When I was travelling to Pahalgam from Anantnag in a local bus, I already questioned myself million times that how one earth one place can be so beautiful! The unending portrayal of beauty of Kashmir in literature and every artistic field is worthy, I realized very well. The artistic attraction to this place is loyal. So green, so colourful, so fresh. Beautiful people, beautiful nature, wonderful fragrance, colourful world, tempting fruits, soothing weather and slow life- this sums it all up. And yes, when I was lost in all these thoughts, I was talking about everything to the guy sat next to me. We talked a lot, and even he offered me to stay at his place for that night. Do I need to say anything more for Kashmiri people? Believe me, from every side I got love and helping vibes as I can feel it when a person ask himself. World is really good place to live, and full of such amazing people. That’s why Kashmir sits at top when it comes to best solo travel destinations. We riding solo believe in absorbing the real beauty of Kashmir.

The place is called "The valley or shepherds", surrounded by green dense lidder forest stretch, laden with constantly flowing lidder river from east and west side. The greenery and colour of flower is enough to make you wonder! Once you start roaming around, you just keep going further and further, and that's why Pahalgam is always counted as one of the most beautiful place of our country in the form of natural beauty.

Aru valley

Aru valley, tucked deep in the mid of surrounded mountains, this place is potent enough to make you feel like you are already out of this world.

Aru valley falls on the west side of Pahalgam, from where the western tributary of Lidder rivers gets originated. The entire road from Pahalgam to Aru valley is full of visual treat to every wanderlust souls, laden with lush word of pure nature in the form of unending meadows, forever-alive rivers, avalanche-owning mountains, silently screaming forests and locomotive stories of amazing human beings. It's a kind of once in a lifetime experience, go and have it.

Betaab valley

The old and famous movie of Sunny Deol-Betaab was shot here, and then this place was developed well as a name of same- Betaab valley. This valley is located on the way from Pahalgam to Chandanwari, and the quaint location of valley is simply mesmerizing. Once you get there, basic feeling of OMG is very natural.

Here you can spend a lone time perfectly to hug the nature. I always admire nature for every healing, life-changing, pioneer or soothing event takes place in my life. This place reminded me the fact that earth still has many such places, whose existence we can celebrate for a lifetime. I think you don’t need to think again about best solo travel destinations now.

The reality

Jannat-E-Kashmir is very well defined trend, we people are used to hear from our childhood. The imagination of Kashmir Valley from this artistic side is different for everyone of us, but media is simply a blockade to guide us on a different way. I hope, we always believe in art of lovingness, art of peace and art of togetherness rather than glorifying unnecessary stuff. World has always been a good place, full of good people, it is and it will be! The amount of bad people is very less than the people are only interested to talk about negativity and that's why I more believe in artists rather than just fact-ruiners. Either you riding solo or not, Kashmir will always welcome with extended hands.