This thread is going to show my adventurous snow hiking tour to Lake Saiful Malook (Naran). Although the tour was not arranged by us and we took the services of a tour operator who was very good in arranging those kind of tours. I did it with two of my buddies (One friend and one cousin) in May-2014. The tour consists of 23 adults and they used a coaster to reach there.
The success of this track was a challenge for me as we did a failed attempt in our 2011 tour https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/road-trips-vacations/249886-naran-shogran-siri-paye We now become experienced hikers performed a very interesting tour of https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/road-trips-vacations/249502-fairy-meadows-nanga-parbat-base-campSo the decision was not an awkward one. We know what we ‘re going to do. (H)
Now something about tour: The journey started from Lahore. The coaster dropped us in Naran in afternoon and we hiked to the Lake and stayed there for that full moon night. All arrangement was done by the tour operator for our stay like sleeping bags, dinner, tents, breakfast etc. and they did well (Although my friend Shahid is not agree with me). The 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] morning we tracked back to Naran and coaster picked us from Naran and dropped us Lahore at 3:30 am.
The rest will be explained with pictures.
when did u go there .... nice shots............
You're actually on the lake ?
How much on jeeps and how much by foot.and when did you go there to capture the beauty:)
Excellent your trip....
Great. Ye kb ki hn
Asif bro, Sorry for not uploading the story first as did not get time to do that. We did it on 09 May, 2014.
Nai boss! Not possible at that time of the season..
Janaab! nothing on jeep, only on coaster. Although my friend used the services of horse during the track as he had backache problem.
Thanx!!
beautiful pics. any contact info about tour operator can be beneficial for the viewers.
Thank you for liking..
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Brother, pics dont seem real to me, i am sorry. A whole house built on the frozen lake???
And the same day , lake melts a little bit from the front side??? Must be some real greek magic done by you people.
I appreciate your concerns as no one has seen it from that angle. Due to heavy snow the sight of whole panorama is not clear. I have to take help from internet to clear your thoughts about the geography of the scene. The following picture will help vanishing the ambiguity..Further, I cannot imagine to betray anyone. All the pictures taken from my mobile and my cousin's digital cam.
The house looking thing is the rooms built by Forest Deptt. and porters used to stay there whenever they need.
Meeting point: Alhafeez Plaza, Main Boulevard Gulberg, Lahore.
From right to left: Me, Aatef Bhai (My cousin), Friend of Aatef bhai, Shahid (My friend)
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We did breakfast in this hotel at Express Highway. This jeep was parked out of the hotel parking and looking so nice that we wanted to take pictures while sitting on it (with the permission of owner - of course)