Ground-level guides to Hunza, Nagar, Skardu and the Karakoram.
Short Answer Astore Valley, reached from the Karakoram Highway at Jaglot, is Gilgit-Baltistan’s quiet alpine valley: pine forests, the meadows of Rama, the Rupal approach
Short Answer Phander Valley, in Ghizer District about 170 km and 5–7 hours by road from Gilgit, is Gilgit-Baltistan’s greenest valley: a wide, poplar-lined valley
Short Answer Khaplu, the capital of Ghanche District in eastern Baltistan, is the slow alternative to Skardu: a green Shyok Valley town at about 2,600
Short Answer Shigar Valley, a half-hour to an hour’s drive from Skardu along the Shigar River, is Baltistan in miniature: the restored Shigar Fort (now
Short Answer The best things to do in Skardu are: climb Kharpocho Fort for sunset over the Indus, spend a slow morning at Shangrila (Lower
I have watched travellers get this question wrong in both directions. Some arrive in February expecting the Hunza of the postcards and find a valley
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Skardu is not one place to stay. It is three different trips wearing one name: a working town with a bazaar and an airport, a
Hunza’s best hotels are not lined up on one strip. They are scattered across a valley that climbs from Aliabad’s bazaar crossroads to Karimabad’s old
The first decision of a Skardu trip is also the one that shapes it most: fly, or drive? I have done both, and I will
Getting to Hunza Valley is half the adventure — and the half most first-timers get wrong. I have watched travellers land in Islamabad with three
Skardu is the rare Himalayan destination that is both genuinely spectacular and genuinely affordable — but only if you know where the money actually goes.
The first time I priced a Hunza trip, I got two completely different answers. One blog told me a week in Hunza Valley costs next
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