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Going high: Let the adventure begin
By Huma Choudhary / Photo: Huma Choudhary
Published: May 4, 2015
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A number of organisations operate at Khanpur Lake and provide various sporting facilities such as cliff diving, water sports, parasailing and paragliding. PHOTOS: HUMA CHOUDHARY/EXPRESS

ISLAMABAD:
Adventure sports are exciting, challenging and provide an opportunity to experience things on a whole new level. Though extreme sports are gaining popularity all over Pakistan, there’s a reason why most fitness and adventure buffs head to Khanpur Lake during the summer.


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A number of organisations operate at Khanpur Lake and provide various sporting facilities such as cliff diving, water sports, parasailing and paragliding. PHOTOS: HUMA CHOUDHARY/EXPRESS

Located in Khanpur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa but only about 50 kilometres from Islamabad, the turquoise-blue Khanpur Lake is situated amid the awe-inspiring Margalla Hills and surrounded by lush green trees.

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A number of organisations operate at Khanpur Lake and provide various sporting facilities such as cliff diving, water sports, parasailing and paragliding. PHOTOS: HUMA CHOUDHARY/EXPRESS

Various adventure sports organisers offer an assortment of adrenaline-pumping activities such as paragliding, para-sailing, cliff diving, jet-skiing and other water sports in and around the lake, making it an ideal getaway for people living in Islamabad and beyond.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2015.
 
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Going high: Let the adventure begin
By Huma Choudhary / Photo: Huma Choudhary
Published: May 4, 2015
880298-parasailingcopy-1430671605-847-640x480.jpg

A number of organisations operate at Khanpur Lake and provide various sporting facilities such as cliff diving, water sports, parasailing and paragliding. PHOTOS: HUMA CHOUDHARY/EXPRESS

ISLAMABAD:
Adventure sports are exciting, challenging and provide an opportunity to experience things on a whole new level. Though extreme sports are gaining popularity all over Pakistan, there’s a reason why most fitness and adventure buffs head to Khanpur Lake during the summer.


paragliding-training-pls-pick-one-copy.jpg


jetskiing-copy.jpg


A number of organisations operate at Khanpur Lake and provide various sporting facilities such as cliff diving, water sports, parasailing and paragliding. PHOTOS: HUMA CHOUDHARY/EXPRESS

Located in Khanpur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa but only about 50 kilometres from Islamabad, the turquoise-blue Khanpur Lake is situated amid the awe-inspiring Margalla Hills and surrounded by lush green trees.

cliff-diving-copy.jpg


paragliding-training2-pls-pick-one-copy.jpg


A number of organisations operate at Khanpur Lake and provide various sporting facilities such as cliff diving, water sports, parasailing and paragliding. PHOTOS: HUMA CHOUDHARY/EXPRESS

Various adventure sports organisers offer an assortment of adrenaline-pumping activities such as paragliding, para-sailing, cliff diving, jet-skiing and other water sports in and around the lake, making it an ideal getaway for people living in Islamabad and beyond.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2015.

There's rock climbing and cave exploration there too but the only truly worthwhile activity there is the cliff diving.
 
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