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WORLD HIGHEST ZIPLINE. 1250 FEET OVER RIVER KUNHAR. KAGHAN VALLEY. KP, PAKISTAN.

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"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience"  -Eleanor Roosevelt There was a time when I used to travel only for sake of travelling without taking it into any adventurous spirit.  No doubt, new environments and cultures are the most exciting aspects of travelling but with time I have learnt to explore the adventurous spirit of travel by opting a few adventurous opportunities like trekking in mountains, camping, ziplining in the mountains, watersports like parasailing on the lake and jet ski etc.  ONE SUCH ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITY recently I have done at HEAVENWAYS ZIPLINE ADVENTURE  , a newly inaugurated zipline activity at Noori valley of Kaghan in KP, Pakistan. They have quite professional staff and equipment safety for such adventurous sport.  They have been promoting adventurous tourism in Pakistan since last 3 years. You may check their official page for further det...

MISSION RAKAPOSHI: TREKKING TO BASE CAMP RAKAPOSHI: everything you need to know

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Finally I accomplished something extraordinary and unusual in terms of travelling. And that was none other than experiencing a trekking to Rakaposhi base camp. I never thought I would ever do a basecamp but somehow I always dreamt of something epic and one day I finally got an opportunity of travelling with TRAVEL GIRLS. Luckily I got nice mates accompany.  Read my post till end. I will try my best to cover my whole experience, other details and tips for beginners. For watching my video of Rakaposhi , Click my YouTube channel link here 👇 My Trekking. Mission Rakhaposhi My first ever trekking experience to basecamps. Though I came back with swollen toes, sore legs and muscles. I kicked my butt multiple times and slipped seven times in snow while descending from Tagaphari basecamp. But after accomplishing it, I find something unusual kind of satisfaction and happiness in my heart. I always been fascinated to wild nature. Never got satisfaction by mere a sightseeing of Rakaposhi from...

EXPLORING SKARDU, GILGIT BALTISTAN.

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I decided to arrive Skardu by air and here is the link to that scenic flight CLICK HERE   Though it is easily accessible by road also. But to avoid long hours by road I opt for the PIA air safari scenic flight.   In Fact I have already travelled Karakoram highways during my earlier tour to Hunza.  You can also read my road journey on KKH here. My Epic Road Journey on KKH.  Skardu is located in the extreme north of Pakistan connecting the western Himalaya range of mountains. It's famous as the land of mountains, lakes and waterfalls. It's like a paradise for mountaineers. Multiple options for mountaineers and hiking opportunities.  k2, the second highest peak in the world is located here. Apart from that Masherbrum, Nanga parbat located in same region.  During my stay, I visited some of the most beautiful lakes, valleys, waterfalls of Skardu. Details are given below. But I was pretty much happier with a cherry on top and that was none other than visitin...

SHIGAR FORT

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Yes it's 100% true. Even I myself try to explore every possibility out there. I heard a lot about Shigar valley, especially the centuries old shigar fort, world's highest cold desert, askole ( the last village before K2) but finally I got chance to explore all these places. If you interested to have a look at the video of shigar valley, Click this link to my video on my youtube channel. Being a lover of history I love visiting museums, forts, castles wherever I go. Shigar fort were also of great attraction for me. Though it's being operated by serena hotels and is using as a museum hotel for night stay. But I preferred to visit a day and explore it's old architecture and the fort.  Forts and castles always attract me for it make me feel disconnected for a while from present and send me somewhere in past. I feel the history by touching its walls, by climbing stairs and looki...

SATPARA LAKE, DAM. SKARDU

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This is a wild natural lake surrounded by rocky mountains but still having its own beauty. I call it wild because apparently there are no green mountains surrounded. It is a beautiful blue lake and a reservoir of Satpara Dam so it's a part of the dam named after famous mountaineer Satpara. This lake comes on way to Deosai about few km from skardu city and between Satpara village. It's followed by satpara village and then same route further leads to deosai national park .  We stayed here for a while on our way to deosai. Melting ice of deosai plains is the main source of its water.