The fruit bowl of Kashmir
Lolab is a 26-km oval of orchards and rice terraces in Kupwara, ringed by deodar forest so dense the light turns green. Apple, cherry and walnut groves crowd its villages, the Kalaroos caves hide legends of a tunnel to Russia, and life moves at the pace of irrigation water in the poplar-lined lanes.
Plan my Lolab Valley tripWalk apple, cherry and walnut groves between timber-built hamlets.
Folklore-laden caverns above Lalpora village — bring a torch.
Emerald paddies in summer, gold by late September.
Some of the densest old-growth cedar stands in the Himalaya.
April–October; autumn harvest season is especially photogenic.
Srinagar → Gulmarg → Pahalgam (day trips)
Srinagar → Sonamarg → Gulmarg → Pahalgam (day trips)
Srinagar → Sonamarg → Gulmarg → Pahalgam → Srinagar