Hello Friends, Greetings from Islamabad Pakistan.
After seeing some beautiful posts from @Rohan10 aboutBeauty Of Kashmir I thought that It would be great that I would share another part of Kashmir which is on the Pakistan Side, because I agree with Rohan that Kashmir is not less than a part of Heaven.
So I decided to explore a remote village of Kashmir, so I chose the village Singolla of this region, because I have a friend there. I visited this village in every season from last year and would like to share my experience. So last year i left Islamabad early in the morning in my car approximately 0700 hrs. After an hour of journey I stopped at a beautiful place to have some fresh air, the place is called Panjar Picnic point. It’s a very peaceful place, one can sit alone and enjoy nature. After 10 min I continued my journey without stopping and arrived at my destination after a journey of 4 hours.
Caption: Stunning view of village Singolla - Click by @Aftab-A
Village Singolla is located in District Poonch, Kashmir. It is approximately 12 km from Rawalakot city and 126 km from Islamabad Pakistan. It’s a very beautiful village with lush green mountains, water falls, springs, streams and beautiful mountain tops.
Caption: Sign board says, Door to Singolla
Direction from Islamabad is shown in below image.
Route map from Islamabad to village Singolla
Some Facts About Singolla Village:
- Singolla Village is located 6565 feet’s above the sea level and it is a mountainous village.
- In 2005 it was completely destroyed by a massive earthquake.
- It has some very beautiful points which are worth visiting such as “Bilal Potha”.
- Bilal Potha is a very beautiful mountain top, it’s a calm scenic point in the middle of district Poonch and district Bagh of Kashmir.
- This point gives a panoramic view of bagh city and rawalakot city including the whole village Singola.
Caption: view of Bilal Potha top
Caption: view of Bilal Potha top from distance
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To reach this point there are two ways:
1st on foot and 2nd by vehicle, but as there isn’t any connecting road one has to walk about 20 min after stopping at the nearest stop.
It is such a relaxing place that one can forget everything just to enjoy nature.
Caption: some random beautiful clicks by Local Guide @Aftab-A
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Caption: A beautiful mosque of village Singolla
The village has many beautiful mosques too which attracts visitors.
There are many waterfalls too which adds more beauty.
*Beautiful pictures of different waterfalls Clicks By @Aftab-A *
*Some beautiful clicks by Local Guide @Aftab-A *
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Beauty of this mesmerising place can’t be explained in words. So here is a conclusion again, Kashmir is a part of heaven on earth.
Some beautiful clicks by Local Guide @Aftab-A
Climate of this region:
Weather is quite erratic in this region. The climate of Singolla can be divided into four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Spring:
The spring season starts in March and lasts up to early May. The average temperature during the spring season ranges from 23° C to 6° C. Brief showers, light winds and blossoming flowers characterise this season.
beautiful flowers of spring
##### Summer:
Starting from May, the summer season extends up to the end of August. During summer the place is full of green grass and beautiful flowers. The rainy season lasts from April through June.
Average temperature during the summer varies from 60 °F (16 °C) to 75 °F (24 °C).
Some clicks from summer season
Autumn:
With the onset of September comes the time for the autumn season. The whole region gets covered in the hues of first gold. The season lasts till late November, average temperature during autumn hovers around 23° C (max) to 10° C (min).
Autumn season is another love
Winter:
Stretching from December to early March is the winter season. Covered with snow throughout, village Singolla looks like a picture straight out of a fairytale.
Winter snowfall starts during the month of December and lasts through January.
Snowfall clicks by @Aftab-A @ at night and da
So here I conclude that if there is a heaven on earth it’s “Kashmir” and it’s a land of hospitality.
In the next part I’ll try to show the beauty of Muzaffarabad as it is my next destination on the list.
In the end I would like to thank @KashifMisidia and Sir @ErmesT who guided me very well. I learned a lot from you, especially in my last post. Sir @ErmesT taught me to use my own photos in this way I can make my posts more useful. Here I am using all of my photos to show the beauty of Kashmir. One more thing I want to learn from Sir @ErmesT is how I can add a 360° photo in my Connect post.
Some Nearest attraction to Rawalakot city.- Toli Peer
I hope my post will be helpful for those who want to explore hidden valleys and villages.
