Karakoram Nomads

Hiking

6 journeys across Gilgit-Baltistan. Narrow by what matters to you, then put the shortlist side by side.

6 journeys

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 Difficulty: Moderate, 2 out of 4 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

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 Difficulty: Moderate, 2 out of 4 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

Apricot blossom scattered across a terraced valley below snow peaks in Hunza Editor’s pick

Hunza · Gilgit-Baltistan

Hunza Spring Blossom

7 days Easy Difficulty: Easy, 1 out of 4 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

Carved wooden balconies on the upper storeys of Khaplu Fort

Khaplu · Gilgit-Baltistan

Shigar & Khaplu Heritage Journey

6 days Easy Difficulty: Easy, 1 out of 4 Max 8

Six days through the old Baltistan — two restored palaces, a 14th-century wooden mosque, and the Shyok valley up to Hushe.

$1,240 per person

Next 14 Sep · 4 places left

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

Chitral · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Chitral & Kalash Cultural Journey

7 days Easy Difficulty: Easy, 1 out of 4 Max 10

Seven days in the Hindu Kush — Chitral town, the three Kalash valleys, and the Garam Chashma road, with Tirich Mir over all of it.

$780 per person

Next 19 Sep · 6 places left

A stream running through pine forest below the treeline

Kumrat · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Kumrat Valley Adventure

5 days Moderate Difficulty: Moderate, 2 out of 4 Max 12

Five days of deodar forest, a cold river and the climb to Katora Lake — the least developed valley within a day of Islamabad.

$430 per person

Next 28 Aug · 7 places left

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