The
Land of Adventure and Nature
From the mighty stretches of the Karakorams in the North to
the vast alluvial delta of the Indus River in the South, Pakistan
remains a land of high adventure and nature. Trekking, mountaineering,
white water rafting, wild boar hunting, mountain and desert
jeep safaris, camel and yak safaris, trout fishing and bird
watching, are a few activities, which entice the adventure
and nature lovers to Pakistan.
Pakistan is endowed with a rich and varied
flora and fauna. High Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindukush
ranges with their alpine meadows and permanent snow line,
coniferous forests down the sub-mountain scrub, the vast Indus
plain merging into the great desert, the coast line and wetlands,
all offer a remarkably rich variety of vegetation and associated
wildlife including avifauna, both endemic and migratory. Ten
of 18 mammalian orders are represented in Pakistan with species
ranging from the world's smallest surviving mammals, the Mediterranean
Pigmy Shrew, to the largest mammal ever known; the blue whale.
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