Tag: tourist attraction in gilgit baldistan in Kachura

Astak Nala Is Situated on Gilgit-Skardu road is very important from the tourist and also strategic point of view.This road constructed by Pakistan Army Engineers with association of Chinese Engineers.The truck-able link between Gilgit and Skardu was completed in 1982. The distance between Gilgit and Skardu is 245 kms (approximately 5 hours on Jeep or Car). Gilgit and Baltistan are Read more...

Rakhan Gali (4548m) is a pass connecting the Bagrot and Haramosh valleys that skirts the southern ramparts of the Rakaposhi- Haramosh Range. The remarkably scenic route is seldom used because people prefer to travel by vehicle along the roads between villages in these valleys Guides and Porters Porters ask for per stage, plus the payment for food rations. Porters do Read more...

The Braldu River  flows in the Skardu District of Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan. The Braldu River joins the Basha Basna River, and together they form the Shigar River, which is a tributary of the Indus River. he Braldu River is a 78 kilometres (48 mi) long river, that originates from the Baltoro Glacier and flows 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the west Read more...

Miar Glacier is a glacier that forms in the north of Miar Peak in Hoper Valley in Nagar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is a major component of the Barpu Glacier. Read more...

Lower Kachura Lake, also known as Shangrila Lake is located in Kachura village 20 minutes from Skardu city (nearly 2,500 m or 8,200 feet) town. The lake is also known as Shangrila lake after a resort built on its bank in 1983.   Read more...

Kutwal Lake is a high-altitude lake located in the Haramosh valley of Gilgit district, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley of Haramosh is about 60 miles to the east of the district capital, Gilgit. The lake is surrounded by several high mountains, including Haramosh Peak, Laila Peak and Dobani Peak   Read more...

Haramosh Peak also known as Haramosh or Peak 58) is a mountain located in the Karakoram range of the Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan. Its height is also often given as 7,409m. Haramosh lies about 65 kilometres (40 mi) east of Gilgit, in the south-central region of the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It rises steeply above the north bank Read more...

Uli Biaho  is a mountain near Trango Towers and Baltoro Glacier in the Gilgit–Baltistan area of Pakistan. It consists of two main peaks, Uli Biaho Tower (listed by Roskelley as 19,957 feet, and by Kopold as 6,109 metres or 20,043 feet); and Uli Biaho Peak (Kopold: 6417 m), which as of 2006 was unclimbed. Uli Biaho Tower was climbed alpine-style Read more...

This peak is situated in the Saltoro and Masherbrum ranges. The nearby glaciers are Kaberi and Charakusa. Possible route to the peak is from Khapulo in Baltistan through Tagas, Dumsum and Kaberi glacier. Some maps show its height as 6,934m, while others show it as 6,935m. It was in 1955 that members of Harvard Mountaineering Club Karamoram Expedition examined K-7 Read more...

  Hussaini Glacier The Husseini Glacier is just on top of the Husseini village. The river flowing at the bottom of the picture just south of the village is the Hunza It is situated Nearby the most foamous Hussaini Hangging Bridge Known as the most dangrous Bridge in the world Hussaini Bridge is only one of the precarious rope Bridgees Read more...