The Deosai Plains are 32 km south of Skardu. This plateau is the habitat of the greatly threatened Himalayan Brown Bear and many other wild animals. At an average elevation of 4 meters, Deosai is now a National Park and a protected area for wildlife. The rolling grassland here supports no trees or shrubs and the area is snow-covered for seven months of the year. Spring comes to Deosai in Yu gust when millions of wildflowers begin to bloom all over the lush green grassland. This is a time when Deosai looks like a paradise with a landscape full of wildflowers on green rolling hills and crystal clear water streams with snow-covered peaks in the background.