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The world is so beautiful but there are some places which need attention of people.According to me Neelum Valley is the most beautiful place in Pakistan.It's the real paradise on Earth and more important its in Pakistan so we must feel proud of it. I know some of you have visited Neelam Valley but here I want to share my recently tour experience of Neelam Valley.We were 7 friends of our uni from RWP/ISB.Our dates of visiting Neelam Valley were 27th July - 31st July.This was our first experience to travel more than Nathia Gali :p.<br>
Well our stations in Neelam Valley to Visit/Stay were Keran, Sharda and Kel.We booked our rooms from Rawalpindi 2 weeks before planned date.<br>
27 July<br>
We 7 friends met at faizabad Rawalpindi and took skyways 6 AM route via Murree Expressway and reached Muzaffrabad at 10 AM.None of us had done breakfast<br>
so decided to have breakfast(Paratha and Tea).We took 10:30 AM bus to Keran and booked backed seats and reached at Keran 2:45 PM.Paradise lodge was our guest house to stay.I booked 2 rooms but we decided to take just 1 but hotel staff was didnt agree so we tried our best and took 1 room.Room have 1 double bed and 1 mastress free so we slept 3 on bed 2 on mastress and 2 on carpet.Room was excellent and staff as well.Our hotel was on the bank of Neelum River with awesome scenes.Well after room confirmation we eat lunch at 4 PM and after half hour rest we 5 friends moved towards upper Neelum by hiking 5 30 PM but after half distance we found local<br>
jeep and remaining distance travelled on jeep.We reached Upper Neelum at 6 PM** and visit this place 1 hour and reached Keran at 7 45 without travelling on any vehicle.Upper Neelum was so much beautiful.Everyone should visit.We took dinner at 10 PM and slept at 3PM as after lunch we enjoyed river side view and cold night.<br>
28July<br>
We got up at 6 AM and took breakfast at 7AM as you have to wait 1 hour*after giving order they will give you fresh cooked food.We departed for Sharda at 8 AM and reached at 11 AM.Our singel room was booked in Gaash valley guest house with 1 double bed, 1 singel and 1 free mastress.After room confirmation we move towards university,Maidan village (2 hours hike) and kishan ghati.Awesome places* they were.We enjoyed alot on river bank and took pictures(Cold night) and spent alot of time on river bank.We room lunch at 6 PM but didnt took dinner We slept at 11 PM .<br>
29 july<br>
We rises up at 7 AM but didnt took breakfast.We wait for bus towards Kel so found atlast at 8 am and reached at kel 9 am.Bus driver was good but everyone was afraid because bus speed was very fast.We ricited Holy verses but enjoyed the kel journey very well.Our room was booked in Sardar Surhad Hotel.Room condition was good with 2 singel beds and 2 matresses.We took breakfast and booked a jeep for Taobut and moved towards taobut at 11 AM and reached there at 2:30 PM and also visited sardari village and Halmet.We enjoyed a lot at Taobut.A family was there at bridge they have ordered biryani (daig) <3 we were offered so eat biryani there and moved back to kel at 5 PM and reached Kel at 8 30 PM.Me with 1 of my friend enjoyed the journey from kel to taobut and taobut to kel by sitting at the roof of the jeep.We took dinner at 10 PM and sleep at 11PM.<br>
30 July<br>
We wake up at 6 AM and took breakfast at 7 AM and we 5 friends moved towards arang kel at 8 AM and we also took some water and eatable items with us.We didnt know the way towards kel so we hired a guide and he took us towards arang kel and we reached there at 10 AM.This was hell of* hiking but enjoyed alot.Now arang kel is the real paradise with glaciers.We enjoyed each and every part of arang kel and moved towards kel at 2 PM and reached at 3 PM.We take a bath and moved towards athmuqam at 4 PM by hiring a jeep with other local people of kel 50/50.We reached at athmuqam at 7 30 PM watched cricket match there took dinner at 9 PM and sleep at 10 PM.<br>
31 July <br>
We already booked our seats towards muzaffarabad on coaster at 7 40 AM we risies up at 7 AM and moved back to Muzaffrabad at 7 40 AM and reached there at 11 AM.We took breakfast at MZB and moved back to Rawalpindi at 12 PM Skyways route.At 2 PM ahead of Kohala bridge there was land sliding last night and vehicles were waiting for the road to be cleared from Morning.We wait for 2:30 Hours and atlast move ahead towards murree.Near murree there is a long queue of vehicles because of CM punjab tour to murree.We moved ahead after 30 minutes and in murree there was thunderstorm so we waited for one hour for the rain to be slowed down as there was fog also and we all reached our homes at 10 PM.<br>
Tour Expenses<br>
Rawalpindi to Muzaffarabad 280/Person<br>
Muzaffarabad to Keran 250/Person<br>
Keran room 3500/Night<br>
Keran to Upper Neelum 40/Person<br>
Keran to Sharda 220/Person<br>
Sharda room 2700 /Night<br>
Sharda to Kel 100/Person<br>
Kel room 2000/Night<br>
Kel to Taobut jeep 4500<br>
Arang kel guide 300 with food<br>
Kel to Athmuqam jeep 4000<br>
Athmuqam room 2000/night at new murree hotel <br>
Athmuqam to Muzaffarabad 200/person<br>
MZB to Pindi via murree 300/person<br>
Above costs +3 times Food/per day,Snacks,PCO expenses 45500 almost<br>
Total budget 50000<br>
6500/per person