A drive through Swat Valley (April 16-17, 2015)

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tahseennasir (tahseennasir) 2015-05-02 18:45:56 +0500 #81

Gud one (Y)

kamranmemon123 (kamranmemon123) 2015-05-05 06:32:10 +0500 #82

nice trip

kashif (kashif) 2015-05-05 16:48:04 +0500 #83

Great Man... you did it in a nike style " Just Do It" You will be feeling the landscape of swat smaller as compare to the Giant landscape of GB. Your kids also seems as adventurous as you are. God Bless You All .....

shaheer.shah (shaheer.shah) 2015-05-08 11:13:06 +0500 #84

Zabardast Khan sb...awesome pics..hope u had a great time.

Great trip...!
lovley long drive.........

I am also plan to visit NathiyaGali but i 've no experience to drive on Hill areas, please advise (using Alto car)
i will come from karachi-----Lahore (2days stay)----Islamabad (2days stay) ------ Murree (1day stay)--------NathiyaGali (3days stay)
then back to karachi.

any idea to stay (sadiqabad or rahimyarkhan ) cheap hotel for family.

aukhan75 (aukhan75) 2015-05-09 12:48:54 +0500 #85

Thanks for the appreciation
The road up to Nathiagali is good. So you don't to have worry about it. Just keep your vehicle fit and drive carefully.
Never been to Sadiqabad or RYKhan, so no idea about hotels there.

aukhan75 (aukhan75) 2015-05-09 12:59:17 +0500 #86

Thanks a lot. No doubt, GB beauty has no match. As Swat landscape is absolutely different from GB, it was really a fun for me to drive up to Kalam.

saleemi.rsc (saleemi.rsc) 2015-05-10 07:58:03 +0500 #87

For Rahim Yar Khan stay at Ambassador hotel shahi road opposite Punjab sweets

satardr (satardr) 2015-05-29 03:22:36 +0500 #88

sir slute you and family. one point sir agar isi jaga up river cross karkai kabal wali side pai chaltai to would reach behrain in max 90 min.

satardr (satardr) 2015-05-29 03:27:49 +0500 #89

this is actually part of that road kabal side .see my thread on way to swat

aukhan75 (aukhan75) 2015-05-30 15:03:21 +0500 #90

Yes, you are absolutely right. I saw this board on way to Mingora. And asked some locals about the route. The road on the other side of the river is best for tourists going to Kalam. But my destination was not Kalam. Just wanted to go through Mingora. Anyway thanks for pointing it out.

butt74 (butt74) 2015-05-31 11:41:45 +0500 #91

Lovel. I visited this place last toon back in 2006.

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butt74 (butt74) 2015-05-31 11:58:38 +0500 #92

Lovely pics and write up but at the same time really disappointing road conditions especially to Kalam I visited this place 3 times 2002, 2005 and 2006 and it seems road has never been built since then although it has upto Behrain but Kalam is a must see place and will be < 90 minutes drive from Mingora if the road is built. Same case is with Sakardu you can look at road pix. A good carpeted road changes the look of the scenery altogether yar. Similarly I just came back from Neelum valley AZK the road is almost nonexistent from Keran to Kel till TaoBatt which are prime places of that side. I can't understand why Govt don't pay attention to this. Really disappointed.

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jvdkhan (jvdkhan) 2015-06-12 04:37:14 +0500 #93

A very detailed thread with sooooooooper clicks