Skardu is located at the confluence of the Indus and the Shyok River, known as the gateway of the mountain kingdom, including the world’s 2nd highest K-2. Skardu is the best manifestation of hospitality and respect to tourists. People of Skardu speak Balti language, known as little Tibet. Burji la pass (4816m) the former British […]

Passu is one of the oldest settlement sites in Gojal (Upper Hunza), lies between Batura & Passu Glaciers. The people are Ismailies of Tajik origin. In the beginning they had their own Mirs/ Rajas, but later on they came under the control of the Mir of Hunza. They up rose twice against Hunza rulers but […]

Nanga Parbat Sanskrit for ‘’Naked Mountain’’ is so named because some of its slopes are so steep that they are bereft of vegetation and snow. According to the local old legend, Nanga Parbat is also called Diamir, which means abode of fairies. It is believed that the Queen of fairies lives there in a castle […]

The Kalash Valleys of Rumbur (32 km), Birir (34 km), and Bumburet (the largest and most beautiful) is 36 km away from Chitral in the Khyber Pakhtunkuwa Province. The 3000 remaining Kalash people of the valleys live in unique houses made of local stone and wood which are stacked on top of one another against […]