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  • Journey Through the Heart of Karakoram

Overview of the location

Ten days that take you from a capital built in the 1960s to a fort that was already old when it was built, by way of the Karakoram Highway – the paved descendant of the Silk Road – and a cricket ground cut into a mountainside with a 7,788-metre peak standing behind the boundary. Three valleys, two 400-year-old kitchens, five peaks over seven thousand metres in a single frame – and a film crew with you the whole way, so you come home with the footage as well as the memory.

What's Included

Meal
MEAL

9 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches & 9 Dinners

Transport
Transport

Toyota Grand Cabin & 4x4 Jeeps

Group size
Group size

8 - 12 pax

Expert team
expert team

Trained English speaking guide and resident director

Accommodation
ACCOMMODATION

All accommodation as outlined in the itinerary. We’ll make sure room sharing is matched by gender unless otherwise requested

Entrance fees
ENTRANCE FEES

Not included

Fitness rating
FITNESS RATING

Moderate

Book with confidence
BOOK WITH CONFIDENCE

All Flexible booking conditions regarding transfer and cancellations

Bonfire
Bonfire

1x Bonfire Night

Traditional musical night
Tradtional musical night

1x Tradtional musical night

Souvenirs
Souvenirs

1x Souvenirs

Culinary experiences
Culinary experiences

Traditional Hunza & Balti cuisine

What's Not Included

International flights to and from Islamabad

Pakistan visa fees – we prepare the documentation, you pay the fee

Travel and medical insurance – strongly recommended

Entry tickets, site permits and museum fees

Optional activities – speed boating and zip lines at Kachura and Hussaini, polo match entry

Spa and wellness treatments on Day 9

Lunch on Day 1, and lunch and dinner on Day 10

Beverages outside the included meals

Laundry, telephone, paid Wi-Fi and personal items

Personal shopping and souvenirs

Tips for guide, driver and crew, at your discretion

Medical costs, evacuation and rescue

Costs from landslides, road closures, weather or flight delays

Anything not explicitly listed as included

Map and Itinerary

Tour route map

Itinerary Section

10 DAYS 9 NIGHTS

Day 1 of 10

The Capital, Before the Mountains

Arrival at Islamabad International. Your guide meets the group in arrivals and the vehicle is already waiting. Transfer to the Ambience Hotel, check in, and time to shower off the flight before the city opens up. Faisal Mosque first – Vedat Dalokay's Bedouin-tent design folded into the foot of the Margalla Hills, and one of the largest mosques in the world. Then the Pakistan Monument on Shakarparian ridge, four granite petals opening over the city, and Saidpur Village, a 500-year-old Mughal-era settlement swallowed whole by the modern capital. Up the Margalla Hills road to Monal for the arrival dinner, with Islamabad laid out below you in a grid of lights. Your guide runs the route briefing over dinner. Back to the Ambience for an early night – tomorrow is a dawn flight.

Premium HotelAmbience Hotel, Islamabad
ActivitiesFaisal Mosque · Pakistan Monument · Saidpur Village · Monal
The Capital, Before the Mountains01 / 10

Dates And Prices

Pakistan: Journey Through the Heart of Karakoram

All prices below are quoted on double occupancy and exclude international flights. An advance of 50% is to be paid at the time of booking and the remaining amount to be cleared prior to 30 days of departure. Please read the terms and conditions carefully.

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Journey Through the Heart of Karakoram

April (Spring - Blossom)

(10 Days)

Double occupancy

£1,800 / PP

Additional Single Occupancy: £600
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