Touring Northern Pakistan
Nanga Parbat Base Camp (12,800FT / 3900M) - Rakaposhi Base Camp (12,500FT / 3800M) | PakistanWalking and Trekking in Northern Pakistan
- India - Pakistan
- Pack Weight: 15 lbs.
- 16 Days in Country
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Our hike in Pakistan is a combined celebration of Pakistan’s incredible mountain beauty and the unique and rich cultural of Northern Pakistan. Our program is two tiered as we spend days walking through and around the dramatic towns and landscapes of the Hunza Valley, taking an intensive look at their culture and history. After the exploration of this region, we trek to two famed base camps and overnight below the shadows of Rakaposhi and Nanga Parbat.
This fabled land lies somewhere between the mythical Shangri-la of James Hilton’s Lost Horizon and Kipling’s Man Who Would Be King. The valleys of Hunza with its jagged peaks (legendary cones of Passu) and natural sculpted beauty, protecting the lush green valleys and apricot orchards below are a near utopia for mountain lovers. This combined with travels through nearby Baltistan, (once a part of Tibet) and hikes to two famed basecamps, under watchful eye of the world’s most iconic peaks (K2, Trango Towers, G2, Nanga Parbat), makes for a most spectacular journey.
Key Components
Treks to both Nanga Parbat and Rakaposhi Base Camp
Your trip is led by a Carole Tejas, Himalayan Expert
Quality accommodation throughout the trip with pack animals used on trekking days to keep pack weights light
Cultural tours of Hunza villages, to include palaces, local farms and villages
Share in the culture and customs of local Balti and Hunza families who maintain age-old traditions
Be inspired by the majesty of your surroundings and in this famed and historical landscape
Great trip and so happy
with everything we saw. Pakistan an incredible place and the people are so wonderful.
I just wanted to tell you
that the Pakistan trip was incredible. Eric was amazing. Momin and Rafeek were incredible. The treks were great and absolutely beautiful. I really enjoyed meeting in the homes and eating with some of the local Pakistani families.
This was an amazing opportunity
to experience Pakistan! I thought the trip went as planned and exceeded my expectations. The treks made the trip for me, getting out in the wild and really experiencing Pakistan and the locals with amazing scenery! I will never forget the two weeks I spent in Pakistan, an experience very few will ever have. A special thanks to Eric, Momin, and Rafeek, The three of them were incredible!!!
On The Trail
To best visit this region of Northern Pakistan, we will travel by vehicle to the noted locations and tour villages before taking on the hikes to Rakaposhi and Nanga Parbat base camp. Thus, we can best title this journey as a village touring trip with daily walks, culminating in treks to the Rakaposhi and Nanga Parbat base camp.
Our voyage begins in the stunning Hunza Valley where we complete a series of remote walks. The upper valleys and villages of Hunza are nothing short of spectacular, home to the famous Passu Cones. The villages of Hunza originally explored for “ the Empire” by the famed or infamous explorer Francis Younghusband in 1898. The people of Hunza come from the mythical Wakhan Valley of Afghanistan, and herald the Ismaili Muslim region of Northern Pakistan, warm, inviting and proud of their homeland and all its beauty. Though many of our days are in villages, we will take a number of day hikes in the areas we travel through. From Hunza we make our way to Rakaposhi Basecamp, pushing us deep into the Karakorum and a chance to make a glacier crossing, as we from Rakaposhi to Diran Basecamp. Our final trek takes us to the legendary Nanga Parbat with its lush flowered meadows. Nanga Parbat borders on the Baltistan region once part of Tibet. These are the gatekeepers of the great Karakorum and often serve as climbing partners to expeditions taking on K2, The Gasherbrum’s and Broad Peak.
The Alpine Ascents Way
Each departure is led by an Alpine Ascents guide with a strong background in Himalayan culture. Our itinerary is unique in combining base camp visits along with some of Northern Pakistan must stunning villages. The itinerary for this expedition was created by Gordon Janow, who first visited Pakistan in 1987 and has returned to the region regularly for the last 40 years.
