Trip to Soon Valley

TRIP TO SOON SKAISAR VALLEY, KHUSHAB

Soon Valley is in the north west of Khushab District, Punjab, Pakistan. Its largest settlement is the town of Naushera. The valley extends from the village of Padhrar to Sakesar, the highest peak in the Salt Range. The valley is 35 miles long and has an average width of 9 miles. It covers a 300-square-mile area.

Soon Sakesar is one of the famous valleys of Pakistan situated in the central Punjab province. The Valley is situated in the north-west of Khushab. Naushera is the main town of the Valley. The Valley starts from Padhrar village and ends to Sakesar that is the highest. Sakesar Mountain, located at a height of 5,010 feet (1,530 m) above sea level, Sakesar, the highest mountain in the Salt Range looms over Uchali lake. Sakesar is a mountain peak which lies on the outer fringes of the Soon Valley in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It has a height of 4,992 feet or 1600 meters and used to be the summer headquarters for the deputy commissioners of three districts – Campbellpur (now Attock), Mianwali and Sargodha. In view of Sakesar’s ideal location and height, the PAF selected it in the late-50s as the site for a high powered radar which would provide air defence cover for the northeastern part of the western wing. The hilltop of Sakesar is located in the Salt Range – starting from Sohawa (in Jhelum District) in the east and spreading westward.

Trip Itinerary

1 Day

02:00 am Departure from Lahore
Shortly stay at Bhera (20 mints break)
05:00 am Arrival at Kallar Kahar and continue for Soon Valley
Breakfast in Noshera Village of Soon Skaisar Valley
Visit to Uchali Lake
Visit to Dep Sharif Ponds
Drive back to Noshera and continue drive to Kanhati Garden
Visit and explore Kanhari Forest and Kanhari Water Ponds
Drive back and stop on beautiful Khabeki Lake for photography
Dinner in Kallar Kahar or Khabeki Lake
11:00 pm Arrival back in Lahore