Tour de Swat Valley (Kalam, Ushu, Mahodand Lake, Byun Vllege Malam Jabba Mingora)

[BILAL3538]

Well done Bilal Bhai & thanx for accepting me as a team member in ur trip. It was a wonderful experience to travel & spent time with you. Very impressive opening post. Don't forget me whenever u come to Pindi. (also please allow me to start my thread of Swat Valley :))

Shahbaz Bhai we too enjoyed your company as well & lookig forward your thread..................

[BILAL3538]

Thanks Bilal for your response

Is there any hotels in Utror ?

Dear we did not visit Utror valley:(

[BILAL3538]

Are you sitting on the roof of the wagon ??????????

Actualy wen we reached in kalam there was traffic jammed on Mall road so i went up to capture this shot:)

[joinami]

Attractive place to vist, you did a great event.

[MultaniTraveler]

Please add some description(location) to these photos.

[hmishaq]

nice capturing.

[zahid135]

nice coverage.

keep rolling the pics/dtls

[talalarif2003]

great to see the pics of the valley....a few questions ,... 1) present weather conditions as there were flood warnings in the swat river...also the maximum weather conditions for 2 weeks...is it going to worsen , making it impossible to got there?weather cold or warm like plains?is it advisable to go in these days of monsoon rains? 2) roads to kalam reachable by car , in my case honda city 2005 vario auto. been asking the question from asif bhai already but still want to ask again if the roads are good to travel by own car....also the valley trips to utror and gabral and kundol are jeepable or only trekking? 3) family trip should we skip the utror and gabral and be restrained till ushu and mahodand, or we could try those too.. 4) 4 days will be enough i guess like the thread starter had a itinerary of 4 days, and it was quite remarkable to see them reach kalam the very same day from rwp and then also to go mahodand lake the very same day, awesome, is it advisable to do the same from lahore too??

[BILAL3538]

great to see the pics of the valley....a few questions ,... 1) present weather conditions as there were flood warnings in the swat river...also the maximum weather conditions for 2 weeks...is it going to worsen , making it impossible to got there?weather cold or warm like plains?is it advisable to go in these days of monsoon rains? 2) roads to kalam reachable by car , in my case honda city 2005 vario auto. been asking the question from asif bhai already but still want to ask again if the roads are good to travel by own car....also the valley trips to utror and gabral and kundol are jeepable or only trekking? 3) family trip should we skip the utror and gabral and be restrained till ushu and mahodand, or we could try those too.. 4) 4 days will be enough i guess like the thread starter had a itinerary of 4 days, and it was quite remarkable to see them reach kalam the very same day from rwp and then also to go mahodand lake the very same day, awesome, is it advisable to do the same from lahore too??

Dear Mingora was hot like Lahore / Sialkot & kalam malam Jabba were also not so cool in day time but at evening quit weather changes.

In kalam we did not faced any rain & river flow was normal, roads till Bahrain is ok and furhter is dirt track but ok for any vehicle with closed windows.
after kalam u should use jeeps for Mahodand & Ushu valley but we saw many cultus, alto, city and a 2012 model Mehran at Mahodand lake.

We did not visited Utror & Gibral valley so don't have any idea for roads for kundol lake.

[BILAL3538]

Kalam Valley

[talalarif2003]

Dear Mingora was hot like Lahore / Sialkot & kalam malam Jabba were also not so cool in day time but at evening quit weather changes.

In kalam we did not faced any rain & river flow was normal, roads till Bahrain is ok and furhter is dirt track but ok for any vehicle with closed windows.
after kalam u should use jeeps for Mahodand & Ushu valley but we saw many cultus, alto, city and a 2012 model Mehran at Mahodand lake.

We did not visited Utror & Gibral valley so don't have any idea for roads for kundol lake.

what about these days?if asif bhai and others can add something over here...or give me some contact nos of hotel owners whom i can ask some details about the weather and flood problems....

[asifcae]

still waiting for byun pics

[BILAL3538]

still waiting for byun pics

I will try to reach till Byun today (Inshallah)

[hmishaq]

great to see the pics of the valley....a few questions ,... 1) present weather conditions as there were flood warnings in the swat river...also the maximum weather conditions for 2 weeks...is it going to worsen , making it impossible to got there?weather cold or warm like plains?is it advisable to go in these days of monsoon rains? 2) roads to kalam reachable by car , in my case honda city 2005 vario auto. been asking the question from asif bhai already but still want to ask again if the roads are good to travel by own car....also the valley trips to utror and gabral and kundol are jeepable or only trekking? 3) family trip should we skip the utror and gabral and be restrained till ushu and mahodand, or we could try those too.. 4) 4 days will be enough i guess like the thread starter had a itinerary of 4 days, and it was quite remarkable to see them reach kalam the very same day from rwp and then also to go mahodand lake the very same day, awesome, is it advisable to do the same from lahore too??

Brother weather of kalam in these days is very good. day time in not much cold but at night you can't sleep without blanket. i've also visited kalam on cultus in last month. road condition is good till bahrain and not good after that but can be reached there at any vehicle with carefully. I've also gone usu and glacier on my cultus but its not adviseable. kundol lake is only accessible on foot. jeep can drop you till laddu.

[engineermali]

Actualy wen we reached in kalam there was traffic jammed on Mall road so i went up to capture this shot:)

ok nice dear

[BILAL3538]

More Shots from Kalam Valley

[BILAL3538]

Kalam
Kalam Forrest
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River Ushu
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Local Slaughter House in Kalam
A Bridge to Reach River Utror

[talalarif2003]

keep the pics coming bilal bhai!!

[Skill]

its been 8 years since i were to the kalam,mahudand areas,your posts are tempting.

[joinami]

very nice thread. keep the pics rolling