistan. Hunza valley is stunningly beautiful valley; it has many snow-packed mountains. This valley is consists of three regions i.e. Upper Hunza Gojal, Central Hunza and Lower Hunza. Hunza Valley has great attraction for tourists, tourists all over the world visit Hunza Valley whole year but the best season to visit Hunza Valley is from May to October. When we talk about the temperature of Hunza Valley, in May max temp is 27°C while minimum is 14°C and in October max temp 10°C and minimum temp 0°C.

Autumn in Hunza valley, The view at night.

5.Fairy Meadows, Gilgit Baltistan

Fairy Meadows, named by German climbers and locally known as Joot, is a grassland near one of the base camp sites of the Nanga Parbat, located in Diamer District,Gilgit-Baltistan At an altitude of 3300 meters. Splendid views of Nanga Parbat with Raikot Glacier and forest in its front instigate one to accept the local belief that fairies inhabit here.
Fairy Meadows is at a distance of 12 km from the Raikhot Bridge on the Karakorum Highway in the village Tato. It takes about 3-4 hours to reach at the camping area of the Fairy Meadow from the Tato village, covering a distance of 5 km through a hiking track

Fairy Meadows presents a totally stunning view because of its surrounding landscape.The grassland is surrounded by thick alpine forest. The high altitude area and north-facing slopes mostly consist of coniferous forest having Pinus wallichiana, Picea smithiana and Abies pindrow trees, while in the high altitude areas with little sunlight are birch and willow dwarf shrubs.

6.Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The magnificent Swat Valley popularly known as the Switzerland of Pakistan. is situated north of Peshawar.In ancient times it remained centre of flourishing Buddhist civilization still having its remnants found at various places.
The lush green and historic Swat Valley. In the Malakand Division lies between 34’40’ to 35′ N latitude and 72′ to 740-3 E longitude and is part of the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The valley is an integral part of the strategic and significant region where three parts of the Asian continent—South Asia. Central Asia and China meet.The names found in ancient sources for Swat are Udyana and Suvastu because of the scenic beauty of the valley and the name of the river.

Swat Valley in winter season.

Undoubtedly Pakistan is the most beautiful country of the world with beautiful plains, breathtaking rivers, lush green valleys, sky high ice packed mountains and glaciers, beaches, deserts and attractive lakes and waterfalls. In other words you can say Pakistan is a tourist heaven.
Pakistan also has many historical and cultural places that are so much attractive for visitors and annually millions of people come to Pakistan to visit these historical and cultural places of Pakistan.

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