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This jeep safari is an excellent combination
of culture and adventure enabling you to
explore some of the most interesting areas
of Punjab upto the Cholistan desert.
Start your journey from Islamabad through
the geologically fascinating landscape of
the Salt Range with its fabulously shaped
colored-rocks and bright yellow mustard
fields. This range has the Largest Salt Mine
in the world at Khewra where mining has been
done since 600 A.D. Explore the ancient
Hindu Temples of Ketas and Malot (8th 10th
cent A.D) and continue your drive to Lahore
through lovely landscape of the Potohar
plateau.
Lahore, the cultural capital of Pakistan,
visit the 17th century Mughal architecture Badshahi
Mosque, the Lahore fort built in the 16th
and 17th century, Emperor Jehangir and Noor
Jahans tomb, Shalimar Gardens built by Shah
Jahan of the Taj Mahal fame, Wazir Khan
Mosque with its superb frescoes and inlay
pottery decorations. Explore the Old Walled
City which once used to have 12 gates and a
9 meter high defensive wall. Later continue
to Bahawalpur en-route visiting Harappa, the
famous excavated city of the 5000 years old
Indus Civilization and its museum.
Visit Bazaars and Museum of Bahawalpur
before entering the sands of Cholistan
desert where you will spend 03 nights
camping under the stars among sand dunes.
Visit nomadic settlements and small desert
villages to get to know the simple but
interesting life style of Cholistani people,
visit the inspiring Derawar Fort and enjoy a
Camel Ride before driving out of the desert
for Uch Sharif.
In
Uch contains visit some of the most
attractive tombs with blue glazed tile work
reflecting a distinct influence of Central
Asian architecture. It was the center of
Islamic learning and many famous scholars
and saints lie buried in this small town
during the 13th century,. Visit the awesome
tomb of Bibi Jawindi with its beautiful
glazed tile decorations, the tomb of
Jalal-uddin Surkh and explore the colorful
covered bazaars before leaving for an
ancient city of Multan. |