[1] It is an area in Swat Valley with green meadows, thick forests, snow-clad mountains, mineral springs and high peaks.
Other than that, Variegated Laughingthrush, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Large-billed crow, Long-tailed Minivet, Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler, Common Myna and Jungle Myna are found in the forested parts of the valley.
The cold stony river supports Plumbeous Redstarts and Little Forktails quite in good number.
[citation needed] It also hosts a base camp of a trail that leads to an alpine glacial lakes of Daral and Saidgai.
Lalko Valley is located on the northern upper reaches of the Matta Tehsil of Swat Valley, placed at a distance of 55 km away from the headquarter Saidu Sharif, which is a green, forested zone, covered with alpine pastures and receives heavy snowfall in winter season.