Tour De Heaven "Kumrat Valley" ! and Track to Jahaz Banda & Jahaz Dand (Katora) lake

[aghaabbas]

Janam Janam ki piyaas bhujain gai......

Pagla, Yamla, Dewana.....

Ha Ha Ha , what a mind, zabrdast........

Agha Abbas

[haroon9scotch]

Sir please reply, How is the road condition from Dir to Kumrat valley I heard it is in Bad condition. Thanks

[BILAL3538]

Sir please reply, How is the road condition from Dir to Kumrat valley I heard it is in Bad condition. Thanks

Road between Upper Dir to Thal Is total Jeepable !

[emmaar]

Sir please reply, How is the road condition from Dir to Kumrat valley I heard it is in Bad condition. Thanks

Road condition is pathetic for Cars however NP taxi cabs can go till Thal and after that it is a pure Jeep Trek into Kumrat valley.

[haroon9scotch]

Thanks

[Zeeshan206]

nice trip

[BILAL3538]

nice trip

Thanks Dear

[uukami]

can any one give me contact no of Kumrate valley guide or porter or raja sb (owner of Jahaz Banda Resort).
we want to go there 7th or 13th june. kindly guide me what is the possibilities to reached there and weather conditions.

[MSSR]

Hi guys!
I have just gone through all the pages of this thread (65 to be precise) and i really salute your efforts you guys put forward to explore this area and bring forth all the details for everybody.
We (me and my group of colleagues/friends, 8-12 persons) are planning to add up Kumrat in our visit to Chitral/Kelash. Our probable dates will fall between 1st or 2nd week of June. It will be really helpful if you guys could suggest if it is a suitable time? and any other tips/lessons learned???
Waiting for your response.
Thanks,
Salman

[asifcae]

Hi guys!
I have just gone through all the pages of this thread (65 to be precise) and i really salute your efforts you guys put forward to explore this area and bring forth all the details for everybody.
We (me and my group of colleagues/friends, 8-12 persons) are planning to add up Kumrat in our visit to Chitral/Kelash. Our probable dates will fall between 1st or 2nd week of June. It will be really helpful if you guys could suggest if it is a suitable time? and any other tips/lessons learned???
Waiting for your response.
Thanks,
Salman

yes june would be great for Kumrat....

just avoid taking out ur camera untill u reach forest......

[emmaar]

Hi guys!
I have just gone through all the pages of this thread (65 to be precise) and i really salute your efforts you guys put forward to explore this area and bring forth all the details for everybody.
We (me and my group of colleagues/friends, 8-12 persons) are planning to add up Kumrat in our visit to Chitral/Kelash. Our probable dates will fall between 1st or 2nd week of June. It will be really helpful if you guys could suggest if it is a suitable time? and any other tips/lessons learned???
Waiting for your response.
Thanks,
Salman

We did visit the area at end June and you can see(into the thread pictures) that Jahaz Dand lake was half frozen. You can contact Raja Taj Muhammad on his phone(mentioned somewhere into the thread) and definitely he is GEM in that area(Jahaz Banda/Jandrai) regarding tourism.
Locals have some concerns about cameras as mentioned by Asif Bhai but there haven't any security issues in the area. So, you should visit this MUST VISIT PLACE

[amirbashirlhr]

Distances

Upper Dir ======>Darwaza (Jeep)============>85 Km (Travel Time 4.5 hrs)
Darwaza ======> Jandrai (Jeep)============>80 km (Travel Time 0.5 Hrs)

Jandrai =======>Jaz banda (Tracking)========>12Km (Tracking Time 5.0 Hrs)
Jaz banda=====>Jaz Dand Lake (Tracking)=====> 06Km(Tracking Time 3.0 Hrs)

Thal=========>Kumrat Rest house (Jeep) ======> 15Km (Travel Time 40 Min)
Rest House===>Kala Chashma(Last Point)(Jeep)==> 25 km (Travel Time 2.0 Hrs )

Only concern on red line. Is it correct or not ?

[emmaar]

Distances

Upper Dir ======>Darwaza (Jeep)============>85 Km (Travel Time 4.5 hrs)
Darwaza ======> Jandrai (Jeep)============>80 km (Travel Time 0.5 Hrs)

Jandrai =======>Jaz banda (Tracking)========>12Km (Tracking Time 5.0 Hrs)
Jaz banda=====>Jaz Dand Lake (Tracking)=====> 06Km(Tracking Time 3.0 Hrs)

Thal=========>Kumrat Rest house (Jeep) ======> 15Km (Travel Time 40 Min)
Rest House===>Kala Chashma(Last Point)(Jeep)==> 25 km (Travel Time 2.0 Hrs )

Only concern on red line. Is it correct or not ?

Time is correct but the mileage digits have changed their positions .....08KM in actual @bilal3538 plz edit/correct the highlighted km in opening post

[mudasernaeem]

Assalam O Alaikum
Upper Dir ======>Darwaza (Jeep)============>85 Km (Travel Time 4.5 hrs)
Darwaza ======> Jandrai (Jeep)============>8 km (Travel Time 0.5 Hrs)

Jandrai =======>Jaz banda (Tracking)========>12Km (Tracking Time 5.0 Hrs)
Jaz banda=====>Jaz Dand Lake (Tracking)=====> 06Km(Tracking Time 3.0 Hrs)

Thal=========>Kumrat Rest house (Jeep) ======> 15Km (Travel Time 40 Min)
Rest House===>Kala Chashma(Last Point)(Jeep)==> 25 km (Travel Time 2.0 Hrs )

@asifcae dekhy yaha zara si garbar hai

[asifcae]

@mudasernaeem

yes the trekking distances are too much.. i think the trek from jandrai to jahaz banda is not more than 5 kms and takes abt 4.5 hrs...

from jahaz banda to jahaz dand its abt 2-3 kms only and takes around 1.5-2 hrs..........

[MSSR]

yes june would be great for Kumrat....

just avoid taking out ur camera untill u reach forest......

Thanks Sir!
Our tour has been shifted slightly ahead and will start at 22nd June.

And yeah! I too loved your "world famous" jahaz dand pic! (H)

[MSSR]

We did visit the area at end June and you can see(into the thread pictures) that Jahaz Dand lake was half frozen. You can contact Raja Taj Muhammad on his phone(mentioned somewhere into the thread) and definitely he is GEM in that area(Jahaz Banda/Jandrai) regarding tourism.
Locals have some concerns about cameras as mentioned by Asif Bhai but there haven't any security issues in the area. So, you should visit this MUST VISIT PLACE

Thanks for pat on the back bro!
Yeah, i was awe-struck while going through your thread and we even decided to kick out Kelash from our plan but we have 6 days between isb to isb so we are sticking with our original plan i.e. isb > dir > jahaz banda > jahaz dand > kumrat forest > chitral > kelash valleys > isb.
Will appreciate if u "PROS" could give an after thought of our itinerary.
Tchau!

[asifcae]

Thanks Sir!
Our tour has been shifted slightly ahead and will start at 22nd June.

And yeah! I too loved your "world famous" jahaz dand pic! (H)

hahahah world famous hahah i wish

thankx for the appreciation bro........

[uukami]

we are planning to go this track any one tell me is any mobile coverage in thal ? or JAndrawi
and where we can found PCO.

[MSSR]

we are planning to go this track any one tell me is any mobile coverage in thal ? or JAndrawi
and where we can found PCO.

same question from my side. is there mobile coverage in kumrat (thal, jandrai, jahaz banda) and kalash valleys???