Gabina Jabba
The region has some medicinal plants, attracting researchers who undertake researches in this region. Honey Bees are found here, contributing to the Swat honey, famous throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Moreover, Gabin Jabba serves as a gateway to the Daral Lake, situated at an elevation of over 500 meters beyond Gabin Jabba's altitude.
"It is sometimes referred to as Jargo Waterfall's duplicate due to their similarities."
Birds
The entire track from the base to the top is flooded with songs of several species of birds. The most common ones with melodious vocalizations are the Western Crowned Warblers. Other than that, Variegated Laughingthrush, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Large-billed crow, Long-tailed Minivet, Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler, Common Myna and Jungle Myna are found in the forested parts of the valley.
The cold stony river supports Plumbeous Redstarts and Little Forktails quite in good number.
Lalko village
The region of Gabina Jabba is closely linked with the village of Lalko, which is situated to the north of the region and serves as a gateway to Gabin Jabba. It is the first settlement met on the way to Gabin Jabba, from where it can be accessed through a four-wheel drive vehicle. It also hosts a base camp of a trail that leads to an alpine glacial lakes of Daral and Saidgai.
Lalko Valley is located on the northern upper reaches of the Matta Tehsil of Swat Valley, placed at a distance of 55 km away from the headquarter Saidu Sharif, which is a green, forested zone, covered with alpine pastures and receives heavy snowfall in winter season. Sulatanr is located to the western side of the region at lengthy trek.
See also
References
35°10′N 72°22′E / 35.167°N 72.367°E
- ^ "Gabin Jabba". www.wadiswat.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Gabin Jabba". paktourismportal.com.
- ^ "Swat Honey". Swat-Honey.com.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: LALKU Sakhra Swat Pakistan Upper Swat Gabina and Jaba Expedition 2011 Part 3 of 3 HD Quality. YouTube.