Urgent Help/Advise Required for Naran Kaghan Tour in First Week of Oct 2017

[hashmi2566]

Salam all,
I have a plan to visit naran kaghan firat time with my wife & child (3.5 years) on suzuki wagon r in ist week of oct. Please guide me is this ideal period to visit there ?
2. Roads condition as this is my first time to naran kaghan. Any chance of land sliding?
3. Late night travel suggested in these areas ?
4. Wt places i can visit in 5 days ?
5. Estimated budget includibg fuel, food, accommodation ?
6. Which route can be adapted via murree muzafrabad or abtabad manshera ? I want to minimize sharp ups & down as its my first time & new car.
Waiting for your all kind advise.........

[bilal.tariq.18041]

Reply to your querries according to my experience is as follows:

1. It would be off-season so accommodation would be cheaper in october on other hand there would not be much greenery due to arrival of Autumn season. Also warm clothes should be available for child because on an odd day there could be snowfall in October.
2. Road condition would be good with few bad patches due to melting of glaciers. In October there would be very less rain so chances of landslide are rear.
3. Late night travel not recomended.
4. You can reach naran visit lake safulmaluk on jeep next day. Lulusar lake and babusar top next day on car and on last day visit shogran and siri paye on keep and then return home.
5. you havent mentioned your city name, however 30-35k would be enough if you travel from lahore.
6. Abotabad mansehra is best route. Your car wagon r is good just drive with light foot. dont accelerate too much on ascend and put too much load on engine also drive slow in descend so that you don't have to apply brakes frequently.

[hashmi2566]

Thnx bro.
Im from lahore.

[hashmi2566]

Best family hotel in naran ?

[bilal.tariq.18041]

Sayyam heights on lake road is good

[bilal.tariq.18041]

Below is coppied from local news fb page now check this alternate route from google map and plan accordingly

سیاح حضرات ناران اور شوگران جانے کے لیے حصاری (گڑھی حبیب اللّٰہ) کا پل استعمال کریں...
بالاکوٹ (ایوب پل) پلر کریک ہونے کی وجہ سے گاڑیوں کے لیے بند کر دیا گیا ہے۔۔۔ تکلیف سے بچنے کے لیئے عطرشیشہ سے براستہ بٹراسی، حصاری پل کراس کر کے بائیں ھاتھ مڑ جاہیں، اور براستہ کشتڑہ، تلہٹہ، شوھال، حسہ سے گزرتے ہوئے گرلاٹ، بالاکوٹ پہنچ جاہیں گے۔۔۔

[yasirrafiq7234]

Just came from naran a week before.
..on jheel road there is a hotel al-hamrah adjacent to sayam heights..it's good and new and three bedroom was 2000 per night...if you'll haggle maybe you'll get for 1500 also
...for route I would suggest muzaffarabad route as it's scenic and short also, 95% of it is highway standard. Abtbd mansehra road has high volume of traffic hence delays

[hashmi2566]

From muzafrabad where we have to go ??
& how much ups & down on this route ?? I want to minimize the stress on car & myself also.

Just came from naran a week before.
..on jheel road there is a hotel al-hamrah adjacent to sayam heights..it's good and new and three bedroom was 2000 per night...if you'll haggle maybe you'll get for 1500 also
...for route I would suggest muzaffarabad route as it's scenic and short also, 95% of it is highway standard. Abtbd mansehra road has high volume of traffic hence delays

[yasirrafiq7234]

from muzafarabad to abbotabad road..the road coming from abottabad meets this one at place called Bissian Chowk (its better to use google map naviagaton), after that route is same...ups and down are more or less same on both route till the they merge....i went on mira with wife and two kids so cant stress enough here lolz..you will cross earthquake memorial bridge in muzafarabad and after some distance road will divide you will take sharp up left onto abbottabad road......

[hashmi2566]

map naviagaton), after that route is same...ups and down are more or less same on both route till the they merge....i went on mira with wife and two kids so cant stress enough

Can we go directly naran via muzafrabad without major stay ? How much time it will take ?

[yasirrafiq7234]

From Islamabad it will take 8-10 hrs depending upon Ur driving style and stays...you can do math for other cities

[hashmi2566]

Its means its long route than abtabad manshera

[yasirrafiq7234]

Nope it's shorter.. besides there is less of traffic and it's beautiful...manshera route leads to a lot of places other than naran side so traffic is pretty dense always....from Islamabad take murree express way then khaqan Abbasid road to muzaffarabad...follow Google map...it gives pretty accurate amount of driving distance...remember the time shown on Google map is actual driving distance ....its.kind of crowd sources data hence accurate

[hashmi2566]

Wt about fuel pumps & fuel quality in norther areas's ???

[yasirrafiq7234]

Don't worry abt fuel and its quality..theres a pump in naran and there are plenty on the way..I topped up my Mira from islamabad and there was still 1/4th of tank left when I reached naran....don't plan too much...just packup and leave .....naran has everything fuel, grocery stores, pharmacies, mechanics etc etc

[hashmi2566]

Thnx buddy........

[hashmi2566]

Best offline map navigation app which can work perfectly in naran area ?

[umarbinnazir]

For android you can use google maps to download maps for offline use. IOS app lacks functionality of downloading maps so using offline maps in iPhone will cause problems.

[hashmi2566]

Any 1 currently in naran ??
Wt about weather & carowed ??

[stgp_team]

G bhai
Naran mein weather thanda hai. Rush sochna b mat.