Salam all,
My cousin is living in Rawlakot and has been inviting us over for some time now, So this weekend we planned to go there. We use Honda civic 2013, 5 adults and 1 kid. We left home in G-15 Islamabad around 9 AM in morning. We made some stops on our way to Rawalakot and reached around 2 PM at our destination. Airport was near by so after getting freshened up we visited Rawlakot airport, its not functional for any active PIA flights though. It was beautiful, circled with trees and mountains.
We parked our car at Rawlakot and booked Suzuki Carry van for next day visit to Toli pir and Banjosa lake.
We left at 8 AM on 10th May for Toli Pir. Way to toli pir was approx 20KM from the place we lived, it tooks us almost 1.5 hrs to reach at toli pir, road is not in very good condition, You can take Mehran there but for other low cars I will not recommend, it also has patches with stones and uneven that will not be good for tires. Some steep heights, we had to walk at one of the steepest height.
Toli pir is like Sri paye if you have been there, lush green mountain top with nice cool breeze and amazing views. There is some walk required to reach at the top but its worth watching. We stayed there for 2 hours approx, then we headed back down and left for Banjos lake.
I have heard about it that its not very clean, but its one of the beautiful lakes I have seen, Water color is not pure but other then that its very clean all around. Its not very big but fully surrounded by lush greesn trees and mountains and nicely colored rest houses which gives it more color. We stayed for 1.5 hours and then headed back to Islamabad.
Left Rawalakot at 4 PM and reached home by 8 PM. It was good enjoyable trip...pictures attaching.