Your Favourite Vacation Spot In Pakistan by @aminasafdar | 10% payout to @steemit-pak

Salam to all, hope you are all doing well. This is Amina Safdar, member of steemitpak and going to share my favourite travel spot in Pakistan. My favourite spot to do travel(in future I.A) is Chitral.

Chitral

It is a district in the province kpk, located along the chitral river in hindu kush range.

History

The people of the chitral has a very fertile history. They migrated from the central Asia to the south asia, and these people are indo-Iranian. They speak khowar language but are different from the pathan of that region. Other languages whose traces are found there are Persian and sanskrit due to the fact that Persian and Buddhist rulers ruled there. The chitral tribe is also an iron age tribe(600-1200B.C). In 1947 the head of the chitral considered to choose to be a part of the pakistan, since then they are living as the minority of the pakistan in concern to the religion of the people of kalash (a valley in chitral).

Weather

Weather is very harsh there cool in summers and numbing plus super cold in the winters. It falls below the freezing temperature in winters and people are at the risk of loosing their life due to harsh weather. Roads are deadly and narrow, rank number one in the world for that deadly features in the largest mountain range.

Average Temperature	Month	Month
Highest temperature	January(-9.2)	August(21.6)
Lowest Temperature	January (-12.5)	August (16.2)

Places to visit in chitral:

1. Tirich Mir

It is the highest mountain of the hindu kush range, with a village situated before it called Tirich. This mountain is effortlessly seen from the main bazaar. In the wakhi language the meaning of tirich is darkness and mir means king so called the king of darkness.

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This mountain generates long shadows and the scenes of the dawn and dusk are the treat to watch. The people of kalash associate very peculiar tales(polytheist=many gods)to this mountain which concerns our belief system. So muslims instead associate this mountain as the kingdom of the fairies which should not be meant to summit this mountain as it could be deadly to do without taking permission first.

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Temperature range	Month	Month
Average low temp	-17.5CJanuary	6.5CJuly-August
Average high temperature	-9CJanuary	0CJuly-August

2. Kalash valley and their Folkdance

This lies in the hindukush mountain range with the fertile history of the culture and traditions of the kalash people. They are as white as the European, with blue eyes and blonde hair. They are the talk of the town as if they are the inheritor of the armies of the Greek Alexander.

kalash valley in winters

Kalash valley in Summers

They hold a festival called chilam joshi in the may, spring season for four days where the males and females of the valley gather on the purpose of finding their partner,they pray for their land and animals and are famous for their folkdance. This festival is very exciting to see and was given the title as intangible cultural heritage in November 2018source
Also the dress of the females that they used to wear is so traditional that increases the chances of a person to travel there.

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3.Shahi Mosque

This is the main mosque of the chitral district built in 1924 on the order of Shuja ul-Mulk. This is on the side of the chitral river with the mountains lie behind it and the green carpet of the nature that lies infront of it. It is decorated with the marble that is jet white and along with red sandstone but white marble is more prominent.This mosque has three dombs most prominent. This mosque presents the aura of the mughal era so are the manner of indo-islamic mughal. The cost on construction was 7lac rupees. As it is ancient so very careful one must be when visiting this place.

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4.Chitral Go National Park

It is present alongside the chitral river and contain three valleys and many glaciers. This park is situated on the area of 7750 hector, and provides shelter to numerous flora(plants) and Fauna(animal). Mostly the oak trees whose outer bark is so thick and hard so are used for the furniture. Beside this it is rich with coniferous tress which a like the shape of christmas tree.

conifer tree

Other living beings there are animals among them markhor is present abundantly worldwide in this park. Other animals are black bear,brown bear,red fox, musk deer(whose glands are used to make scent), snow leopard, and Tibetan wolf( which is restricted from grazing)

Animals Grazing

The places to stay there are hindukush heights chitral and Tirich Mir view hotel chitral.This is a good place for tracking and barely 18km from the chitral town.

So these were my things to travel when it comes to explore the beauty of pakistan. And i cannot hold how beautiful pakistan is❤

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