Sunday, February 6, 2011

Hunza Valley Heaven on Earth

The area offers unlimited trekking for all grades or challenges from one day onwards .  the treks to shatuber Glacier , Baltbar SAR Glacier, and to the Pamir side it provides magnificent views and adventures. A moderate day long trek takes you from Gulmit , through kamaris to Ghulkin and onward across ghulkin Glacier Borith lake eventually Hussaini (hot spring and suspension ) this trek offers a diverse experience from a panoramic view including peaks, Glaciers , streams, rivers crop fields and settlements offering the chance to meet very hospitable people.The trek between Gulmit and hussaini offers another taste of foot bridge ( Dut ) that demand bravely and high settlements of wakhi migration and has recently become more accessible for visitors. Traveling by jeep through the narrow gorges of boiber as well as chapursan, shimshal and Misgar valleys all gives a thrilling experience. The best trekking season is usually from may to Octover . the shisper Glacier trek can be done as long day trek or you can camp on night on shisper meadow. It is recommended to arrange every thing for you. It is a pleasant hour stroll ot ondra fort near kamaris village . from here there are impressive views dowm to karakurum highway to tupopdan peak. The management of Gulmit continental hotel will gladly assist you in planning your treks and walks around Gulmit village.
Along the Ancient Silk Route journey to the land of culture and adventure and the fabled "Shangri-La".
In James Hilton's lost horizons, a land of peace and plenty where people never aged.
Eric Shipton the famous explorers, described the views from Hunza Valley as.
"The ultimate manifestation of mountaingranduer".
Today Hunza Valley could be reached in comfort by winding Karakoram Highway. The legendary Silk Road now known by its mundance acronym-the karakoram highway (KKH) has footprints of great travellers like Marcopolo, troops of Alexander of Macedonia, Buddhist pilgrims and Babur, the descendant of Gengis Khan and First king of the great mughal dynasty of sub-continental. In the Gilgit Baltistan of Pakistan, trucked away in the abode of the most picturesque mountains on earth, Tupopdan (6106m) known as the mother mountain for having so many habitants and village around its foot hills. Hunza Valley is divided into lower (shina), central (Burushal) and upper (Gojal) regions.

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