Tourism in Pakistan: 27 National Parks in Pakistan You Must Visit Once

Pakistan is listed among those few countries that hosts a wide range of habitat types and ecosystem. The country that is known for its unique geographical and climatic conditions also hosts almost twenty six national parks. At one side, the Greenland hosts permanent snowfields, snow covered peaks and lush green and on other side it is a place of forests, barren mountains, riverine tracts, irrigated plains, coastal areas and deserts. In a nutshell, each corner of this country is worth to see and explore.

National parks is considered to be one of the most important activities in modern day government system. For the conservation of precious natural places in the country, Pakistan government declares some specific areas as the protected areas. Five different sets of protected and maintained natural areas in Pakistan are; wildlife sanctuaries, national parks, game reserves, private game reserves and community controlled conservation or hunting areas.

Here is the list of national Parks in Pakistan that you must see once in your life.

01. Margallah Hills National Park: Islamabad, Established 1980, Area 15,883 ha.
02. Hazarganji Chiltan National Park: Balochistan, Established 1980, Area 15,555 ha. 03. Hingol National Park: Balochistan, Established 1997, Area 6, 19,043 ha. 04. Kirthar National Park: Sindh, Established 1974, Area 3, 08,733 ha.
05. Ayubia National Park: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Established 1984, Area 3,122 ha.
06. Chitral Gol National Park: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Established 1984, Area 7,750 ha.
07. Sheikh Badin National Park: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Established 1999, Area 15,540 ha.
08. Saiful Maluk National Park: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Established 2003, Area 12,026 ha.
09. Lulosar Dodipat National Park: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Established 2003, Area 75,058 ha.
10. Broghil Valley National Park: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Established August 25, 2010, Area 134,744 ha.
11. Khunjerab National Park: Gilgit-Baltistan, Established 1975, Area 2, 27,143 ha.
12. Hunderab Shandoor National Park: Gilgit-Baltistan, Established 1993, Area 1, 65,000 ha.
13. Deosai National Park: Gilgit-Baltistan, Established 1993, Area 3, 63,600 ha.
14. Central Karakoram National Park: Gilgit-Baltistan, Established 1993, Area 9, 73,845 ha.
15. Qurumber National Park: Gilgit-Baltistan, Established August 2, 2011, Area 74,000 ha.
16. Machhiara National Park: AJ & K, Established 1996, Area 13,532 ha.
17. Ghamot National Park: AJ & K, Established 2004, Area 27,271 ha.
18. Pir Lasoorha National Park: AJ & K, Established 2005, Area 1,580 ha.
19. Toli Pir National Park: AJ & K, established 2005, area 1,000 ha.
20. Musk Deer Gorez National Park: AJ & K, Established 2007, Area 52,815 ha.
21. Deva Vatala National Park: AJ & K, Established 2007, Area 2,993 ha.
22. Poonch River Mahaseer National Park: AJ & K, Established 2011
23. Lal Suhanra National Park: Punjab, Established 1972, Area 51,368 ha.
24. Chinji National Park: Punjab, Established 1987, Area 6, 097 ha.
25. Kala Chitta National Park: Punjab, Established Dec. 2008, Area 36,965 ha.
26. Murree-Kotli Sattian-Kahuta National Park: Punjab, Established Sep. 2009

27. Panjal Mastan National Park: Azad Kashmir, Area 30,000 ha.