Itinerary

1. Day 1- Arrival in Islamabad

   • Start from your homeland to reach Islamabad and connect with your tour representative.

2. Day 2- Islamabad - Chilas

   • Transfer to your hotel to freshen up. Board a minibus to start the tour by driving towards Chilas. You will go on Grand Trunk Road, leading straight to Afghanistan. After an hour’s drive on G.T. Road, we turn north on the Karakoram Highway. Karakoram Highway is a joint effort of the Pakistan Army and the Chinese engineers.

   • Lunch at Besham. Afterwards, continue the drive through the deep Indus gorge.

   • Arrive at Chilas on the bank of Indus.

   • Transfer to a hotel for overnight stay.

3. Day 3- Chilas - Jaglot - Astore - Trashing

   • Early morning drive to Jaglot on KKH. From Jaglot, board 4x4 jeeps and drive to our trek head.

   • Take a halt at Astore, 56 km from Jaglot. Astore is an important place, as many treks and jeep roads towards Deosai and Kashmir start here. The beginning of Rupal Valley is 30 km away from Astore. Mostly, the population here is Kashmiri and Shina speaking. In Trashing, our camping staff will welcome us.

   Overnight camping in Trashing.

4. Day 4- Trashing Glacier - Rupal Valley - Bazin

   • The first half-hour of the trek is steep, up to the lateral moraine of Trashing glacier. Then, it will take another half an hour to cross the glacier. At the other side of the glacier is the lower Rupal Valley, with two large summer settlements and big wheat fields. From the lower Rupal Valley, the trail is green and gradually ascending.

   • After about a three hours walk from here, you will reach Bazin just under the solid ice wall of the east face of Nanga Parbat.

   Camp overnight.

5. Day 5- Bazin - Shaigiri

   • Today, start by walking on the Bazin Glacier, which takes about two hours.

   • After crossing the glacier, the trek goes through Juniper and Willow trees. The trek continues up the Rupal River. An hours walk will take you to a place called Herligkoffer Base Camp. He was a famous climber and led eight expeditions to Nanga Parbat. Herligkoffer was also the leader of the Nanga Parbat Expedition in 1953 when Herman Buhl climbed it for the first time.

   • After a short stay here, walk further for about an hour and reach a place called Second Base Camp, another summer settlement. Our campsite Shaigiri is not very far from here. Usually, porters ask for a goat to slaughter and arrange a campfire with local songs and dances. Enjoy the beautiful views of South Face.

6. Day 6- Mazeno Base

   • Follow the lateral moraine of Rupal Glacier. You will see Nanga Parbat, Rupal and Laila Peaks behind you. The campsite is at 4200m altitude, with a few Juniper trees and a small water stream.

7. Day 7- Mazeno Pass

   • Trek is comparatively steep and ascending to the Mazeno glacier, which comes straight from Mazeno Pass. The campsite is not green anymore because of the height. Water is available. The high base camp is at 4724 meters.

8. Day 8- Loiba Glacier

   • Start early in the morning before sunrise. Climbing up to the pass is not very difficult, but the other side is steep and requires a rope, ice axe, seat harness, and crampons. The steep area is about 250m in length.

   • After crossing the pass, the Loiba glacier starts. Camp here at upper Loiba at the height of 4300 m.

9. Day 9- Loiba Meadows

   • Today, trek down from upper Loiba to Lower Loiba called Loiba Meadows. It is a comfortable walk through lush green meadows and trees. The campsite consists of many shepherd houses at 4000 m.

10. Day 10- Meadows - Kachal

    • Today, enjoy beautiful views of Nanga Parbat. The trek is very easy through pine and birch trees.

    • Enter the Kachal summer settlement at the base of Kachal Pass 4400 m.

    Camp at 3000 m.

11. Day 11- Diamer Base Camp

    • From Kachal, four treks trails intersect. One goes to Kachal Pass, and the second goes to Zangot, the third goes back to Loiba, and the fourth to Diamer Basecamp. Take the Diamer Base camp trek. 
    • En route, a short stay in Kigali.
    • Reach Diamer Face basecamp. World`s most famous mountaineer Reinhold Messner climbed Nanga Parbat from this side in 1979 and lost his brother on their way back. Take a short stay here for exploration and photography.
    • Walk back by the same route and camp at Zangot 4200 m.

12. Day 12- Gilgit

    • Start a steep trek down to the Diamer river to reach Dimroi.

    • From Dimroi, take the 4x4 jeeps and continue towards Gilgit, the capital of Northern areas of Pakistan.

    • Reach Gilgit and transfer to your hotel.

13. Day 13- Gilgit - Besham - Narran

    • Start with an early morning drive on Karakoram Highway along the Indus River to Besham and catch exciting views of Nanga Parbat again from Karakoram Highway.

    • Arrive at Besham, on the bank of Indus.

    Overnight in a motel.

14. Day 14- Besham - Islamabad

    • Continue driving on the greener part of Karakoram Highway to Islamabad. If time permits, you may stop at Taxila, the archaeological site of the Gandhara Buddhist civilization.

    • Arrive at Rawalpindi / Islamabad.

    • Transfer to a hotel for overnight stay.

15. Day 15- Departure

    • In the morning, transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

    End of tour.