Gulmarg

Gulmarg

Gulmarg is also one of the most popular hill stations in Kashmir and quite famous or popular for Skiing around. The lateral meaning of Gulmarg is ‘Meadows of flowers’. The hill station is situated in the Pir Panjal Range in the Western Himalayas and lies within the boundaries of Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary. This hill station is looks like a cup-shaped valley within the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, located 56 km away from Srinagar.

The travelers will notice the presence of glacial deposits, lacustrine deposits, Moraines within the soil found in Gulmarg. Even the natural meadows being covered via snow would allow the wild flowers to grow, spreading a beautiful all around. The travelers’ fond of adventures will experience the winter sports at the slopes of the Apharwat peak. Through this peak, the tourists may get a scenic view of Nanga Parbat and Harmukh mountains. The area of Gulmarg is covered with excellent views of the glorious scenic views of the Himalayas and the beauty of nature.

How to reach

The best way to reach the Gulmarg is get the linked bus or book the car from Srinagar Airport, Railway station or drive directly ahead to the Gulmarg via bullets or other such Himalayan bikes. The major full be enjoyed over the bikes as the way to the Gulmarg is also covered via beautiful vegetations or meadows al around defining the heaven onto the earth.

Things to do

The travelers or tourist do variety of things to pass their time and in what they could easily enjoy their vacation to the fullest. So the things are as follows:

  • Seek the blessings within the Lord Shiva temple
  • Enjoy the Gulmarg Nation bird Sanctuary to vvatch out the variety of flora and fauna.
  • Adventure at Alpather Lake
  • Explore the entire temples all around for
  • Shopping within the local market
  • Paragliding at cigarette.
  • Go for trekking to the near-by trek point and in between close the Glacier to avoid the natural calamities.

Best time to visit

If the travelers are packing their bags to travel Gulmarg then, the best time for making the visit is from March to November as the temperature is fluent for these months. The beauty of place gets enhanced once the monsoon hits the place, as during monsoon greenery and meadows gets bloomed.

Honeymoon Special

The couple planning their trip to Gulmarg may buy the JKDTC huts for rent and enjoy their quality time. Even they may book out the hotels for staying or even the camps on the top of the trekking paths will provide a scenic view or the breathtaking view to the couples suiting their love in the air condition.

Places to visit

The travelers having craze towards exploring the places around would have a basis idea about the places to reach out in the particular place they visited. Thus, in order to guide the path for enhancing the pleasure moments or to glorify their journey to the fullest. The places and their specialty have been detailed below:

Top tourist places in Gulmarg

Gulmarg Gondola

This place is known for its name as well as for its feel as this the world’s highest operating cable car located approx 13,000 offering the view that are just out of the world. If the travelers want to view the Gulmarg view that the cable car provides could easily be viewed in the French movie, Pomagalski . There are two separate stages of the cable line, one is between Gulmarg (2600 meters) and Kongdoori at 3080 meters and the other one ends up at Apharwat Peak (4200 meters).

Gulmarg Biosphere Reserve

Out of the entire places to be listed in the list of exploration, Gulmarg Biosphere Reserve is the best place to visit. Here, the travelers will witness the rich and variety of flora and fauna. The main aim of this place is to explore the Himalayan wilderness. The tourists may found the variety of birds all around, also a number of wild animals including Hangul, Leopard, Brown bear and Red fox.

Alpather Lake

This Alpathhere Lake is one of the most attractive places, among the entire list of lakes, Alpather Lake is quite ideal desination for painting and photography enthusiasts. Using the easy transport of pony the users could easily explore out the places nearby.

Ningle Nallah And Ferozpur Nallah

These are the two scenic mountain streams where the running water cold in untouched hits the hard rock is the scene of extreme love couples. Fishing is quite popular among the people residing near Ferozpur Nallah. The best one is to sit around and watch the downstream or enjoy the bath within cold iced water.

Shiva Temple

One of the oldest temple of Shiva is situated at Gulmarg, this temple has been regarded as the royal temple since Dogra Dynasty, the monarchy that ruled the Indian Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir. Apart from the places detailed above include the Shrine of Baba Reshi, Saint Mary’s Church.