Ayubia National Park
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A section of the Ayubia National Park |
Ayubia is a
National Park in
NWFP,
Pakistan. It is a small natural park located at 26 km from the
Murree hill station. Ayubia was named after President
Ayub Khan. It has been developed as a resort complex from a combination of four mini resorts of
Khaira Gali,
Changla Gali,
Khanspur and
Ghora Dhaka in
Galyat.
The Ayubia National Park is one of the best representative areas
Himalayan Moist
Temperate Forest, a sub-category of
Montane Forests.[
1] It provides superb scenery of huge subtropical
pine forest covering the hills and providing shelter.
In addition to riding trails, hiking places, picnic spots and motels, there is a
chairlift in the central place of Ghora Dhaka in Ayubia that takes the tourists to a nearby summit for a view of the forested hills. This
Chairlift was the first recreation facility of its kind in
Pakistan and is still a major attraction for domestic tourists.
The park harbors many species of birds like golden eagle, vulture, sparrow hawk and hill pigeon etc. And animals such as the haunting asiatic
leopard,
asiatic black bear, hill fox and
flying squirrel.
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WWF Pakistan - Ayubia page
