Mayoon Valley

Introduction:

The first valley in the old Kingdom of Hunza, Mayoon and Hussainabad descends from the north to join the Hunza River at Khizarabad about ten kilometers upriver of Chalt, opposite Nilt and the KKH. There are several small settlements and pasture up the valley.

Chalt (Where the two continents collided)

Introduction:

Chalt about 60 kilometers north of Gilgit, Chalt is the southernmost settlement of the old Nagar Kingdom. The British arrived in 1891 with a force of 1,000 men, strengthened Chalt Fort and used it as their base to over throw Hunza and Nagar in a fierce battle at Nilt, nine kilometer upriver. Chalt lies on the line of collision between two geological plates. The Indian subcontinent is still pushing northwards into the Asian land mass and a small Island plate is being crushed between them. The deepest, oldest layer of this Island plates are at Paten, further south on the KKH and the top layer appears at Chalt. A sign on the cliff beside the KKH before Chalt reads: Here continents collided.

Haramosh Valley

Introduction:

Haramosh Valley An hour south of Gilgit the Skardu road leaves the KKH and heads up the Indus River. The Haramosh valley circles north and west around 7,209 m Haramosh peak, descending to the road just where the Indus turns south. Through the alpine meadows and the glaciers at the feet of Haramosh, 6,986 m Laila 7,458m Malubiting.

Bagrot Valley

Introduction:

Bagrot Valley Two hours drive from Gilgit to Bagrot Valley. You can get from Gilgit to Sinakkar, the main village in the Bagrot valley. The trek follows the river through Gasunar summer settlement, and then turns due south to the end of the jeep road at the first permanent village of Chirah.

Naltar (kuti) Lake

Introduction:

Naltar (kuti) Lake about 12 kilometers. This takes four hours if you walk all the way, or one hour by jeep. From Bangla to Naltar Lake you pass through more forest and see more Gujar settlements. The first lake is startlingly green pond about 200 meters in diameter, surrounded by birch, ash and pine trees. The water is still and clear, its color rising from bright green algae on the bottom. There are two more lakes, one a Brilliant Cobalt blue and the other Turquoise at a higher level about ten minutes to the west. It is very stony round the edge of these lakes, with no obvious campsite. A fourth larger lake is still higher, about 40 minutes away to the west.

Where Three World Famous Mountain Ranges Meet

Introduction:

Wonderful, romantic, rugged, magnificent, majestic, mysterious, magical, mystical, mercurial, monstrous, marvelous, all these adjectives just do not hold good for the mightiest mountains of Pakistan, which are considered, as a dreamland by millions. It is one-hour drive from Gilgit to Juglot, there is a monument built showing map and direction. Mountains the great masses that stand high against the skies and take up a quarter of all the land are nature’s most spectacular work upon earth, but nowhere more so than in the northern regions of Pakistan, where the three world famous mountain ranges, The Himalayas (means the “Home of Snow”), The Karakoram and The Hindu Kush (means the “Killer of Hindus”) meet.

Jutial Nala (Gilgit)

Introduction:

Jutial Nala is behind the hotel, like most valleys in the Gilgit Baltistan Jutial Nala has a very narrow mouth, but a 6 Kilometers walk along the stream through the steep side gorge takes you to coniferous forest and pastureland. Follow the irrigation channel behind the hotel to the left cliff face, than take the goat path into the gorge keeping to the right of the stream. It takes you upward 1 – 45 hours.