A memorable trip to ratti gali lake,azad kashmir pakistan

[qadeergillani]

Amazing views and kamal ka trip tha waiting for more pictures

[Raheeln]

wow, wonderful, mustansar alwys did this to his readers.............he made them mad abt places whatever he wrote.............

[ranasherdil]

Great Mustansar speciallity is also this... He never shown a single pic except on book title..... but these are the only words.. which mismerize and made a whole panorama in the eye of reader...

Hats off....

[kashifrazamalik]

Yes Mustansar is a great man and a man that tells pakistanies what is pakistan
our guru in trekking meet him several time he is now a old man but when you see his eyes, its still very disturb and want to see more but i think now his body never allow him but i also mention if you saw him he is still very fit in the age of 70+

[abas786]

Just say " Waaaaoowwww"

[abas786]

Superb... i have also read sum Mustansir Hussain wrintings... but i'm a big fan of "K-2 Kahani" .. n its my Dream to see K-2 from Concordia... kiu RanaSahib... Karain kuch Plan???

[moonraider]

ASA..
Sir great trip and great photography i must say..i wish i could go there kabhi..
btw which camera did u use??

[ranasherdil]

Superb... i have also read sum Mustansir Hussain wrintings... but i'm a big fan of "K-2 Kahani" .. n its my Dream to see K-2 from Concordia... kiu RanaSahib... Karain kuch Plan???

Ya right but after some years... caz you must have one lakh... great fitness... one month leave... etc...

[shakeeb786]

@moonraider i used DSLR canon 550 D and about mustanser i will tell u story of him when he visited Ratti gali i met there a poter who was also with Mustanser

[shakeeb786]

After 3 hours tracking we were in front of a pass which look quite steep.We were really tired and one more incident occur with us.The person which we hired from Noori Naar his donkey refused to cross the pass.That moment i taught why people called donkey fool etc.This time he was quite intelligent to refused to cross this 14000 pass.So we all took our bags and started to move towards the pass.Our poter,my friend and me was moving towards pass and other team was leading us. at least after 1 hour more we were on top the duwariyan pass 14000 Ft.The weather was some how cloudy that moment.I look around and sudden i saw a unknown lake visible from the pass.It was really unkown for us.I captured some shots of this lake and then said to my friend to move becoz due to rain we could not stay more on pass.The atmosphere was really chilled.

On the other side the view was amazing i look another lake visible from the pass.Perhaps its ratti gali or not.But we said our poter to stay here for friends and we moved towards that lake.I really want to reach there that moment i want to feel the beauty of Ratti gali.As out guide was don't know about the way so we decided to move ourselves towards this lake

The Duwariyan pass which we have to cross

Resting time(H)

Our poters n misguide

A view of unknown lake from Duwariyan pass

One the other side of the pass visible another lake perhaps its ratti gali:'(

[MultaniTraveler]

Amazing Photos yar. I feel i am in JANAT. Good Work.

[shakeeb786]

So we were moving towards the lake but it was not really close.After 4 hour track from the pass we were able to reach this lake.The lake was large in size.But my heart say it is not the ratti gali.Becoz the structure which i had in my mind was quite different.Any how after taking some rest i took some shots of this lake.The weather was quite clear now.The reflection of the lake was in its water and it was all amazing.Sudden a person came i asked him about the lake.He said Its Shakara lake which means Hansraj so we all friend gave it the name of hasnraj lake.I asked him about the largest lake of the area(about Ratti gali)he told us yes 3 hours more there is lake which is very large.So i confirmed now we are on really exect track.

Our other team reached there around magrib.They all were very tired so we decided to spend night here.We fix our camps and then cooked some food.weather was cold but not much like Noori Naar.We were at the height of 12,500 ft.So i Asked Shabbir bhai how is the Ratti gali.He said quite ok not extremely beautiful which Mustanser mention in his book.Then i said to him to dont worry about it.It is not Ratti gali we will reach Ratti Gali inshAllah next morning after 3 hour track more.

Next morning the weather was clear.We did breakfast and then captured some shots of hasnraj lake but our poters said they want to back to jhalkhad and then they interdouced us a local person who will carry all our things and lead us the real Ratti Gali lake.Any how we paid them and were satisfied at least the person with us now have idea about the lake.

Hasnraj lake

U can feel the God's nature here flowers n flowers and then a beautiful lake it all still in my mind

Surroundings

The reflected beauty u can see the reflection of this beautiful lake in Crystal clear water:)

And now some Panorama shot have to capture full lake in one panorama;)

Once more(H)

Our camp site at hansraj lake

Frist sun rays on Hasraj lake

Our Team leader Shabbir bhai he also traveled with Mustanser to Karamber lake and his book name on karamber is Yaak Sarai

Some friend photo shot at the lake(H)

Now last but full panorama shot of Hasraj lake in early morning:P

[adeelhanif86]

zabardast and i must appreciate ur hiking capabilities
btw roughly how many Km u hike???

[shakeeb786]

@Adeel well thanks to like the pictures yaar km dont know but we hiked at-least 3 days and each day around 8 hours so u can guess

[MultaniTraveler]

Hiking for 8 hour per days for three day is good job, considering the fitness level of all the group members.

[faisal_here]

Well i must say that out of the trip details posted in recent months your ones simply stand out, as the areas you are sharing are new and the pics so fresh and above all the "unplanned" manner of exploring the areas and new lakes is awasome.....hats off to you and your team

[Shahbazzain]

Shahbazzain well dude its my 1st DSLR Canon 550 D and it was my 1st tour with it

Did u get training for it as its really nice going?

[accord7362]

Shakeeb Did you do fishing in any lake?

[shakeeb786]

No i don't have any hiking training just simple walk n watch and fish are not in any lake even in Ratti gali.Dudipat has trout only otherwise not any type of fish in these lakes

[Shahbazzain]

So we were moving towards the lake but it was not really close.After 4 hour track from the pass we were able to reach this lake.The lake was large in size.But my heart say it is not the ratti gali.Becoz the structure which i had in my mind was quite different.Any how after taking some rest i took some shots of this lake.The weather was quite clear now.The reflection of the lake was in its water and it was all amazing.Sudden a person came i asked him about the lake.He said Its Shakara lake which means Hansraj so we all friend gave it the name of hasnraj lake.I asked him about the largest lake of the area(about Ratti gali)he told us yes 3 hours more there is lake which is very large.So i confirmed now we are on really exect track.

Our other team reached there around magrib.They all were very tired so we decided to spend night here.We fix our camps and then cooked some food.weather was cold but not much like Noori Naar.We were at the height of 12,500 ft.So i Asked Shabbir bhai how is the Ratti gali.He said quite ok not extremely beautiful which Mustanser mention in his book.Then i said to him to dont worry about it.It is not Ratti gali we will reach Ratti Gali inshAllah next morning after 3 hour track more.

Next morning the weather was clear.We did breakfast and then captured some shots of hasnraj lake but our poters said they want to back to jhalkhad and then they interdouced us a local person who will carry all our things and lead us the real Ratti Gali lake.Any how we paid them and were satisfied at least the person with us now have idea about the lake.

Hasnraj lake

U can feel the God's nature here flowers n flowers and then a beautiful lake it all still in my mind

Surroundings

The reflected beauty u can see the reflection of this beautiful lake in Crystal clear water:)

And now some Panorama shot have to capture full lake in one panorama;)

Once more(H)

Our camp site at hansraj lake

Frist sun rays on Hasraj lake

Our Team leader Shabbir bhai he also traveled with Mustanser to Karamber lake and his book name on karamber is Yaak Sarai

Some friend photo shot at the lake(H)

Now last but full panorama shot of Hasraj lake in early morning:P

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