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Beyond Pakistan

Trips

Culture, valleys and slow days. Multi-day journeys for anyone who wants to see Pakistan without climbing 800 metres before breakfast.

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View over the Hunza valley from Eagle’s Nest
10 days

Hunza at walking pace

Ten days in a valley at 2,500 metres, with day walks, apricot orchards and two forts from the eighth century. Recovery, not achievement.

Difficulty
Easy
Highest point
2,900 m
Budget on the ground
30–55 € / per day
The Passu Cones beside the Karakoram Highway
8 days

Passu, Patundas and the Khunjerab Pass

Upper Hunza: serrated peaks, two glaciers you can walk up to, and the highest paved border crossing in the world at 4,693 metres.

Difficulty
Easy
Highest point
4,693 m
Budget on the ground
35–60 € / per day
The wide plateau of Deosai under cloud
9 days

The Deosai Plains and Skardu

The second-highest plateau on earth: a steppe at 4,000 metres, covered in flowers and brown bears in July. Plus Skardu, Shigar and the cold desert of Sarfaranga.

Difficulty
Easy
Highest point
4,100 m
Budget on the ground
40–70 € / per day
The Bumburet valley in the Kalash area near Chitral
12 days

The Kalash valleys and Swat

Twelve days in the north-west: the Kalash with their own pre-Islamic religion, and Swat with Buddhist ruins from the Gandhara period. Culture rather than altitude.

Difficulty
Easy
Highest point
3,200 m
Budget on the ground
35–65 € / per day