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A man resting by a wood fire inside a mountain hut, lit by a shaft of light through the doorway

The journey starts here

Pakistan is bigger than a bucket list.

From valleys beneath 7,000-metre peaks to high-altitude lakes, villages reached on foot and languages spoken nowhere else, there is more here than the four photographs everyone comes for.

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Destinations

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Baltit Fort lit gold at night beneath a snow peak above Karimabad

2,438 m at Karimabad

Hunza

Where apricot orchards meet the Karakoram.

The Karakoram Highway running straight toward the jagged Passu Cones

2,500 – 4,693 m

Upper Hunza

Glaciers on both sides of the road, and the Chinese border at the top.

Snow peaks above Nagar framed by apricot blossom branches

2,000 – 4,694 m

Nagar Valley

The south side of the valley, and the way to Rush Lake.

Red-roofed cottages reflected in the still water of the Shangrila lake

2,230 m

Skardu

Cold desert on the Indus, and the road to every 8,000-metre peak.

3,900 – 4,300 m

Deosai

Four thousand metres up, and completely flat.

A shepherd hut below the snow face of Nanga Parbat at dusk

3,300 m

Fairy Meadows

A grass shelf at 3,300 metres with a killer mountain above it.

A Kalash elder in a traditional beaded headdress and woven shawl, seated in a wooden doorway

1,500 m

Chitral

Hindu Kush, Khowar, and Tirich Mir over the town.

2,438 m at Karimabad

Hunza

Where apricot orchards meet the Karakoram.

2,500 – 4,693 m

Upper Hunza

Glaciers on both sides of the road, and the Chinese border at the top.

2,000 – 4,694 m

Nagar Valley

The south side of the valley, and the way to Rush Lake.

2,230 m

Skardu

Cold desert on the Indus, and the road to every 8,000-metre peak.

3,900 – 4,300 m

Deosai

Four thousand metres up, and completely flat.

3,300 m

Fairy Meadows

A grass shelf at 3,300 metres with a killer mountain above it.

1,500 m

Chitral

Hindu Kush, Khowar, and Tirich Mir over the town.

Journeys

Picked by people who have walked them.

15 journeys are listed. These are the ones our editors and the guides themselves keep pointing people towards.

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A stream winding through the open grassland of the Deosai plateau

Editor’s pick

Deosai · Gilgit-Baltistan

Deosai Jeep Safari

3 days Moderate Max 8

Three days crossing the second-highest plateau on earth — Skardu to Sheosar, camping at Bara Pani, and out to Astore.

$340 per person

Next 24 Aug · 3 places left

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A stone shelter at Beyal camp on the way to Nanga Parbat Base Camp

Editor’s pick

Fairy Meadows · Gilgit-Baltistan

Fairy Meadows & Nanga Parbat

5 days Moderate Max 10

Five days on the north side of the ninth-highest mountain in the world — the jeep road, the meadow, Beyal and the base camp viewpoint.

$520 per person

Next 29 Aug · 5 places left

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Snow ridges rising above a village valley near Rakaposhi

Editor’s pick

Nagar Valley · Gilgit-Baltistan

Rakaposhi Basecamp Trek

4 days Challenging Max 8

Four days beneath Rakaposhi, walking through walnut orchards, alpine pastures and villages that sit directly beneath the Karakoram.

$420 per person

Next 5 Sep · 8 places left

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A wooden boat crossing Attabad Lake between steep rock walls and a snow peak

Editor’s pick

Upper Hunza · Gilgit-Baltistan

Upper Hunza & Khunjerab

5 days Moderate Max 12

Five days in Gojal — Passu, Borith, Sost and the pass at 4,693 metres, taken slowly enough that the altitude doesn't ruin it.

$610 per person

Next 7 Sep · 7 places left

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Apricot blossom scattered across a terraced valley below snow peaks in Hunza

Editor’s pick

Hunza · Gilgit-Baltistan

Hunza Spring Blossom

7 days Easy Max 10

Seven days in the valley during the two weeks the apricot trees are in flower — Karimabad, Nagar, Gulmit and the terraces above them.

$890 per person

Next 28 Mar · 6 places left

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Rippled sand dunes of the Skardu cold desert beneath a wall of snow peaks

Editor’s pick

Skardu · Gilgit-Baltistan

Skardu Lakes & Deosai Safari

7 days Moderate Max 10

Seven days in Baltistan — Kachura, the cold desert, Shigar, and the full Deosai crossing with two nights on the plateau.

$940 per person

Next 22 Aug · 4 places left

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The difference

Same mountain.
Different journey.

Three ways up to Rakaposhi basecamp from Minapin. The mountain does not change. The group size, the food, who carries what and what happens if you cancel all do.

Compare these three

Three routes to Rakaposhi basecamp, compared
Journey	Rakaposhi Base Camp — Minapin Route	Rakaposhi Basecamp Trek	Rakaposhi Base Camp — Slow Route
Price	$390	$420	$575
Duration	4 days	4 days	5 days
Difficulty	Challenging	Challenging	Moderate
Group size	6–12	4–8	2–4
Accommodation	Camping	Camping	Mixed
Transport	Shared 4×4	Private 4×4	Private 4×4
Meals	All meals	All meals	All meals
Rating	4.6	4.9	4.8

Marked values are the strongest in that row. Rows with no objectively better answer — transport, accommodation — are not marked at all.

Field notes

Reporting from the valleys.

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The Passu Cones and village lit by evening light beneath a clouded sky

Reported · Gojal · 7 min read

Beyond the Cones: Life in Upper Hunza

Passu has forty households, two glaciers and a mountain on every postcard of Pakistan. What it does not have is a straightforward relationship with any of it.

By Sana Rehman, Contributing editor