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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

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 Difficulty: Moderate, 2 out of 4 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

K2 rising clear of cloud above the Baltoro glacier Editor’s pick

Skardu · Gilgit-Baltistan

K2 Basecamp Trek

18 days Extreme Difficulty: Extreme, 4 out of 4 Max 12

Eighteen days up the Baltoro to Concordia and K2 Base Camp — the single greatest concentration of high mountains anywhere on earth.

$2,980 per person

Next 26 Jun · 8 places left

Snow peaks above Nagar framed by apricot blossom branches Reduced

Nagar Valley · Gilgit-Baltistan

Rakaposhi Base Camp — Slow Route

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

Five days instead of four, four people instead of twelve, and a night either side in Karimabad. The same mountain, taken properly.

$575 $640 per person

Next 12 Sep · 2 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 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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