Kashmir Visiting Places

Kashmir

Visiting Places / Things to know

Some important things to know:

Kashmir Capitals:  Srinagar (Summer), Jammu (Winter)

1. Srinagar:

·         Dal lake – with Shikhara ride

·         Boathouse Stay

·         River Jhelum

·         Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden

·         Botanical garden

·         Mughal Gardens

o   Cheshma Shahi-(Royal Spring)

o   Nishath bagh (Garden of pleasure)

o   Shalimar bagh (Abode of Love)

·         Handloom centre –Best for Pashimina, Shahtoosh and world famous Carpets production

Can also explore Dachigam national park 23 k/m away from city centre.

2. Sonamarg

• Zero point
• Thajiwas Glacier.
• White River Rafting.
• Nilagrad River.
• Baltal Valley.
• Zoji-La Pass.
• Vishansar Lake.

Note: Thajawas, Zeropoint, Blatal taxi should be hired  from Union taxi

3. Gulmarg : the Meadow of Flowers

·         Gulmarg –Gondola cable car ride

·         Seven Springs: At the end of Gondola Cable Car Ride

·         Gulmarg Golf Course: Highest golf course in the world

·         Gulmarg Biosphere Reserve

·         Strawberry Field: Bollywood’s favourite shoot location

·         Apharwat Peak: India’s premier ski resort

·         Alpather Lake

·         Ningle Nallah and Ferozepur Nallah

1. 4      Pahalgam

·         Chandanwari Valley

·         Aru Valley

·         Betaab Valley

Note: All this places can be explored only by union taxi .

Can also explore other interests like : Lidder River -16 k/ms  , Kolahoi glacier 30K/ms

Leh Ladakh - "India's Own Moonland"

Best time to visit: June to September

Nearest Airport : Leh Airport

A land like no other with superabundance of attractions to visit and phantasmagoric and fabulous landscapes, amazing people and culture, Ladakh is truly a heaven on Earth.

Bounded by two of the world's mightiest mountain ranges, the Great Himalaya and the Karakoram, it lies athwart two other, the Ladakh range and the Zanskar range. Ladakh is mystical in all the spheres it covers, from nature, geography, sceneries to the modest cultures that it fosters. Right from gompas to the sensational momos, the superabundance of attractions to visit makes this city make it heaven on earth. It is said that only in Ladakh can a man sitting in the sun with his feet in the shade suffer from sunstroke and frostbite at the same time.

Things to do: Camping, ATV rides ,Yak safari, mountain climbing, trekking can be enjoyed at the hill.

• Nubra Valley
• Pangong Lake
• Tso Moriri Lake
•   Leh Palace
•  Khardung La Pass
• Magnetic Hill
•   Shanti Stupa
•   Namgyal Tsemo Monastery