Nazir Sabir Expeditions

Leaders in Adventure Tourism

Pak-China Silk Route Tour (Sinkyang)

Range:            Karakoram/kunluun
Altitude:         2000m - 4700m
Zone:              Open
Duration:        16 Days
Best Time:       May - October

Traveling along the Karakoram Highway is an experience that will captivate and enthrall you with the landscape and the size of the mountains en route. The landscape is extremely striking. In places, sheer, snow-capped mountains standing tall from deep valleys while elsewhere lush alpine meadows are carpeted in colorful wildflowers and dazzling pastures above the villages. Terraced villages are dotted around this monumental terrain, supported by traditional farming methods and lifestyles that have seen little change over the centuries.

Each day provides a new and exciting scene around each turning makes this experience so much popular amongst international travelers. Talk to anyone who has driven the 1284km long highway and watch their eyes light up! Connecting China with Pakistan, the famous highway twists through three Great Mountain ranges - the Himalaya, Karakoram and Pamirs along the famous Indus and the Hunza rivers.  If you love awe-inspiring mountain scenery, fantastic cultural diversity and history, and the idea of little effort to experience it, this is the trip for you!


Trip Itinerary:

Day 01          Islamabad
                    Arrive Islamabad. Transfer to Hotel.

Day 02          Gilgit/Besham
                    Fly to Gilgit (1hr) and transfer to hotel. In case of flight cancellation drive
                    (6-7 hrs) by coach to Besham (275 km) on KKH. Hotel.

Day 03          Naltar Valley/Gilgit
                    Excursion to Naltar Valley by jeep. Hotel.
                    If you are driving, complete road journey (09-10 hrs) to Gilgit (345 km).
                    Hotel.

Day 04          Gilgit - Karimabad (110 km in 3 hrs)
                    Drive to Hunza (2400m). Hotel.

Day 05          Visit Baltit fort and trip to Duiker view point. Hotel.

Day 06          Karimabad - Gulmit (40km 1 hr)
                    Drive to Gulmit and hike to Gulkin glacier. Hotel.

Day 07          Gulmit - Sost - Tashkurgan
                    Drive to Sost and after clearance from immigration continue to Tashkoran.
Hotel.

Day 08          Tashkorgan - Kashgar
                    Drive to Kashgar. Hotel.

Day 09          Full day visit Sunday market. Hotel.

Day 10          Kashgar
                    City Tour of Kashgar.
                    Visit the Abak Hoja Mausoleum, Mosque and bazaar. Hotel.

Day 11          Tashkurgan
                    Drive to Tashkurgan. Hotel.

Day 12          Sost-Karimabad
                    Drive to Sost and continue to Hunza. Hotel.

Day 13          Karimabad-Gilgit
                    Drive to Gilgit. Hotel.

Day 14          Islamabad/Besham
                    Fly to Islamabad (1hr) and transfer to hotel.
                    In case of flight cancellation drive to Besham (09-10 hrs, 345 km). Hotel.

Day 15          Islamabad/Besham
                    Day free at Islamabad. Hotel.
                    If you are driving, complete road journey (06-07 hrs) to Islamabad (275 km).
Hotel.

Day 16          Transfer to airport for your homebound flight.


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