This place will make you a nomad | Chukail Meadows, Pakistan

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The drive to Mankial is smooth and takes no more than half an hour. The real off-road experience begins soon after leaving the town of Mankyal, as the approximately eight-kilometer track, mostly narrow and dangerously winding over wooden bridges, green fields and beside the Swat Mankyal River, through the villages of Serai and Badai, takes more than an hour and a half before arriving to Kamar Khwa.

After leaving the village on foot, it takes about two and a half hours of slightly steep ascent, first along a rocky torrential flood path, then through dense forest to the summit.

The Chukail meadows offer wonderful scenery and peace. One can spend a whole day without wanting to move on. Spending the night in Chukail is not a problem as visitors carry portable tents with them. However, it gets really cool at night, even as the rest of the country is engulfed in extreme summer heat. Local houses can be used with the permission of locals .
Chukail meadows have a variety of wild flowers that bloom from May to July. The plains are covered with at least 11 types of wildflowers in various sizes and shades from bright yellow to blue, pink, purple, red and white. The plains also have a number of streams that are fed with fresh and cold water by nearby melting glaciers.