Excursions Out Of Karachi


Hub Lake:

Situated outside Karachi, can be reached by taking the Manghopir Road This Lake spreads out at an area covering 39.6 square miles among the hills. Drinking water is stored in this reservoir for a big section of Karachi population, which also irrigates to 1,000 acres in Lasbela district and Karachi

The vegetation comprises the Phulaii, the cheeku, mango, coconut and banana trees along with dust laden hedges of the African milk bushes

Other trees surrounding the area are eucalyptuses and Ethiopian teakwood. Bougainvillea's shrubs around the steel frames have also grown considerably in size.

The landscape is varied changing complexion every five hundred yards like behind the clump of the Bair trees a long arch on the lake front presents itself, while further down a fjord like inlet or the discovery of a cove while traveling further ahead

A recreation park, which is a mile away from the spillway, provides a camping ground for about ten thousand people and is idea for picnics. Two small rest houses off rudimentary types, one under construction, the other belonging to the Forest Department present with in the enclosure offer lodging facilities to the visitors.

Chaukundi:

Once out of the Municipal limits, you only have to drive about 27 Kms. (17 miles) on the National Highway , and on the distant horizon you will see clusters of unusual graves in the shape of stepped rectangles.

Chaukundi mans four cornered, This site is therefore known as Chaukundi graves is the superb carving and engraving on the slabs with various designs of jewelry , floral patterns and even horses and their riders.

These tombs probably date back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Exquisitely carved pattern in stones i.e. Jewelry or floral embellishments on a tomb indicate that the deceased was a female and weapons of war or animal head in case of a male.

Average Temperatures (F)

Months

January

February

March

April

May

June

Highest

81.3

84.6

92.0

95.2

76.3

93.6

Lowest

51.7

54.2

61.4

68.6

69.5 

76.8



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