DEOSAI PLAINS, pakistan part 2
DEOSAI PLAINS
Bara Pani
Bara Pani whereyou may spend hours in a hope to watch a Bear or you may enjoy fishing in the cold waters of BarwaiStream.
As the name of this place indicates, this is the larger water stream flowing from the top of icy mountains of Deosai and running towards lower sides of the plain. Bara Pani is located between Deosai Top ( Ali Malik ) and Kala Pani. This is the best area for camping during night stay. Here the environment is relatively warmer than other areas of Deosai. Tourist usually stays a night here before departing to Sheosar Lake.
Kala Pani
While You left Bara Pani early morning for Sheosar Lake, your journey becomes more exciting by the greetings of Golden Mushi Mormuts. On the way just before reaching Seosar Lake, a relatively small stream of water flows. This water stream is called Kala ( Black ) water because it looks nearly black from some distance. But as you reach near, the water is crystal clear and freezing.
Sheosar Lake
Sheosar Lake is one of the most beautiful and fresh water lakes in Gilgit Baltistan. Sheosar Lake is one of them . It is lake with total lenght of about 2.8 KM, width of 1.8 KM and is deep about 40 meters. It is one of the highest lake of the World. You can also have Nangaparbat(9th highest mountain) View Point.The water drops from melted snow at Deosai is cupped into a beautiful lake. The lake has no out and in stream for water. The crystal blue water forming an image of the surrounding lush green landscape with snow-covered mountains in the backdrop, and greenery with wild flowers in foreground offer such a view in summers, that one is left amused for the rest of his life.
Deosai Top, Ali Malik Mar Pass.
Deosai Top is also known as Ali Malik Pass. There are other routes to Deosai, but the shortest route is through Ali Malik Mar pass. It is about 30km away from Skardu city. You will reach first at Deosai Top if you start your journey from Skardu. Here you can stay for a tea break. This place is relatively hilly.
Shatoung Nala, Deosai Gilgit Baltistan.
Shatoung Nala is a locality surrounded by snow covered mountains and fresh water stream all the way. This water stream is the primary source of water of the Sadpara Lake in Skardu. When you reach this beautiful valley, the deafening silence of Deosai plains will be replaced by relaxing sounds of water flowing over rocks.
Meadows
The undulating meadows here have no trees or shrubs and the area is snow covered for most parts of the year.
Rama meadow
Horses in beautiful meadows of Deosai
Mountains
The area is surrounded by snowy mountains exceeding 5,000 meters in height and suspended glaciers.
Fauna & flora
It is a beautiful summer pasture with greenery and countless species of Fauna & flora.
A careful observation has shown that an amazing number of alpine plants are living under the extremely severe conditions of this area. This is a meeting place for three types of plants of Japanese and Chinese origin, Central Asian origin and Mediterranean origin. Variegated plant species also grow in harmony
In June one can see full blooms of purple meadow cranesbill (geranium pratense), which cover all the slopes, mauve flowers of eritrichium sp: the densely tufted knotweed (bistorta affinis) in a sheet of dark red flowers, a line of yellow flowers of pedicularis and many more in thick clumps.
In June one can see full blooms of purple meadow cranesbill (geranium pratense), which cover all the slopes, mauve flowers of eritrichium sp: the densely tufted knotweed (bistorta affinis) in a sheet of dark red flowers, a line of yellow flowers of pedicularis and many more in thick clumps.
The most enchanting feature of the Deosai Plateau is its huge field of alpine flowers, the scale of which is largest in the Karakoram and the Western Himalayas. You can look out on an endless scene of alpine flowers as far as the eye can see – the gently rolling hills are carpeted in large part by the purple flowers of adenocaryum anchusoides, or the reddish-purple flowers of the long tube louse-word (pedicularis siphonantha).
The mauve flowers of Aster carpet a wide area, and two kinds of primroses with pink and red blooms can be found growing in large clumps.
Flannel mulmein (verbascum thapsus) and pedicularis bicornuta, both yellow in colour, stand tall on the plateau.Natives will often present you with a goodwill bundle of Horros flowers, which produce so much aroma that will intoxicate anyone. It is an unforgettable experience to be in this colour bonanza in the full bloom.
Its cup-shaped flowers of bluish white with yellow centre bloom all together. The neat and clean pure white saxifrage sibirica also blooms at this time of year, while the pretty white-fringed flowers of the alpine campion (silence moorcroftiana) bloom secretly in the shadow of rocks.
The Pseudosedium condensatum, a rare alpine plant, displays pink flowers like a royal crown in a shrub of ephedra. Large groups of pseudomertensis motikoides exhibit bright blue flowers, while other alpine flowers noted in the pasture at Dalsangpa include the large golden-yellow flowers of inula grandiflora, reminding some of sunflowers, the dark purple flowers of lindelofia stylosa, pretty yellow poppies, and the red flowers of the Himalayan stonecrop.
Rock anemone, paraquilegia microphylla
The rock anemone, paraquilegia microphylla, grows in rocky crevices skilfully utilizing exuded water and taking advantage of the protection from strong winds and cold.
seasons in Deosai
Spring comes to Deosai late when millions of wild flowers begin to bloom all over the lush green grassland. This is a time when Deosai looks like a fairies land with a landscape full of wild flowers on green rolling hills and crystal clear water streams with snow covered peaks in the background. That is the seasons when most travellers go to the area.
Its brief summer brings out intense July August mosquito swarms, which are relieved by strong daytime winds. There are many places suitable for summer camping: on the bed of edelweiss or at the riverside or lakeside. Chakor Pass (4,266 meters), located at the south end of the plateau, is the most impressive part of the Deosai trip. The deep blue Shaucer Lake, nestled in the pass, offers picture-book scenery. The view looking northward is of the endless series of peaks of the Karakorum Range.
Early September frosts restore peace to the plateau making trekking pleasurable.
For adventure-loving tourists, there are few paradises in the world that can compare to northern Pakistan for unspoiled natural beauty: a combination of soaring mountains, shimmering glaciers, crystal clear water streams and flower bedecked alpine pastures. In addition, the gentle, warm and hospitable character of the villagers makes your trip to this part of the world a fantastic and unforgettable memory of a lifetime.
REFERENCE
salampakistanio.blogspot.com/2015/12/must-visit-deosai-national-park-pakistan.html
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