Kashmir beyond Gulmarg and Pahalgam
The valley has more meadows, springs and side-valleys than the standard route can hold. These are the ones we get asked about — each with the road distance from Srinagar, the months it is open, and how it fits into a trip. None of them is on the 4 nights / 5 days route; all of them can be added.
Doodhpathri
A bowl of meadow and cold, milky streams, under two hours from Srinagar.
Yusmarg
Pine meadows on the Doodganga, with a walk to the blue lake at Nilnag.
Aharbal
The "Niagara of Kashmir" — the Veshaw river dropping through a granite gorge.
Lolab Valley
The fruit bowl of Kashmir — orchards, deodar forest and the caves of Kalaroos.
Bangus Valley
A vast high meadow at 3,000 m that most visitors to Kashmir never see.
Tosamaidan
The largest pasture in Budgam, fenced by deodars, on an old route to Poonch.
Naranag
Eighth-century temple ruins in a meadow, at the foot of Mount Haramukh.
Kokernag
The largest freshwater spring in Kashmir, a botanical garden and a trout farm.
Verinag
The source of the Jhelum, held in an octagonal stone basin built by Jahangir.
Daksum
Pine forest and a mountain stream on the road up to Sinthan Top.
Gurez Valley
A Dard valley on the Kishanganga, cut off by snow for half the year.
Want one of these in your trip? See the packages, then tell us which place and which dates — we add the day and price it for you.