Pakistan’s ecosystem is very diverse. Pakistan has protected many of its unique these through creation of National Parks all across the country that ensure safety of the wildlife and their habitat. Many wet-lands, endangered animals and fragile eco-systems have been protect since 1973. Total number of such National Parks in Pakistan is 29 and 22 of these are under government care. Here are five of the easily accessible National Park of Pakistan that people love to visit:

Ayubia National Park

• Location North of Murree in the Himalayan range mountains.
• Activities/Interest Wild Life, Nature, Ecotour, Education
• Accessibility: By Road

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Ayubia National Park is a small national park in the Murree hills. This park provides refuge to the elusive leopard and the black bear. Bird watching is excellent here. The scenery is superb with huge pine forests covering the hills and providing shelter to the larger and smaller mammals.

Chitral Gol National Park

• Location North east in the N.W.F.P province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan in the Hindukush Range.
• Activities/Interest Wild Life, Nature, Ecotour
• Accessibility: By Road

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Chitral Gol National Park is situated in the beautiful valley of Chitral. This park is famous for its Markhor goats, now numbering in several hundereds. The park is also the home of the elusive snow leopard and the occasional Black Bear.

Deosai National Park

• Location South east of Skardu in the Karakoram range.
• Activities/Interest Wild Life, Picnic, Nature
• Accessibility : By Road

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Deosai National park contains the largest Brown bear population in Pakistan. It is at 4,114 metres (13,497 ft) above sea level. The park currently has in between 20-25 Brown bears. This park was established to protect these endangered bears. Recently a research project has started to monitor the population of these bears and protect their environment. Snow leopards also wander into the meadows of this unforgiving land.

Hazar Ganji Chiltan National Park

• Location 20 km South East of Quetta
• Activities/Interest Wild Life, Nature, Ecotour, Education
• Accessibility: By Road

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Hazar Ganji literally means “Of a thousand treasures”. In the folds of these mountains, legend has it, that there are over a thousand treasures buried; reminders of the passage of great armies down the corridors of history. The Bactrain’s, Scythians, Mongol’s and then the great migrating hordes of Baloch, all passed this way.In this Park Markhors have been given protection, which is the national animal of Pakistan. The park is spread over 32,500 acres, altitude ranging from 2021 to 3264 meters.

Margalla Hills National Park

• Location North East of the national capital Islamabad
• Activities/Interest Wild Life, Nature, Ecotour, Education, Picnic
• Accessibility: By Road

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Margalla Hills National Park, is located in the foothills of the Himalayan range. This park is the most accessible park in Pakistan due to its close proximity to the national capital, Islamabad. It is an extention of the Islamabad wildlife sanctuary, which includes the Shakar Parian Hills and the Rawal Lake.