Pakistan Karakoram

Kaghan Valley

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.