Journeys we've already perfected

The definitive Baltistan week — over Babusar Top, a night above the meeting of three mountain ranges at Jaglot, then lakes, forts, cold-desert stars and Balti stories around the fire.

Spring's pink week in the valley of long life — blossom walks with an Altit orchardist, Baltit Fort by lamplight, and a private boat across the impossible blue of Attabad.

Cabins on a green shelf facing Nanga Parbat, the world's wildest jeep track to get there, and a dawn walk to watch the Killer Mountain catch fire.

The perfect first taste of the north — Saif-ul-Malook after the crowds leave, trout you catch yourself, and pine-smoke evenings by the Kunhar.

May in the valleys of the Kalasha — drums in the walnut groves, cowrie-shell headdresses, and a festival three thousand years old, attended as a family's guest.

The full sweep of the high north in one journey — Hunza's forts and orchards, the Khunjerab Pass at 4,693 m, Attabad by boat, and the Gilgit Serena to come home to.