- Best time
- May–Oct
- How long
- 2–3 days
- Stay a night
- ₹1,200–4,500
- Food a day
- ₹300–1,000
- Nearest railhead
- 130 km away
- Nearest airport
- 125 km away
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Plan this tripAbout Gurez Valley
A remote valley on the Line of Control, cut off by snow half the year — log-house villages of the Dard-Shina people, the Kishanganga river and the pyramid of Habba Khatoon peak, reached over Razdan Pass.
Things to do in Gurez Valley
Habba Khatoon Peak & Spring
The pyramid-shaped peak named after the poet-queen, with a spring at its foot.
Kishanganga Riverside
Walk the river past log-house villages.
Razdan Pass
The 3,300 m pass into Gurez, with views back over the Wular basin.
Tulail Valley
Further up the Kishanganga — Badwan and the meadows beyond.
Wular Lake
One of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, on the way in at Bandipora.
Where to stay in Gurez Valley
Dawar
The main village — guesthouses and the JKTDC tourist huts.
Riverside camps
Tents on the Kishanganga below Habba Khatoon peak.
What to eat
Homestay meals
Rice, rajma, haak saag and fresh trout.
Kahwa & girda
Saffron tea with Kashmiri bread.
Good to know
- Register at the army checkpost on the way in and carry ID; the valley sits right on the LoC.
- Prepaid SIMs from outside J&K do not work — BSNL postpaid works in Dawar.
- Razdan Pass usually opens in May and closes with the first snow in November.
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