GulMarg-Valley of flowers

After having a wonderful time at Sonmarg, it is time to heading for a bit green part of Kashnir- GulMarg or Valley of Flowers.

This valley is approx. 50 kms North-West to Srinagar. It is again a valley like Sonmarg but the difference over here is that This valley is greener than Sonmarg & due to that it was very much popular with Bollywood directors…. 1 example of that is the famous song of Rajesh Khanna-"Jay Jay Shiv Shankar". They have still kept that temple.

U might find this valley a bit sad… bcoz main fun is not in the valley, it is at a height. There you can have adventure sports like Skiing. The best thing about this place is that they give you instructions for skiing.

So to reach there, u have to take a Gondola, i.e. ropeway or cable car. The way from valley to Kangdoori, a part of Mt. Apherwat also has picturesque scenery, just like Sonmarg. It is world's highest & Asia's longest cable car. You have to take this cable car to reach the 1^st phase of Gulmarg, Kangdoori. When we visited Gulmarg, this was the only phase which has start working. Here u can enjoy Skiing.

We came to know from our "Guide" that on the other side of Mt. Apherwat is POK, which is known as "Aazad Kashmir" in the population over there.

 

One more tip for Gulmarg is,

Gulmarg has a high "Lookha" crowd.