Kalam is one of the prominent tourist destinations of Swat valley. It is located at a distance of 99 kilometres (62 mi) from Mingora in the northern upper reaches of Swat valley along the bank of Swat River. Kalam is surrounded by lush green hills, and thick forests and bestowed with mesmeric alpine glacial lakes, meadows and waterfalls which are worth seeing features of the landscape.

It is a spacious sub-valley of Swat, at an elevation of about 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) above sea level, and provides rooms for a small but fertile plateau above the river for farming. Here, the metaled road ends and the single road leads to the Ushu and Utror valleys. From Matiltan some snow-capped mountains are visible including Mount Falaksar 5,918 meters (19,416 feet), and another unnamed peak 6,096 meters (20,000 feet) high.

There are grand hotels in Kalam for tourists to rest and enjoy the cool breeze of the Swat river. These hotels can be easily booked through korbah.com.