Neelum Valley in October 2015

Road Trips / Vacations / Hiking / Trekking

2015

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asifcae (asifcae) 2016-06-15 13:55:55 +0500 #25

nice shots bro........

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 14:15:32 +0500 #26

Chaudhry was ready with his jeep and was waiting for us outside. We got into his jeep and left for Taobat around 8:30 AM but we even had not gone out of Kel and his engine would switch off again and again. I was concerned, I did not want to be late because we had planned to return the same day. He stopped his jeep for a checkup near the bridge over Shounter nallah and we got out for capturing some pictures.

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 14:17:21 +0500 #27

Thanks for the appreciation

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 14:29:20 +0500 #28

There was a way going down and Chaudhry advised us to go down and pass the time until his jeep is ready to go to Taobat. So we descended and enjoyed a lot.

It was the point where Shounter nallah merges with river Neelum. As seen in the below image, from left coming river Neelum and from bottom coming Shounter nallah.

We took many pictures there and could not notice how the time had passed.

And then we were brought back by Chaudhry calling that the jeep is ready, so we got in again and headed to our destiny around 10:30 AM.

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:03:28 +0500 #29

The way from Kel to Taobat is the most beautiful, we were amazed by the natural beauty. We stopped at several points to take snaps.

Colours of autumn

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:22:25 +0500 #30

A point near Machal, where we asked our driver to pull over so that we could capture some snaps there.

Sat at the jeep roof to better enjoy the surroundings. Roads were not smooth so had to hold tight and be careful but it was worth it.

A motor house for generating electricity.

Goats enjoying near the river.

Horses and mules coming in.

Some more shots en route.

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:26:59 +0500 #31

Made a stop at the Jamgar waterfall, drank fresh and cold water from there and the surroundings were stunning.

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:34:30 +0500 #32

Then stopped at the beautiful village of Janwai

A rock worthy of taking picture beneath

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:37:43 +0500 #33

Near the beautiful Sardari village

adeelulsaleem (adeelulsaleem) 2016-06-15 15:38:25 +0500 #34

Go to Arang Kel very beautiful place

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naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:51:19 +0500 #35

Finally reached Taobat at 3:30 PM and had lunch there at Neelum View hotel, they served their locally grown Black-eyed pea with rice. Then went out to explore the area.

Gagai Nallah

Locals trying to flow the wood

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:52:14 +0500 #36

Yes indeed

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 15:57:11 +0500 #37

Near Ali Tuc Shop, Taobat

It was getting cold as the evening was approaching

After spending some time we left for Kel by 5 PM and reached there by 7:45 PM. Paid jeep driver Rs. 4500 for the round trip.

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 16:09:03 +0500 #38

Next day was Friday, 2nd October, so we stayed at Kel to take bath and offer the prayer. The water in Lahori hotel was too cold for us so we went to a nearby hammam to take bath, Sagar hammam, who charged Rs. 50 per person and we were refreshed by bathing in the hot water. Then we had an hour before the prayer time so went to a walk.

Beautiful streets in Kel

Some more pictures in Kel and around

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 16:29:00 +0500 #39

After the prayer we planned to visit Arang Kel and left hotel by 3 PM, took the lunch with us and had it during the trekking. We utilized the lift facility, fare was Rs. 100 per person. You have to submit you NIC there and take it back upon returning. We reached Arang Kel by 4:30 PM, took pictures and left by 5 PM because the lift service would not be available after that time and soon it would be dark for trekking back to Kel by foot. Reached Kel by 6 PM.

Waiting for the lift to come

Reached the other side by lift

Ready for hiking

During the hike

Just after reaching our destiny

It was an easy hike and the one minute experience during the lift was fabulously adventurous, we had not brought our complete laguage us with otherwise we might have stayed there for a night.

MGK (MGK) 2016-06-15 16:32:26 +0500 #40

Absolutely brilliant coverage bro. Enjoying every bit of the thread specially the picture captions.

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 16:37:53 +0500 #41

Arang Kel

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 16:38:32 +0500 #42

Thanks buddy

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 16:40:36 +0500 #43

Arang Kel

Scarecrows

A nice place to sit and relax

naqvi786 (Naqvi786) 2016-06-15 16:53:43 +0500 #44

By 6 PM we were back from Arang Kel. We had plan to visit Chitta Katha Lake in Shounter the next day so I wanted to immediately move to the tent village at Domail so that we can start the hike early morning as everyone was saying it would be too tough and you guys would not be able to make it but we were enthusiastic about it and wanted to attain it. My friends disagreed and the jeep driver also suggested that we should spend the night at Kel and leave early the next day but we were bored with Lahori hotel, although their service was good but there used to be shortage of water every night and you would have to wait till the morning, once my friend had to use toilet in another hotel. So we moved to Parbat hotel. Lahori hotel total bill for 2 nights + 2 breakfasts+ 2 dinners + 1 lunch was just Rs. 3600. We found Parbat hotel slightly better in many aspects, room was bigger and there were more sockets to charge your phones and camera etc.