Day: April 26, 2025

The first light that reaches Dachigam National Park in spring feels almost liquid, as though gold had melted from the Zabarwan peaks and slipped into the valley, turning every dewdrop into a prism. Stand on the Sarband reservoir wall at that moment and watch mist peel off the water while buntings scribble zig-zags in the…

Twenty-two kilometres east of the old wooden bridges of Srinagar, asphalt yields to Himalayan forest and the air suddenly smells of pine resin; this quick transition is part of the magic that makes search engines point every “wildlife safari in Kashmir” query straight toward Dachigam National Park tours. The journey from Dal Lake takes scarcely…