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Itinerary
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Day 1 ISLAMABAD
Arrive and transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day 2 ISLAMABAD – GILGIT
Transfer to Islamabad airport for flight to Gilgit. If flight cancelled due to weather or other reasons we will drive to Gilgit by road on Karakoram Highway. The total journey from Islamabad to Gilgit is 14-16 hours. Overnight at hotel.
Day 2 GILGIT
Free day for acclimatization. Overnight at hotel.
Day 3 GILGIT TO GUPIS
We drive eastwards along the Gilgit River. From here we will use 4x4 jeeps for our onward journey. We camp on the Polo ground just past the village of Gupis. Overnight at camp.
Day 4 GUPIS TO NIALTI
From Gupis we turn north and head up the Yasin valley, known as the prettiest of all the valleys around Gilgit. We will travel on jeeps as much as road permits after then continue on foot to reach Nialti. Overnight camping.
Day 5 - 8 TREK OVER THUI AN PASS
The first part of the trek takes us over the Thui An Pass at 14,760 ft. This is the highest point on the trek so we take time to acclimatize on the ascent, passing through the small villages of Musuk and Shotalling. There are excellent views over the Musuk Bar and Ghalasander- glaciers and of Thuizom Peak(20,200 ft). After crossing the Aghost Bar glacier we start the strenuous climb to the pass itself at 14,760 ft. The views from the top are magnificent covering many unclimbed peaks. We descend to our campsite a base of the pass at 13,200 ft. overnight camping.
Day 9 BARPU GRAM
We will now have our first view of the Barpu glacier and follow its path till we reach our camp site at Barpu Gram.
Day 10 BARPU GRAM TO GAZIN VILLAGE
We walk don the Gazin glacier to our camp at Gazin Village. Overnight camping.
Day 11 TREK TO LESHT
Heading north out of the village, the trail leaves the river and zigzags up to a grassy col where we get excellent views along the valley. Further along, we pass through several tiny hamlets before camping at Lesht, only a few miles from Afghan border.
Day 12-13 TREK TO ISHPRU DOK
We retrace our steps for a short distance before leaving the main valley and heading up an uninhabited side valley. A long climb brings us to the summer pastures known as Ishpru Dok, where we camp. Overnight camping.
Day 14 TREK TO SHAH JINALI
Our path now takes us up the Shah Jinali(King’s Polo ground pass 13,790 ft_). This pass is only 12 miles from Afghan border and was until very recently off limits to trekkers. The top of the pass is a wide area of lush green meadows dotted with hundreds of Buttercups and we can spend sometime admiring the views and enjoying the peace of this remote place before descending to camp at the base of the pass. Overnight camping.
Day 15-17 TREK TO ISTARO
We descend the Turikho valley, walking through the villages of Shah Jinali, Rabat, Shotkar and Shahgram. Trich Mir the highest peak in the area comes into the view during our descent through this valley. Climbing peaks above 6000 meters.
Day 18 DRIVE TO CHITRAL
We rejoin our jeeps for the drive to Chitral, a bustling small town that has grown in population with the influx of Afghan refugees. There are fascinating bazaars where we can hunt for jewelry and precious stones, and the famous Chitrali hats, and we can also visit Chitral Fort, set high above the Kunhar river. Overnight at hotel.
Day 19 CHITRAL
The most interesting part of a visit to the Chitral area is an excursion to the Kafir Kalash valleys. These valleys are inhabited by ‘the unbelievers’ , related to the Kafirs of Afghanistan, who were forcibly converted to Islam just before the turn of the century. The Kalash still cling to a mix of animism, ancestors of fire worship. We have time to explore the area before returning to Chitral for the night.
Day 20 DRIVE TO PESHAWAR
Drive to Peshawar and on arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight at hotel.
Day 21 DRIVE TO ISLAMABAD
Drive to Islamabad. transfer to hotel.
Day 22
Fly to onward destination.
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