Muzaffarabad is the capital and largest city of AJK. Being a capital Muzaffarabad cater and host almost all population of AJK. The population of Muzaffarabad is approximately one million. Muzaffarabad is the tourism hub of AJK and is also known as Gateway to the heaven on Earth. The iconic cricket festival ‘KPL’ along with multiple tourism festivals are organized in Muzaffarabad every year. The city hosts around 2 Million tourist and cricket lovers every year.
Muzaffarabad is the business hub of AJK, the second most expensive city and the best city of Pakistan to live in 2022. The business market of Muzaffarabad is growing at a healthy stage and famous brands are abruptly and aggressively moving towards Muzaffarabad.
Top tourist attraction places in Muzaffarabad and Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir
Neelum Valley is one of the best tourist attraction places in northern areas of Pakistan. Neelum Valley is one of the districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) which is covered by mountains, forest s, lakes and rivers. In AJK the tourism is flourishing day and night. The government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir along with government of Pakistan is very keen in promotion of tourism in northern areas of Pakistan and in Azad Kashmir. When it comes to name of tourism in AJK at once there come second name of the most beautiful valleys on earth the Neelum valley. This majestic beautiful Neelum valley is still unexplored by tourists all over the world. The recent action by Pakistan government has given permission to international tourist to visit AJK but there are still some restrictions to entre the international tourists in Neelum valley because of LOC.
Neelum valley is one of the best and the most beautiful valleys present in Pakistan. It is covered by lush green grass, high altitudes mountains, rivers and lakes. The trout fish of Neelum valley is very famous among tourists. Neelum valley has many attraction points or tourists spots to cover once you are traveling in Neelum valley with your family, friends or with office colleagues. After reading the article you will completely understand how to reach Neelum valley by road, what to do in Neelum valley and what are the tourist attraction places to visit in Neelum valley. We will start our journey from Islamabad.
Tourist attraction places in Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir:
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and gateway of tourism for northern areas. Once you are in Islamabad and want to explore Neelum valley with your family you can reach Neelum valley by first reaching to Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir. There are two routes to reach Muzaffarabad, one is from Murree Kohala route, it takes tourist to reach Muzaffarabad about 4 hours drive and in km it is 130km. The route will be from Islamabad to Murree then Kohala and Muzaffarabad. The other route to reach Muzaffarabad is from Abbottabad. The motorway from Islamabad to Abbottabad (Havelian) takes almost 2 hours. Then 3 hours drive via mansehra, garihabibullah, bararkot to Muzaffrabad. It will take 5 hours to reach Muzaffarabad via Abbottabad.
Once a tourist reaches Muzaffarabad you have option either to keep your travel continue for Neelum valley or have a night stay in Muzaffarabad. The honeymoon couples and families who are coming from Lahore or Karachi or old age family members usually stay their first night in Muzaffarabad. There are good hotels accommodations in Muzaffarabad to stay a night in Muzaffarabad and also there are some places nearby Muzaffarabad worth seeing for tourists. One of the places is Pirchanasi which is only an hour drive away from Muzaffarabad. You can hire a car or jeep from rent a car in Muzaffarabad to go pirchanasi and can manage your night stay in Muzaffarabad. There are good hotels accommodations in Muzaffarabad and due to competition the prices of hotels in Muzaffarabad AJK are usually on lower side. If you are traveling with family for Muzaffarabad or Neelum Valley it is advised to stay a night in hotel at Muzaffarabad AJK.