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Kaghan Valley in the Pakistan Karakoram
Kaghan Valley in the Pakistan Karakoram

The Kaghan Valley is in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

of Pakistan.

This is a popular tourist area.


The Kaghan Valley is named after the town of Kaghan

 rather than the Kunhar River

 flowing through the valley.


The valley extends some 155km ( 96 miles )

from a height of 2,134ft ( 650m )

to the Babusar Pass at 13,690ft ( 4170m ).


 Naran is the main town

and and the base for Lake Saif-ul-Malook

and Lalazar.


The region is alpine in nature

with forests and meadows

beneath peaks over 17,000ft/ 5200m.





Kawai in the Kaghan Valley in the Pakistan Karakoram
Kawai in the Kaghan Valley

in the 
Pakistan Karakoram






Kaghan Valley in the Pakistan Karakoram
Malika Parbat ( 5290m, 17,356ft )

in the Kaghan Valley






Kaghan Valley in the Pakistan Karakoram
Kaghan Valley

 in the 
Pakistan Karakoram





Kaghan Valley in the Pakistan Karakoram
Kaghan Valley

 in the 
Pakistan Karakoram



Lake Lulusar in the Kaghan Valley in the Pakistan Karakoram
Lake Lulusar in the Kaghan Valley

 in the 
Pakistan Karakoram


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