
27/07/2024
خاپیرو ڈانڈا(پری جھیل)، اترور ویلی، کالام، سوات؛ پاکستان 🇵🇰
The beautiful 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙮 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚 (Khapero Danda/Pari Lake) of Utror valley, Kalam, Swat, Pakistan.
𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚 is located approximately 14,442 feet (4,402 m) above sea level, in the mountain ranges of Utror Valley, Kalam, Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is comparatively greater in size and depth than the other lake situated in its vicinity and remains open in the months of July till September. The western face of the lake is open and its water flows down to the gigantic Kundol Lake which is situated in the foothills. There are in fact two lakes that share the common name and are sometimes referred to as lake 1 and lake 2 (lack 2 is actually the pari lake).
🔹️𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚
▪️To reach Pari or 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙮 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚, there two treks; one is from Kundol lake and other is from Izmis lake. Furthermore, there are two treks from Kundol, one starts before lake, on its right side of mountain, which is quite steep and challenging ascending, the other trek starts from Jabba Band after crossing 1.5 kilometres of distance from Kundol lake.
▪️ 𝙅𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙖 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖 is a beautiful meadow and an ideal place for camping. You will find a few shepherds huts there, on both sides of the mountain. From Jabba Banda there is a Pass, which directly descends you to Bahrain. There is a small descending along-with camping site and a wooden bridge over the river. From there upon, you are on the trek of Fairy lakes and just have to forget the plain trek.
▪️Continuous ascending starts from there. At the beginning, it is a gradual descend, within the boulders and then it turns into rocky ascent after a few hundred meters. The significant thing of this trek, which I like the most is, you will enjoy beautiful scenic view of the Kundol lake on half of the trek. Viewing Kundol lake from such height and in different shape helps to get over your fatigue. As Kundol lake disappears from the sight, you will be welcomed by the small waterfalls of Fairy lake, on whole trek up to the lake.