Besal is a small village located in Kaghan Valley

Kaghan Valley

The Kaghan Valley is a valley in the north-east of Mansehra District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It attracts many tourists from around the world. The inhabitants were affected by the earthquake disaster on 8 October 2005....

, Mansehra District

Mansehra District

Mansehra District is in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, an area still unofficially known as the Northwest Frontier. Mansehra district and town are named after Man Singh, a leading general of Mughal Emperor Akbar...

 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is adjacent to the Kunhar River, about 45 kilometers north of Naran

Naran

Naran is a 2005 Malayalam film written by Ranjan Pramod and directed by Joshi. The film tells the story of Mullankolli Velayudhan , a homeless ruffian with a good heart. Mohanlal creates a brand new assembly of speaking frames, where words become irrelevant the face speaks...

. It is the starting point for hiking trails like Dudipatsar Trail

Dudipatsar Trail

The Dudipatsar Trail is an approximately hiking trail in the Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in northern Pakistan. The trail goes along a tributary of the Kunhar River in the northern Kaghan Valley. The headwater for the particular tributary is the Dudipat Lake and the...

. It is accessible by Jeeps, cars and motorbikes. There is a driver hotel as well as a police checkpost at Besal. Travelling beyond (north) Besal during night time is not advised.