Karakoram Highway And Hunza Shangri-la, Pakistan

Meet-and-greet upon arrival at Islamabad International Airport. Transfer to the hotel/guesthouse in central Islamabad. After a few hours of rest, we go on a guided city tour. Overnight in Islamabad.

In the morning, we shall head towards Chilas Valley, It would first take us only 5 hours as the new motorway is built till Besham and then further we shall have drive more 9 to 10 Hours, It would be all Karakorum Road, full of adventure, waterfalls & local towns, check in hotel in evening.

Today, we start our trip on the Karakoram Highway, The highway connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an elevation of 4,693 m. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, the highway is also referred to as the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Karakoram Highway was built by the governments of Pakistan and China between 1959 and 1979, and its construction took the lives of over 1,000 workers. The route of the Karakoram Highway traces one of the many paths of the ancient Silk Road. We shall reach Hunza in like 6 hours with lots of sightseeing on the way: Nanga Parbat 9th highest peak in the world with 8126 m, take pictures from the road and then the next stopover is near Rakaposhi peak which is part of Karakoram range with 7780 m elevation . We shall have some time spent at Attabad Lake that was found in 2010 due to big landslide into hunza River near attabad area, do boating there and then move towards Gulmit or Passu for overnight in a hotel.