"“Karakoram Highway” (Karakoram Highway) has received the nickname "Karakoram Highway". It is considered “the 8th wonder of the world” because it passes at a height of almost 5,000 meters above sea level. Built parallel to the ancient Silk Road, connecting the eastern world from China to the west at Rome."
Day 1 Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi Airport) - Islamabad
16:00 Meet at Suvarnabhumi Airport, International Departure Floor, 4th Floor, Exit 4, Thai Airways Counter. Meet with our team who will take care of you and provide you with assistance.
19:00 Depart for Islamabad, Pakistan on Thai Airways Flight TG 349. Travel time is 5 hours and 10 minutes.
23:00 Arrive at Islamabad International Airport, Pakistan. Then travel to Islamabad.
Accommodation Hotels in Islamabad ***
Day 2 : Islamabad – Skardu – Cold Desert – Kashura Lake
Morning Have breakfast
05.00 Depart for Islamabad Airport to travel to Skardu, approximately 1 hour (flight time not specified yet, will choose the most suitable flight for the trip)
Arrive in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, the land of the great Karakoram Mountains
Noon Have lunch
Visit Katpana Desert or Cold Desert, located in Gilgit-Baltistan. The desert has large sand dunes that are sometimes covered with snow during winter. Located at an altitude of 2,226 meters above sea level, it is one of the highest deserts in the world.
Shangri-La Lake or Kachura Lake is about 32 km from Skardu and a 1-hour jeep ride. The deep, tranquil and sparkling Shangri-La Lake is full of brown trout. In spring, exotic and colorful flowers decorate the banks. While peach, apricot and apple trees bloom in April
Evening Dinner
Accommodation Hotels in Skardu***
Day 3 : Marsur Rock Viewpoint - Sila Mantal - Sattapara Lake
Morning Have breakfast at the hotel.
Proceed to Hussain Abad and then walk for 3 hours to Marsur Rock View point, a rock located in Hussainabad valley near Skardu. The rock is 38 feet long, 15 feet wide from the ground and only 2 and a half feet wide at the other end. It was discovered in 2017 and has become a tourist attraction.
Noon Have lunch.
Visit Manthal Buddha, a large granite rock with carvings of Lord Buddha on it, dating back to the 8th century AD, located in Manthal village, Skardu.
Visit Satpara Lake, located in Skardu valley, is a freshwater lake that is considered to be the most beautiful and largest lake in Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 2,636 meters. This is considered a natural tourist attraction with abundant water resources and is also a habitat for trout, a species of fish similar to salmon.
Dinner Have dinner and check in at hotel in Skardu***
Day 4 : Garpos Fort - Blind Lake & Cold Desert Safraranga
Morning: Have breakfast at the hotel. Hike to Kharpocho Fort or Skardu Fort, known as the “King of Forts” due to its strategic location on a cliff face at the focal point of a river, making it an ideal spot for observing enemies or visitors. Built by Ali Sher Khan Anjan, the ruler of Baltistan until the end of the 16th century, the fort has now fallen into disrepair. Proceed to Sarfaranga Cold Desert, located in the Shigar district at an altitude of 7,500 feet. The desert is surrounded by mountains and the Indus River flows nearby. Proceed to Shigar Valley, the gateway to the majestic peaks of the Karakorams, Gasherbrum and K2, 23 km from Skardu. The hills are dotted with fields of wheat, maize and barley. Orchards offer a variety of apricots, mulberries, peaches, plums, pears, apples and nuts. See the wooden mosque in the center of the city, built by Kashmiri carpenters hundreds of years ago. Lunch: Have lunch. Continue to Blind Lake, a beautiful lake between Skardu and Shikar. It is about a 30-minute drive from Skardu. Tourists can enjoy walking on the sandy beach, rocks and lush green grass. The lake is on the legendary K-2 route. Evening Dinner Accommodation Hotel in Skardu***
Day 5 : Skardu – Hunza Valley – Karimabad
Morning Have breakfast
Take you to Hunza Valley, a distance of about 286 kilometers, taking about 4 hours.
On the way, we will stop to see the World 3 Mountain ranges, a point where you can see 3 giant mountain ranges: Karakoram, Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
Noon Have lunch at a local restaurant in Gilgit.
Afternoon On the way to Hunza, we will stop to see the original Silk Road and stop at Rakaposhi View Point, which is 7,790 meters high.
Arrive at Karimabad, the capital of Hunza Valley, which is 2,438 meters above sea level, or also known as Baltit, which used to be an independent state with self-governance for hundreds of years. Most of the people in the city are Ismailis.
Evening Have dinner.
Accommodation Hotel in Hunza ***
Day 6: Fort Baltit - Fort Altit - Duiker
Morning Have breakfast
Visit Baltit Fort, which is over 750 years old. This fort is a former royal palace that combines various architectural styles from Kashmiri to Tibetan and has been expanded many times until the British rule. It is currently under the care of Aga Khan Foundation. Visit Altit Fort, the oldest fort in Hunza Valley, located on a cliff by the Hunza River, which is very beautiful.
Noon Have lunch at Khabasi Cafe
Travel to Duiker bird eye view, a very beautiful sunset viewpoint of the city. This point can see Hunza city, Nagar Valley, Golden Peak, and Rusk Lake & Rakaposhi view
Evening Have dinner
Accommodation Hotel in Hunza ***
Day 7: Hopar Valley - Attabad Lake - Passu Valley - Hussani Suspension Bridge - Borit Lake
Morning Have breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
Travel to Hoper glacier, one of the beautiful viewpoints. Surrounded by high mountains, and the specialty of this place is that the glacier is black from the minerals in this area, making this place look very beautiful and unusual.
Noon Have breakfast at a local restaurant.
Travel to Gojal Valley to see Attabad Lake, a lake formed from a landslide caused by an earthquake in 2010 (Attabad Disaster), which became a turquoise lake with a length of 21 kilometers and a depth of 100 meters.
Travel to Passu Valley, a magnificent mountain range. Take you to see the Hussaini Suspension bridge, which has a picture of Passu Valley as a backdrop. Continue to Passu Glacier.
Travel to Borith Lake, a lake at an altitude of 2,600 meters. There are beautiful viewpoints and photo spots.
Return and stay at a hotel in Gilgit. ***
Day 8: Gilgit – Fairy Meadows
Morning: Have breakfast
Travel to Fairy Meadow, the fairy tale meadow. In German, this place is called “Merchenwiese”. It was named by a German mountaineer. It is ranked the 3rd most beautiful place in the world. At an altitude of 3,300 meters above sea level, this green meadow is surrounded by forest. There is a beautiful viewpoint of Raikot Glacier and Nanga Parbat, the 9th highest mountain in the world. “Nanga Parbat is 8,126 meters above sea level. The name means “Naked Mountain”, but people know it as “Killer Mountain”.
- Journey to Fairy Meadows
- Use the main vehicle to travel from the airport to Raikot bridge (distance 90 kilometers, approximately 1-1.5 hours).
- Then take a Jeep at Raikot bridge across the Indus River, drive into Tatto valley village (distance about 12 kilometers, time about 1 hour).
- After that, trek 5 kilometers, takes 3.5 - 4 hours (Elevation Gain 700 m. / Altitude 3,300 m) or choose to ride a horse along the ridge, there is an additional cost of approximately 3000 - 3500 rupees per person. The path is not very steep, older people can walk. There are some points where the path is a bit narrow but not dangerous.
Noon Have lunch on the way
Afternoon Arrive at Fairy Meadow, put your luggage in the accommodation, take you to see the view around Fairy Meadow, view of the grasslands and see the peak of Nanga Parbat surrounded by pine forests
Evening Have dinner at the hotel in Fairy Meadow
Day 9: Fairy Meadows
Morning Have breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
Trekking to Beyal Camp. Along the way, enjoy the beautiful wildflowers and streams. See the simple lifestyle of the villagers in an atmosphere similar to a small village in Europe. You will see the peak of Nanga Parbat and Raikot Glacier up close.
Distance 4.2 kilometers, travel time about 1.5 - 2 hours, mostly flat road, some steep spots.
Noon Have breakfast along the way.
Additional For those who are in good physical condition, you can continue to Nanga Parbat Base camp, which is about 16 kilometers round trip, or you can stop about halfway at Nanga Parbat Viewpoint. Then return to the accommodation by the same route.
Accommodation Hotel in Fairy Meadow
Evening Have breakfast at the hotel restaurant
Day 10: Fairy Meadows - Naran
Morning Have breakfast at the accommodation
Late morning, take you down from Fairy Meadow, then take a jeep, wave goodbye to the “Fairy Meadow”
Travel to Naran, a distance of about 170 kilometers, taking about 5-6 hours
Walk through Babusar Pass at an altitude of 4,173 meters above sea level, which the Mughal Emperor Babur Babur once passed through in the early 16th century, now often called Babusar Top
Noon Break Have dinner at a local restaurant
Stop at Lulusar Lake Viewpoint
Afternoon Arrive at Naran, a popular tourist attraction in the upper Khagan Valley in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Naran is located at an altitude of 2,409 meters (7,904 feet), approximately 65 kilometers from Babusar Pass
Dinner Have dinner at the hotel restaurant
Accommodation Hotel in Naran or equivalent*
Day 11 : Naran – Islamabad
Morning Have breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
Then travel to the capital city of Islamabad, approximately 282 kilometers away, approximately 6.30 hours.
Noon Have lunch on the way.
Visit the Faisal Mosque, the largest mosque in South Asia and the 6th largest in the world. It was built by King Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia and designed by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay, who received the Agha Khan Award for architecture. The mosque is designed to resemble a Bedouin tent in the desert. It can accommodate up to 10,000 people inside the dome, with the Margalla Hills as the backdrop.
Evening Have dinner at a local restaurant.
19.30 Take you to Islamabad International Airport to return to Bangkok.
23.20 Depart for Bangkok with Thai Airways TG 350.
Day 12 : Bangkok
06.25 a.m. Arrived safely at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Note: The program can be changed according to the situation on site. The organizer will operate for the benefit of the participants first.
- Round-trip airfare, economy class (Bangkok-Islamabad-Islamabad-Bangkok) flying TG
- Airport tax, fuel tax, air insurance
- Transportation or pick-up and drop-off during the tour with a driver who is familiar with the routes as specified in the program and a tour leader from Thailand to take care of you throughout the trip
- Accommodation for 2 people per room in a 3-star standard hotel as specified in the program or the same level, total of 10 nights. In the case of single accommodation, an additional 20,000 baht is required.
- Meals as specified in the program, both including and excluding meals, at different prices.
- A local guide from Pakistan who speaks English and a Thai tour leader for 10 or more travelers
- Tourist visa fees
- Entrance fees to all attractions and shows specified in the program
- Travel accident insurance coverage of 1,000,000 baht per person
- Passport fee
- Various taxes such as 7% tax, 3% withholding tax
- Special food and beverage costs, other than those listed
- Porting fee for 1 piece of luggage per person, average 1 USD / person
- Driver tip fee - Local guide tip - Tour leader (recommended /2,500 / person / trip)
- Personal expenses such as passport fee, laundry fee, telephone-fax, mini bar drinks and other expenses not specified in the list
- Porter fee, horse riding fee and additional activities outside the program (if any)
- Passport must have at least 6 months validity from the date of travel and must have at least 2 blank pages for visa stamps and entry-exit stamps. Scan or take a photo and send it via email or Line - Clear white background photo
- Personal history such as father-mother's name / blood type / address in Thailand
- Pay a deposit of 20,000 baht (or according to the conditions specified in the program) and send the documents to the company within 3 days after booking and will receive a booking confirmation document and a receipt from the company (the receipt will be received when the remaining amount is paid in full).
- Pay the remaining travel fee and send the documents to the company 30 days before the travel date.
- In the event that the traveler books the service but does not pay the service fee according to the conditions, the company will consider that you have waived your rights and will not refund 100% of the deposit.
- When the traveler pays the first portion of the service fee, the company will consider that you have acknowledged all terms and conditions.
- The company reserves the right to refund in case of
- Cancellation less than 30-44 days before departure, the company will deduct 100% of the deposit (20,000 baht or according to the conditions specified for each item)
- Cancellation of the trip 15-29 days before the departure date, deduct 50% of the service fee
- Cancellation of the trip less than 14 days before the departure date, the company reserves the right not to refund 100% of the service fee
- In case of cancellation of the trip at any time, the company reserves the right not to refund any type of Non-Refund service fee
- If the entry is denied in any case, the company will not refund all money
- In the event that there are less than 10 people, there will be no tour leader or the price will be adjusted according to the actual number of travelers.
- The company reserves the right to change some details of the tour when there is an unavoidable emergency and will not be responsible for any loss, loss or injury beyond the responsibility of the tour leader and certain force majeure events such as strikes, natural disasters, riots, etc.
- Since the tour program is a one-stop package, if you waive the right to use any of the services in the program or are denied entry into the country in any case, the company reserves the right not to refund in any case.
- In the event of canceling the trip after receiving the visa, the company reserves the right to notify the embassy to be at the embassy's discretion regarding your visa. Since the visa application in each country will be recorded as statistics in the name of the company, when you pay the deposit or all of it, whether paid through the company's representative or paid directly, the company will assume that you acknowledge and accept the conditions of the visa document.
- If the airline cancels the flight or if there is any incident caused by the airline, the company reserves the right to change some details of this tour to suit the actual situation.
- If the airline cancels the flight, the flight is delayed Or if there is any incident caused by the airline, which affects domestic flight passengers, the company reserves the right not to accept any expenses. Group tickets cannot specify seats. In case of requesting special seats, the company will request the seats from the airline. However, the company does not confirm that it will be granted as it depends on the airline and the number of seats and passengers on each flight.
- In case of travel plans need to be adjusted due to weather conditions, natural disasters that may occur and inability to access certain locations, the company reserves the right to adjust the new travel plans to be appropriate for the situation that occurs and as close to the original plan as possible.
- Using domestic flights will reduce travel time from 14 hours to only 1 hour, but Pakistan Airlines (PIA) may cancel flights at any time without prior notice due to unfavorable weather conditions, especially during winter, which causes travel plans to be changed suddenly.
- If a flight is canceled, the company will immediately use a bus to travel and adjust the plan to be as close to the original. However, some tourist attractions will have to be removed to fit the new travel plan.
- Pakistani people are naturally quite easy-going and friendly. When using a restaurant or restaurant, the chef will not start cooking until the guest arrives. Even if all the food has been booked, everyone will have to wait for the food for 15-30 minutes, which is considered very normal for people here. The same goes for the check-in system that requires waiting to take the guest's room name again when we arrive.
- Although most of the roads in Pakistan are well paved, because they are a single mountain road with no detours Therefore, there is a chance that the road will be closed due to natural disasters such as landslides or rocks blocking the way, flooding, causing travel time to be lost and missing some places due to the change in travel plans. The decision will be based on the local guide.
- Pakistan and the Karakoram Highway are almost 100% nature tourism. The weather will have a great effect. Although the company has chosen the most suitable season for traveling to that place, there may be unexpected weather conditions that cannot be predicted in advance for a long time, such as rainstorms, sandstorms, snowstorms, floods, rain on the mountaintops. The characteristics of the mountains here are gravel. After a moderate amount of rain, Stone Flood may occur and block the road. It takes time to clear the road and change the travel plan.
- Pakistan is considered a third world country. Therefore, every trip has the chance of unplanned events and may have to adjust to the second or third plan at any time. However, the friendliness of the Pakistani people will impress you and make you understand the possible events that may occur.
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