sallam Pakwheelers....
i undertook a short trek in Supat Valley kohistan region on this weekend. started sunday and returned tuesday (short time due to family commitmnets)... not the recomended itinerary for this trek guyz.....
on sunday Safeer, Arslan mirza and I started off from islamabad early to reach naran at abt 2 pm.... then took some time in getting supplies at naran bazar and getting a jeep till Maheen village in Supat valley. after negotiation struck a deal with Anwar chahca at Rs.13K for the return journey....
didnt expect the jeep track to be that rough and long tough... its a grueling 4 hour ride thats dusty on naran side and rocky on kohistan side.. the total distance is aprox 45 kms. reached after magrib to Maheen village where there is a tent installed to accomodate tourists.. however a camp shud be taken as there r many tourists around and its hard to find room in the solo tent.... v were lucky to be invited by Mr. Abdus Sattar Khan, a politial figure of the valley to his guest room where there were a few locals and a trekking group waiting fo us... we settled in and had dinner. had a great conversation with Mr. Sattar on the promotion of tourism in the region....
next morning we set out to Maheen lake, an aprox 4 km trek, with our guide Asghar Khan at 8 am... after a short straight walk we had to climb steeply for abt 1500 feet to reach the lake at an altitude of 13000 feet. the trek was tougher than expected and took us 2 hrs.... we spend some time on the lake and then moved on to a lesser know lake, Fish Lake, 2 kms further and 500 feet higher.. the trek was little dangerous with steep slopes on one side and mountain on the other... aproximately 45 mins it took us to reach Fish lake which is smaller than maheen but butiful none the less... its called fish lake because trout has been released here by the locals and its said to be a successful experiment... we reached back Maheen village at aproximately 3 pm and decided to return back to naran as agreed with our jeep driver.. again the jeep track proved to be more demading than the trek itself..... hahahahahah... it must be noted that this jeep track climbs from Soch village in naran over Supat Pass ( over 4000 m) and then decends to maheen village at an altitude of 11000 feet....
due to rush in naran we left for khannian and stayed there the night.. returned next day....
few imprtant notes:
Jeep driver Anwar 03229221240 is a great guy... recomended for family trips as well....
the jeep track must be planned well... its better to take more time in reaching Maheen and stay there for a day... hamara plan thora hectic tha......
our perhead cost was 9500........
rest pics are coming up as usual........