The Kachura Lakes (Urdu: کچورہ جھیل) are two lakes within the Skardu District of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. The lakes, at 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in elevation, are Higher Kachura Lake and Decrease Kachura Lake.[1] The latter is often known as Shangrila Lake and is inside a vacationer resort named Shangrila Resort exterior the city of […] More
Swāt (Pashto, Urdu: سوات pronounced [ˈswaːt̪])[1] is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Swat is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty, and was described by Queen Elizabeth II as “the Switzerland of the East” during a visit to the region in the 1960s.[4] Centred upon the upper portions […] More