KhushAmdeed! Welcome to the capital of Pakistan. Upon arrival, once you clear customs and collect your luggage, you will be met by Facing North representatives and will be transferred to your hotel. The drive to your hotel will be approximately 30 minutes. Time to settle in and relax after your international flight. After a brief check-in, guests will go on a guided tour to Mankiala Stupa, a stupa constructed as a memorial to the Jataka stories about Buddha that is about a 45 minute drive from the hotel.

Premium Hotel: Roomy Signature

Activities: Arrival Dinner

Breakfast will be served at the hotel. The visitors will head to the Taxila Museum, which is a 56 minute drive from the hotel. The museum is home to an extensive collection of artifacts that were gathered from the ancient Taxila ruins. In 300 BCE, Taxila was the provincial capital of the Mauryan empire, and literature from Sanskrit, Pali, Greek, Roman, and Chinese sources all make reference to it. The next destination is the Julian Monastery, a dilapidated Buddhist monastery about 17 minutes from the museum in Haripur District. Following their exploration of the monastery's Buddhist impact, the visitors will go to Sirkap, Taxila's second city.

Premium Hotel: Roomy Signature

Activities: Visit Taxila, UNESCO sites & Islamabad city tour

The visitors will head to the Hund Museum after breakfast. This museum, which lies close to the Indus River, houses jewelry, coinage, and everyday objects from the Indo-Greek era. Alexander's crossing of the Indus River enroute to his conquest of India is marked by the museum. Our next trip is the Ranigat Buddhist Ruins, an archaeological site that served as a long-term cradle for Buddhist arts and culture. It takes us about an hour to get there by car. Poems, songs, folktales, and legends from the area frequently feature the location. Our tour guides are knowledgeable on the fascinating history of these locations, and their tales will pique your interest and leave you wanting more.

Premium Hotel: Crossroads

Deluxe Hotel: Serena Hotel

Activities: Explore the historical chapters of Buddhis, Visit Ranigat ruins and Buddhist sites

You will visit the Peshawar Museum after breakfast and then head to Swat. The visitors will have a stop at Takht-i- Bahi, an Indo-Parthian archaeological site with relics of an old Buddhist monastery, on the route to Swat. Explore the early years of one of the world's most popular faiths and learn about its beginnings via eye-catching visuals. Our next destination at Chakdara Bridge is about an hour and forty minutes away by car. Our tourists get the full Gandharan experience from this bridge, which is close to several Hindu Shahi and Buddhist monuments. Transfer to your hotel. Dinner will be served in all the traditional ways of the Swat region. Overnight stay.

Premium Hotel: Serena Hotel

Deluxe Hotel: Hotel White Palace

Activities: Dive into the most dominant religions in the world & trace back to the origins

Following breakfast, the visitors will go to the Butkara Stupa and the Swat Museum. The stupa was granted monument status due to its Hellenistic architectural accents, which are typical of Greco-Buddhist architecture. It is believed that the stupa was erected by the Mauryan King Ashoka. We will go to see Saidu Sharif after Butkara, a twenty-seven minute drive away. Witness the opulence of the White Palace Tourist Resort, a magnificent marvel constructed in 1940 for the previous Swat monarch out of white marble. We then proceed to Miandam Hill for a peaceful nature escape, swimming, and exciting canyoning.

Premium Hotel: Serena Hotel

Deluxe Hotel: Hotel White Palace

Activities: Witness the grandeur of white palace and UNESCO sites & Stupas

After breakfast, depart early in the morning for Kalam valley. Our journey will be approx. 3 hours travelling along the Swat River. The main attraction in the Upper Swat is Kalam. Enroute we will make short stopovers at Bahrain and Madyan for trout farms, lunch will be at a trout farm. We will continue our journey to Kalam. Transfer to hotel, free time for leisure, where dinner will be served. Overnight stay.

Premium Hotel: Greens

Deluxe Hotel: Walnut Heights

Activities: Madyan Trout farm, Photo stops

Early morning breakfast will be served. Today we will explore the beauty of Kalam in a jeep safari. We will start our journey with Ushu forest, sightseeing and photo stops, and an excursion to Mohdand lake. In between, we will stop at Mitaltian waterfall, arrive at Mahodand lake, go boating and do some water sports. We will spend our afternoon on this beautiful lake. Excursion to Saifullah lake for a photo session. Return to Kalam. BBQ will be served for dinner with a bonfire. Overnight stay.

Premium Hotel: Greens

Deluxe Hotel: Walnut Heights

Activities: Ushu forest walk, Mitaltian waterfall, boating in Mahodand lake and Saifullah lake.

Early morning breakfast will be served, after which we will depart for Islamabad. We will travel 235 km back to the capital city through the motorway. Lunch will be served on the way. Upon arrival and after check into the hotel, rest and leisure or perhaps head out for a farewell dinner. Overnight stay.

Premium Hotel: Greens

Deluxe Hotel: Walnut Heights

Activities: Short stopovers, Long road Journey, Farewell Dinner

Breakfast will be served at the hotel. Free time for leisure and shopping in local handicraft shops, malls and marketplaces before you are transferred to the airport for your returning flight home.

Activities: Departure to your country