Do you love greenery, lovely wooded areas, beautiful and lush valleys, with a towering mountain backdrop. If yes, then have you ever seen a place the provides both a pastoral settting from what appears to be ages ago with an epic mountain range pointing high into the sky ? Have you ever seen heaven on earth? Have you ever seen such a peaceful and relaxing place that you can instantly  fall in love with the landscape at first sight?  Well, perhaps you need to learn a bit more about a very unique place on the other side of the world called Fairy Meadows.  It remains unspoiled and  is waiting for you, so consider it one of your bucket list places to visit before it is all said and done.  Fairy Meadows was named by an Austrian Climber Hermann Buhl in 1953.  Fairy Meadows is also called Pari Mahal (Fairy Palaces).

Fairy Meadows, the heart of Northern Areas of Pakistan, is a green plateau from where you can see a breathtaking view of an amazing mountain…a killer of a mountain called Nanga Parbat. This heaven is located at the base of Nanga Parbat that is the most dangerous mountains in the world of mountain climbing. Indeed it is ironic that a mountain so dangerous can overlook a plateau so strikingly beautiful.

Fairy Meadows is about 3300 m high from the sea level and its located at the western edge of Himalayan Range. It can be reached after an 18 hour adventurous and breathtaking journey by car/jeep.  You will not grow weary of the amazing and majestic views of the Karakorum Highway.  If you love hiking and trekking on the lower slopes, Fairy Meadows and its surroundings are the ideal place for you.

Image credit: Aamir Choudhry