Sattu Bungalow with COMSATS University

A group hike to Sattu Bungalow, a colonial-era forest rest house in the pine forests of the Thandiani range.¹

The approach passes springs and viewpoints over the Siran Valley and towards the Kashmir ranges.¹

The RHCP guide dates the bungalow to around the 1890s, built by the British on a high ridge. The name may come from a local word for the ridge, or from 'Satwan Bangla', the seventh forest bungalow.¹

Thandiani was a British-era summer retreat, leased by the Battye family and later passed to the Anglican church, which built a sanatorium.²

One known route is the RHCP Batadana track: about 9 km from Jhala, or about 5 km from Batadana village, rated Easy to Moderate (RHCP trail guide, club's own figures). The route used for the COMSATS event is not recorded.¹

The RHCP guide gives the road distance from Abbottabad as 27.6 km (about 46 minutes by car), without naming the exact endpoint.¹

Thandiani is about 37.5 km north-east of Abbottabad per Wikipedia.²

• Colonial-era forest rest house¹
• Pine forest, natural springs and a forest hut¹
• Views over the Siran Valley and towards Kashmir¹

• Keep springs clean and follow Leave No Trace.¹
• For large groups, keep a lead and a sweep walker and do a headcount at each stop.
• Late-autumn days are short and cold at altitude; carry a warm layer and a torch.