Special Thanks to naumanbashir, information provided by him was very helpful in making this trip possible.
IF SOMEONE IS PLANNING A SHORT TRIP TO NEELUM VALLEY THEN THIS DATA WILL HELP OTHERS
Visited Neelum Valley on 21[SUP]st[/SUP]-Sep-12 and returned back the next day around 9:00 p.m
Departed from Islamabad around 4:30 a.m, initial plan was to leave at 4:00 a.m but delays occurred as few friends consumed more time in getting ready
Number of People 3
Vehicle Used Corolla GLi 2007
Reached Muzafarabad Via Bhurband exactly within two hours and forty minutes while offered Fujar Prayer at Murree on short break of 10 minutes.
No Vehicles on Road so was able to maintain my driving pace
7:10 a.m, we were in front of a small hotel on Neelum Road for breakfast
50 minutes break for breakfast
Left for Kundal Shahi at 8:00 a.m
Reached Kundal Shahi around 10:00 a.m
Then kept on moving towards Keren and reached Keren at 10:35 a.m
Half an Hour break at Keren
Left for Sharda on same Vehicle at 11:00 a.m
Reached Sharda at 1:40 a.m, since Road was bad from Keren to Sharda so had to drive very slowly
Selected a good spot to fix our camps
Camping right in front of Sharda 10 foot away from river
Night stay at Sharda , then in morning left back for Keren around 8:00 a.m and reached Keren at 12:00 a.m as kept on taking pictures on way, then went straight up to Neelum Village. Neelum Village is a small village right at the top of Keren Rest house. Road goes to the place some 100 meters away from Rest house with steep climb.
After lunch at Neelum Vilage, left back for Islamabad around 2:00 p.m and reached Islamabad around 9:00 p.m.