Ground-level guides to Hunza, Nagar, Skardu and the Karakoram.
Last updated: 30 October 2026 Short Answer The Snow Lake and Hispar La trek is the Karakoram’s great glacier traverse: from Askole in Baltistan, up
Last updated: 30 October 2026 Short Answer Nanga Parbat has more than one base camp, and the Rupal side is the quiet one. From Tarashing
Last updated: 30 October 2026 Short Answer Shimshal Valley, in Upper Hunza (Gojal), is one of the Karakoram’s most remote trekking valleys: a Wakhi village
Last updated: 30 October 2026 Short Answer The Gondogoro La trek turns the classic K2 Base Camp walk into a one-way traverse: instead of returning
Three people, including a foreign national, were killed on Thursday 29 October 2026 when a rock spire collapsed in Türkiye’s UNESCO-listed Cappadocia region after a
Thailand’s international arrivals are falling short again, and the government has cut its 2026 arrivals forecast from 36.7 million to 33 million, according to Skift’s
The third edition of the World Culture Festival (WCF 2026), organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi, formally starts on Friday 30 October
Short Answer Gilgit-Baltistan’s spring blossom runs roughly from mid-March to late April, with lower valleys blooming first and higher valleys following weeks later. Hunza is
Short Answer Gilgit-Baltistan’s festivals follow the farming year, not a fixed tourist calendar. The bookable anchors are Nauroz on 21 March, spring blossom from mid-March
Short Answer The Karakoram Highway (KKH, the N-35) from Islamabad to Hunza’s main town, Karimabad, is roughly 700 km and takes 16–19 hours of driving
Short Answer Flying from Islamabad to Skardu takes about 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes, compared with roughly 16 to 22 hours by road.
Short Answer From Fairy Meadows, the walk to Beyal Camp is the easy, high-value leg: about 3 km, 1–2 hours, rising gently from about 3,300
Last updated: 28 October 2026 Short Answer Buy a national SIM for Pakistan’s cities and add SCOM, Gilgit-Baltistan’s regional operator, once you reach the north
Last updated: 28 October 2026 Short Answer Yes, you can visit Gilgit-Baltistan in winter, but plan it as a winter trip, not as a quieter
Short Answer Start with chapshuro, the stuffed meat bread often called the “Pizza of the North”, then try mamtu dumplings, a bowl of dried-apricot soup,
