places Categories: Attractions and Lake
The Swat Valley is a charming dale in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, which is a popular tour destination. During the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in the 1960s, she called it “Switzerland of the East”.
Swat is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, located close to the Afghan-Pakistan border. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora. It was a princely state until it was dissolved in 1969. The valley is almost entirely populated by ethnic Afghans/Pashtuns. The main language spoken in the valley is Pashto/Pakhto. With high mountains, green meadows, and clear lakes, it is a place of great natural beauty and is popular with tourists. Miandam: Miandam is a small summer resort 10 km (6 mi) up a steep side valley and 56 km (35 mi) from Saidu Sharif, making it an hour’s drive. The metaled road passes small villages stacked up the hillside, the roofs of one row of houses forming the street for the row of houses above. Tiny terraced fields march up the hillside right to the top. Miandam is a good place for walkers. Paths follow the stream, past houses with behives set into the walls and good-luck charms whitewashed around the doors. In the graveyards are carved wooden grave posts with floral designs, like those used by Buddhists 1,000 years ago
No Records Found
Sorry, no records were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again.
Google Map Not Loaded
Sorry, unable to load Google Maps API.
-
- Miandam Stream (Khwar), Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Swat
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakistan -
The picture with the title madyan shahgram was taken by the photographer gkmubarak on 08 February 2011 and published over Panoramio. madyan shahgram … Read more...
-
It is another beautiful lake, surrounded by mountains and eye catching scenery. The lake is situated in the East of the Bashigram Valley, near Madyan. The lake is at a walking distance of four to five hours from Bashigram Valley. The people of the Valley are very cooperative and kind to the tourists. They have proper knowledge of the area Read more...
-
All the beauty and attraction of swat valley is contingent on Swat River. The thriving beauty of Swat River makes the whole swat valley fascinating. Most of the eye catching areas of Swat are located on the bank of this river. Swat River is formed when Ushu and Gabrial River meet and form a junction. The river is situated in Read more...
-
-
Jarogo waterfall in Chatekal valley of Matta tehsil, some 55 kilometres from Mingora towards northwest. Read more...
-