MUZAFFARABAD TRAVEL GUIDE
Muzaffarabad, the Capital and Gateway of Azad Kashmir
Muzaffarabad, the Capital and Gateway of Azad Kashmir
Muzaffarabad is the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir — a city where natural beauty meets history. It sits where the Neelum and Jhelum rivers meet, surrounded by green mountains, with the Red Fort in the city and the hilltop views of Pir Chinasi above it.
It is also the gateway to the rest of Azad Kashmir. Almost every trip to Neelum Valley, Jhelum Valley or Leepa Valley passes through Muzaffarabad, so it makes a good base for a few days of sightseeing and day trips.
Getting There
Muzaffarabad is about 140 km from Islamabad — 3 to 4 hours by road through Murree, entering Azad Kashmir at Kohala — and 73 km from Abbottabad. On the way, Kohala and the roadside waterfalls make good photo stops.
Things to Do in Muzaffarabad
- See the meeting of the Neelum and Jhelum rivers
- Visit the Red Fort, the city’s best-known landmark
- Drive up to Pir Chinasi for the mountain views, and come back after sunset to see the city lights
- Try paragliding from Pir Chinasi, landing near the city
- Taste Kashmiri food — Noon Chai (pink tea), Yakhni and Kashmiri Pulao
- Take a day trip to Kutton and Keran in Neelum Valley, or along the Jhelum Valley
Where to Stay in Muzaffarabad
Muzaffarabad has good hotels and guest houses for every budget, from luxury hotels such as the Pearl Continental and Neelum View Hotel to budget-friendly options like Sangam Hotel, Royal Continental and Mir Continental. Our tour packages include your hotel stays, chosen to suit your budget.
Travel Tips
- Keep your CNIC with you throughout the trip.
- Most networks work in Muzaffarabad, but in the hills and valleys only SCOM is reliable.
- Avoid mountain roads in heavy rain, when landslides are more likely.
Plan Your Trip
Our head office is on Neelum Road in Muzaffarabad. See our Azad Kashmir tour packages — private trips with transport, hotels and an experienced driver — or rent a car with driver in Muzaffarabad for city travel, Islamabad transfers and day trips. For more on the region, read our Pir Chinasi, Neelum Valley and Azad Kashmir guides.
Places to See in Muzaffarabad
Neelum and Jhelum Confluence
The two rivers meet right in the city — one of Muzaffarabad’s best-known views.
Red Fort
The city’s best-known historic landmark, on the bank of the Neelum River.
Pir Chinasi
About 30 km east and 1 hour by road, at around 2,900 m — a hilltop shrine, mountain views and paragliding.
Neelum Valley
Kutton and Keran make an easy day trip. Sharda, Kel and Arang Kel need at least one night.
Jhelum Valley
Green meadows and the river road towards Chakothi — an easy day trip from the city.
Leepa Valley
Quiet villages of wooden houses and terraced fields, best visited as an overnight trip.
Best Time to Visit Muzaffarabad
Mild days and green hills — a good time for sightseeing in the city and at Pir Chinasi.
Hot in the city, so head up to Pir Chinasi or Neelum Valley for cooler air. Heavy monsoon rain can block mountain roads.
Clear skies and pleasant days once the monsoon ends.
Cool in the city, with snow at Pir Chinasi and in the higher valleys.
Muzaffarabad Tour Packages
3 Days Muzaffarabad Corporate Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Neelum Valley → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
5 Days Naran & Kashmir Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Balakot → Kiwai → Naran → Babusar Top → Saif-ul-Malook → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Upper Neelum → Islamabad
3 Days Budget Neelum Valley Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Kutton → Islamabad
2 Nights 3 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Upper Neelum → Dulai → Islamabad
3 Days Keran And Upper Neelum Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Upper Neelum → Kutton → Islamabad
3 Days Neelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Sharda → Islamabad
3 Days Muzaffarabad And Keran Tour From Islamabad
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Islamabad
4 Days Customized Neelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Kutton → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel
4 Days Murree & Muzaffarabad Family Tour
Islamabad → Murree → Lower Topa → Patriata → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Dulai → Kohala → Islamabad
4 Days Ratti Gali Lake Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Ratti Gali Lake → Keran → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
4 Days Baboon Valley And Kel Tour Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Baboon Valley → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Kutton → Islamabad
4 Days Ratti Gali Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Ratti Gali Lake → Keran → Kutton → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
5 Days Muzaffarabad & Shogran Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Neelum Valley → Mansehra → Balakot → Kiwai → Shogran → Siri Paye → Islamabad
5 Days Murree, Nathia Gali & Kashmir Tour
Islamabad → Murree → Nathia Gali → Ayubia → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Neelum Valley → Kutton → Islamabad
5 Days Neelum Valley Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Kutton → Keran → Upper Neelum → Islamabad
3 Nights 4 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Kutton → Keran → Upper Neelum → Islamabad
5 Days Murree, Nathia Gali & Muzaffarabad Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Nathia Gali → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Neelum Valley → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
4 Days Murree, Bhurban & Muzaffarabad Honeymoon
Islamabad → Murree → Bhurban → Kohala → Dulai → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Islamabad
4 Nights 5 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Dulai → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Kutton → Islamabad
5 Days Neelum Valley Economy Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Upper Neelum → Sharda → Kutton → Islamabad
5 Days Murree, Nathia Gali & Neelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Nathia Gali → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Sharda → Kutton → Kohala → Islamabad
5 Days Neelum Valley Private Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Upper Neelum → Islamabad
6 Days Neelum Valley Economy Tour Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Sharda → Arang Kel → Taobat → Kutton → Islamabad
5 Nights 6 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Taobat → Kutton → Islamabad
5 Days Muzaffarabad Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Neelum Valley → Muzaffarabad → Dhirkot → Islamabad
6 Days Baboon Valley And Arang Kel Tour Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Baboon Valley → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Kutton → Islamabad
7 Days Murree & Kashmir Summer Tour
Islamabad → Murree → Lower Topa → Bhurban → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Athmuqam → Keran → Sharda → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
3 Days Muzaffarabad & Neelum Luxury Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Kutton → Keran → Upper Neelum → Islamabad
3 Days Muzaffarabad & Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
6 Nights 7 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Taobat → Keran → Upper Neelum → Kutton → Islamabad
4 Days Neelum Valley Deluxe Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Upper Neelum → Sharda → Keran → Islamabad
7 Days Muzaffarabad And Chikar Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Chinari → Chikar → Daokhan → Leepa → Pir Chinasi → Dhirkot → Islamabad
7 Days Economy Neelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Kutton → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Taobat → Keran → Islamabad
6 Days Leepa Valley And Chikar Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Dhirkot → Muzaffarabad → Chinari → Daokhan → Leepa → Chikar → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
7 Nights 8 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Dulai → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Kel → Arang Kel → Taobat → Sharda → Upper Neelum → Kutton → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
6 Days Naran & Azad Kashmir Tour Package
Islamabad → Mansehra → Balakot → Kiwai → Naran → Babusar Top → Saif-ul-Malook → Shogran → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Upper Neelum → Kohala → Islamabad
7 Days Arang Kel And Taobat Tour Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Taobat → Keran → Islamabad
7 Days Taobat Neelum Valley Tour Package From Karachi
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Taobat → Keran → Islamabad
7 Days Ratti Gali And Taobat Neelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Ratti Gali Lake → Sharda → Kel → Taobat → Kutton → Islamabad
4 Days Neelum Valley Luxury Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Sharda → Kutton → Islamabad
7 Days Muzaffarabad And Neelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Kutton → Muzaffarabad → Dhirkot → Islamabad
7 Days Summer Holidays Neelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Dhirkot → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Upper Neelum → Sharda → Taobat → Kel → Arang Kel → Kutton → Islamabad
4 Days Baboon Valley & Sharda Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Baboon Valley → Keran → Sharda → Kutton → Islamabad
7 Days Azad Kashmir Tour Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Sharda → Muzaffarabad → Chinari → Daokhan → Leepa → Chikar → Rawalakot → Islamabad
8 Nights 9 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Kel → Arang Kel → Taobat → Sharda → Kutton → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
6 Days Neelum Valley Kashmir Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Baboon Valley → Pir Chinasi → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
9 Nights 10 Days Neelum Valley Family Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Taobat → Keran → Islamabad
7 Days Neelum Valley Private Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Kutton → Keran → Upper Neelum → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
6 Days Neelum Valley Deluxe Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Upper Neelum → Sharda → Kel → Taobat → Kutton → Islamabad
5 Days Luxury Jhelum Valley Tour Package
Islamabad → Murree → Kohala → Dhirkot → Muzaffarabad → Chinari → Daokhan → Chikar → Rawalakot → Islamabad
5 Days Sharda & Arang Kel Luxury Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Arang Kel → Kutton → Islamabad
5 Days Deluxe Murree & Kashmir Honeymoon
Islamabad → Murree → Bhurban → Patriata → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Neelum Valley → Kutton → Islamabad
7 Days Neelum Valley Private Tour Package From Karachi
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Ratti Gali Lake → Sharda → Kel → Taobat → Kutton → Islamabad
10 Days Neelum Valley Private Tour Package From Karachi
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Sharda → Kel → Taobat → Sharda → Upper Neelum → Kutton → Muzaffarabad → Islamabad
6 Days Neelum Valley Premium Honeymoon Package
Islamabad → Kohala → Muzaffarabad → Pir Chinasi → Keran → Upper Neelum → Sharda → Kel → Taobat → Kutton → Islamabad
12 Days Azad Kashmir Tour Package
Islamabad → Dhirkot → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Sharda → Taobat → Keran → Chinari → Daokhan → Leepa → Chikar → Rawalakot → Islamabad
12 Days Kashmir To Skardu Deluxe Family Tour
Islamabad → Muzaffarabad → Keran → Sharda → Taobutt → Arang Kel → Kutton → Naran → Skardu → Deosai → Khaplu → Shigar → Naran → Islamabad
Hotels & Resorts in Muzaffarabad
Pearl Continental Hotel
Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
Pearl Continental Hotel Muzaffarabad, often just called the PC, is a five-star hotel on a hilltop above the city, with panoramic views of the Kashmir mountains. It is one of the best-known hotels in Azad Kashmir and a comfortable base for e...