Skardu (Beautiful & Gorgeous City)

Skardu is a gorgeous city situated in the region Baltistan and the capital of Skardu District, one of the districts making up Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan.
It is located in the 41 km long by 10.2 km wide Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus river and the Shigar River. Skardu is situated at an altitude of nearly 2,500 m (8,200 ft). This beautiful heavenly city is surrounded by grey-brown colored mountains. Khanspur and Ghora Dhaka, these four mini resorts spread over an area of 26 km have been developed into a resort complex called Ayubia. In addition to riding trails, hiking places and picnic spots, Ayubia has a chair lift, which like a ski-lift, takes you up to the summit of the nearby range for a panoramic view of the forested hills. Ayubia is 26 km from Murree. 

Nature has given Gilgit Baltistan with perfect beauty, high peaks, snowy mountains, fresh water lakes, lush green fairy meadows, at the same time this area is also blessed with unlimited and heavy deposits of precious and semi-precious stones, precious & semi-precious metals, and industrial stones like Ruby, Gold, Topaz, Aquamarine, Tourmaline, Epidote, Paragasite, Zircon, Actinolite, Lead, Moonstone, Himalayan Quartz, Emerald, Marble, Granite, Feldspar, Mica, Calcite, Feldspar, Antimony, Graphite, Alum, Coal, Copper, Barite, China Clay etc.