islamabad to muzaffarabad is like 3 hrs from murree kohala road.....
islamabad to rawalkot is 4 hrs from kahuta side.....best route....
u shud try to reach muzzafarabad and make it ur base camp........ its a big city with hotels etc.
visit pir chinnasi i have some pics but when i went it was raining and snowing in April so no clear views:
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INTO THE CLOUDS | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
security is not an issue in kashmir.....
u can get intermittent local snowfall. but mostly ul have snow on mountain tops.
from muzaffarabad u can visit (day trips)
1- chakoti/chikar (nice drive along jehlum river and zilzal lake)
2- pir chinnasi
3- bagh/Lasdanna
4- lower neelum
avoid going to kashmir in heavy rainfall...... coz after earthquake lots of mountains are active and slide.
option 4 is completely out in case of rain... rest u can visit.....
do not go to rawlakot from muzzafarabd. raod is veeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyy bad
rawalkot plan:
rawalkot base camp:
day trips
1-banjosa lake
2-toli pir top (snow ho ge wahan) thori trekking kari paray ge