🏔️ 8 Days Skardu, Hunza, Naltar & Basho Valley Adventure
📅 Departure: Every Friday Night
🎒 Activities: Sightseeing · Historical Visits · Jeep Excursions
🕗 Duration: 8 Days & 7 Nights
🛣️ Route Overview
- From: Islamabad
- Via: Peshawar & Hazara Motorway
- To: Besham → Dassu → Chilas → Hunza (via KKH) → Juglot → Skardu (via JSR Road)
🏨 Night Stays
- 🛏️ 3 Nights in Skardu
- 🛏️ 2 Nights in Hunza
- 🛏️ 1 Night in Chilas
- 🛏️ 1 Night in Chilas/Besham (optional)
🌄 Valley Highlights
🏞️ Hunza Valley
- Known for its hospitality, peace, and literacy (90%)
- Famous for Altit & Baltit Forts, Attabad Lake, Karimabad Bazaar, and Khunjerab Pass
- Offers scenic beauty all year round – from spring blossoms to snowy winters
🏔️ Skardu Valley
- Nestled between Indus & Shigar Rivers in the Karakoram Range
- Surrounded by peaks over 7000m including K2, Gasherbrum, Mashabrum & Broad Peak
- Famous lakes: Shangrila, Upper Kachura, Sadpara, Blind Lake, Sheosar
- Gateway to Deosai Plains, Basho Valley, and Baltoro Glacier
🗺️ Tour Itinerary
✔️ Day 1 – Islamabad to Chilas
- Depart from Islamabad
- Breakfast at Besham Continental / Ramada
- Travel via Karakoram Highway
- Scenic views & stops for prayer/freshening up
- 🛏 Overnight in Chilas
✔️ Day 2 – Chilas to Skardu via Astak Nalla
- Breakfast at hotel
- Visit:
- Nanga Parbat Viewpoint
- Three Mountain Junction Point
- Astak Nalla
- Arrive in Skardu by afternoon
- Explore Shangrila Resort & Upper Kachura Lake (Boating)
- 🛏 Overnight in Skardu
✔️ Day 3 – Manthokha Waterfall & Shigar Valley
- Visit:
- Manthokha Waterfall
- Shigar Valley
- Cold Desert of Sarfaranga
- Shigar Fort
- 🛏 Overnight in Skardu
✔️ Day 4 – Deosai National Park (Weather Dependent)
Alternative: Khaplu / Chunda / Basho Valley if Deosai is closed
- Visit:
- Sadpara Lake
- Bara Pani, Kala Pani
- Sheosar Lake
- 🛏 Overnight in Skardu
✔️ Day 5 – Travel to Hunza Valley
- Breakfast & travel to Hunza
- Explore:
- Altit Fort
- Baltit Fort
- Royal Garden
- Karimabad Bazaar
- 🛏 Overnight in Hunza
✔️ Day 6 – Hunza to Khunjerab Pass (China Border)
- Visit:
- Attabad Lake
- Hussaini Suspension Bridge
- Passu Cones
- Sost
- Khunjerab Pass (if accessible)
- 🛏 Overnight in Hunza
✔️ Day 7 – Return to Chilas/Besham
- Breakfast & travel back
- Short stops en route for prayers and refreshments
- 🛏 Overnight in Chilas or Besham
✔️ Day 8 – Return to Islamabad
- Breakfast at hotel
- Final journey back to Islamabad
- Short stop at service area
- End of tour with drop-off
📍 Places to Visit
Hunza Region:
- Altit Fort · Baltit Fort · Karimabad · Attabad Lake · Passu Cones · Sost · Khunjerab Pass
Skardu Region:
- Shangrila Resort · Upper Kachura Lake · Katpana Desert & Lake
- Manthokha Waterfall · Shigar Valley · Basho Valley · Deosai Plains
- Sadpara · Sheosar Lake · Blind Lake · Shigar Fort · Kharmang · Mehdiabad · Sermik
Other Attractions:
- Nanga Parbat View · 3 Mountain Junction · Gilgit · Astak Nalla · Naltar Valley · Camel Rock · Gamba Bazaar · Skardu Bazar
✅ Included Services
- 🚐 Private A/C transport (Saloon Coaster for 18–20 people / Grand Cabin for 11–13)
- 🏨 Hotel accommodations
- 🍳 Daily breakfast
- 🎶 Bonfire with music
- 💉 First aid kit
- 👨💼 Guide services
- 🎉 On-tour entertainment
- ⛽ Toll taxes, fuel & road expenses
❌ Excluded Services
- 🚙 Jeep charges (where applicable)
- 🎫 Entry tickets (at attractions)
- 🍽 Lunch & Dinner
- Any service not mentioned in inclusions
