Miranjani
per person
- Difficulty: Easy
- Duration: 2-3 hours
- Region: KPK
North of the Pipeline Hike is another hill station town, Nathia Gali, to the east of Abbottabad. From this former colonial hill station, you can walk just 2 to 3 hours to the summit of a nearby mountain, Miranjani. The track up what is a hill by Himalayan standards begins at the Nathia Gali Bazar and passes through the serene Dagri Naka mountainous region, you’ll hike through lush and chill pine forests surrounded by subtropical evergreen forest. It’s not a challenging hike, but it is easy to get to and offers some pretty great views. There are places to stay in Nathia Gali too. If you want to visit a hill station in Pakistan, this is a good option as it’s nowhere near as crowded as Murree in summer – in my opinion though, you’re mad to go to Pakistan in the summer! Though summer is a perfect reason to travel to Pakistan. You will notice many places in this area have the word ‘gali’ in their name, which means basically ‘valley’ and is characteristic of this small region north of Islamabad called Galiyat.