A BIT REST
Trip plan for 11 days. Jeep Safari with Trekking
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Day 1. Transfer from airport to hotel, afternoon visit to Islamabad: Pakistan Monument Museum, Marghala Hills (Daman e koh), dinner
in a Pakistani restaurant, overnight stay in a hotel
Day 2. Transfer by car from Islamabad to Naran via the famous Karakoram Highway. Evening visit to a traditional market full of handicrafts, wooden furniture and trinkets, traditional costumes and dried fruits
We follow the Indus River, the cradle of one of the oldest civilizations in the world. For many people, even those not interested in archeology, names such as Mohenjo Daro or Harappa related to this civilization are not entirely foreign...
The Karakoram Highway is 1,300 km long. It is also called the Pakistan-China Friendship Highway. It is one of the highest highways in the world. Due to the very difficult conditions in which it was created, it is also called the eighth wonder of the world. Due to frequent landslides, it is considered one of the most dangerous highways in the world
Day 3. Drive by car from Naran to Raikot Bridge through the high Babusar Pass (4,175 m above sea level). On the way we will stop at the extremely picturesque Lulusar Lake and at the extremely important point where the Gilgit River flows into the Indus. This is the place where the three largest mountain ranges in the world meet: the Himalayas, the Karakoram and the Hindu Kush. After reaching Raikot Bridge, we leave our main luggage and, with a carry-on backpack and equipment needed for the trek to Nanga Parbat Base Camp, we set off by jeep to Tatto, and from there we walk to Fairy Meadows. Overnight stay at a hotel/hostel in Fairy Meadows.
Lulusar is a lake in the Naran Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which borrows its name from the surrounding Lulusar Mountain range. The word 'sar' in Pashto means 'apex or pinnacle'. The lake is the main source of the Kunhar River, which flows through the entire Naran Valley, Kaghan Valley until it joins the Jhelum River. Lulusar is a historic site where 55 participants of the 1857 Revolutionary War were arrested.
The ride from Rajkot Bridge to Tatto offers wonderful views of the Rakhiot Valley and a lot of emotions and a large dose of adrenaline. Some tourists consider it the most dangerous road in the world...
Fairy Meadows is a destination for many trips, attractive to both foreign tourists and Pakistanis. The wonderful fairy meadows
are one of the great viewpoints of Nanga Parbat.
Day 4. Trekking from Fairy Meadows to Nanga Parbat Base Camp (~4,000 m above sea level) (approx. 6 hours), lunch in the Beyal Camp, return to Fairy Meadows for overnight stay (approx. 5 hours)
Day 5. Fairy Meadows - time for rest and local exploration.
Day 6. Return from Fairy Meadows to Tatto, transfer to Raikot Bridge from where we take the main luggage and transfer to Gilgit for overnight stay.
The ancient name of the city of Gilgit was Sargin, later it was known as Gilit and is still called Gilit or Sargin-Gilit by the local people. From the 3rd century to the 11th century, Gilgit was an important city on the Silk Road along which Buddhism spread from South Asia north and west. At this time, many powers competed for control of the region, including the Tibetan Empire, the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, and the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. Nearby, about 400 meters upstream, a Buddhist monastery and three stupas containing Sanskrit manuscripts were excavated in 1931, considered by researchers to be among the earliest manuscripts in the world and the oldest collection of manuscripts preserved in Pakistan, of great importance in the field of Buddhist studies and evolution of Asian and Sanskrit literature. The manuscripts are believed to have been written in the 5th-6th centuries AD, although more manuscripts were discovered in the following centuries and were also classified as Gilgit manuscripts. In the 11th century, Gilgit grew into the autonomous kingdom of Dardistan before largely adopting Islam. Today it serves as a major junction on the famous Karakoram Highway, with road connections to China as well as the Pakistani cities of Skardu, Chitral, Peshawar and Islamabad. It also serves as a border station for local tribal areas. The city's economic activity is mainly focused on agriculture, where the main crops are wheat, corn and barley.
Day 7. Drive from Gilgit to Passu. On the way, we will see the wonderful turquoise Attabad Lake, which was created after the great earthquake of 2010 and quickly became one of the biggest tourist attractions in the region. We will also see the legendary Hussajni suspension bridge and go to Borit Lake, located in a picturesque valley. From there we will go for a short visit to the Passu Glacier, and then dinner and overnight stay at a hotel in Passu with a view of the amazing, jagged Passu Ridge.
Attabad Lake was created as a result of an earthquake and a powerful landslide in the Hunza Valley in 2010. Today, it is a tourist attraction for both Pakistanis and visiting foreigners. The amazing turquoise color of the water makes Attabad Lake stay in your memory for a long time. Many people consider it one of the most beautiful lakes in the world.
The Passu Glacier, located south of the town of Passu, is the fastest moving glacier in the world. The road to it leads past the post-glacial Borit Lake, located in a charming, peaceful mountain valley. It is worth paying attention to the characteristic rock formations related to the time when the majestic Karakoram chain was just being created. The view of the glacier and the majestic, fairy-tale Passu Ridge is incredibly impressive. Both the sunlit and cloud-covered peaks constitute one of the most magnificent mountain panoramas.
The suspension bridge in Husaini village is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Pakistan. The bridge suspended over the Hunza River is 164 m long and has a structure typical of pedestrian footbridges in Pakistan. The boards from which it is built do not touch each other, but are placed with gaps of about 30 cm so that when we cross the bridge below we see a flowing river. The steel cables that make up the bridge structure are set in motion by people passing by and cause the entire structure to wave. In windy weather, crossing the bridge may pose a real danger of falling into the river. After the accident in 2022, you can only overcome it if you wear a life jacket. Despite this, every season many tourists take up the challenge of crossing the bridge, although many give up after crossing a small part of it...
Day 8. Return journey from Passu through Babusar Pass to Naran.
Day 9. Transfer from Naran to Islamabad
Day 10. Day of rest and preparation for the journey in Islamabad
Day 11. Islamabad: Transfer to the airport before departure and end of the trip...