HEAVEN ON EARTH SHANGRILA RESORT SKARDU

Are you looking for a sweet escape to relax your mind and soul? Maybe planning a family vacation or a romantic honeymoon? Well, there’s only one place to hit- Shangrila Resort Skardu. This beautiful resort is also known as ‘Heaven on Earth’.
Shangrila was established in 1983 with the opening of the first Resort Hotel in Skardu, Baltistan. It was named"HEAVEN ON EARTH" because of its spectacular beauty, and breathtaking view and peaceful atmosphere. Shangrila Resort Hotel was founded by the late Brig. (Retd) Muhammad Aslam Khan, the first commander of the Northern Scouts who liberated the Northern areas in 1948. Shangrila was named after a book titled "LOST HORIZON" by James Hilton. In the book, the author narrates a fictitious tale in which an airplane crash-landed near a riverbed, in the early 1920's. The surviving passengers came across some Buddhist monks from a nearby temple and sought their help.

They were taken to a beautiful lamasery filled with a variety of fruits and flowers. The monks looked quite young, although they claimed to be hundreds of years old. The idyllic place was called Shangrila, a Chinese word meaning " HEAVEN ON EARTH".
This region is one of the finest Tourist Attractions in the world, such as K-2(8,611 metres), is the 2nd highest Peak on the face of the Earth; Deosai Plains the longest, widest and highest plateau in the World, the fast flowing River Indus which starts from Ladakh Valley and makes its way through the Karakoram and Himalayan Mountain Ranges, along with picturesque valleys, glaciers, enriched with wildlife forests and historical monuments, dating back thousands of years.

Another great aspect of this resort is the Shangrila or Lower Kachura Lake. This lake is encircled by the Shangrila Resort, along which fruit laden orchards and flower filled gardens present a delightful view. It also has a unique restaurant which is built on the fuselage of an aircraft which had crashed nearby. The Shangrila Resort has 60 large rooms which are exclusively planned for providing comfortable facilities. All the cottages of the Shangrila Resort have private balconies which open to the Kachura Lake. Among these 60 rooms, they have 40 Lakeside Cottages, 6 Swiss Cottages, 4 V.I.P Suites and 2 Presidential Suites. One more remarkable feature of this resort is the complimentary pick and drop for tourists from the Skardu Airport, which is included in all their accommodation packages.

Spending vacations at Shangri-la Resort is a lifetime experience which everyone would want to relive again and again. Located at a height of 2,500 meters, it is popularly known as “The Roof of the World”. Because of its marvelous beauty, the first impression of Shangri-la is a Fairyland.

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  1. UnknownMay 23, 2018 at 1:40 PM

    well effort and such the amazing job to explore beautiful Gilgit Baltistan .. it not only informative but aslo the very good thought to populate GB in world wide

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  2. AnonymousMay 25, 2018 at 2:54 PM

    Well done bro well effort keep it up

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  3. QamarMay 25, 2018 at 3:04 PM

    Outstanding 👌👌👌👌

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  4. ZamanMay 25, 2018 at 3:09 PM

    Much informative great job.. hope to visit this place soon .. 😀😀😍😍

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  5. Shoukat AliMay 26, 2018 at 9:38 AM

    Mashallah

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