A journey to paradise on 

the Earth- Swat Valley 
 
All of us are well aware of the fact that there are Seven Wonders of the World but 
none of us is aware of the wonders of our beloved country Pakistan. The foreign visitors 
have also stated that Pakistan is one of the most beautiful lands on the Earth. No doubt! 
We acknowledge this statement and thus, we consider the northern areas of Pakistan 
as the wonders of our country. However, it will be an injustice to talk about one of those 
wonders, but this wonder has made me courageous to talk about it in this writing. 
It was a time when I and my University mates were having summer vacations. All of us 
were passing these days with extreme boredom. Observation this thing, we decided to 
plan a tour to Swat Valley. All we started making preparations for it.  
On the 28th of June, year 2019, we sat out for the Swat Valley. The weather was too hot 
in Islamabad but we were glad that our destination was a cool place with the most 
pleasant weather. The climate of Swat is mostly inclined towards cold so the months of 
June to August are the best to go there if you neither want to get stranded inside 
blankets nor to feel the warm humidity in the atmosphere. 
The distance of Swat valley from the capital city Islamabad is about 247 Kilometers and 
it almost takes 5 hours to travel.Going by air will be time saving if you want to go 
directly. The flight lands on the Saidu Sharif Airport. We went by road so that we could 
visit other spots as well on the way.  
It was almost 7 O, clock when we reached our destination Asharray, a village near 
Bahrain. We took our breakfast at our friend's place and after that we moved towards 
Swat River which was about 5 minutes away from our friend's house. We thought that 
we would have a bath in the freshwater of Swat River but when we dipped our feet in the 
water, it was so cold as if it's snow melted here. Then our local friend told us that it 
comes from the snowy mountains of Kalam, that's why it is so cold. After spending 
some time here, we came back home and had a little rest.  
Next day, we traveled to Malam Jabba. Malam Jabba is known as the only home to Ski 
Resort in Pakistan. When there is a heavy snowfall in this area, tourists rush towards 

 
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this spot to enjoy the skiing over the snow deposits. Down the skiing spot, there was a 
luxurious hotel named as PTDC. The stylish outer view of this hotel enhanced the charm 
of this zone. 
In the evening we visited Madian, which is a small summer resort. Next to this city was 
Madyan which was a simple resort not as much beautiful as Madian but had a wide 
variety of antique jewelry, beautiful shawls, carved wood and a lot more stuff. 
The trip we planned for, was of 3 days which passed so quickly because there was not a 
single day we felt bored on. We really didn’t want to come back from there but we 
promised ourselves to plan again for a long trip next time to visit even more places. 
For me, Swat valley is a gift to the Pakistan territory and without any doubt it can be 
named as Switzerland of Asia.