Punial Valley 3.76

The valley of Punial (Urdu: ڀو نيا ل) is one of the most fascinating and absorbing sites situated in Ghizer District, where hundreds of thousand of tourists visit annually. Punial is a mountainous valley near Gilgit in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The Punial valley is situated at an elevation of about 5000– 9000 feet. It is one of the vast and serene place to visit round the year due to its pleasant weather and hospitable populace. The territory of Punial is about 35,900 km². One of scenic and bucolic sites there such as followings:

Gahkuch is the main town which is also the district headquarters and is a popular tourist attraction in the region because of the spectacular surrounding scenery and the restaurants and five star hotels are so designed to give you a bucolic and rugged life style. 'Green Palace' is one such restaurant well known to tourists from abroad. Gahkuch bala and its surrounding area is only the vast and wide space of district ghizer where one can easily view many villages.

Sher Qila is the main village of the picturesque Punial valley. The distance is 40 km and time required to reach there is about 45min to 1 hour.