Itinerary

1. Arrive at Islamabad airport

   • The local guide will pick you up from Islamabad Airport. Transfer to the hotel in Islamabad.

   • Upon arrival, check-in to the hotel and rest for a while.

   • Later, visit some of the major attractions including the Faisal Mosque, Pakistan Monument, Lok Virsa.

   • Overnight stay at the hotel.

2. Skardu town

   •  Fly to Skardu town. (if cancelled, drive to Chilas or Naran)

   • Drive for a few hours and stop for lunch mid-way.

   • Upon arrival, check-in to the hotel and rest for a while before the guide briefs you about the trek.

   • Dinner and overnight stay.

3. Skardu sightseeing

   • After breakfast, visit the Kharpucho Fort. Considered to be the king of forts, it is located near Skardu city in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. 

   • Drive to the Katpana Desert Area and explore the cold-arid desert.

   • Rest of the day is free for shopping and relaxation.

4. SKARDU TO aSKOLe

   • After an early morning breakfast, drive to Askole (3,048m). It takes 7-hours to drive from Skardu to Askoli.

   • Enjoy the fascinating journey through the traditional villages and orchards.

   • Arrive and fix the tents for an overnight stay.

5. Askole to namla

   • After breakfast, distribute the luggage to the porters and start the trek along the turbulent waters of the Braldu River.

   • After the 2 hours hike, pass through the steep slope to enter into the Biafo glacier.

   • Later, arrive at the campsite for dinner and overnight stay.

6. Namla to mango

   • Today, walk on the Biafo glacier. The first stage of the trek is hard and travellers have to cross numerous boulders and gravels.

   • Keep hiking and arrive at the second part, which is comparatively easy and has several moraines and summer pastures.

   • Dinner and overnight stay.

7. Mango to Baintha

   • After breakfast, start the five-hour trek and reach Biantha campsite(3892m), overlooked by the Biantha Brakk (7285m).

   • Dinner and overnight stay in camps.
     

8. Rest day baintha

   • Acclimatization/rest day.

9. Baintha to karfogoro

   • Early morning breakfast and trek towards Karfogoro (4,300m).

   • Enjoy a scenic lunch near the glacier.

   • Upon arrival, check-in and have dinner followed by overnight stay at the camp.

10. Korfogoro to Hispar La Base Camp

    • Early morning breakfast and trek to Hisper la base camp  (4,590m).

    • Cross numerous crevasses and stop for a lunch break after four hours trek.

    • Upon arrival at the Hisper la base, have dinner and enjoy overnight stay in the camp.

11. Cross hisper la

    • Wake up by 3:00 am. After breakfast, start hiking towards to Hisper la (5,151m) crevasses area.

    • After the long day, have dinner and overnight stay in the camp.

12. Hisper la to Khani Basa

    • Today, wake up early in the morning and leave after breakfast.

    • Start trekking and try to reach before sunrise.

    • Arrive at the top of Hispar Pass (5150m) and enjoy some of the finest views of the Karakorum, Ogre Peak (7285m) in the background of Snow Lake’s wide plateau and Hispar Glacier stretching as far as the eye can see, with the white pyramid of the Workman peak to its north.

    • After some refreshments and a photo-stop, proceed to another side of the pass which takes three hours to reach to the campsite at Khani Basa.

    • Most of the day walk through snow in single file with rope to avoid the hidden crevasses.

13. Return

    • Return to the base camp if you cannot cross crevasses area. 

    • Dinner and overnight stay.

14. Khani basa to jutmal

    • After breakfast, trek towards Jutmal (4,170m).

    • Stop for a lunch break after the four hours trek.

    • Arrive at Jutmal Campsite followed by dinner and overnight stay in the camp.

15. Jutmal to Bitanmal

    • After breakfast, trek towards Bitanmal  (3,760m).

    • Stop for a lunch break after the five hours trek.

    • Arrive at Bitanmal Campsite for dinner and overnight in the camp.

16. Bitanmal to Falaling Chhish

    • After breakfast, trek towards Falaling Chhish. It takes around 5 hours to hike from Bitanmal to Falaling Chhish.

    • Dinner and overnight stay in the camps.

17. Falaling chhish to hisper villey

    • Go for an early morning trek towards Hisper Valley  (2,438m).

    • Stop for a lunch break after six hours trek.

    • Upon arrival, dinner and overnight stay. 

18. Hisper valley to Hunza Karimabad

    • Today, after breakfast drive to Karimabad Hunza (2,438m).

    • Stop for lunch at Hunza.

    • Upon arrival, dinner at Pamir Pizza. Overnight stay at the hotel.

19. Hunza to gilgit

    • After breakfast, explore the Hunza area and visit the forts in this area.

    • Drive to Gilgit in the afternoon. Stop for a lunch break at Rakaposhi viewpoint.

    • Dinner and overnight stay in Gilgit. 

20. Gilgit to islamabad

    • Fly to Islamabad. (If cancelled, drive to Islamabad.)

21. Islamabad

    • Upon arrival, transfer to the international airport for transfer.