Kakul is a town in the Kakul Valley of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan . It is located 5 km north of Abbottabad city near the Thandiani Hills at a height of 1300 metres . Kakul is a town situated in the Kakul Valley at an elevation of 1300 metres , 5 km northeast of Abbottabad city near the Thandiani Hills , in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan .