Ayubia National Park
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Ayubia is a National Park in NWFP, Pakistan. It is a small natural park located at 26 km from the Murree hill station. Ayubia was named after President Ayub Khan. It has been developed as a resort complex from a combination of four mini resorts of Khaira Gali, Changla Gali, Khanspur and Ghora Dhaka in Galyat.
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[edit] Himalayan Moist Temperate Forest
The Ayubia National Park is one of the best representative areas Himalayan Moist Temperate Forest, a sub-category of Montane Forests.[1] It provides superb scenery of huge subtropical pine forest covering the hills and providing shelter.
[edit] Tourist attractions
In addition to riding trails, hiking places, picnic spots and motels, there is a chairlift in the central place of Ghora Dhaka in Ayubia that takes the tourists to a nearby summit for a view of the forested hills. This Chairlift was the first recreation facility of its kind in Pakistan and is still a major attraction for domestic tourists.
[edit] Wildlife
The park harbors many species of birds like golden eagle, vulture, sparrow hawk and hill pigeon etc. And animals such as the haunting asiatic leopard, asiatic black bear, hill fox and flying squirrel.
