A school trip to Northern Areas of Pakistan

zubair332598 (Zubair Raheem) 2018-08-03 17:17:09 +0500 #1

Salaam.
We plan to take around 20-30 kids of O levels on a school trip to northen areas for 4 days.
Please suggest some place we should go to.
We will have a good budget and will be able to afford trip to Neelum valley or Naran Kaghan.
We will be very happy if someone can provide information about the good hotels or places to visit.
JazakAllah o khair

zubair332598 (Zubair Raheem) 2018-08-03 17:17:40 +0500 #2

The trip is going to be in next month i.e. September 2018

faiqzakai (faiqzakai) 2018-08-03 17:24:22 +0500 #3

I think following plan will be feasible for you as mentioned below:

Day 1: leave Islamabad early in the morning say 6:00 am and reached at Shogran at around 2:00 pm. Take Jeep from Shogran and visit Siri Paye Meadows on the same day and stay at shogran on the way back from Siri Paye Meadows. (reason for opting Siri Paye before is that it is a hectic journey over jeep and you will definitely need a rest after that.)

Day 2: Leave Shogran at 10 am and reached Naran at 1:00 pm via Kaghan (dont have to stop at Kaghan as it is a small town) have lunch and leave for Saif Ul Malook Lake at 3:00 pm you will be back till 7 pm and Stay at Naran.

Day 3: Leave Naran and go till Babusar Top via Batakundi / Besal / Jalkhand. you will be back at Naran around 3:00 pm easily with little stop over at Lulusar and Babusar Top. have Lunch there at Naran and sight seing or river rafting.

Day 4: Left for Islamabad at around 11:00 am after having breakfast, Do lunch at abbottabad "Shaheen Shenwari" at Mesile Chowk.

I hope this will suffice for your plan.

faiqzakai (faiqzakai) 2018-08-03 17:26:32 +0500 #4

Good Hotels at Shogran are Pine Park and Arcadian
Good Hotels at Naran are Hotel Linox, Maisonette Hotel and Resorts.

zubair332598 (Zubair Raheem) 2018-08-03 18:03:05 +0500 #5

What about Neelum valley.
We can leave on Wednesday night and back on Sunday.
We are from Lahore.

faiqzakai (faiqzakai) 2018-08-07 16:36:22 +0500 #6

Valley Trackers,
Jagran Hydro Power Resorts
I only stay over there.. so not know about much hotels there at neelum valley

zubair332598 (Zubair Raheem) 2018-08-07 17:03:22 +0500 #7

Do you think keran resort by valley trackers is dangerous to stay in. I heard by someone that the indians started firing at the hotel once.

faiqzakai (faiqzakai) 2018-08-07 17:42:08 +0500 #8

I dont think so... and i never heard about any such incident.

naveedyu (Naveed) 2018-08-09 17:33:27 +0500 #9

Why don't you hire services of some professional trackers and tourist planners like the Trekerz etc when you don't have budget constraints. They have links or contracts with different hotels and give complete tour arrangement.

zubair332598 (Zubair Raheem) 2018-08-09 17:47:52 +0500 #10

Planning to get help now............