Saidpur Village | Play Land and Zoo

Saidpur Village:

Saidpur village is located right at the foot of Margalla hills. The sector F-6 is adjacent sector to the village. In start it is not so famous and picnic spot but after the government participation this village is become a complete picnic spot. From the F-6 sector Islamabad you can access it by feet it is the nearest place in the city to visit. 

The village is very old where Hindu use to live there are temple and there old houses which are rebuild by the government in shape of tourism. There is a small, sort of museum in which some old things and art gallery is displayed for the visitors it is free of cost to visit. at the right of these museum there is old mansion of Hindu's. Due to rain, weather and care less or tourism ministry but now it become much batter after rebuild.

The local people of village are not financially too much strong their occupations are security guard, driver, peon, typist, driving local transport, small business like general store, and sailing goats. On Eid-ul-Adha there is small animal market organized by local villagers. The houses in the village are not proper established in start those houses was in raw shaped now gradually they are becoming solid but not yet proper build. There are up and downs due to valley of margalla which generate a beautiful view of the village.

When you enter the area of Saidpur village in start there are shops of antique goods and gifts after that there is mosque and parking area there are segmentation due to gulch at the center there are hotels both of sides with traditional style. Those hotels are best for family and gathering of friends. From the village there are trail leads to the picnic place Peer sohawa top of the mountain the track is full of greenery from some place the track is rocky there are also place for rock climbing on this track.

Zoo and Play land:

The nearest places from the Saidpur village is Zoo and Play Land both places are best for family and children which are also easy accessible from main city although there are not very large amount of animal and bird species in the zoo the main species are Lion, tiger, and elephant there are wide variety of bird like parrot and pigeons which attracts the attention of tourists towards it. The play land is also known as Children Park which is specially design for school tours. There are small track behind the children park and the zoo, for hiking, some schools and organization celebrate green day and special day on which they design small walk and plantation on this area. So it is the place which provides complete entertainment and healthy activity to the children.

How Can You Access:

To access Islamabad city from out of country there is international airport brings flights to Islamabad from all over the world. There are two railway stations Rawalpindi and i-9 industrial area stations, two bus stands for local cities Faizabad bus stand and Karachi company bus stand.