Family Trip to SWAT (Fizagat, Malam Jabba, Kalam, Mahodand, Kharkhari Lake, etc.) June 2019

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Travelers:
Me, wife and 2 kids (Son 14 Yrs. Daughter 10 Yrs.)

Day 1: 9 June
PK-300 to ISB, Drive to Fizagat

Day 2: 10 June
Day trip to Malam Jabba

Day 3: 11 June
Day trip to Swat Museum and White Palace

Day 4: 12 June
Drive to Kalam

Day 5: 13 June
Day trip to Mahodand Lake

Day 6: 14 June
Day trip to Kharkhari Lake

Day 7: 15 June
Drive back to Fizagat

Day 8: 16 June
Day trip to Shangla Top and Yakhtangay

Day 9: 17 June
Drive back to ISB, PK-309 to KHI

Hotels: (I booked during Ramazan)
Fizagat - Swat View Hotel 4,500 per night (I RECOMMEND)
Kalam - State Continental 4,000 per night (JUST OK)

Cameras:
Canan 1200D with Sigma 17-50mm 2.8 DC HSM OS
Q-Mobiles

View from Swat View Hotel

Mahodand Lake

Night Sky at Kalam (From Right: Jupiter, faint Milky Way and Saturn)

Kharkhari Lake

[andaparatha]

excellent looking forward to pictures and details

[tourist]

You have chosen beautiful places to visit.
waiting for photos.

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[sajid65]

Awesome Trip. MashaAllah. waiting for more luvly clicks....

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Via new Swat Motorway. It is not 100% complete. Few kilometers at the end is under construction and dirt track.

Temporary road section of Swat Motorway while the main tunnels are under construction.

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We reached our hotel in Fizagat in around 5 hours. Swat View Hotel was just perfect in all aspects.

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After PIA's breakfast, first lunch in Swat.

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Panoramas from Swat View Hotel.

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Lawn of Swat View Hotel. A perfect river side area to relax, chit chat and eat.

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With a free mind, I was trying to hold the moon.

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Next day visited Malam Jabba and the ride of chair lift.

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Found this dog head (probably) on top of Malam Jabba.

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On the edge.

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Under-construction Pearl-Continental Hotel, Malam Jabba.

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Next day we planned to visit Swat Museum and the White Palace of Marghazar.

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They charge additional Rs. 300 if you want to take pictures.

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Few captures from the Museum.

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Buddha's footprints. His feet were a little larger than mine.

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I visited White Palace in my childhood when it was a very clean place. Now too dirty and full of tourists. Didn't like it much.

The White Palace of Marghazar was built in 1940 by the first king of Swat, Miangul Abdul Wadud in the small town of Marghazar situated at about 13 kilometers away from Saidu Sharif. The name was given to the palace as it was built of white marble. The palace now serves as a hotel. - Wikipedia

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Next day we headed towards Kalam. Nights at Kalam were too cold with 2-3 degrees C.

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My hotel in Kalam, State Continental.