Kunhar River — Local services in Balakot Tehsil

Awsome and a must visiting place for the nature lovers. Kunhar river is one of the biggest river in the north of Pakistan.Any bank of this river spreads beauty to the environment. Through the valley of kaghan it flows towards jhelum river. There are two news dams built over the run of this river knowned as Patrind dam(in operation 182 approx) and suki Kanari Dam(under construction 870MW). The river increases beauty to the sorroundings passing by villages,towns and valleys. The main streams of this river is the northern glaciers of Naran mountains,water from SaifUl Malook lake and babusar top glaciers. The are servral views points for the tourists along the river side on the way to balakot,Naran and onward to Babusar top. Several hotels are situated along side of the river to attract the tourists. One of the best activity in the river kunhar is...

A lovable natural treasure which you see in Kaghan (Naran), Shogran & Shraan شڑان. You can see small, delicate, serpentine water streams at Babusar top which after meeting with such other tributaries & water falls; soon enlarge to become a big Kunhar river. Like other mountain rivers of this region, this one is also very furious, extremely cold & powerful. Some one told that meaning of Kunhar is Killer. Sight of this wavy river all along the way in these valleys gives you a strangely beautiful feeling. If for a while it disappears from view you start looking on both sides of your vehicle asking yourself 'where is the Kunhar river?' At places it widens to make places like Jalkhad. Many big sources of water like lake Saif-ul-Maluk give their water...

It’s fast moving crystal clear water which mesmerise you. Water is very cold and speed is dangerous so be careful when you try to step on rocks inside the river. It’s looks equally beautiful when you see it from the height of road above. The river near Kahan is almost at the same level as the land and you can also...