Hunza Valley · 9 days / 8 nights · June – September
Karakoram Grand Circuit
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.
The route
Day by day
Day 1
Islamabad → Besham
Onto the Karakoram Highway — the Indus takes the wheel.
Day 2
Besham → Gilgit
Gorge country all day, Nanga Parbat viewpoint at golden hour, Serena comforts by night.
Day 3
Gilgit → Karimabad
Rakaposhi fills the windscreen; by evening, walnut cake above the orchards.
Day 4
Forts & village lanes
Baltit Fort in the morning, Altit and its royal garden after lunch — a thousand years of Hunza in one day.
Day 5
Khunjerab Pass
To the roof of the highway — 4,693 m, snow in July, a border in the clouds.
Day 6
Attabad & Gulmit
The lake by private boat, then Gulmit's carpet weavers and the old suspension bridge for the brave.
Day 7
Slow Hunza day
Nothing scheduled. That's the point. (Your driver knows where the best apricot cake hides.)
Day 8
Karimabad → Chilas
Begin the long descent with a last Rakaposhi breakfast.
Day 9
Chilas → Islamabad
Over Babusar and down to the plains, nine days taller.
What it looks like
From
Rs 208,175 /person