Guys !
Lets have quick recap:
Road Conditions (Can Honda City 2016 handle it)
1) From Babuser top to Chillas [No issues but drive in low gears with care on turns, check breaks while going down]
2) From Chillas to Raikot bridge [Road is rough with occasional land slides but car can easily make it]
3) From KKH to Astore Town [Rough, narrow, dusty road, Sometimes you have to reverse your car to let truck pass coming from front, First 5/10-KM and last 5/10KM are bit smoother, initial one hour drive demands real Careful driving since Tractor Drivers and Bikers are very careless on turns can give you surprise, use hard tiers and keep tier pressure at 32psi to void tier bust while passing potholes since they contains share edged stones. Cars can make it, no big issue except if road is blocked due to any recent land slide]
4) Astore to PTDC [Narrow, Mixed mud and carpeted road which is also under construction these days i.e Jul-17, car like city may get hit from below so one must be very careful while passing rough patches. Steep road demands consistent momentum while going uphill, Doable for Cars but one can also park car in Astore and hire jeep to visit PTDC Rama but in my case "Doable for Cars" :)]
5) Astore to Chillum Choki [Road is okey, no big issue except erosion due to water streams and at couple of places cars do struggle with water crossing the road due to recent rain fall in last 10hrs. Careful driving required since again Truck/tractor drivers and bikers may give you challenge on sharp turns. Rest is fine, manageable for cars]
6) Chillum Choki to Sheosar Lake [first 5 to 8Km is no issue but after that carpeted track vanished and mud track starts which give real hard time to cars, just before Sheosar lake road gets steep and narrow and need skill full driving while avoiding the stones hitting the bottom of car. But people do managed to take their cars to sheosar lake like Civic, City, Mehran and Cultus. Can do it with extreme care but hard to reach there cleanly]
-Jeep fare
a) From PTDC Astore to RamaLake [ Surf Rs 1500, Brother Riaz posted snapshot of rate list above thread]
b) From Astore to Shausar Lake [Jeep Surf Rs 11,000]
c) Froom Astore to Bara pani [Jeep Surf Rs 12,000]
[Check vehicle condition first before hiring and also try to get feedback about driver's skills since there are so many seasonal drivers upgraded from Tractor and Bike driving to Jeep/Surf driving]
- Food
a) In Astore Town [Hotels are available with ready food. Chicken meat, Vegetables are also available on little higher price compare to Rwl/Isb if one wish to cook his/her own food.]
b) In PTDC Rama [Big NO rather go to 1Km ahead of PTDC where Jeep driver parks vehicles near Dhaba where Chicken Karhai with daal is available in Rs 1700 for 4-5 family members and taste is good.]
This is what I understood with experience and advises you Guys shared on the thread. I'm still open for more and appreciate your input to further refine it.
Thanks to those who contributed till now - this thread is not concluded yet.
